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March 27, 2020

Courier Post March 27, 2020 Phaedra Trethan CAMDEN — High school students at six district schools will receive laptops to help them learn remotely as schools remain closed to stem the spread of COVID-19. Superintendent Katrin...

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January 7, 2020

CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- The transformation of Camden is in stark contrast to its darkest days of decay, poverty and violence. Crime is at its lowest level in almost 50 years, and poverty and unemployment are also down. ...

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October 28, 2019

(Camden, NJ) – A new job training and employment placement program will soon help Camden residents take part in the city’s historic economic resurgence. The Camden Works employment initiative was launched today by six non-profits: the State of New Je...

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September 20, 2019

TRENTON, September 20, 2019 – Jersey Water Works members Andy Kricun, Meishka Mitchell, Chris Obropta, and the rest of the Camden SMART team have been awarded the US Water Alliance’s US Water Prize for their work tackling the city’s ex...

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September 18, 2019

Marial Shayok, the 76ers’ second-round pick from Iowa State, said spending time on Wednesday with several serious hoops fans in Camden brought him back to his childhood. The 6-foot-5 Shayok, who is signed to a two-way contract (he can spend u...

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September 16, 2019

CAMDEN, NJ — When the school long known as the "Castle on the Hill" was torn down, those in the area wondered if another truly would rise in its place. Demolition on the century-old Camden High School began a little more than a year ago, with...

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September 9, 2019

Local economic development agency Cooper’s Ferry Partnership launched a jobs portal to connect job seekers to businesses moving or expanding into Camden.  The portal aims to connect Camden employers with prospective candidates to fill about 2...

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September 5, 2019

CAMDEN – Subaru of America has posted its best-ever sales month in August, with 70,039 vehicle sales The monthly total rose 9.3 percent from a year earlier and topped the previous record, set in December 2018, of 64,541 sales, the firm said. “Y...

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August 21, 2019

Rowan University will lead a $14.5 million Department of Defense/Army Research Lab project that has the potential to create new materials – and ways to process those materials – that will help modernize the Army and improve the safety of soldiers in ...

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