Elmer News

Michael D. Crumb, 38, of Elmer, is wanted by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office for failure to appear in Superior court, Woodbury on March 28 for a pre-arraignment interview on a charge of possession of heroin.

Light pours through the window and infiltrates the conversation as Denise Hayman-Loa and Skeffington Thomas talk about being an artist in rural Salem County, far from the urban centers they both once called home.

Are we witnessing a new gang war unfolding on the streets of Bridgeton? The recent string of nighttime shootings in the city have left no victims so far - if you don't count traumatized residents.

ELMER - Residents are invited to the borough Memorial Day Parade, which will be held on Memorial Day, May 28.

BRIDGETON - Police are investigating two separate incidents over the weekend during which shots were fired at several Elmer Street homes, causing damage, but no injuries.

ELMER - Elmer Borough Council has adopt its 2012 municipal budget which includes a 2-cent hike in the local purpose tax.

PITTSGROVE TWP. - A father who was on his way to dropping his children off at daycare was killed along with his 5-year-old son in a head-on motor vehicle crash on U.S. Route 40 here this morning, according to New Jersey State Police.

According to police, a northbound 1987 Chevy S-10 driven by Harry Eshleman Jr., 58, of Elmer was attempting to turn left onto a property north of Pitman-Downer Road just before 4:20 p.m. when it was struck by a 1998 Ford Ranger, also going north, and driven by Donald Getsinger 3rd, 30, of Newfield.

The South Jersey Healthcare Elmer Hospital Auxiliary will host the 27th annual Elmer Hospital Community Day on Saturday, May 5, here.

The Christie Administration announced that about $16 million in Clean Communities grants will be awarded to municipalities and counties in New Jersey to fund litter cleanup efforts that improve communities and roadsides.