Burlington County News

The Burlington County Library on Pioneer Boulevard offA Woodlane Road is the targeted site for a handful of local farmers and their harvests.

Tough times occasioned by the Great Recession have made us especially sensitive to the ways of those who splurge with taxpayers' money.

Diamond is a 1-year-old black kitty that LOVES to be held and cuddled. He is extremely sweet and loves to be pet.A He is a very curious cat and loves to play.

Frank Devlyn spent a year overseeing Rotary International and its chapters in 200 countries as president of the worldwide civic organization.

Dr. William V. Harrer, who spent his career as a student of the human body, will be spending some time with ichthyology.

Six firefighters were injured Thursday, one seriously, while battling a fire on a truck hauling a load of fruit in the southbound lanes of Route 295 in Florence Township, Burlington County, New Jersey State Police said.

The initial accident happened at about 1:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 near exit 52 in Mansfield, New Jersey.

May 31, 2012: At least one firefighter was hurt fighting a tractor-trailer fire on 295 in Burlington County, New Jersey.

A truck explosion on Interstate 295 in Burlington County closed a section of the highway in the southbound direction and injured several firefighters.

At least one firefighter was injured today in a truck fire on Route 295 in Burlington County, New Jersey State Police said.

For the "Juror for a Day" program held by Superior Court in Burlington County as part of a Law Day celebration Wednesday, 125 seventh and eighth graders saw the case of "State of New Jersey v. the Cat in the Hat." The famous Dr.

Roy C. Patterson Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to the violent carjacking of an elderly woman last June.

The Burlington County Office on Aging will hold its annual public hearing from 10 a.m. to noon Friday in Lecture Hall A of the Human Services Facility at 795 Woodlane Road.

New Jersey's two-year public colleges need to rein in their practice of wooing their presidents with high salaries and benefits including unchecked expense accounts, free housing, and country-club memberships, State Comptroller A. Matthew Boxer said in a report released Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Command Sgt. Maj. Steven J. Whittaker of the U.S. Army Support Activity on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst spoke publicly about the younger man's dedication to his country and his readiness to serve in the Middle East conflict.

A southern New Jersey man who carjacked an elderly woman in a food market parking lot so he could go buy drugs is now facing 25 years in state prison.

Had Carole Goodman Bouchey not called to remind me that change in New Jersey happens at a glacial pace, I would have forgotten that when I renew my driver's license next month, I still won't have an ID that identifies me as me.

Highest temperatures yesterday reached as high as 92 at Newark Liberty Airport, 91 in Trenton and Wrightstown, Burlington County, and 90 in Atlantic City at the airport, which is 11 miles inland at Pomona and not at the beach.A It was somewhat cooler there with a sea breeze yesterday.

"Given the demands of today's global economy, it is more important than ever before that our students leave our schools with a solid education in both math and science." "Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation." The two quotes above came from President Barack ... (more)

Earlier this month, 55-year-old Santa Barbara resident Thomas Arnold was arrested on accusations of shipping approximately 250 pounds of high-grade marijuana cross-country to New Jersey.