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Asbury Park Press JACKSON — In the last six weeks, Six Flags Great Adventure, one of New Jersey's leading attractions, has seen four major attractions shut down after safety incidents. They led to three hospital visits for park guests.  Whether the incidents, coming in such quick succession, speak to any wider concerns about safety or worker training is unclear. Six Flags issued written assurances that its rides were safe but declined to make officials available to answer questions. Likewise, the state office in charge of inspecting Six Flags rides — the main attraction for over 3 mill...

Those taken into custody on Wednesday and charged are: William L. Harris, 28, Montrose Street, Karonjah N. Witt, 28, of New Magnolia Road, Xavier L. Bogan, 20, of Seeley Cohansey Road in Upper Deerfield Township. The 10-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting at home in the 700 block of West Earl Drive just after 11 p.m. on July 4. Charged with first degree murder, Harris is also charged with first degree aggravated manslaughter and multiple weapons offenses stemming from the slaying of Jasayde and the earlier shooting along Francine Drive. A resident of the 1100 block of Francine Drive...

GALLOS: CCUA's sewer deal doesn’t fix a problem, it is the problem Peggy Gallos, executive director, Association of Environmental Authorities View Comments The Cumberland County Utilities Authority is on the verge of a sewer deal that would enrich investors in a Louisiana private equity firm but hit sewer ratepayers in Bridgeton, Upper Deerfield, Hopewell, Deerfield and Fairfield with unnecessarily high private sewer rates for years to come. Several CCUA commissioners met privately with Bernhard Capital Partners, without informing the rest and the CCUA executive director. With scant notice,...

How exactly such an investment deal might work and what the authority would do — or legally could do — with the money is unsettled, despite a two-hour meeting. Even the language of the bid solicitation is uncertain. The proposal affects a broad area of southern Cumberland County. The authority is a regional sewerage system provider, with contracts with Bridgeton and the townships of Upper Deerfield, Hopewell, Deerfield, and Fairfield. The authority also has contracts with TIP’s Trailer Park in Fairfield and the Federal Correctional Institution at Fairton, and it has serviced county buil...

N.J. weather: Strong thunderstorms could hit state Tuesday night, with small hail possible Updated May 05, 2021; Posted May 04, 2021 New Jersey could get hit with strong to severe thunderstorms Tuesday evening and Tuesday night, according to forecasters from the National Weather Service.National Weather Service Facebook Share New Jersey’s balmy afternoon could turn into a stormy evening, according to weather forecasters. The National Weather Service says there’s a risk of scattered rain showers and thunderstorms developing Tuesday evening, and some of the storms could be strong to sever...