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• Municipal Bond Credit Spreads Starting to Widen

  Published: August 6, 2007, 12:10 pm

  Tags: Mortgage News, Mortgage Video, Mortgage Bond Market, Mortgage News, Municipal, Widen, Starting, Spreads, Mousseau, Privatization, Cumberland, Bond

  Play Video Municipal Bond Credit Spreads Starting to Widen Bloomberg-Clip - (BLOOM-Clip) Aug. 06, 2007. 10:00 AM EST Analysis and Discussion with John Mousseau of Cumberland Advisors: Market Continues to Have Credit Concerns; Don’t Look to Fed for a Subprime Bailout; Watch for States to Consider Privatization Mortgage

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• Egg Harbor Twp. pushes for background checks on non-profit employees working with children

  Published: August 16, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Municipal News

  EGG HARBOR TWP. -- The township committee has proposed a new law that requires criminal background checks on all non-profit coaches, volunteers and employees who work with children, The Press of Atlantic City reported. Each adult would be fingerprinted and...

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• Fire damages residential garage in Deptford

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Fire, Municipal News

  Staff Photo by JONATHAN WELLSFirefighters check for hot spots after a fire at a home on Betsy Ross Way in Deptford was brought under control Thursday afternoon. DEPTFORD TWP. -- Fire destroyed a garage at a single-family, detached two-story house...

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• Mannington Township Board of Ed. passes several grants

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Education, Municipal News

  By Lisa K. Heney lheney@sjnewsco.com MANNINGTON TWP. -- The Mannington Township Board of Education Tuesday night met to approve five grants for the upcoming school year and to discuss further business. The Artist-in-Education program, funded by the Artist-in-Education grant in...

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• Union Lake Beach reopens

  Published: August 16, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Municipal News

  By AMANDA HAMM ahamm@sjnewsco.com MILLVILLE -- Union Lake Beach was reopened this afternoon. The lake was closed Wednesday by the county health department after high levels of bacteria were detected in the water. The popular swimming spot was closed for...

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• Man shot in arm early Friday in Millville

  Published: August 17, 2007, 9:48 am

  Tags: Municipal News

  By JEAN JONES jeanjones@fast.net MILLVILLE -- A Vineland man was shot by an unknown assailant early Friday morning in the Third Ward, according to city police. Jules R. Black, 20, of the 1700 block of W. Chestnut Ave., told police...

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• Warrant arrests and burglary reported in Millville

  Published: August 17, 2007, 1:24 pm

  Tags: Crime, Municipal News

  MILLVILLE -- Angela Coleman, 40, of East Main Street, was arrested Thursday for a failure to appear warrant, and was released after posting the required amount of $94 bail. -- Shadena N. Houston, 27, of East Broad Street, was arrested...

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• Prosecutor says Fairfield Township suspect 'admitted everything'

  Published: August 17, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Municipal News

  By MATT DUNN mdunn@sjnewsco.com BRIDGETON -- A 23-year-old Fairfield Township man accused last week of kidnapping, raping and attempting to murder a woman made a confession to police following his arrest, according to prosecutors. Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth Vogelsong said that...

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• Pittsgrove BOE resolves contract for 2007-2008 school year with vo-tech

  Published: August 17, 2007, 3:11 pm

  Tags: Education, Municipal News

  By Lisa K. Heney lheney@sjnewsco.com PITTSGROVE TWP. -- With parents raising concerns about the future of the Performing Arts Academy hosted at Arthur P. Schalick High School, the Pittsgrove Township Board of Education Thursday night met and informed the public...

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• Arrests for warrants and prostitution top Millville police blotter

  Published: August 20, 2007, 2:01 pm

  Tags: Crime, Municipal News

  MILLVILLE - Bradi L. Cramer, 21, of Caloris Drive, was arrested Sunday on two contempt warrants. She was taken to Cumberland County Jail in lieu of bail. - Cherish Shelton, 34, of North 2nd Street, was charged Sunday with loitering...

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• Bordentown man pleads guilty in vehicular homicide

  Published: August 20, 2007, 1:27 pm

  Tags: Crime, Municipal News, State Regional News

  MOUNT HOLLY -- A man from Bordentown pleaded guilty today to driving drunk when the SUV he was driving crashed and killed a passenger in 2006, according to the Burlington County Times. George F. Smith III, 34, was charged with...

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• 24-year-old murdered in broad daylight in Camden

  Published: August 20, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Crime, Municipal News, State Regional News

  CAMDEN -- A 24-year-old city man was shot to death in broad daylight as he sat in a parked car in the city's Liberty Park section this morning. Michael Williams, of Washington Street, was found in his parked Volvo station...

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• Trump's casino smoking plan may prompt full ban

  Published: August 21, 2007, 6:46 am

  Tags: Municipal News, State Regional News

  ATLANTIC CITY -- Donald Trump's efforts to see Atlantic City repeal its partial casino smoking ban may have backfired, according to The Press of Atlantic City. Two city council members angered by Trump's assertion that the council's partial ban has...

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• City seeks funding for removal of hazardous materials

  Published: August 21, 2007, 9:55 am

  Tags: Municipal News

  By Lisa K. Heney lheney@sjnewsco.com SALEM -- In light of concerns expressed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, emergency appropriation in the amount of $7,119 was sought at the Salem City Council meeting last night for the removal...

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• Police car, van collide, officer is ticketed

  Published: August 21, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Municipal News, State Regional News

  TOMS RIVER -- A collision Monday afternoon involving a Seaside Heights police car and a Toyota van on Route 37 resulted in two minor injuries, according to the Ocean County Observer. The police officer was transporting a prisoner when he...

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