• Affordable housing ideology
PITTSGROVE TWP. - The Housing Summit for Salem, Gloucester and Cumberland counties Monday provided a look at the importance of affordable housing and COAH regulations in New Jersey.

• Affordable housing reality - tons of applicants
The mortgage crisis, Wall Street troubles and overall economic collapse of the last several months apparently have increased the demand for public housing in South Jersey.

• Bridgeton Blotter
BRIDGETON

• Coke, bullets found
BRIDGETON - Police on Friday recovered several ounces of cocaine and three live, .380-caliber bullets from a South East Avenue property.

• Elementary, my dear Sherlock's-Riley: Book it
BRIDGETON - Jim Chiappardi has been handing out bookmarks with the phrase, "Come Feed Your Body and Feed Your Mind!" the last few weeks.

• Looking for Lew to clear up accident
By JEAN JONES

• Market drops 370 pts.
By TOM RAUM

• Millville Blotter
MILLVILLE

• Two men charged in murder of Salem teen
SALEM - The ex-boyfriend of a Salem teen found slain inside her home here last week has been taken into custody, along with a friend of the man's who allegedly aided in the murder, authorities announced Monday.

• Vineland charter school approved
VINELAND - Students who "act out" could be rewarded when Cumberland County opens its first public charter school in September of next year.

• Face to the Wall
FAIRFIELD TWP. - The problems facing the sea wall in Seabreeze seem to be getting exponentially worse with every rainstorm, no matter how light or seemingly uneventful.

• Immigration reform has taken backseat
When Ramon Hernandez immigrated from Mexico to South Jersey 20 years ago to work on a cattle farm in Woodstown, he did so because of the financial opportunities.

• Music therapy for kids
SHILOH - "Who is ready for music?"

• SPCA Column
BY BEV GRECO

• Traffic light pushed for intersection
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. - "It takes a tragedy to open up people's eyes," District 1 Assemblyman Nelson Albano said. "We're not gonna let another person die there; we're not gonna let that happen."

• Elmer Country Ford closing
ELMER - Country Ford will close its doors at the end of the month, ending a 22-year run in the borough.

• Local legislators remain divided
By JESSICA COOMES

• Prosecutor: Key witness faces death threats
BRIDGETON - Prosecutors are concerned that the key witness in the 2007 case of a woman shot dead on South Avenue in Bridgeton might be murdered before the case goes to trial.

• Seminar gives tips for emergency preparedness
By JEAN JONES

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• House arms twisted
By ANDREW TAYLOR

• Murder suspects arraigned
BRIDGETON - Prosecutors said Thursday that the man and woman charged in connection with Wednesday's stabbing death of 38-year-old Huseyin Erkman at a Vineland trailer park were caught in the act and investigators must now work backward in an attempt to find out what happened.

• Phils Flyin Hawaiian
By MARK ECKEL

• Rainear: I'll be full-time surrogate
BRIDGETON - Surrogate Art Marchand collected $52,000 in private attorney fees from a personal injury case in 2006 while maintaining an elected position with the county, according to a court judgment released Thursday by county Democrats.

• Veep hopefuls get personal on Iraq
By JIM KUHNHENN

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• Bridgeton Police Blotter
BRIDGETON

• Ex-tax collector faces $96K theft charge
FAIRFIELD TWP. - Former township tax collector Heddi Sutherland has been charged with stealing more than $96,000 in tax funds, according to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram on Wednesday.

• GOP says give back $8M surplus
BRIDGETON - Republican freeholder candidates want to return $8 million in county surplus to the people in the form of property tax relief.

• Hamels nails Brewers
By NICK FIERRO

• Moore too busy for Fairfield CFO commitment
FAIRFIELD TWP. - The township is searching for a new chief financial officer, according to a public notice requesting proposals for CFO services released this week.

• Senate decides to bail
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS

• Two held in Vineland fatal stabbing
VINELAND - A man and woman have been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal stabbing Wednesday of a 38-year-old man in Chinnici Mobile Home Park, 1920 S. Delsea Drive, where Elmer Road bisects Delsea Drive.

• Vigil for domestic violence victims
VINELAND - Cumberland County has seen more than its fair share of domestic violence in recent years.

