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Haddonfield’s John Crowe has completed two Ironman triathlons — the athletic endurance competition consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. Crowe, 54, tooka grueling 12 hours to complete his first Ironman four years ago in Lake Placid. So, when he attended his first session at CrossFit Tribe in Pennsauken lastwinter, Crowe was [...]

A 43-year-old Cherry Hill woman was critically injured Monday afternoon when she was struck by a car on Church Road. Police said Alpa Patel was in the right lane of the road when she was struck by an eastbound 2009 Dodge Caliber. Patel was initially flung onto the vehicle’s hood but then dropped beneath the car and was [...]

TD Bank has raised more than $1 million for Special Olympics through TD Bank’s third annual “Be a fan” campaign. TD Bank surpassed its original $1 million goal through a combination of in-store donations, wristband sales at TD Bank store locations, and internal employee fundraising for six weeks during the summer. Bank customers and employees purchased more than [...]

A woman was in police custody Thursday after a bizarre incident that prompted a search of Newton Lake. It started around 4:15 p.m. when a 911 call reported a vehicle in the lake off the White Horse Pike. The emergency call was made by a woman in the parking lot of Newton Lake Park, official said. Acting Chief [...]

Volunteers of America Delaware Valley has launched Operation Backpack. The goal is to collect 1,000 backpacks and raise $10,000 to help kids in need start the school year on the right foot. Modell’s Sporting Goods and International Sports, Skating and Fun Centers are drop-off points for new backpacks and school supplies. Backpacks can also be dropped off at Volunteers [...]

Police are seeking a man who robbed a township bank on Wednesday. The holdup occurred around 12:30 p.m. at Haddon Savings & Loan on Route 70 near Kings Highway, police said. The robber approached a teller with a note, then ran away with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police are seeking a white man about 5-foot-10 and in [...]

Four people are accused of trying to shoplift items worth more than $1,200 from a township store in recent days. According to Cherry Hill police, the most recent incident at the Home Depot on Route 70 occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday. Two Pemberton Township residents — Brittany Doherty, of the 400 block of Ridgeview Avenue, and [...]

Borough officials here are exploring the possible use of red-light cameras. The Lawnside municipal clerk’s office on Aug. 24 is to receive bids from vendors interested in operating an “automated photo enforcement system,” the borough has announced. Potential sites for the cameras have yet to be assessed, according to the borough. Lawnside is not currently part of the state’s [...]

The school board will vote on a permanent contract for Maureen Reusche, now interim superintendent, when it meets Tuesday, 7 p.m., at Malberg Administration Building, 45 Ranoldo Terrace. The district had applied to the state Department of Education for a waiver to the superintendent salary cap that went into effect in February. Under the cap, Reusche could earn [...]

A 16-year-old lifeguard saved a fainting woman stricken by extreme heat at Woodcrest Swim Club Thursday. Garrett Clayman, who will be a junior at Cherry Hill East this fall, said he suspected something was wrong when he saw the woman holding on to a rope in the pool. When Clayman approached her, she told him it was too [...]

The Cherry Tree Corporate Center recently signed two commercial tenants, Raytel Cardiac Services and law firm Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst. Raytel, a subsidiary of Philips Electronics, has occupied Cherry Tree for three years as a subtenant, and recently renewed directly with the landlord at the complex at Route 38 and Cuthbert Boulevard. Nelson Levine de Luca [...]

State officials currently have no plans to expand a pilot program for red-light cameras, but that hasn’t stopped South Jersey towns from advancing plans to participate. So far this year, at least four local communities — Berlin Borough, Cinnaminson, Collingswood and Pennsauken — have approved measures needed to seek a spot in New Jersey’s five-year pilot program. [...]

By now you’ve heard the news: our site will cease production this week, after two years of daily reporting and community conversation on issues that mattered to Freehold residents. It was a tough decision. This site has been my baby, a project that started just as I began my journalism career two years ago, right [...]

One man died in a two-car crash on Route 537 near Gravel Hill Road on Thursday morning, investigators said. The crash is being investigated by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the name of the victim is not being released pending notification of next of kin, said Assistant Prosecutor Mark LeMieux. An autopsy is planned [...]

The decision of whether to allow a significant parking variance for a borough grocery store has been postponed until July. The borough’s planning board had originally intended to vote on the Mellon Farms application this Wednesday, but that has pushed back the decision until July 13. The office of board attorney Patrick Accisano said the [...]

A borough man was attacked with a hammer by another borough man late Sunday night, police said. The victim, described as a 22-year-old Latino man, was attacked around 11:44 p.m. on Sunday and taken to CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to Lt. Mark Wodell. Jesus Eustacio-Caballere, [...]

By Michelle Sahn An Ocean Township woman has been indicted on charges of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a condominium community’s association fees. A grand jury today returned the indictment against Theresa Tierney, 59, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, charging her with two second-degree offenses: theft and theft by failure to [...]

A new grocery store may be coming to downtown Freehold, if the borough’s Planning Board will allow a significant variance for the store’s lack of parking. A proposal by Mellon Farms, a fresh produce and fish market on South Street in the borough, to move into a larger space down the street could be approved by [...]

By Nina Rizzo The Monmouth County Housing Authority collected 170 applications last week for a 30-unit housing project designed for low-income people with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Kershaw Commons, an $11.3 million affordable housing complex under construction on the Applewood Estates campus off Gully Road, is expected to open in the fall. It [...]

Police say two men and a woman broke into a home here early today, beat the occupants and threatened to get a gun and shoot the victim’s children. Two of the suspects were taken into custody a short time later after they apparently drove by the victim’s home while the police were still there. Police [...]