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Firm pays $33.7M for cleanup of Pennsauken site

A Mount Laurel firm is paying more than $33 million toward a pollution-cleanup project at a Pennsauken Superfund site. The funds from SL Industries and an affiliate will go toward remediation work at the Puchack well field, which once supplied … Continue reading

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Camden County dispatchers change to 700 MHz radio system

Camden County Emergency Communications Center dispatchers began broadcasting on a new 700 MHz radio system, following a $35 million investment that will eliminate the problem of interference from digital television stations, as well as “military-grade encryption” that would “prevent criminals … Continue reading

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Main Street South Jersey: Millville makes a winning transition

Jim’s Lunch in Millville is an iconic downturn business with colorful characters that typifies the appeal of America’s main streets. As Nichole Maul flips hamburgers at a front window of the 90-year-old, orange-seated eatery, she can watch people walking by … Continue reading

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Woodbury is working to pep up downtown

Even as thousands of people commute to Woodbury every day to work in Gloucester County’s administrative offices and Underwood-Memorial Hospital, the city faces a vexing problem: They don’t stay past 5 o’clock. Lacking customers, Woodbury, population 10,174, is losing retail … Continue reading

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New library to be topic of meeting in Cape May County

Residents of Five Mile Beach can learn more about plans for the island’s new library branch at a meeting scheduled for May 16. In August 2011, Cape May County purchased the former Masonic Lodge building at 6300 Atlantic Ave. for … Continue reading

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75 units planned for Pennsauken project

Township officials have approved plans for a 75-unit apartment complex at the site of a former supermarket in Pennsauken. The eight-building Riverfront Village, intended for residents who meet income limits, is to rise on a long-vacant tract in the 4600 … Continue reading

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Aviation Park plans to partner with Stockton College

The Aviation Research and Technology Park in Egg Harbor will enter into discussions to become an auxiliary organization of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, which would allow the college to develop aviation-related academic and research projects and a … Continue reading

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Gloucester County expects at least $1.65M in damage from Hurricane Sandy

With Hurricane Sandy causing potentially billions of dollars of devastation across the state, southern New Jersey is now starting to assess how much damage recovery is going to cost the region.  Gloucester County is estimating $1.65 million in damage to … Continue reading

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Cumberland County proposes $60 million development plan

Cumberland County officials are proposing $60 million worth of development projects that they hope will help lift the county out of decades of economic doldrums. The bulk of the plan involves building an estimated $45 million full-time technical high school … Continue reading

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Port of Paulsboro could be construction site for off-shore wind structures

The results of a feasibility study regarding the Port of Paulsboro’s ability to be a construction site for a massive wind energy project that is being planned for off the coast of New Jersey were released this week. Atlantic Wind … Continue reading

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