In the back of the house at 753 Walnut St. in Camden, back through a small gravel alley that glitters with broken glass, over piles of debris and under a crumbling roof, you can just make out the boarded-up window of a bedroom that may have been where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in 1950, when he was a student at the now-closed Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland.
Clock ticking on pension amendment deadline for Democrats
TRENTON – New Jersey Democrats have returned from the presidential convention facing a deadline to pass a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the state make quarterly pension payments.
N.J. veterans seek medical marijuana for PTSD
Don Karpowich said he was determined to make lawmakers understand how deeply distressed many veterans are when he testified last month in favor of a New Jersey bill that would allow them to use medical marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Claiming ‘conspiracy,’ CBS lawyers ask Supreme Court to delay Alycia Lane lawsuit over email snooping
After eight years of legal maneuvering and appeals, former CBS3 anchor Alycia Lane’s negligence lawsuit against CBS for failing to stop former coanchor Larry Mendte from hacking her email and feeding salacious details and photos to gossip columnists was finally set for trial.
On sale and at risk: A stately link to Stratford’s past
Stratford’s White Horse Tavern was built in 1740 and dismantled in 1965. The borough’s 275-year-old black oak tree died eight years ago.
First juvenile lifers in Pennsylvania are granted parole
After 43 years in prison for a West Chester purse-snatching that became a murder when the victim fell and died from the injuries, Earl Rice Jr., 60, finally had the chance to go before the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
Hunting for the emerald ash borer in South Jersey’s shade tree town
After 30 years of helping to turn Riverton Borough into a wonderland of shade trees, Barry Emens still grows and guards his creation.
Bariatric patients’ privacy was compromised, Crozer-Keystone says
The Crozer-Keystone Health System revealed Friday that about 900 bariatric-surgery patients’ privacy was breached because of an email error. According to the health system, an employee sent an email June 20 to let bariatric-surgery program patients know about a support group. The email addresses were inadvertently placed in the “cc” or carbon-copy section of the email, rather than the “bcc” or blind carbon copy section, which made the addresses visible to all recipients.
Appeals court refuses to dismiss Menendez’s corruption charges
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to throw out the bribery and fraud charges filed against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, clearing a hurdle standing between the New Jersey Democrat and a possible corruption trial.
Most of Camden still under water emergency
A water main break that left more than half of Camden’s residents without water this week has been repaired, city officials said Friday, but customers were advised to keep boiling their water until testing finds it is safe to drink.
One hurdle cleared with Clinton’s nomination, more work to do
If Alice Paul, the New Jersey suffragist who led the fight to get women the vote, had witnessed Hillary Clinton’s becoming the first female presidential candidate of a major party, she likely would have celebrated briefly and then gone back to work.
Probation for former South Jersey mayor in shady land deal
A Burlington County judge on Friday sentenced former Chesterfield Township Mayor Lawrence Durr to four years’ probation on charges of tampering with public records to conceal elements of a complex land deal from which he profited.
On a West Philly block, commemorating a tragic death
In April 1958, 26-year-old In-Ho Oh, who had left South Korea to continue his studies and was living with an aunt and uncle in West Philadelphia, went to mail a letter at 36th and Hamilton Streets.
One hurdle cleared with Clinton’s nomination, more work to do
If Alice Paul, the New Jersey suffragist who led the fight to get women the vote, had witnessed Hillary Clinton’s becoming the first female presidential candidate of a major party, she likely would have celebrated briefly and then gone back to work.
3 shot dead in city, hours apart
Three people were killed in separate incidents from Wednesday through Thursday morning in the city’s Nicetown, Fairhill and West Oak Lane neighborhoods, Philadelphia police said Thursday.
Judge: Kane can’t bring up porn at criminal trial
After months of complaints from Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane that her criminal case stemmed from her war on pornography, a judge on Thursday said the porn drama could play no role in her looming trial.
Court rejects Cherry Hill rabbi’s appeal to overturn conviction
Fred Neulander, the former senior rabbi at a Cherry Hill synagogue, who was convicted of plotting the 1994 murder of his wife, has lost another legal appeal.
Fence-breaching DNC protester had ‘throwing knives,’ feds say
A Rhode Island man arrested during protests outside the Democratic National Convention was carrying three “throwing knives” as he breached the eight-foot fence surrounding the Wells Fargo Center, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Judge says no to Basciano effort to move civil trial in fatal Salvation Army collapse
A Philadelphia judge has denied a motion by lawyers for real estate speculator Richard Basciano to move the Sept. 6 civil trial in the deadly 2013 Center City building collapse out of Southeastern Pennsylvania because of pretrial publicity.
Teen shot in S. Philly suspected in carjacking of officer’s daughter
Police believe that one of three people wounded Tuesday night in a South Philadelphia street shooting may be one of the two teens who carjacked a police officer’s daughter earlier in the day.
