The Sherrill Administration today announced the grant solicitation period for NJDOT’s Fiscal Year 2027 State Aid programs is now open. Starting today, Monday, April 20, applications will be accepted for Municipal Aid, Transit Village, Bikeway, and Safe Streets to Transit programs through July 1, 2026.
Continue reading “Municipal Aid Applications Being Accepted”May is National Water Safety Month, making it an excellent time to raise awareness on how parents can help keep their kids safer around water. While people have fun in the pools, lakes, and oceans, a percentage of them will experience unimaginable loss due to drowning. One grief expert who knows first-hand what losing a child to drowning is like is speaking up to help keep kids safer around water, and helping parents learn how to handle the grief and guilt if their child drowns.
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| The Lawnside Historical Society mounts a year-long exhibit at the Camden County Historical Society, 1900 Park Blvd., Camden, on Sunday, April 26 from 3 – 5 p.m.Curated by Shamele Jordon, the exhibit will present historical documents, multimedia presentations, photos, videos, and family histories focused on government, faith, education, community and culture. Lawnside was incorporated in March 1926 by an act of the New Jersey State legislature making it the only African American incorporated municipality in New Jersey and north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The community has existed for hundreds of years before incorporation as a settlement of free Black people. Special events will be held on the first Sunday of each month: A panel of historians set for May 3, 3 – 4:30 p.m. will discuss Green Book locations in Lawnside and Berlin, and a Gallery Talk and tour is scheduled from 3 – 4 p.m. on June 7. Many of the items on display come from the Society’s collection, which grew from gifts by Dr. Roscoe Moore, Clarence Still Jr. and other local residents. Registration and attendance are free. To arrange school visits during museum hours, Wednesday through Friday, click on https://cchsnj.org/visit/. Self-guided tours are available Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Museum and Library are open from 1 – 5 p.m. on first Sundays. Much of the research has been made possible by grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. Media Contact: Linda Shockley, 856-889-7152 |
Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Ed Potosnak today celebrated the start of Earth Week 2026 by announcing the joint acquisition of the site of a vacant building in Union City, Hudson County, that the city will transform into a youth soccer field. The acquisition will help deliver critically needed recreational space to one of the country’s most densely populated communities.
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A New York Police Department Mounted Unit Officer handcuffs a suspected purse thief following a full gallop chase down a Manhattan Street in broad daylight. Photo courtesy of NBC New York
NEW YORK CITY (CNBNews)(April 21, 2026)— A dramatic scene played out on the Upper West Side on April 15 when an NYPD Mounted Unit officer, patrolling the neighborhood on horseback, chased down a robbery suspect in broad daylight.
According to police, the officer was riding Kelly, a retired racehorse now serving with the Mounted Unit, when a woman allegedly snatched a purse near West 72nd Street and Columbus Avenue. NYPD body‑camera footage shows the officer urging Kelly into a full gallop as they pursued the fleeing suspect through the busy Manhattan corridor.
The NYPD later commented on the unusual takedown, saying, “Whether on foot or on hooves, our officers are always ready.”
With help from a witness who pointed out the direction of travel, the officer closed in, recovered the stolen purse, and took the alleged purse thief into custody.
According to the Toms River Patch, Kelly was rescued by the Standardbred Retirement Foundation from a “kill pen” in 2020, the foundation’s Executive Director, Judy Bokman, told Patch.
The Eyewitness News ABC7NY video below captures the chase and arrest as it unfolded.
| Guy Weston has not only safeguarded a crucial piece of New Jersey’s history, but has also deepened public understanding of the lives and achievements of Black residents during the antebellum and postbellum periods. His leadership, scholarship, and dedication to the community of Timbuctoo made him a truly deserving recipient of the 2025 Dr. Doris C. Carpenter Excellence Award, presented by Preservation New Jersey.Guy Weston and teachers from Westampton Middle School and Rancocas Valley High School who worked on the project’s curriculumMr. Weston’s fourth great-grandfather was among a small group of free African Americans who purchased land in what is now Westampton Township in 1829. The community of Timbuctoo was established in 1826, when Ezekiel Parker, Wardell Parker, David Parker, and Hezekiah Hall, each having escaped enslavement in Maryland, purchased land from a Quaker and founded a settlement. The community was later named after the historic West African city in present-day Mali. Read Full Story |
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected.
* WHERE…Portions of central, northern, and southern New Jersey and east central and southeast Pennsylvania.
* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
* AFFECTED AREAS: MIDDLESEX … WESTERN MONMOUTH … MERCER … SALEM … GLOUCESTER … CAMDEN … NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON … OCEAN … CUMBERLAND … ATLANTIC … CAPE MAY … SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON … BERKS … LEHIGH … WESTERN CHESTER … EASTERN CHESTER … WESTERN MONTGOMERY … EASTERN MONTGOMERY … UPPER BUCKS … LOWER BUCKS
Instructions:Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Elaina Corson scored seven goals and became the school’s all-time leading scorer as #16 Rowan cruised to a 20-8 win over Kean in an NJAC women’s lacrosse game on “Senior Day”. The win gives the Profs (12-2; 3-0 NJAC) a nine-game winning streak.
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HAPPENING NEXT WEEK! – DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 25, 2026, 10 AM to 2 PM at Gloucester Township Police Headquarters!
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REGISTRATION OPENS IN TWO WEEKS! Gloucester Township Police Junior Police Academy 2026!
The Annual Gloucester Township Police Junior Police Academy runs for four weeks beginning in late July, with two Basic and two Advanced classes at different age brackets. Registration for the 2026 classes will begin, Friday May 1, 2026. Cost is $150 for residents, $175 for non-residents. Links to each class will be available then on our GTPD social media sites and our website here!: https://gtpolice.com/community-page/199
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