(New York, N.Y. – July 1, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period for its proposed cleanup plan to address contaminated soil on residential properties at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site in Gibbsboro and Voorhees, N.J to August 1, 2015. The original public comment period for the cleanup plan was scheduled to end July 2, but the EPA is extending the comment period in response to a request from the public. 

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces arrival 

DOVER (July 1, 2015) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is excited to announce publication of the 2015-2016 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide. This year’s cover features the winning photograph in the 2014/15 Hunting Photography Contest, \”Sunrise Over Assawoman Bay,\” by Scott Lee of Laurel. The guide is available now at participating license agents throughout the state, at the Division of Fish & Wildlife’s licensing desk in the Richardson and Robbins Building at 89 Kings Highway in Dover and online at 2015-2016 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide.

PRESS RELEASE JULY 1 

Camden, NJ – Four Riversharks players have been selected to represent the club in the 2015 All-Star Game to be held July 8^th in Bridgeport Connecticut, home of the Blue Fish.
 

The four selected to make the trip are third baseman Joel Guzman, shortstop Brandon Chaves, pitcher Dan Blewett, and pitcher Rob Bryson.

 CNB ARCHIVES POSTED Thursday, October 22, 2009

By William E. Cleary Sr.

PIANO FINDS A HOME- Gloucester Catholic High School has accepted the offer by Dan and Dawn Watson for a free upright grand piano. The Watsons, who reside on Market Street, have been seeking a home for the piano since August. Several letters written by the Watsons offering the piano to area schools, churches and other organizations went unanswered.

Papal Itinerary

press release July 2, 2015

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility seized $3,237,000 in marijuana – nearly 6,500 pounds – from a Mexican national Wednesday when he attempted to enter the United States through the Port of Nogales.

press release July 1, 2015

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at a Buffalo international rail border crossing intercepted an invasive insect, Dryophthorus corticalis, a wood-boring weevil. The discovery marks the debut of this dangerous pest at any U.S. port of entry.

The insect poses a potential significant threat to American agriculture. Typically found in old European broadleaf and coniferous forests, the weevil larva develop and feed on the hardwoods of oak and beech trees.

 On June 22, CBP agriculture specialists at the Buffalo rail border crossing in Black Rock inspected a shipment of marble slabs from Italy. The container was enroute to Minneapolis, Minnesota. During the inspection, a pest resembling a beetle was discovered and forwarded to USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. A

Press release July 3, 2015

(Camden, NJ) – The suspect wanted for shooting a Camden County Police Department officer Wednesday night was apprehended after a three-block foot chase Friday in Collingswood by members of the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force, including Camden County Police Department detectives.

Following two days of around the clock investigation, Victor Bennett, 21, of Camden, was tracked down Friday afternoon to an apartment on the 200 block of Haddon Avenue in Collingswood. Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force observed Bennett walking out of the apartment and ordered him to stop. Bennett ignored the orders and ran from the scene. Officers chased Bennett on foot for three blocks as he jumped fences and ran through backyards. Officers then observed Bennett trying to hide in a backyard shed on the 100 block of Wayne Street and placed him under arrest. He was found to be in possession of a loaded semi-automatic 9mm Sig Sauer handgun.