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Camden County police adopt new use of force policy

August 21, 2019 10:31 am

The Camden County Police Department announced the adoption of a new use of force policy Wednesday. “We have long trained our officers in de-escalation and force minimization, but we wanted a policy that reflected that training,” Camden County Police Chief J. Scott...

Cherry Hill schools to serve tuna sandwiches to kids whose parents owe money

August 16, 2019 9:01 amAugust 16, 2019 9:14 am

Assemblywoman Carol Murphy (D-Mount Laurel) has introduced legislation to provide anti-stigmatization protections to public school students whose school lunch bills are in arrears. “We should not punish our students for the economic challenges their family faces,” said Murphy. Murphy’s bill...

Bob Messick, former Camden Dem chairman, dies

August 12, 2019 11:23 am

Former Camden County Democratic Chairman Robert Messick, a politically influential lawyer and major player in South Jersey politics for decades, passed away this weekend. He was 84. Messick became county chairman in 1979 in an election that followed a civil...

Norcross announces Camden community grant program

August 2, 2019 11:35 am

Applications are now being accepted for the Camden City Community Grant Program to award grants from $500 to $5,000 to applicants focusing on community building activities, George Norcross announced today. Norcross, the chairman of Cooper University Health Care, said that...

Norcross company says it ‘over-delivered’ on promises to EDA

July 16, 2019 5:49 pmJuly 16, 2019 6:01 pm

The insurance and risk management company run by Democratic powerbroker George Norcross is pushing back on a task force report probing tax incentives, saying that the company “over-delivered on the promises it made to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority....

Grandson of Camden councilman murdered

July 3, 2019 12:11 pm

Curtis Jenkins III, the 20-year-old grandson of Camden City Council President Curtis Jenkins, Sr., was found dead late last night in an abandoned garage, two days after he was kidnapped. The grandfather told the Philadelphia Inquirer that his son received...

Beach easily wins re-election as Camden Dem chairman

June 12, 2019 11:01 amJune 12, 2019 4:14 pm

State Sen. James Beach (D-Voorhees) was re-elected Camden County Democratic chairman on Tuesday evening, easily beating back a symbolic challenge from Susan Druckenbrod. Druckenbrod, who won 19% of the vote in her bid for the Democratic mayoral nomination in Cherry...