Week in Review: Stockton Honors Troops, State Assemblyman Passes Away
A weekly recap of the past week's news.
This week we reported on a politician's death, saw a local dog's brush with fame, and much more. Here are some of the highlight's from the past week's news:
On Monday, we reported possession of a handgun and aggravated assault arrests, introduced some new local hospitalists, took a look at some unorthodox police stories from around the state, saw some deer crash through the front door of Goodwill, tried to help a New Jersey man get to the Super Bowl, saw Stockton honor troops and veterans, and watched Stockton's girls basketball team lose to Marymount.
On Tuesday, we saw Governor Chris Christie postpone the State of the State address because of the death of Alex DeCroce, the state's longest serving assemblyman, watched a new Atlantic County veterans clinic open in Northfield, saw some reactions to DeCroce's death, including a video of Gov. Christie speaking, announced the retirement of Galloway Township Manager Stephen J. Bonanni Sr. and saw the state legislature approve sports betting.
On Wednesday, we saw an update about a Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District project that was approved by voters in December of last year, but also saw that some parents have concerns about the district's busing situation, introduced a new program coming to the school district and announced the winners of an art show.
On Thursday, we chowed down on some wings, announced some local events, saw a teen suicide prevention bill get signed into law, watched the state declare that two members of the Galloway Community Charter School Board of Trustees are ineligible to serve, and saw Galloway officials investigate comp time.
On Friday, we watched a former Democractic candidate get sworn in on the planning board, debuted an open mic at Through The Looking Glass and saw three people hospitalized after a car bursted into flames.
On Saturday, we released the first of three videos from the county's Martin Luther King Day event, met one of the county's newest corrections officers and saw a dog make it big.
