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The Resolutions* for Bellmawr Council’s October 27 meeting have been uploaded on Bellmawr.com. Among the Resolutions that Council approve are: A shared services agreement with the Borough of Woodlyne for the maintenance of their Public Works equipment through October 12, 2018. A shared services agreement with East Greenwich Township for the maintenance of their […]
At its Special Meeting on October 20, Bellmawr Council approved the Best Practices Worksheet.
In a statement released from the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s office today, Stephen H. Dempsey, of Deptford, 40, entered a guilty plea to a second-degree charge of endangering the welfare of a child by distribution of child pornography. In a negotiated plea, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor, Alec Gutierrez, will recommend that Dempsey be sentenced to five […]
The Camden County Historical Society is taking its “Save the Hugg-Harrison House” campaign to Fort Mercer Field Day at National Park. Sunday, October 23, is Field Day at Red Bank Battlefield and there will be tours of the Whitall House and craft demonstrations. At 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Hessian, British, and Loyalist re-enactors will […]
On Wednesday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m in the Gloucester High auditorium, there will be a question and answer session with several of the candidates who are running for a spot on the Gloucester City Board of Education. The Gloucester City High School PTO and the Gloucester City Education Association are presenting this event and […]
At the October 19 Bellmawr Board of Education (BOE) meeting, the Board passed a Resolution approving a negotiated agreement with the Bellmawr Education Association (BEA) for the time period 2016-2019 and effective July 1, 2016. Before the Board approved the new agreement, contract negotiations were at an impasse. At the meeting, the BOE also approved […]
At the request of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, officers from the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Fugitive Investigations Unit (FIU) arrested Brian D. McFarland, 43, who had been living in Swedesboro and was wanted as a fugitive by the State of Arizona. McFarland was arrested on October 17. Upon receiving the Attorney General’s request for […]
The Camden County Health Department has been notified by the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services (NJDHHS) that a raccoon removed from a yard in Haddon Heights has tested positive for rabies. On October 13, a Haddon Heights homeowner’s two dogs were attacked by a raccoon. The homeowner had no exposure to the […]
Bellmawr Girl Scout Troop 30215 invites children in grades five to eight to attend a drop-in Internet Safety Event on Thursday, November 3 2016, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Bellmawr Ballroom, 29 Lewis Avenue, Bellmawr. Light refreshments will be served. Guest speakers have been invited and activities have been planned to educate […]
(Camden, NJ) – The Camden County Police Department detectives have identified and arrested the individual who damaged the athletic fields and graffitied a wall at the Malandra Hall fields last week. On the afternoon of Sunday, October 9, Alexander Peters, 28, of Gloucester City, drove a truck onto the athletic fields behind Malandra Hall, damaging […]