Newport News

Phil W. Berry, 67, of Millville died at home on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family.

Singer/songwriter Zoe Mulford will bring her original music-making and fine acoustic trio to the Bridgeton Free Public Library, 150 E. Commerce St., for a concert and reception to benefit Save the Library!, at 4 p.m. Sunday.

A Newport family is offering a frightful experience on Halloween night to aid local families in need.

The fuel can was in the back of a Glenside Avenue man's pickup truck. The incident occurred at roughly 3:20 a.m. * Frank L. Anderson, 46, of East Broad Street, was arrested early Friday at Wade Boulevard and Newcombtown Road on the charge of shoplifting, accused of eating a hot dog without paying for it and stealing two packs of Newport cigarettes ...

T he long-awaited pedestrian walkway connecting Jersey City and Hoboken opened last week, but Jamie LeFrak, the mega developer of the Newport section of Jersey City, who built the path, has decided to keep it closed at night.

Who knows what fate awaits those who dare to take a boat ride through 5,000 creepy acres of dark, haunted swamp? Beaver Dam Boat Rentals, 514 Old Beaver Dam Road, Newport, will host Haunted Creek Rides for Halloween from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays and 6 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, from Oct.

MILLVILLE -- On a warm, late-summer afternoon, Clarence 'C.J.' Jenkins III thrashed away on his bass while playing with his band, Faith or Fear, at the city's Arts, Music and Antiques Festival.

Millville Senior Center will sponsor a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sept. 13-19. Cost $589 per person, double occupancy; includes six nights lodging, 10 meals, six breakfasts, four dinners, one show at the Alabama Theatre, one show at the Carolina Opry, a guided tour of Charleston, Le Grande Cirque at the Palace Theatre, dinner show at the Dolly ...

A representative of Chammings Electric on West Elmer Road reported that someone broke into the business between 5 and 7 p.m. Saturday and stole two computers and monitors valued at $2,000. The owner of Save Time Subs on North Delsea Drive reported that someone broke into the business between 9:15 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday and stole $150, ...

Annie Frazier, president of the National Button Society, will speak about the wonders of button collecting at the next meeting of the Downe Township Seniors at 10:30 a.m. Sept.

Dorothy M. Bradford, 73, of Buckshutem Road, Haleyville, died Wednesday evening, Aug.

The completed Long Slip pedestrian walkway connects the Newport section of Jersey City and downtown Hoboken.

MILLVILLE _ Arthur Alfred Ellis, 36, of the 100 block of South 4th Street was arrested at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday for the alleged theft of a gas stove.

The Downe Township Seniors will meet at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 14, in the senior center, Route 553, Newport.

The Downe Township Seniors will meet at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 14, in the senior center, Route 553, Newport.

Richard A. Webber Jr., 68, of Laurel Lake, Millville, died Thursday morning, July 23, 2009, at the South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center, Vineland after an extended illness.

Millville's 19th annual Downtown Car Show is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9 and always includes a live DJ, vendors, activities for kids and hundreds of old beauties.

Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries announced Corey Petit, a member of Vineland High School's Class of 2009, is the winner of the 2009 annual Connie Jost Memorial Art Scholarship.

DOWNE -- Two people stranded on a personal watercraft in waters off Cumberland County were found uninjured by Coast Guard rescue crews.

Hannah Rose Wills, 61, of Newport, died suddenly on Friday, June 19, 2009, at the South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland.