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Two West Nile Virus-Related Deaths Among Six New Cases Reported In New Jersey
New Jersey health officials are reporting an additional six cases of West Nile Virus including two deaths, and two presumptive viremic blood donor (PVD) cases in the state. The six new WNV cases are residents of Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, Hudson, Mercer, and Middlesex counties (one 50+, two 60+, one 70+, two 80+). The two individuals who died were older adults from Cumberland and Mercer counties, the DOH said. Two human cases of WNV were reported earlier this year in Middlesex and Union counties. Seven out of the eight cases were hospitalized with neuroinvasive disease, includi…
Police & Fire
NJ Motorcyclist, 25, Killed In SUV's Lane Change Leaves Behind 3-Month-Old Son, Campaign Says
A 25-year-old motorcyclist killed in a crash on Interstate 76 Friday night, Aug. 16 was a brand-new dad, loved ones say. A Chevrolet SUV was making a lane change in front of Ryan Gaskill, of Pennsauken, who was heading south on the interstate at milepost 1.1 in Gloucester around 9:40 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. Gaskill hit the brakes of the Suzuki, causing the motorcycle to overturn, ejecting and killing him. The driver of the Chevrolet remained on scene. The crash remains under investigation. A GoFundMe for Gaskill's family a 3-month-old son are among su…
Weather
Tornado Watch Shifts, Now Covers These Counties Across NJ, PA As Debby Creeps In
The National Weather Service has shifted its tornado watch across New Jersey and Pennsylvania as Hurricane Debby creeps in. In New Jersey, the tornado watch is in effect through 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 and covers Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties in North Jersey. In Pennsylvania, the tornado watch is issued in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, and Bucks counties. The tornado threat for South Jersey has diminished since the initial watch was issued early Friday morning, which has since been canceled. AccuWeather Th…
Weather
Towns With The Most Rainfall In New Jersey
The National Weather Service has released the rainfall totals from the Tuesday, Aug. 6 storm. Residents across the Northeast woke up Wednesday, Aug. 7 to several inches of water — in some places, feet. Here are the towns that got the most amount of rain: Bergen County: Ridgewood 5.79 inches Bogota 5.60 inches Oakland 3.86 inches Leonia 3.81 inches Lyndhurst 3.77 inches Hillsdale 3.56 inches Hasbrouck Heights 3.42 inches Hackensack 2.9…
Weather
Tracking Hurricane Debby, Severe Storms Expected To Slam Northeast This Week
The Northeast is in for a wild week of weather. AccuWeather forecasters say episodes of drenching rain and heavy winds are working their way across the country and are expected to arrive in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland on Tuesday, Aug. 6. AccuWeather The above AccuWeather map shows which part of the region will be most impacted by the storms arriving Tuesday afternoon and lasting into the evening. Those include the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, South Jersey, and the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas. Tuesday will be sunny and hot with a high of 90 before storms roll in,…
Police & Fire
NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says
A New Jersey police officer who has been on the force for just under a decade has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured an 18-year-old bicyclist last month, authorities said. Christopher Bucceroni, 28, a Gloucester Township police officer from West Deptford, was off-duty and driving his personally-owned vehicle, a 2020 Toyota RAV4, when he struck the 18-year-old bicyclist around 2:30 a.m. June 20, on Erial Road and Blackwood-Clementon Road, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said alongside Bucceroni's chief, David Harkins. Bucceroni, a nine-…
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8K+ Without Power Amid Another Round Of Storms In New Jersey
More than 8,000 New Jersey residents were without power amid another round of storms on Sunday, June 22. PSE&G's outage map shows 5,341 were in the dark in Burlington County and more than 3,000 in Camden. The majority of the outages were in Maple Shade, Moorestown, Haddon and Pennsauken. In Union County, nearly 1,000 had lost power in Westfield. Smaller but more widespread outages were reported on the Jersey Shore, according to JCP&L, specifically in Long Branch, Red Bank, Asbury Park, Hazlet, Middletown, Keansburg, and Matawan. The National Weather Service had warned residen…
Legal
NJ Reviewing Whether To Revoke Trump Golf Club Liquor Licenses
New Jersey officials are reviewing whether Donald Trump can keep liquor licenses at three of his golf courses following his hush-money conviction across the Hudson, a spokesperson for the Garden State's top cop confirmed on Tuesday. The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is "reviewing the impact of President Trump’s conviction" in New York State on the licenses and "declines further comment at this time,” the office of Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a brief June 11 statement. The licenses remain active at the Trump National Golf Clubs in Bedminster (Somerset County)…
Police & Fire
