BROOKLAWN, NJ (CNBNews)This is our 10th year for Stuff a Scarecrow! Let’s make it our best one yet! This is an open house at the Brooklawn Community Center and you can come anytime between the hours of 5pm to 8pm to decorate your scarecrow. If you would like to prepay and take your scarecrow with you to keep at your house then that is an option too! Please click the link below and fill out the Google form so we know you are coming and can be prepared. Please bring whatever you will be dressing your scarecrow in. We do have some clothes and accessories but it’s first come first serve for them. We will have a snack stand and hot dogs available for sale as well. Please come out and support our Alice Costello 8th grade class!
Brooklawn, NJ (Sept. 29, 2026)–The Brooklawn Fall Festival will be held this Saturday, October 3, from 12 noon to 5 PM at the Brooklawn Waterfront. Live bands, food trucks, a beer garden, craft vendors, activities for the kids, Pony rides and community groups will be there.
You are invited to join the fun, socialize with your neighbors and friends. Come out and enjoy the Party. Guarantee you wont regret it.
On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at approximately 10:41 p.m., officers from the Gloucester Township Police Department responded to the area of Black Horse Pike (State Highway 168) and Almonesson Road for a report of a serious motor vehicle crash.
Based on the preliminary investigation, a Toyota Venza was traveling southbound on Black Horse Pike when it entered the northbound lane and struck the rear of a Honda Accord. The impact caused the Honda Accord to spin before coming to rest along the roadway.
The Toyota Venza continued through the intersection of Black Horse Pike and Almonesson Road, left the roadway, struck a utility pole guide wire, landscaping, and a freestanding brick business sign with an electronic display before overturning and coming to rest in the parking lot of a nearby business. Both vehicles sustained significant damage as a result of the crash.
Four Jefferson Health caregivers in South Jersey were recently honored for delivering exceptional care, compassion, and support to patients and their families.
DAISY AWARDS:
Angel Roman, a nurse on the 2-East inpatient unit at Jefferson Stratford Hospital, and Sophia Walker, a labor and delivery nurse at Jefferson Washington Township Hospital, received DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses:
Angel Roman was recognized for supporting a patient and her family through a frightening day filled with uncertainty. He clearly explained the patient’s condition, listened closely to her concerns, and ensured the family remained informed throughout her care. The patient described Roman as “a bright light on a dark day” who went “above and beyond” when she needed reassurance most.
When some over a certain age hear “Newark,” there is often an unfortunate kneejerk instinct to think “riots.” The “long hot summer” of 1967 has cast a long shadow over New Jersey’s largest city in the popular zeitgeist despite possessing a far greater history and strides made since in escaping the socioeconomic impacts of postwar deindustrialization. Even within the context of that single year alone, it has overshadowed another important place Newark has in the history of American civil rights and race relations. And now the space where that history took place is under threat of disappearing forever.
Rowan survived the elements to come away with a 9-0 win over Lycoming for the team’s second-straight shutout on a rainy Saturday at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium.
Michael Zarfati had 102 receiving yards and a score while Tyshawn Bookman added 99 yards on the ground as the Profs (2-1) recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2012.
Trey Helmick led the defense with 10 tackles (three for losses), a sack, forced fumble and a pass breakup to spark Rowan in limiting the Warriors (1-3) to just five first downs and 118 total yards including a safety in the third quarter and a blocked field goal in the fourth. The Profs held Lycoming to just 1-of-13 on third downs as well. Xavier McBride added seven stops with four pass breakups with AJ Ryker kicking in a pair of fumble recoveries in the win.
GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (September 27, 2026)— As industrial logistics hubs expand along the Delaware River waterfront, the critical trade operations of marine container terminals come at a severe cost to adjacent residential neighborhoods. For frontline communities living under the shadow of heavy port infrastructure in South Jersey, the environmental footprint is defined by a continuous influx of air, water, noise, and land pollution.
The Gloucester Marine Terminal (photo courtesy of Holt Logistics)
The intersection of private shipping infrastructure and state operations forms the backbone of this regional economic engine. Headquartered right here at the Gloucester Marine Terminal on King Street, the family-owned Holt Logisticshas been a dominant maritime force since 1926. Today, the company also acts as a primary private operator for major assets owned by the state-run South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC), including Pier 5 at the Broadway Marine Terminal in Camden and the newer Paulsboro Marine Terminal. While these public-private partnerships handle millions of tons of cargo annually and drive regional logistics growth, their round-the-clock operations concentrate localized environmental hazards directly in residential backyards.
The 1996 Waterfront Lease Controversy
Nowhere is the complex and highly transactional relationship between Gloucester City and its largest corporate tenant clearer than in the history of the 1996 ninety-nine-year lease agreement.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced the ribbon cutting of the expanded and upgraded Liberty State Park Ferry Terminal in Jersey City, which serves millions of visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island each year.
The $51.1 million project transformed the historic Central Railroad of New Jersey Ferry Terminal, which has largely been unused since Liberty State Park was established in 1976, into a modern facility for future services that can support a multi-functional landing scheme, while preserving elements of the terminal’s history. A key feature of the project was replacing a sunken barge with a new pier structure and barge to accommodate increased maritime traffic and strengthen regional emergency response capabilities. In addition, the sunken barge was repurposed to create an artificial reef to support a healthy marine ecosystem off the Jersey Shore.
