Feature

4 year old Julian Smith from Chevy Chase Maryland, peers over the hand of his grandfather Louis A. Ivey, who was being recognized as the first African Naval Officer aboard the the USS New Jersey by having an annual award established in his name. Ivey was presented with a US flag that was flown over the mast of the ship.
Brass Tech Jon Hunt puts his head down as he listens to the Clearview Band play, under the direction of co-drum major 17yo senior Melanie Kakas, during band practice at Clearview High School.
Dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet perform for students enrolled in the Washington Township High School dance class.
Gautham the clown from the Ringling Bros. Circus combs the hair of Al Cunard, of the Cunard Family of Clowns, while Andrew the clown looks on from the doorway, during a visit to Underwood Memorial Hospital in Woodbury. Cunard was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and the two clowns made a surprise visit to raise his spirits.
7yo second grader Aiden Campbell cries as her mother Jeannine talks with her during the first day of school at South Harrison Township Elementary School. Art was her first class of the day. The bus was late so she drove her kids to school and walked them to their first class.
Marianne Donnachie, right, from Woodstown, reacts as she almost drops the nursing pin that she was to pin on Catherine Doherty of Washington Township during Gloucester County College's Nursing Pinning Ceremony.
Finley the shark, the Riversharks Baseball Team mascot , chases (races) Robert Shropshire and daughter Saylor 5yo down a slide during Clayton Day.
The late afternoon sun silhouettes Kingsway High School students, as they watch a junior varsity football game while the Kingsway girls tennis team runs by before their match against Highland High School.Joey O'Malley,5, a kindergartener at Our Lady of Hope Regional School in Blackwood NJ, smiles as he lines up for the first kindergarten graduation of the school.

General News

Rita Graziano touches the face of her son, Petty Officer Second Class William DiBruno III of the United States Navy, during a welcome home ceremony in front of their home in WashingtonTownship NJ.
Rowan University Student, 21yo Ashley Cafferty,poses for a picture with former President Bill Clinton during a visit to Camden County College on Tuesday, to stump for his wife and presidential candidate Hillary.
Joyce Rodak comforts her daughters 15yo Chelsea and 10yo Devon during Patriot Day Ceremonies at the "Place of Reflection" in Chestnut Branch Park, Mantua. They lost their husband/father John during the September 11th attacks.
Animal Control Officer Owen Sturm removes a cat from a West Deptford home .
Tom Edgcumbe, the grand nephew of Rose Twells casts an eye to Jeffrey Bayer, as he addresses the court during the sentencing of Bayer for the murder of Rose Twells . Behind him is First Assistant Prosecutor Steven Sand.

Firemen work to exstinguish a fire of a vacant building in Ewan NJ.

Spot News

A plane landing at Philadelphia International Airport flies by smoke and flames from an oil storage tank at the Sunoco Refinery in West Deptford, Gloucester County, after it was struck by lighting on Thursday July 11, 2007.

Portrait

Evan Wax,8, from Mullica Hill (left), Jacob Creasy,8, from Williamstown (right) and Aaron Breslau, 9, from Sicklerville say the Shema prayer during Hebrew School at the Congregatino B’Nai Tikvah-Beth Israel . They cover ther eyes to eliminate every distraction and help them concentrate on the meaning of the words.
Ron Vaccarello, co owner of Crescent Moon Coffee and Tea in Mullica Hill, strongly slurps coffee to aspirate it over the entire tongue during a coffee cupping session at their roastery in East Greenwich New Jesey.
Walter Hei a 83yo WWII vet from Cherry Hill New Jersey, has been maintaining a 35 acre forest in Washington Township for 40 years.
Jim Ferguson , Plant manager Omega Engineering points an OMEGASCOPE , handheld Infared Thermometer. The laser identifies the area of the temperature that is being measured.
Erin McCarthy Salem County tennis player of the year.

Sports Action

Pitman's #21 Marcus Corbitt deflects a pass intended for Pennsville's #4 Ryan Karr during the second half of play.
Woodbury catcher Caitlyn Pipolo lies on the ground in pain after a collision at home plate with West Deptford's #1 Susan Loveland. Loveland was out on the play.
Pennsauken High School's right fielder Bill Parave dives for a ball that fell for a double vs Washington Township High School.
Paulsboro's Ra'Chard Braxton peeks out from under West Deptford's Brian Lewis during their 152lb match. Lewis pinned Braxton.


Deptford High School goalie Tim VanLiew collides with Kingsway High School's Julyen Floyd as he makes a save during the first half of playKingsway High School third baseman Caitlyn Jenkins collides with Williamstown High School's Amanda Martinez as she reaches for a wide throw from the catcher.

Pictorial

A county employee lowers an American Flag at the entrance to The Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Williamstown because the inground lights do not always work.

Sports Feature

Glassboro High School football coach Herb Neillio ducks a dousing of ice water by Christian James as the final seconds run off the clock in the Bulldogs' shutout of Paulsboro in the South Jersey Group I Championship Game Saturday December 5, 2010.
Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard (left) reacts as home plate umpire Tom Hallion (right) signals a called third strike for the final out of Game 6 of the NLCS Saturday October 24, 2010. San Francisco catcher Buster Posey (center) is shown celebrating.
West Deptford's Nick Ryan holds up the Group 2 championship trophy after West Deptford beat Buena 21-20 in overtime in the South Jersey Group 2 Championship.Liz Hutchinson hugs Bridgette Sharer after scoring the game winning goal in overtime to give Camden Catholic a 2-1 victory over West Deptford to win the Group 2 field hockey championship.
Glassboro High School's #24 Bridgette Sands cries as she walks off the field as Holy Cross High School players celebrate their double overtime 3-2 victory in the NJSIAA Group 1 state semifinal field hockey game. Jimmy Rollins is mobbed after his game winning hit in game 4 of the NLCS.

Photo Story

Before Leukemia seized their lives, Jessica Smith and Katie Marks had never meet. They were about to find friendship in an unlikely setting: the oncology/hematology wing of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Since that time they have been helping each other with cancer treatments, going to social events together while trying to establish their lives.

Katie Marks and Jessica Smith have an icing fight during a Make a Wish lunch at Adelphia's in Deptford.
Katie places a Transderm Scop patch behind her ear for nausea before receiving chemotherapy.
Dr. Barbara Greenbaum, right, performs a spinal tap on Katie with the aid of RN Karen Gee at the Childrern's Hospital of Philadelphia Specialty Care Center in Vorhees.
Spinal fluid is collected from Jessica during her spinal tap.
With syringes full of water, Katie and Jessica have watergun fight with social worker Joan Rolsky at CHOPS in Vorhees.
Katie (front) and Jessica try on wigs at a stand in the Deptford Mall.
Mom, Sue Smith, kisses Jessica on the head while waiting for test results at the Childrern's Hospital of Philadelphia Specialty Care Center in Vorhees.
Katie resists an attempt by her father, Jim Marks, to clean her face during a picnic at Aulletto's in Deptford.
Jessica bounces in and sprawls across the furniture-a good sign says her mother. It means the first days of school are going well.