Westville News

DEPTFORD TWP. Another town, another person taken advantage of, the same ruse. Police here are investigating a daytime burglary involving an older resident and someone posing as a public employee in what Detective Sgt.

While she'll miss her day-to-day role as chief school administrator in Westville, Dr.

Six Gloucester County police departments will participate in a "Obey the Signs or Pay the Fines" initiative to crack down on aggressive driving, Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director Pam Fischer announced Tuesday.

PAULSBORO Two sanitation workers were taken to a hospital Monday afternoon one of them with third-degree burns after a gallon container of drain cleaner spilled out of the garbage truck where they were working and onto their skin.

Thousands of Deptford residents have another opportunity to unify their mailing addresses under the township name and ZIP code.

Have something newsworthy that doesn't make the crime blotter? E-mail your ideas to lmurray@sjnewsco.com. Good news for men and women who are looking to trade their combat fatigues for a police uniform Washington Township Police are expanding their employment requirements to include specifically those with military service.

The senior class of Gateway Regional High School took to the football field Tuesday to mark a special moment in time.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine has nominated state Sen. Stephen Sweeney's brother to serve as a commissioner on the Delaware River Port Authority, a bi-state agency that owns and operates four bridges into Pennsylvania as well as the PATCO Hi-Speedline. The nomination must be approved by the full Senate.

Letter writers have asked why Most Holy Redeemer in Westville Grove is merging with St.

DEPTFORD TWP. A tip from an anonymous caller led to the arrest of a township man late Sunday night on multiple charges relating to burglaries in the area.

A man has been charged with breaking into a city home and then leading police on a chase into northern New Jersey and New York City, leaving two South Amboy patrolmen injured along the way, police said.

WOODBURY HEIGHTS Students and faculty planted an oak tree at Gateway Regional High School as a lasting honor to Joyce Stumpo, district superintendent, who is retiring this summer.

The leading Republican candidates for governor are making their final campaign swings through the state before Tuesday's primary.

WESTVILLE, N.J. - The New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit is investigating a human leg that washed up onto a pier at the Sunoco Eagle Point Refinery in Westville on Sunday.

FLORENCE - A gas main break this morning along Route130 northbound just before the New Jersey Turnpike has closed the left lane for repairs, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Each of Gateway Regional High School's four sending district town councils have approved the school's revised budget, allowing the school to move forward in accepting bids for renovations for its track and football field.

The announcement by Gov. Jon Corzine that a light-rail passenger line -- similar to a trolley -- will be coming to Gloucester County has the same feel as that sweater your favorite aunt gives you for Christmas: It is appreciated, colorful and somewhat functional, but not what is really needed.

A South Jersey man is in a mess of trouble for allegedly making a mess inside a police station.

A Westville man who reportedly couldn't pay his bar tab wound up being charged with using his own feces to draw on the walls and set fire to a bathroom in the police station.

In a not-so-secret garden behind Archbishop Damiano School in Westville, some 100 students get their hands dirty on sunny days, earning their green thumbs, and learning about butterflies, horticulture, and how to grow their own food.