Salem News

Sharon L. Roe, 43, of South Broadway, was arrested July 4 at 4:16 a.m. and charged with disorderly conduct after police and fire equipment were dispatched to the rooming house where she lives for a reported fire, police said.

Remediation work to remove mold and other microbial contamination at Salem Community College's Davidow Hall here is expected to begin shortly.

John Bellini, a geophysicist for the National Earthquake Center in Golden, Colo., says the temblor hit about 9:45am and measured about 2.8 on the Richter scale -- not a magnitude to cause injuries or more than incidental damage.

After 20 years of service on the bench, including the last nine presiding over Salem County's criminal case division, Superior Court Judge William Forester retired this past week.

An earthquake shook parts of Salem County on Wednesday, but no major damage or injuries occurred, officials said.

Though it ranked low on the Richter scale, a 2.8 magnitude earthquake shook most of Salem County Wednesday morning, rattling homes and the nerves of many who were unsure of what they had just experienced.

NEWPORT, Del. - The National Earthquake Center says a small earthquake shook parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania Wednesday morning.

A mild earthquake centered in Salem County, N.J., rattled buildings on both sides of the Delaware River this morning, but did no significant damage, according to county officials.

Elijah Merriweather, 22, of Walnut Street in Salem, was arrested June 22 and charged with obstruction of justice, hindering his apprehension, an outstanding warrant out of Salem and a motor vehicle summons after a motor vehicle stop in the city, police said.

As part of a host of shovel-ready projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the state Department of Transportation tonight is scheduled to begin resurfacing about eight miles of Route 80 westbound, from east of South Beverwyck Road to west of Route 23 in Essex.

Living out in the most rural areas of the county has gotten a little more manageable, thanks to a free public transportation service implemented recently in the county that reaches far into rural territory.

The Salem County Chapter of the NAACP will honor its four 2009 scholarship recipients at its monthly meeting here next week.

A police lieutenant here has amicably settled his lawsuit with the city, ending a dispute alleging he was retaliated against after blowing the whistle on what he saw as numerous health and safety concerns at department headquarters.

As organizers braved an uncertain weather forecast for an outdoor graduation, the Salem High School Class of 2009 put on a brave face of their own Monday as they met their first moments of life after high school.

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Gov. Jon S. Corzine, in recent days, has nominated a number of Salem County residents to serve on boards and authorities in the state.

It proved the wrong time to dial a wrong number for a Pennsville man here recently, after he inadvertently texted a Salem police officer allegedly looking for some marijuana, according to authorities.

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A 15-year-old Somerset County male became the state's first fatality of the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu, after dying at home June 8, the state Department of Health and Senior Services announced Wednesday.