Camden County Man Convicted In Decade-Old Central Jersey Rape Case
A 40-year-old man from Camden County has been convicted for rape during a home invasion break-in nearly 10 years ago, authorities said. Danny McEaddy, of Sicklerville, was found guilty by a jury on Thursday, April 18, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. On Sept. 21, 2014, a female reported being sexually assaulted by an unknown male who had unlawfully forced his way into her apartment in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge Township. Based on the DNA analysis of biological samples found at the crime scene, McEaddy was identified as the man who s…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Killed By Teen's Punch Was Popular Youth Hockey Coach, Loving Dad
They called him Snook. He was a hockey coach, who treated each player like his own kid. A dad, never shy with hugs. Oron Carl Beebe was a friend to all, those who knew him say. Life doesn’t always make sense. But, our lives and world were better with Carl Beebe in it. RIP to a great man,... Posted by Holy City Publick House on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 The 46-year-old Mount Ephraim dad died more than a week after he was punched by a 16-year-old Collingswood boy in the parking lot of a business at 20 West Kings highway, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said. His death leaves man…
Police & Fire
Camden County Passenger Killed By Metal Object Flying Through Windshield On New Jersey Turnpike
A piece of metal flew through the windshield of a car in Mercer County, killing a passenger from Camden County, authorities said. Steven Bradshaw, 39, of Audubon, died after the object hit the hood of a Toyota and ricocheted inside, according to Detective Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. Troopers responded to the accident on Thursday, March 7 at about 1:20 p.m. on the New Jersey Turnpike north, milepost 67 in East Windsor Township, Lebron said. There were no other injuries reported, he said. The accident remains under investigation and there is no additio…
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Newly Minted Millionaire: Powerball Lottery Player Takes Home $2M In South Jersey
There is a new millionaire in South Jersey. One lucky Powerball lottery ticket matched five of the five white balls for the Wednesday, Feb. 28, drawing. The ticket won a $1 million second-tier prize. The ticket was purchased with the Power Play option, multiplying the win to $2 million, state Lottery officials said. The winning ticket was sold at Smoker’s Outlet, 123 W. Clements Bridge, Runnemede in Camden County. The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Feb. 28, drawing were: 16, 26, 29, 38 and 50. The Red Power Ball number was 06. The Power Play was 2X. The Powerball jackpot rolls …
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NJ Hospital Must Pay $3M To Family Of Mom Who Died Of Flesh-Eating Bacteria
A New Jersey hospital must pay $3 million to the family of a woman who died from a flesh-eating bacteria nearly seven years ago. A Camden County Superior Court jury awarded the money to the family of 54-year-old Adrienne Nock — who visited Jefferson Washington Township Hospital visited twice with symptoms before she died in 2017, according to the law firm Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky. Nock, of Franklinville, was remembered as a "beloved" client advocate for the Camden County Board of Social Services. The lawsuit said Nock went to Jefferson Washington Township Hospital on …
Police & Fire
Convicted Jersey City Killer Indicted In Brutal Pickup Truck Murder Of Ex-GF
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A convicted killer from Jersey City was indicted for deliberately running down his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body off Route 440 last Mother's Day. Gregory Mallard, a 35-year-old reputed gang member who had two children with 32-year-old Norelis Mendoza, is charged with her murder, as well as desecration of her remains and evidence tampering, among other counts. Mallard is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment in Superior Court in Jersey City on Monday, Feb. 12. He's been held since detectives arrested him last May 19 -- five days after surveillance cameras captured images …
Police & Fire
Camden School Board Member Who Threatened Woman With Gun Resigns: Complaint
A former Camden County police detective resigned from the city's school board after he was accused of threatening a woman with an unregistered gun, according to the criminal complaint. Clayton Gonzalez, 34, was arrested on Nov. 28, 2023, after he threatened the woman and her family on Nov. 20 saying he'd ruin their lives and her boyfriend's life, said the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. The first incident happened over a separation of finances when Gonzalez took the firearm out of a cabinet and began waving it around, according to the complaint. He then pointed the…
Weather
Here's Who Got The Most Snow In NJ From Latest Winter Storm
The National Weather Service has released snow totals from the latest winter storm. In New Jersey, the most amount of snow from the Friday, Jan. 19 storm appears to have fallen in Hopewell Township (Cumberland County) and Mount Royal (Gloucester County), where 6.5 inches of snow were reported. Atlantic County: Dorothy, a section of Weymouth, got 6.4 inches, the most amount of snow across Atlantic County. Six inches fell in Atlantic City, 5.6 in Mullica Township, 5.5 in Mays Landing, and on average, between 2 and 6 inches across the county. Burlington County: Medford Township…
