Man Charged in Pennsauken Shooting
Information Provided By The Office Of The Camden County Prosecutor Anthony Ortiz, 29, of Pennsauken, was charged with the attempted murder of his 24-year-old girlfriend after a shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon.
Pennsauken Police Investigating Shooting
According to a NBC 10 news report, a woman was found with a gunshot wound to the head earlier today in Pennsauken. Pennsauken Police responded to a 9-1-1 call shortly before 1:00 p.m. after the victim’s boyfriend reportedly found her…
Celebrating National Public Works Week In Pennsauken
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works The week of May 20 is dedicated as “National Public Works Week.” Each year, the American Public Works Association (APWA) chooses a theme. According to the APWA, this year’s theme, entitled, “The…
Henry W. Longfellow Elementary School And Its Beginnings
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian Henry W. Longfellow Elementary School was one of the schools built during the boom years of the 1920s, when the entire Delaware Valley region was rapidly growing, Pennsauken included. Much of this…
Veterans PTSD Awareness Walk Held On June 2
American Legion F.W. Grigg Post 68 is sponsoring a PTSD Awareness Walk on Saturday, June 2. The public is invited to join local veterans as they walk the Merchantville Pike Path to bring awareness to this epidemic. Nationally, communities everywhere…
Fallen Soldiers Remembered At Local Memorial Day Events
By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor In observance of Memorial Day, members of the community and local veterans groups will hold ceremonies this month to remember and honor those men and women who lost their lives in service of their country…
Stotesbury Cup Regatta Comes To Cooper River
This weekend, Camden County’s Cooper River will host the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the world’s largest high school rowing event. Due to the region’s recent storms and rainy weather, officials are moving the regatta from its usual location, the Schuylkill River,…
Auditions Held For “Mary Poppins Junior” May 15-16
Auditions for the Pennsauken Youth Action Committee’s performance of “Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Jr.” will be held on Tuesday, May 15, and Wednesday, May 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Howard M. Phifer Middle School, 8201 Park…
Second Pennsauken Family Fun Fair On June 3
The Pennsauken School District will be hosting its second annual year-end family fun fair on Sunday, June 3, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at its Park Avenue Campus. “As the school year comes to a close, this event is a…