Port Elizabeth News

The deficit in the broadest measure of foreign trade posted a sharp increase in the July-September quarter, a sign that the U.S. economy was beginning to rebound as demand for foreign goods increased.

The board of education is looking for a replacement for board member Kelley Meischke, who has resigned.

MILLVILLE -- A fire on one side of a West Foundry Street duplex kept firefighters and other emergency personnel busy for more than four hours Sunday night.

A rancher fire that displaced a family Sunday morning on Spring Garden Road is being considered non-suspicious in nature.

Maxine A. Clark, 83, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at South Jersey Healthcare Inpatient Hospice Unit in Bridgeton.

The Morris County Board of Freeholders is acting in a timely and responsible manner in anticipating increased truck traffic in the next decade, as trucks try to find shortcuts through New Jersey to haul freight from Port Newark and Port Elizabeth.

Morris County has launched a study of freight traffic in anticipation of a three-fold increase in the number of trucks using area roads that is anticipated once a wider Panama Canal is opened to traffic in 2015.

The eighth-annual RealShare NEW JERSEY , October 22nd at the Marriott Teaneck at Glenpointe, will focus on the topics of today that will help you survive current market conditions, hear experts' take on the year ahead and foster the formation of new business partnerships among 500 expected attendees from across the real estate deal spectrum: ...

U.S. Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo has announced that three fire companies in South Jersey will share $186,328 in federal funding from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

MAURICE RIVER -- Church of the Nazarene, 3612 Route 47 South, Port Elizabeth, will hold an old-time camp meeting under the tent at 7 p.m. each night from Sept.

Looking for some top-notch, off-road motorcycle riding instruction? Look no further than your computer.

To the Editor: Elisabeth Smith, the Jon Corzine campaign spokesperson, has now informed us that your driving record is a platform to run on, or against, in a political campaign.

Joe Del Boccio of Hoboken digs into his fish sandwich from the Keyport Fishery in Keyport.

Cumberland County Habitat for Humanity recently officially handed the keys to a new home to the Groover-Ramirez family.

FREE COMMUNITY MOVIE Night is at 8 oa clock Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Port Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene at 3612 Route 47.

Betty Anna Everly , 87, of Millville died Tuesday, July 21, 2009, after a brief illness.

The majority of Long Branch residents take pride in the appearance of their property.

Maurice River Twp. - Traffic signalization requested by the Port Eliza beth Volunteer Fire company at the intersection of Route 47 and Port Cumberland Road has been approved by the N.J. De partment of Transportation.

Extending Route 55 to the Jersey Shore, an idea kicked around for half a century only to lose out to current economic and environmental concerns, is once again being advocated by legislative and transportation leaders.

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.