• What if the guns hadn't jammed?
MILLVILLE - The 16-year-old shooter who police say fired eight to 10 rounds from an automatic .22 caliber rifle into a crowd Tuesday night, injuring one, remained in county custody as of Wednesday.

• $78,000 HCDC grant
MILLVILLE - The Holly City Development Corporation has announced it will receive a $78,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to further develop affordable housing programs within the city.

• 8-10 shots fired into crowd, including cop; 1 hurt
MILLVILLE - Millville police are looking for one gunman and arrested another that allegedly opened fire and shot a youth during a fight in a crowd of 30 people at a rear lot between North 3rd and 4th streets Tuesday night.

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• Bloody fight brings man's arrest
By JEAN JONES

• Bridgeton Police Blotter
BRIDGETON

• Millville Police Blotter
MILLVILLE

• Reward in bank heist
MILLVILLE - Crime Stoppers of Millville is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the man who on Saturday robbed a TD Banknorth branch on North 2nd Street.

• 45 guns bought at buyback
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• Bridgeton Blotter
BRIDGETON

• Hunt for Millville bank robber continues
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• Millville Police Blotter
MILLVILLE

• Millville tax rate at $1.13
By JEAN JONES

• Skatepark will cost $100,000
By JEAN JONES

• Suspected illegal in stabbing
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• Vehicle thefts hit Millville
By JEAN JONES

• Police seek two suspects in Millville home invasion
MILLVILLE - Police are seeking two men, one of whom kicked down the door of a house on McNeal Street Friday and demanded money from its occupants at gunpoint.

• Tea burners at it again
GREENWICH TWP. - Why should Boston be the only city with a tea party?

• Inmate injured in assault at county jail
BRIDGETON - An inmate at the county jail was seriously injured Friday in an assault at Cumberland County Jail.

• Toad Fish Bar & Grill sponsors car at NJMP
FAIRFIELD TWP. - When the Loud Energy Drink 150 kicks off Sunday at the New Jersey MotorSports Park, area residents may recognize one of the sponsors on one of the cars on the track.

• Trace amount of pot found in official's car
BRIDGETON - Reckless driving led to a "trace amount" of marijuana being found in a car operated by a former school board member last week, according to authorities.

• Judge decides payback possibilty
BRIDGETON - A Superior Court judge will hear arguments this morning regarding if Cumberland County government should be reimbursed $160,000 paid to defend itself against a sexual discrimination lawsuit earlier this year.

• Post card nails Bridgeton illegal dumper in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD TWP. - On Sept. 12, officials with the Cumberland County Improvement Authority and the county health department made what one investigator called an enormous discovery.

• 2,330 years of loyalty
By JEAN JONES

• Ignored service agencies collaborate on condoms
Social service agencies left out of a proposal by Community Health Care Inc. and South Jersey Healthcare to launch a new program aimed at turning around the county's consistently high teenage pregnancy rate are considering new ways to deal with the problem.

• Officer finds tools stolen from his father
MILLVILLE - Police charged two men with receiving stolen property, and one of them with theft, on Monday after an off-duty Millville sergeant reportedly recognized a bucket of tools recently stolen from his father in the bed of their pickup truck.

• Official charged with pot possession
BRIDGETON - Former school board president Todd Edwards was charged with marijuana possession following a traffic stop in the city last week.

• Storm could be rough
FAIRFIELD TWP. - With weather forecasters predicting tropical storm-force wind and rain along the Eastern seaboard through Friday, township officials spent Wednesday afternoon inspecting, and repairing, the sea wall, in Seabreeze.

• Summit at White House includes McCain, Obama
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS

• Congress fiddles; Dow burns
By JEANNINE AVERSA

• Plans set for demolition of Millville Gardens
MILLVILLE - City housing officials on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve an agreement between the Millville Housing Authority and the Holly City Development Corporation to manage Millville Gardens during the relocation of its residents.

• Section 8 renter to owner
MILLVILLE - The Millville Housing Authority is set to see its potentially first successful House Choice Voucher program candidate.

• Why Bridgeton crime is up
BRIDGETON - Cash-strapped as the city may be, crime statistics released on Monday may force local officials to urge the state Department of Community Affairs to loosen the purse strings when it comes to new police hires.