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Democrats take office, control in Cumberland County

By DANIEL WALSH Staff Writer, 856-649-2074

Published: Jan 05, 2009

VINELAND - Cumberland County's new all-Democratic freeholder board officially took office Sunday, marking one of the largest changeovers in the seven-member board's history.

Freeholders Jim Dunkins, Jane Jannarone, Bill Whelan and Nelson Thompson took their oaths of office before more than 200 people at Cumberland County College. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., administered the oaths before an audience that included Gov. Jon S. Corzine and state Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem.

Freeholder Lou Magazzu won the other six freeholders' votes as freeholder director for the second time, while Freeholder Joe Pepitone was named deputy director.

Menendez called the board members an "exceptional group of public servants" and pledged to work with freeholders in the future, including supporting renewed federal funding for the Cumberland Empowerment Zone. More

Jan 05, 2009

• Wall around 1791 Bridgeton house latest challenge in mason's 58-year career

BRIDGETON - Building walls the old-fashioned way might seem like backbreaking work for most, but for 73-year-old Joseph Forrest, the craft of stonemasonry might very well be what keeps him alive.

Jan 04, 2009

• Surgery will give Millville woman a hand

MILLVILLE - Jessica Arrigo was playing a game of pool with her father.

Jan 04, 2009

• High Street in Millville feeling mostly down and out

MILLVILLE - Fair or unfair, the failures of High Street invariably become the failures of the Millville Development Corp.

Jan 03, 2009

• Millville man held in cousin's killing

VINELAND - Police arrested a Millville man and charged him with killing his first cousin after an argument, possibly over a debt, early New Year's morning, the Cumberland County prosecutor said.

Jan 03, 2009

• Three dead pit bulls found near Millville's Union Lake

From Press staff reports

Jan 03, 2009

• Kaspar sworn in as Vineland judge

VINELAND - A familiar figure was sworn in Friday as Vineland's municipal court judge.

Jan 02, 2009

• Judge hikes bail on Millville man charged with killing cousin over bad debt

4:43 p.m. Update - BRIDGETON— A Superior Court judge raised bail on Friday for the Millville man charged with stabbing his cousin to death on New Year’s Day and leaving him mortally wounded on a desolate Vineland road.

Jan 02, 2009

• Van crash in Vineland injures three

From Press staff reports

Dec 31, 2008

• Municipal reorganization meetings

Dec 30, 2008

• Main voice of dissent leaves Cumberland freeholder board

MILLVILLE - For six years, Cumberland County Freeholder Jane Christy has been the most vocal and consistent dissenter in her county's government.

Dec 30, 2008

• 17-year-old suspect arrested in Bridgeton shooting death

BRIDGETON - A 17-year-old city boy charged with the Christmas morning murder of Vine Street resident Rakeem Stubbs turned himself in to police Monday afternoon.

Dec 29, 2008

• Vineland Girl Scout troop honors local servicemen

VINELAND - Hand-tying table ornaments of red, white and blue star-shaped balloons, Valerie Kidd prepared to honor two local servicemen Sunday, and thought of a third - her son, Timothy Miller.

Dec 28, 2008

• Economy dominates regional news in 2008

Harrah's, Borgata, Taj
open new hotel towers

Dec 27, 2008

• Regifting party tries to put gifts with someone who wants them

MILLVILLE - As a vegetarian, Jamie Moore said she had very little use for the mini slider grill that she got for Christmas. Rather than just let it sit unused, gathering dust, she decided to exchange it for something better.

Dec 27, 2008

• After the holiday - time to play

Kaitlyn Riggins, 11, of Vineland, 'grinds on a rail,' Friday in front of her home on a ramp system she received for a Christmas gift.

Dec 27, 2008

• Vineland residents displaced by fire

From Press staff reports

Dec 27, 2008

• Legacies: Faith, poetry gave her strength through a difficult life

An occasional series about southern New Jersey residents who recently died, leaving lasting marks on their community, their neighborhood, their friends or families.

Dec 27, 2008

• Millville man faces more charges in assaults on woman, baby

MILLVILLE - Police upgraded the charges Friday against a 21-year-old Millville father who was arrested earlier this week on charges of beating of his live-in girlfriend and their infant daughter.

Dec 26, 2008

• Man shot to death in Bridgeton

From Press staff reports

Dec 26, 2008

• Vineland teacher urges students to apply knowledge

VINELAND - The eighth-graders in Calvin Cobb's science class at Cumberland Christian School watched attentively the presentation on a watershed.

Dec 25, 2008

• Injured Millville baby still in critical condition

MILLVILLE - The 3-month-old girl seriously injured on North Second Street earlier this week is still in critical but stable condition, police said Wednesday.

Dec 24, 2008

• State agriculture secretary serves holiday dinner in Millville

Volunteer Carissa Macho of Upper Deerfield Township and state Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus, outfitted with gloves and hair nets, serve food to Harold and Alma Force of Millville on Tuesday during a holiday dinner at Bethel AME church in Millville.

Dec 24, 2008

• Millville shop owner offers free sandwiches as bad economy boosts flea market business

MILLVILLE - While the sluggish economy has been a downer for many of the merchants on High Street, there's at least one Millville business that's actually been buoyed by the slump.

Dec 24, 2008

• Reward offered for 60 tons of stolen mangoes

VINELAND - Somebody stole more than 60 tons of mangoes from the Vineland Produce Auction, and now there's a reward out for information leading to the thieves.

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