Nights in Philly getting more sultry, data show
The nights are getting hotter in Philadelphia, and it has nothing to do with nightlife. Overnight temperatures have been creeping upward for the last 25 years, more robustly than daytime highs, and health experts say that is a cause for concern.
Health insurers making cases for Pa. rate hikes
Saying their own costs have risen, health insurance companies made their cases to state regulators Wednesday for double-digit rate increases next year for individual policies in Pennsylvania.
On taxes, ‘a perfect storm’ in Gloucester Township
As the Democratic National Convention got underway amid pledges to “help working families,” members of actual working families were assailing the all-Democratic Gloucester Township Council for authorizing a nearly 12-cent hike in the municipal tax rate.
Filling a void, preparing 200,000 meals for S.J. kids this summer
As soon as lunch ended, a little girl moved quickly to gather up a bag of leftovers: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, oranges, and juice boxes.
Suit claims dentist was fired for reporting unneeded treatment
A dentist who was fired by Penn Dental Medicine is suing the University of Pennsylvania, alleging he was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for reporting that a fellow dentist was providing unnecessary treatment to make more money.
Camden gets $16.2 million to improve streets
Camden will receive $16.2 million from the federal Department of Transportation for improvements to roads and infrastructure in several city neighborhoods.
Officials: N.J. nurse repeatedly stabbed autistic boy with needle
A South Jersey nurse has been accused of repeatedly stabbing a 10-year-old autistic boy with a hypodermic needle as punishment while he was in inpatient psychiatric care, prosecutors said, calling her actions “barbaric.”
South Philly man, 34, is charged in fatal hit-and-run
A 34-year-old South Philadelphia man has been charged in an alleged hit-and-run that left a 40-year-old woman dead and six other people injured, according to police.
Bucks police to launch body-camera pilot
Body cameras worn by police will get a test run in parts of Bucks County starting Wednesday, ahead of a planned roll-out for several more law enforcement agencies in the fall.
Did slap inside Cavanaugh’s River Deck lead to homicide outside?
When a man slapped a woman with his open hand Sunday night at Cavanaugh’s River Deck, it set off a chain of events that ended with a homicide outside the popular Penn’s Landing club, according to police and a club spokesman.
Boats are back on the Cooper River as dredging nears end
Nearly a year after a major dredging operation began shutting it down, boating on the Cooper River seemed back to normal Tuesday.
At final hearing before Kane trial, prosecutors, defense clash over porn
A prosecutor in Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane’s looming criminal trial told a judge Tuesday that Kane’s request to tell a jury about her unearthing of offensive emails would mire jurors in “a distraction, a red herring.”
Officials ‘agree to disagree’ on cause of Collingswood police policy
At a town forum Tuesday night intended to explain the circumstances behind Collingswood’s controversial policy of calling police for nearly every incident of student misconduct, officials “agreed to disagree” about why the procedure was adopted.
Pa. Supreme Court rejects Philly D.A.’s appeal in church sex-abuse case
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first Catholic Church official convicted for a supervisory role over priests accused of sexually abusing children in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, must have a new trial.
Man killed near Cavanaugh’s River Deck club in Penn’s Landing
A man was fatally shot near Cavanaugh’s River Deck in Penn’s Landing after a fight inside the club Sunday night, according to police.
Collingswood residents to get answers on Call 911 policy
On Tuesday evening, dozens of Collingswood parents clad in matching blue will descend upon the Collingswood Senior Community Center, demanding answers from the school district and borough and law enforcement officials on a controversial policy to report nearly all incidents of student misbehavior to police.
Auditor general to review state pension systems
HARRISBURG – State examiners will launch a fresh look at the pension systems that manage about $78 billion in assets for hundreds of thousands of public employees and retirees, the state’s top auditor said Monday.
Casinos not biting on later serving hours
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania lawmakers recently passed legislation to allow the state’s 12 casinos to sell liquor between 2 and 6 a.m., but casinos say they aren’t biting. That is partly because the cash-strapped state wants $1 million per license.
Source of newly found hairs remains a mystery in retrial in 1991 rape-murder
Back on Feb. 29, the retrial of Anthony Wright for the 1991 rape and murder of a 77-year-old Nicetown woman was postponed when police reexamined the clothes believed to have been worn by the woman and discovered two hairs apparently overlooked during the investigation 25 years ago.
In case-fixing scandal, Philly judge guilty of violating judicial rules
In the latest finding of misconduct among Philadelphia judges, a state disciplinary panel has ruled that Municipal Court Judge Dawn A. Segal violated judicial ethics through her role in a case-fixing scandal.
Community workers making school playgrounds green
The playground at Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences in Chestnut Hill – with its spacious sandbox and chunky wood structures – is a place of imagination, as Eden Kainer describes it.
Celebrating an enchanted little nook in Gloucester County
Lake Gilman glistens, Fred Spreng raises the colors, and Herb Shallcross sings “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Then comes the announcement many in the crowd have been waiting for: Candy scramble!
Firefighter Gabriel Lee, 42, father of 3: ‘a wonderful man’
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