Paulsboro News

Union boilermaker Martin Willis said he was anticipating plenty of holiday-season refinery work as he helped co-workers wrestle a giant piece of equipment into place early Friday for a several-week maintenance job at Valero's Delaware City Refinery.

A Valero gas station sign in California. Valero, which recently announced it would cut 100 jobs from its Paulsboro plant, is one of the many refineries under economic pressure due to falling fuel demands.

A state measure that gives high school administrators in New Jersey access to adult students' criminal histories has been signed.

Governor Corzine has signed a measure that gives high school administrators in New Jersey access to adult students' criminal histories.

Seasonal flu clinics are set to resume in Gloucester County starting Wednesday after it was suspended last month when the Gloucester County health department ran out of the vaccines.

The Knights of Columbus, Queen of Heaven Council, Beacon Avenue, Paulsboro, will hold a Community Thanksgiving breakfast Sunday morning, Nov.

Someone placed a rag inside the gas tank of a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup parked on Oregon Avenue between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and then lit the rag on fire, police said Thursday.

West Deptford High School Class of 1979 30th class reunion will be held Friday, Nov.

Among local elections Tuesday, voters ousted two incumbent councilmen in Stratford, narrowly returned a township committeeman in Waterford and split tickets between major-party candidates in Haddon Heights and Winslow.

A Republican challenger seized an Assembly seat from South Jersey's Democratic organization on Tuesday, delivering a stinging setback to the area's dominant party.

Dr. Donald J. Farish, President of Rowan University, will be honored as 2009 Boy Scouts of America, Southern New Jersey Council Distinguished Citizen of the Year for Camden County at a Tuesday, Dec.

A 30-year tradition of Gloucester County election results being broadcast via Comcast's local origination channel will continue.

PAULSBORO Hours before he was set to walk the first pitch out at Game 5 of the World Series, Derrick Segar could hardly contain his excitement.

It seems the only thing Dr. Robert Villare and Lee Lucas, the Republican candidates in the 3rd District Assembly race, share is their political affiliation.

NOVEMBER 6 - Taylor Memorial Baptist Church, 7th and Greenwich Ave., Paulsboro invites everyone to visit its thrift store next door to the church at 647 Greenwich Ave.

Preliminary results of air-quality monitoring outside Paulsboro High School indicate there is no short-term health threat to students from heavy-metals pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating reports of an oil sheen on the Delaware River at Paulsboro.

The Gold Diggers will be having a trip to Resorts casino on Nov. 5, leaving Paulsboro plaza at 6 p.m. Cost is $20. Tickets call 423-2728 . Recommend Recommend Next story : Greenwich Twp.

Superior Court Judge Lawrence M. Lawson has put off a decision about whether to grant more time to a Monmouth Beach couple to challenge the 1996 redevelopment designation for a parcel of land they own in Long Branch's so-called Broadway Gateway sector.

Spoons were plastic in the burn unit where John Capanna lived in the months after an oil refinery explosion burned more than 90 percent of his body.