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Homeless Mom With 7 Kids Gifted House, Thanks to Donations From ‘Griswold Light Display’ What started out as a little holiday fun turned into a life-changing philanthropic movement for a couple who call themselves The Griswolds of New Jersey. Steve and Gina Harbaugh, of Mickleton, gifted a house to a homelessmom and her seven kids with the help of donations they raised from their 2020 Christmas light display. Just a few months ago, in December last year, Noreen Owens and her seven kids, aged 6 to 18, were living across two rooms in a Mount Ephraim hotel for displaced families. Thanks to a...

The hour-long session was organized by state legislators for the Bellmawr area. Assemblyman Bill Moen noted the collapse occurred in an area that's part of the Direct Connection, a $900 million, multi-year highway-building program. He called the Direct Connection "one of the largest infrastructure projects that our region and the state have witnessed, both in cost and duration." "So we felt that our region needed a full accounting of what took place and where we go from here," said Moen, who hosted the meeting with state Senator Nilsa Cruz Perez and Assemblyman William Spearman. The Direct...

Here are the 30 N.J. towns with the highest property tax rates Updated Mar 15, 2021; New Jersey’s highest-in-the-nation average property tax bill hit $9,112 last year. And while the average property tax bill in the state and in each municipality tells us how much New Jersey’s homeowners are really paying, it’s not the best way to measure which towns take the biggest bite. Those with with million-dollar houses will inevitably have higher average property tax bills, which are a function of property values and property tax rates. The best way to compare tax bills is using the equalized ...

Camden County man dies after car crashes into pole Updated Mar 08, 2021; A Mount Ephraim man died after suffering an apparent medical emergency that caused his vehicle to crash into a pole in Franklin Township, Gloucester County Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Jack Sparacio, 79, died in the accident and a passenger, a 76-year-old woman from Blackwood, was injured, according to township police. The crash occurred at 3:30 p.m. in the area of Delsea Drive and Roosevelt Avenue. The vehicle was traveling north on Delsea Drive when Sparacio suffered an apparent medical emergency and went off t...

It's been one year since COVID-19 disrupted our lives, dramatically changing the way we live, work and play. This article is one in a series of stories detailing South Jersey's adjustment to the pandemic. CAMDEN – The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is painfully clear in a rising number of infections and deaths here. But it’s also evident in things that are not rising — like a planned $39.6-million office building near the city’s Waterfront. A Pennsylvania nonprofit, Elwyn, disclosed plans for the project in February 2019. The proposed 53,000-square-foot building, with a big assist f...