West Deptford News

All West Deptford Township Offices will be closed Monday, May 27, 2013, in observance of Memorial Day.

The official Gloucester County Memorial Day Ceremony will be held 1 p.m. Sunday at the Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Monroe Twp.

These stories topped the news this week on our South Jersey Patch sites- Cherry Hill , Cinnaminson , Collingswood , Gloucester Township , Haddonfield-Haddon Township , Moorestown and West Deptford .

In the keynote address to the Rowan University Class of 2013 , New Jersey Senate President and West Deptford resident Stephen Sweeney reminded graduates to be grateful for their opportunities and dissatisfied with the status quo.

West Deptford police have made a number of drug-related arrests in the township during the past two weeks, 10 of which have been for possession of opiates, like heroin, or of the paraphernalia necessary to consume them-i.e., hypodermic needles.

From May 20 through June 2, you'll want to make sure you're buckled up if you're driving through the township.

At the grand opening of the expanded Wawa service station on Crown Point Rd. , Mayor Ray Chintall told media, "West Deptford is open for business." Chintall echoed that refrain earlier this month at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for one of the newest businesses to open in the township: the California-headquartered Zoo Printing .

For their swift handling of the March 20 robbery of the West Deptford Bank of America , West Deptford detectives were cited by the township committee at its May 16 meeting.

An unexplained hole in the fence of a West Deptford solar farm is no immediate cause for concern, say police-although they don't have any leads on who did it or why.

Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold around the region.

I've grown fond of "Town by Town," the Sunday Business section feature, not only for what it contributes to my understanding of local real estate but also for the ways it expands my knowledge of other things.

Members of Rowan University's 88th undergraduate class received their diplomas during the school's commencement ceremony Friday in Glassboro.

Camden County College held its 45th annual commencement ceremony Saturday under an 18,000-square-foot, event tent on its Blackwood, Gloucester Township campus.

Did you catch all the top stories this week? Here's a recap. UPDATE: 2 in Critical Condition After Crash in Logan Twp.

Although township administrator Eric Campo produced a two-inch-thick budget abstract for West Deptford committee members to review prior to its introduction Thursday, Committeewoman Denice DiCarlo was still dissatisfied with the level of transparency in the documentation.

The public comment portion of the township committee meeting Thursday night was interrupted three times with an ear-splitting feedback loop from microphones on the dais that halted all communication for a solid 30 seconds each time.

2, 2013. - Luis R. Cruz, 32, of Camden on charges of shoplifting and three counts of receiving stolen property in Deptford on Feb.

Members of Rowan University's 88th undergraduate class received their diplomas during the school's commencement ceremony Friday in Glassboro.

Cub Scout Pack 57, is selling cards for free car washes at AutoSheen, which has locations in Blackwood, Williamstown and Cherry Hill.

WEST DEPTFORD TWP. - After partisan fights and a lack of communication derailed the process earlier this month , the township committee voted during its work session Thursday night to introduce a 2013 budget.