Laurel Springs News

The pharmacy manager at Walgreens here has been arrested on drug charges after authorities discovered he was allegedly diverting Oxycontin to a customer who didn't have a prescription, police said.

C HEERS: To prosecutors who won a conviction of pedophile David Durling in August, and to Superior Court Judge Walter Marshall, who Wednesday sentenced Durling to 40 years in prison.

Vietnam veteran William Devereaux says he has never gotten over seeing his best friend killed during a rocket attack on the 82d Airborne Division.

A former official with the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is expected to plead guilty on Monday for falsifying information to receive military tax exemptions, officials said yesterday.

Robert W. Panichello, 80, of Atco died Nov. 20 at Genesis Voorhees Center. Born in Atco, he was a lifelong resident.

First-time mother Lori Carfagno, of Laurel Springs, wasn't feeling up to making a trip outside the house to attend a traditional childbirth class while she was pregnant.

The New Jersey lottery has announced two tickets worth more than $200,000 have been sold recently in South Jersey.

On October 22nd, the students of the Mt. Holly Twilight Club will participate in the 10th annual Lights On Afterschool celebration.

A cooperative law enforcement effort among five towns in Camden County designed to combat drunken driving will begin this month and continue through September 2010, Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director Pam Fischer announced today.

The formation of a brand new task force whose sole purpose will be to patrol the White Horse Pike in search of drivers under the influence along the White Horse Pike was announced Monday by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

Every Saturday on its editorial page, the Gloucester County Times cheers those who make our area a better place in which to live and jeers those whose actions merit derision.

In case you missed it, one of the most adorable father-daughter moments occurred last night at the Bank.

Three-year-old throws back dad's foul ball catch LAUREL SPRINGS, N.J. A South Jersey toddler is getting national attention for doing one of those unexpected things kids do.

A father made a nice grab on a foul ball at a Philadelphia Phillies game Tuesday night, only to watch his toddler daughter toss it back, MyFOXPhilly.com reported.

I recently attended a Stratford Council tenant/landlord meeting in which the council wants to implement certain fees for landlords with homes and/or apartments in Stratford.

Four men were charged with setting off a bottle bomb outside a Blackwood-Clemneton Road business, police said Monday.

Announcement has been made of the engagement of Amanda Sue Stemmer of Marlton, NJ and David J. McCloskey, Jr.

CAMDEN A former Motor Vehicle Commission clerk from Camden County has been sentenced to three years in state prison for issuing driver's licenses with false birth dates so the license holders would appear to be over 21, Attorney General Anne Milgram said.

White Horse Pike was shut down after a crash in Camden County Wednesday. Chopper 3 HD was over Broadway Street in Laurel Springs after reports of an overturned pickup truck at about 11 a.m. It is unclear if there were any injuries.

The First Baptists Church of Westfield, 170 Elm St., Westfield, will team up with St.