Weather
These NJ Towns Got The Most Rain In This Week's Storm: NWS
Yet another December rain storm has come and gone, leaving many New Jersey towns under water. According to the National Weather Service's Philadelphia/Mount Holly office, between one and three inches of rain fell across the area, ending early Thursday, Dec. 28. The town that got the most amount of rain is Washington Township (Warren County), with 3.38 inches, the weather service said. Bernards Township in Somerset County saw 3.24 inches and Randolph in Morris County saw 3.03 inches. Click here to see totals as of 11:50 a.m. Sussex County got between 2.05 and 2.53 inches; Somers…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd
Authorities identified a man who was struck and killed by a police car in South Jersey before dawn on Thanksgiving as a 44-year-old resident of Berlin. Christofe “Christopher” Wita was hit on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) near Whispering Pine Drive in the Atco section of Camden County's Waterford Township at 2:19 a.m. Nov. 23, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Wita was pronounced dead at the scene, Platkin said. Driving was Sgt. Richard Sbarra of the Waterford Township Police Department, who was on duty, he said. State law and his own guidelines req…
Police & Fire
Man Struck, Killed By Police Car On South Jersey Highway: NJ AG
A man was struck and killed by a police car in South Jersey before dawn on Thanksgiving, authorities said. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's office initially withheld the names of the victim and of the officer driving the vehicle following the crash on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) near Whispering Pine Drive in the Atco section of Camden County's Waterford Township at 2:19 a.m. Nov. 23. State law and his own guidelines require the attorney general to review any and all deaths that occur “during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capac…
Police & Fire
Murder-suicide
: Woman Stabbed Mom Before Hanging Herself In NJ Motel Room, Police Say
Police are investigating a murder-suicide in a New Jersey hotel room where they say a woman stabbed her mom and then hanged herself. Dawn Ogburn, 38, of Brooklawn, and Deann Ogburn, 63, were both found dead in a room at the Rodeway Inn on Crescent Boulevard around 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Brooklawn Police Chief Shamus Ellis said. No further details were provided.
Business
Architect That Makes Jersey Shore Dream Homes Come True Opens Shiny New HQ
Ship Bottom has new neighbors, and soon lots more as a home-building and architectural firm has opened its new headquarters in the area. Walters is putting the finishing touches on the newly-built Ship Bottom location which it moved into over this summer. The headquarters will eventually include a realty office and restaurant. The two-story, 5,000-square-foot building at 701 Central Ave. houses two divisions of the development firm: Walters Homes, including a sales and design center, and Walters Architecture. A grand opening is planned for next spring, a spokeswoman said on Friday, Sept.…
News
Pockets Of West Nile Virus Reported In Sussex County
Pockets of West Nile Virus were reported this week in Sussex County, officials said. Officials in Hampton Township on Aug. 17 confirmed West Nile Virus (WNV) in its adult mosquito population. Four days later, Sussex County officials said its mosquito control division was working to "steadily to neutralize pockets of virus activity detected in the county." No known cases of the illness were reported. Officials were targeting areas with daily treatments to standing water and conducting ULV truck-mounted applications nightly. Residents who experience high adult-mosquito activity ar…
News
First NJ Case Of West Nile Virus Detected In Camden County
A Camden County resident who tested positive for West Nile virus is the first person in New Jersey to come down with the mosquito-borne illness this year, authorities said. There have been 69 cases in 16 states nationwide with the most in Arizona, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. A Winslow Township resident contracted the virus, according to the Camden County Department of Health, which said it learned of the positive test on July 17 and launched an investigation. Additional details were not released. The Camden County case is among the first in the eastern U.S. this ye…
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Winner
: Mega Millions Lottery Player Takes Home $10K, Jackpot Rolls To $720M
There was one third-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Tuesday, July 18, drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball winning the $10,000 prize. That Mega Millions lottery ticket was bought at Yogi’s Quick Shop #1, 192 Fries Mills Road, Turnersville in Camden County. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, July 18, drawing were: 19, 22, 31, 37 and 54. The Gold Mega Ball was 18, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04. The Mega Millions jackpot rolls to $720 million.
