Woodstown News

New Jersey State Police at the Woodstown Barracks responded to 31 alarms and 13 motor vehicle accidents during the period of June 29 through July 5. Five injuries and one fatality were reported as a result of the 13 accident investigations.

Despite a failed attempt to attract vendors, Penns Grove Borough Council members are still hoping to bring a farmers market to the town.

Several pages of parade registrants tightly rolled up in her hand, Dawn Rapa directs traffic an hour before the colorful procession launches Saturday, while talking on her cell phone above the droning sound of a vintage farm tractor.

A fence is placed around LaVita Family Restaurant, in Woodstown, which has closed and will be torn down.

UPPER PITTSGROVE -- One person was killed Wednesday in a fiery, early morning crash at the intersection of Route 40 and Commissioners Pike, ac-cording to state police.

The American Legion Ambulance of Woodstown responded to a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Pointers-Auburn Road and U.S. Route 40 at 3:57 a.m. Tuesday and remained in service for 13 minutes.

Two local housing projects, The Village in Woodstown and Bailey Corner in Pilesgrove, are near securing their final approvals and should be under construction in September, developers say.

You can not only watch, but there's still time to take part in Salem County's grandest Independence Day celebration, the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Fourth of July Parade.

The Food Innovation Center , a unit of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, in Bridgeton, has provided its first class of student interns from Bridgeton and Woodstown high schools with a unique hands-on learning experience in FIC's state-of-the-art food business incubation facility.

Kordell Mills, 26, of Kingsberry Lane in Woodstown, was arrested June 15 at 10:45 a.m. for alleged simple assault, criminal mischief, possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

The Salem County Art League June Art Demonstration will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, June 22 at the Friends Village Fenwick Auditorium in WOODSTOWN.

A controversial graduation speech given by the Upper Pittsgrove school board president here this week had parents scratching their heads - and left many wondering, do children here get cheated in Woodstown High School? As he addressed the eighth-grade class on Monday night, board president Thomas Jones told them they are equally talented and scored ...

The seventh-annual "Picnic in the Park" Summer Concert Series presented by the Woodstown Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Club of Woodstown kicks off on Friday, June 26.

According to New Jersey State Police at the Woodstown Barracks, burglaries are down in the county after the rash of incidents that took place last December, but Elmer Police Captain Patrick Bryan is concerned with the number of burglaries in the vicinity of the borough.

Instead of spending their Saturday morning sleeping in or watching cartoons, many local students chose to help their less fortunate peers.

A man was critically injured here Friday night after being run over by the tractor-trailer he had been driving, state police said.

Many Woodstown-Pilesgrove students are participating in the "Kids Helping Kids" Walkathon on Saturday, June 13.

New Jersey State Police at the Woodstown Barracks responded to 24 alarms and 16 motor vehicle accidents during the period of June 1 through June 7. Nine injuries were reported as a result of the 16 accident investigations.

Bob Woodruff Sr., of Alloway, left, and Bobby Woodruff III, of Pilesgrove, show off the birthday card Bobby drew for his "Grand-Bob" a few months ago.

New Jersey State Police at the Woodstown Barracks responded to 14 alarms and 18 motor vehicle accidents during the period of May 25 through May 31.