The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office is urging the public to be wary of two phone scams targeting residents and businesses in Camden County.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has issued a strong reaction to a Wednesday court ruling that it must allow ads for a film titled The Muslims Are Coming! On Friday, it said that while the judge termed the ads \”mere humorous statements that American Muslims are \’just like other Americans,\’\” the MTA \”disagrees\” and \”will continue…

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John W. Dobleman (photo) died suddenly on October 8, 2015, at the age of 48. A life long resident of Gloucester City, NJ, \”Square Head\”, as he was known, was one of the original founders of the Gloucester Cyclones, a traveling softball team for young girls. Asked how he got his nickname, his older brother Ziggy said, \”When I first saw him, after he was born, all I could see was his head sticking out of the blanket. I said he had a ‘Square Head’. The nickname stayed with him for the rest of his life.\”

 Condolences and Memories may be shared at www.mccannhealey.com under the obituary of John W. Dobleman. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Ph: 856-456-1142 

Judge Hogan has ruled against the environmental groups’ motion to intervene in the Exxon settlement case. We filed a motion to intervene for the purpose of appealing the Judge’s decision in in the settlement. We want to show that this settlement is wrong and Exxon should be responsible for the environmental damages impacted. We also believe we have right to intervene under the Environmental Rights Act and Judge Hogan should not have denied us that right. We are going to appeal this settlement and the Judge’s decision, as well as his denying our ability to intervene. The environmental groups who filed a motion to intervene in the case released the following statements:

TRENTON – The Christie Administration today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the state more than $66 million to assist the Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA) with construction of flood walls and related work that will protect two of its critical wastewater pump stations from severe storms and flooding.

PENNSYLVANIA UPS PENALTY FOR KILLING EAGLES

(New York, N.Y. – October 8, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has modified its plan to address contaminated groundwater at the Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. site in Newfield and Vineland, N.J. A plan originally put into place in 1996 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection when it was mainly responsible for the site, required a system that pumps the groundwater out of the ground and treats it. The modified EPA plan instead calls for using non-hazardous additives to treat the groundwater and break down the contaminants and then allow the contaminants to naturally decline while monitoring them.

 as Fracking Fluid & Gives Polluters a Pass

New law gives a far-reaching waiver of liability to coal and oil and gas companies in the Commonwealth

Harrisburg, PA – Environmental advocates are reacting with disappointment and concern at the news that Governor Tom Wolf has signed a controversial bill allowing for the use of coal mine drainage as a fracking fluid while providing a waiver of liability to polluters.

(New York, N.Y. – October 8, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with ECO International, LLC of Vestal, New York, which will ensure the proper disposal of more than 26 million pounds of lead-containing crushed glass. Until 2013, ECO International was a recycler of discarded electronic devices (\”electronic waste\”), such as older televisions and computer monitors, which can contain lead. The company no longer receives or processes electronic waste.

NEWARK, N.J. – Two members of the Grape Street Crips gang admitted their roles in a two-year conspiracy to distribute crack-cocaine in and around Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.

Monesha Johnson, a/k/a \”Smoove,\” 35, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jose Linares in Newark federal court to an information charging her with one count of conspiring to distribute crack-cocaine. Willie Brooks, a/k/a \”Animal,\” 24, also of Newark, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Linares to a separate information charging him with one count of conspiring to distribute crack-cocaine.