Sunday, May 5, 2013
Also this week, a Washington Township police officer was indicted in a traffic stop of a state assemblyman, and the Gloucester Township school district considers a consulting contract to help with core-curriculum standards.
The state Election Law Enforcement Commission told Marianne Coyle that an association she had with a local political action committee was improper. Police searched the home of a Triton Regional High School student Wednesday after he allegedly threatened to commit violence at the school. The Gloucester Township school board could award a contract for a curriculum consultant at its next meeting, May 20. Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura was formally charged with official misconduct and related offenses in connection with a drunken-driving arrest of state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty. Where are 13 of the school's football players headed for college? Want stories like this delivered to your inbox every morning? Click here to sign up for …
Monday, April 29, 2013
Readers clicked on these 10 stories the most in April—did you read them all?
Gloucester Township Patch's most-read stories this month included several crime stories, plus the mayor's defense of Segways as crime-fighting tools, an early look at the municipal election matchups and the township schools' poor state record card performance. 10. Red-Light Camera Expansion Halted 9. Open-Air Shooting Range Debate Heats Up Again in Erial 8. Teen Hit by Car on the Way to School 7. Fugitive Captured After Standoff: Police 6. GOP to Challenge Mayor, 3 Council Members in Fall Election 5. Crash Sends Vehicle Into Big Timber Creek: Police 4. Mayor Defends Purchase of Segway for Police 3. Former Triton Teacher Martinelli Learns His Fate in Court 2. BOE Member Files Harassment Complaint Against Aggressive Questioner 1. 7 of 11 …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Also in the news, the Gloucester Township teacher contract is still not settled, a teen is hit by car on the way to school and more.
Only four Gloucester Township schools met proficiency standards in math and language. UPDATED at 2:59 p.m. Friday. Both sides have met with a state fact finder. An attorney said the prosecutor didn't have enough information to proceed. Angel McDermott thinks Gloucester Township is penalized for disadvantaged students. Gloucester Township Police say speed doesn't appear to be a factor in the pedestrian accident on Good Intent Road at Marshall Avenue. There were 433 Gloucester Township students eligible for the awards. The state decides a red-light camera pilot program, which Gloucester Township is a part of, will not expand. The Lions jumped out to an early lead and never looked back against the Chargers. A portion of the proceeds from the …
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Also this week, more than 50 people prepare to go bald to fight pediatric cancer (and you can too), police plan extra patrols for St. Patrick's Day, Gloucester Township Patch has a new editor and more.
'...This incident is going to be the one thing you're remembered for,' a judge tells Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli, both of Blackwood, as they're sentenced in a Camden courtroom Friday. Logandro and Michielli walked out of the courtroom 15 minutes after the proceedings, uncuffed, accompanied by a sheriff's deputy. Nick Martinelli admitted in court Thursday to hindering an investigation into his alleged improper relationship with a student, and immediately resigned his position. One-year-old Anyla Moore, who was reportedly abducted from her Gloucester Township day care Wednesday, was found unharmed the same night. Her father was charged and jailed in the alleged kidnapping. Local children fighting cancer inspire more than five dozen…
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Also this week, a Blackwood woman was killed in a hit-and-run, Gloucester Twp. Police crowdsourced crime-solving and more.
The portion of the Atlantic City Expressway in Winslow looked a little like the Wild West on Monday evening. Gloucester Township’s second Blockbuster Video will shut its doors, a victim of massive corporate downsizing—and a world where DVDs are quickly going the way of 8-tracks. Joyce Putmon died after being struck by a truck on the Black Horse Pike in Haddon Township. The township may lease four electric-powered cars, and for a good price, the township administrator says. Gloucester Township Police are going with what works—turning to social media to help solve a spate of open cases, one dating back almost a year. What started as a traffic stop Monday snowballed into charges of cocaine possession and passing counterfeit money for a …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Also this week in Gloucester Township, three convicted in the Triton student-teacher sex case got paid nearly $100K while suspended, the municipal tax outlook became clearer and more.
Attorneys representing the three victims in the Triton Regional High School teacher-student sex case have filed notices of potential lawsuits. A College Drive massage parlor was shut down by authorities earlier this month after its owner and an employee were charged in a prostitution sting. Three former Triton Regional High School educators received paychecks totaling nearly $100,000 while they were suspended as a result of a teacher-student sex case that rocked the school last fall. Residents would receive roughly the same municipal tax bills this year as they did last year under the proposed 2013 township budget. Two men from the Gloucester Township area were among 25 people arrested in a statewide child pornography sting, New Jersey …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Also this week, the man accused of killing Gloucester Township K-9 Schultz found himself in more legal trouble, police sought—and found—an alleged bank robber, a cab driver foiled another reported robbery and more.
Two former Highland Regional High School students have been charged with posting to Facebook a threat to "shoot up" the Blackwood school in what police have labeled a hoax. Brandon Keller has had the same vision ever since he emerged as a standout wrestler his freshman year at Timber Creek Regional High School. He sees himself as standing on the top of the podium in Atlantic City, crowned as a state champion. Trouble keeps coming for Skyler J. Robinson. A Camden woman is charged with robbing the Chews Landing Road Rite Aid at gunpoint Tuesday night, and police are crediting a taxi driver with aiding in the woman's apprehension. A Republican state senator from North Jersey has introduced legislation that eliminates the financial incentive …
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Also this past week in Gloucester Township, a new councilwoman was named, the Camden diocese's new bishop was installed in town and more.
Two Triton Regional High School teachers will possibly serve just 30 days under house arrest after entering guilty pleas Monday afternoon in connection with a teacher-student sex scandal that rocked the Runnemede school last fall. Gloucester Township officials on Wednesday opened the lone bid received for a contract to provide the Police Department with an armored rescue vehicle. It's the armored rescue vehicle that's been getting all the attention, but Gloucester Township Council approved several other vehicle purchases this past week. Township Council chose Michelle Winters from a list of four residents nominated by the Gloucester Township Democrat Committee to complete what remains of Michelle Gentek's four-year term. Want to grow your …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Also this week, Gloucester Township Police search for a stabbing suspect, Timber Creek inducts its first Hall of Fame class and township officials want to fix a dangerous intersection.
Pine Hill Middle School teacher Charles Reilly was indicted on 92 counts of child abuse, including sexual assault and child pornography, authorities announced Wednesday. Police have identified a suspect in a stabbing late Thursday that injured a 22-year-old man. The Blackwood Lake Advisory Commission has an idea that could encourage more adult recreational activities at the lake. Erin Floyd, Bruce Francis, and Paul Schliep walked to center court and waved to the crowd when they were introduced as the first members of the Timber Creek Athletic Hall of Fame. The fourth member of the inaugural class, Kyle Hines, waved too. Sort of. It took the final event on Thursday night, but the Highland boys' indoor track team managed to eke out first …
Monday, February 4, 2013
An extremely busy week saw major stories in crime and courts (man killed with arrow, K-9 death suspect back in jail), schools (contract negotiations drag on), town council (money put up for armored vehicle) and much more.
Gloucester Township’s school board backs off of a plan to move around school administrators midyear. Teachers and parents, who flooded the meeting to protest, loudly cheered the decision. Just a week after outcry over him getting a drug rehab program instead of a trial, the man accused of killing a police K-9 was back behind bars. The school board and teachers union have yet to find common ground in contract negotiations. Teachers have worked without a new deal since June 2012. Although the county refuted claims an armored vehicle isn’t available to Gloucester Township all the time, Township Council moved to start the appropriations necessary to buy its own. A state Appellate Court panel partially overturned the 2010 conviction of David T…
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