Community Corner

The Week in Review

A police standoff marks this week in Gloucester Township. Find out what else happened around town.

Gloucester Township Police endured a tense three hours this week as a meat cleaver-wielding suspect engaged them in a standoff that required SWAT response.

In more seasonal news, fall weather (re-)arrived this week, and with it, the Blackwood Pumpkin Festival Sunday. Do you know the origins of the festival? And could poor weather smash this year's pumpkin crop all over South Jersey?

Catch up with this news and much more in Gloucester Township Patch's Week in Review:

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