Salem News

SALEM - A Carneys Point man who authorities say has an outstanding warrant for owing more than $12,000 in back child support has been arrested by the Salem County Sheriff's Office.

A tornado watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for Salem , Gloucester and Cumberland counties effect now through 2 a.m. Saturday.

PENNSVILLE TWP. - Employees at the DuPont Chambers Works marked the landmark plant's 95th year Thursday and there will be many more anniversaries to come, officials said.

The column that says Mike Abbott says he knows somebody who can save the World War I trees on Mayor Aitken Drive, and whatever happened to Bob Crowe? Three Morristown residents have been charged with assaulting, robbing and threatening Lennon Baldwin, a 15-year-old Morristown High School freshman who committed suicide on March 28.

SALEM - Two people, a brother and sister, were arrested and a shotgun and bullet proof vest seized after police responded to a report of a "disturbance" in the Thompson Street area, Salem City Police said.

A truck collided with a car at the intersection of Fifth Street and Griffith Street in Salem on May 29, 2012.

Everyone can now take a look at the proposed 2012 Salem County budget online. The Salem County Board of Chosen Freeholders introduced the $77.6 million 2012 budget earlier this month.

SALEM - A new program will help make sure that no children in the city go hungry this summer, during the months when many of them are prone to missing a meal which would normally be provided by their school.

SALEM - Salem County has moved up to 18th place in the annual New Jersey Kids Count rankings, but still stands near the bottom in terms of child well-being in counties throughout the state.

SALEM - Salem Police recovered a loaded handgun from a yard on Sinnickson Street Friday, following reports of shots fired in the area the night before in one of the city's most crime-plagued neighborhoods.

Real estate transfers recorded at the office of the recorder of deeds in the Salem County Courthouse in Salem include the following: Linda Downs Ash to Richard Taylor and Sara Taylor, Lot 2, Block 3801, Tuft Road, $124,000. Marie B. McMann and William David McMann to Gino DiMarco and Randee DiMarco, Lot 27, Block 1206, North River Drive, $37,500.

Another night of honing the skills of the experienced and teaching those skills as well as tricks of the trade to the unskilled.

Victoria Holmes will begin a ministry in July to help girls and women of all ages overcome obstacles in their lives.

Planters for the Salem City Community Garden are under construction at the corner of Hires Avenue and New Market Street in downtown Salem.

The woman was served with complaint summonses, then turned over to Gloucester Township police on an outstanding $500 warrant.

PENNSVILLE TWP. - Dressed in red, white and blue and holding American flags and patriotic banners, residents lined Broadway Saturday morning to watch the annual Pennsville Memorial Day Parade.

Students may register for Salem Community College summer courses, which begin May 21, June 25 and July 2. SCC offers a variety of summer courses in both five-, six- and 10-week sessions, including: Art Appreciation, College Algebra, Elementary Algebra, English Composition I and II, English Reading/Writing Preparation I and II, Environmental Science ... (more)

SALEM - The Salem Farmers Market will be kicking off its new season next week, following a decade-old tradition of bringing vendors of fresh produce, food and baked goods to the downtown.

Charles P. McCoy, 26, of East Broad Street, was arrested Thursday and served with a warrant from Millville.

Anne Richman, left, crowns the oldest in attendance 98-year-old Jennie Butler of the Canton section of Lower Alloways Creek Township during the 2nd Annual Silver Fox Tea, hosted by the Salem County Office on Aging at the PSEG EERC in Salem on May 17, 2012.