Sports
Hearts Break As NJ's Famed Atco Dragway Abruptly Closes After 63 Years
Racing fans are devastated by the abrupt closing of Atco Dragway after 63 years. The schedule for the remainder of the year has been canceled, the raceway said on Facebook Tuesday night, July 18. “Thank you all for your patronage and memories over the years,” the Camden County stadium wrote without providing a reason. The post drew more than 1,100 reactions and more than 450 comments on DragCoverage's Facebook page. Ron Gilbert said: "Breaks my heart! My son is gonna be really upset! Glad he was able to experience and run his car before it closed." "I'm so sad! It was on my short-term b…
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Winner
: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $219K
One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $218,791 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Saturday, July 15, drawing. The winning numbers were: 05, 14, 36, 37 and 38 and the XTRA number was: 05. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. The winning ticket was sold at Super Deals Food Market, 3614 Marlton Pike, Pennsauken in Camden County.
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Winner
: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Player Takes Home $127K
One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $127,447 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Monday, July 10. The winning numbers were: 04, 10, 16, 25 and 31 and the XTRA number was: 04. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket. The winning ticket was sold at SRI One Liquors, 32 White Horse Pike, Chesilhurst in Camden County.
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Winner
: Mega Millions Lottery Player Takes Home $10K
There was one third-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Tuesday, June 13, drawing. The winner matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega. The prize was worth $10,000. The winning ticket was purchased at Center Food Mart, 501 Tansboro Rd., Berlin in Camden County. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, June 13, drawing were: 08, 10, 19, 44 and 47. The Gold Mega Ball was 04, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04.
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Here's Where Nine Millionaires Were Made By NJ Lottery In First Quarter Of 2023
The New Jersey Lottery has made at least nine millionaires in the first quarter of this year alone. In the interest of maintaining that transparency, lottery officials have announced where prizes of $1 million or more were claimed by anonymous players. The largest prize of $4 million was sold in Camden County on Feb. 9. The second-largest prize of $1.15 million was sold in Hudson County on Jan. 18. Below is a table of all prizes: In the interest of maintaining that transparency, lottery officials have announced where prizes of $1 million or more were claimed by anonymous players.NJ L…
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NJ Theater Company Slams School Groups For Leaving 'School Of Rock' Show Due To Cursing
A couple school groups said gosh dangit. Two elementary school groups in Camden County walked out of “School of Rock” over concerns about cursing and other inappropriate content in the popular musical. The mid-performance walkout drew criticism from the Ritz Theatre Company. In a Facebook post, the Ritz said that 172 students, teachers and chaperones — more than 70% of the audience — left a Wednesday, May 17 performance in Haddon Township. Class is now in session! Rock with us tonight for the opening of SCHOOL OF ROCK! Grab your tickets at RitzTheatreCo.org and get here tonight at 8…
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Winner
: Mega Millions Lottery Player Takes Home $10K From Car Wash
There was one third-tier prizewinning ticket worth $10,000 sold on Friday, May 19, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The winning ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn. That ticket was purchased at Sunshine Food Store & Car Wash, 150 Blackhorse Pike, Mount Ephraim in Camden County. The winning numbers for the Friday, May 19, drawing were: 05, 11, 41, 44 and 55. The Gold Mega Ball was 14, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.
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