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Vol. 262, No. 60
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Photo special to The News/Russell Woodward
This is a sample of the photos of Russell Woodward, from his first show in the showroom of Burton and Sons at 333 West Broad Street, Bridgeton. The 10th exhibit will open Saturday, Oct. 16. The reception will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the showroom of the business. The exhibit will be open during regular working hours from Oct. 16 until Jan. 12. This exhibit will introduce three topics: Hettinger Engines, Delaware Bay Oyster Industry memorabilia, and photos of Russell Woodward. More photos Page A-12.
Frank Burton and Sons exhibit
County receives $247,049to keep ex-cons out of jailHarvest fest opens
Slain woman’s home burglarized days after murder
Phils rallyas Oswaltineffective
Tropakana signs 2-year contract
Downe adds township administrator
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By Sean C. [email protected]
MILLVILLE — Jorge Valentin Jr. wasn’t only robbed of his mother in late September.
Someone also stole the 7-year-old boy’s toys while his mother’s body lay in a Bridgeton funeral home prior to her burial.
Police here are investigating burglaries to the Ireland Avenue home of 26-year-old Tara M. Valentin, who was
shot and killed in Fairfield Township on Sept. 24.State police have arrested a total of six people in the
Valentin investigation, including two men charged with murder.
Investigators believe the Millville burglaries were committed just days after Tara Valentin was murdered at Tips Trailer Park and by someone who was aware the young mother had been murdered.
The burglaries were reported on Sept. 27 and 28.Nothing was reported stolen in the initial burglary of
the Ireland Avenue home, according to Millville Police Det. Lt. Les Watson. That crime was reported by Valen-tin’s mother’s fiancé after he found the home’s front door had been forced open.
Valentin’s mother reported the second burglary on Sept. 28. She had discovered the home ransacked.
Among the property reported stolen from the Ireland Avenue home were two TVs — a 32-inch and a 50-inch, both flat-screen models — PlayStation 2 and a PlaySta-
(See BURGLARIES, Page A-10)
By Joe [email protected]
BRIDGETON — Too many offend-ers with mental illness or similar issues are returning to jail again and again, as the root causes of their problems are not always fully addressed, Cumberland County officials say.
But help is on the way. The county was recently awarded a $247,049 federal grant that officials hope will help bolster cur-rent efforts to keep more former inmates out of jail.
According to a statement from the county Public Information Office, the two-year U.S. Department of Justice grant will be used to bring a Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) to the aid of police or other law enforcement dealing with
mentally ill subjects.The statement says the county’s Jail
Diversion Task Force applied for the grant because “the mentally ill are too often incarcerated for minor offenses when their cases would have been more appro-priately handled in a mental health or social services setting.”
The offenders involved would have access to care providers, counselors and other services to help get them on the right track.
“Competition for this (grant) money was intense,” county Freeholder Director Louis Magazzu was quoted as saying in the public information office statement. “Cumberland County was the only New Jersey recipient of the funds, and one of only 28 nationwide. I congratulate the
(See GRANT, Page A-10)
By Jean [email protected]
DOWNE TWP. — An ordinance creat-ing the position of township administrator was adopted by the township committee at its October meeting and Richard DeVil-lasanta was appointed to fill the position.
Committeeman Bob Campbell said he opposed the action on the same grounds he did last month when the ordinance cre-ating the post was introduced: The town-ship never had the position before and
didn’t need it now.Mayor Lisa Garrison said DeVillasanta,
who is township clerk, has a degree in public administration and is willing to take on the added duties at no additional salary. She said if DeVillasanta should leave, there would be no requirement to fill the position.
An ordinance was introduced setting up a purchasing policy. A public hearing will be held on Nov. 1.
(See DOWNE, Page A-11)
By Joe Green
BRIDGETON — The young area rap-per and songwriter Tropakana recently signed a two-year contract with enter-tainment company Matt Mattik Stu-dios, in a deal that the artist and his supporters hope will usher in a career that’s both prolific and steers other youngsters in the right direction.
The $150,000 deal with Tropakana (Jaquan Cooper of Vineland) leaves room for various types of work, said record executive Matt Mattik. It can include one or several albums, he said, as well as a part in a casting variety show on which Mattik is working.
For Tropakana, the breakthrough is a chance to spread the message that anything is possible for those who seek to do what is right.
It’s also another mark of vindication for a young man who very nearly got lost on the wrong path.
Three weeks before graduating from high school, Tropakana was caught sell-ing crack cocaine. His father, James Cooper, a former drug dealer turned anticrime activist, quickly saw that he needed to reign his son in.
Founder of FED UP 4 U, a program seeking to turn kids away from gangs and crime, Cooper and others helped
(See TROPAKANA, Page A-11)
Staff Photo by Bryan Littel
Belinda Bell opens SingFest at the Deerfield Harvest Festival Friday night.
By Dan GelstonAP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA — The Reds lead disappeared in the seventh inning at 100 mph.
Cincinnati became unglued in Game 2 of the NL division s e r i e s a g a i n s t the Phila-d e l p h i a P h i l l i e s — with A r o l d i s Chapman on the m o u n d . The rook-ie was c a l l e d upon to preserve a one-run lead with his tri-ple-digit fastball and send the Reds back to Cincin-nati with the best-of-five series tied.
Instead, they go back trying to stave off elimina-tion.
Right fielder Jay Bruce missed a catchable line drive that led to the Phillies scoring the go-ahead runs in the seventh inning and rallying to beat the Reds
7-4 on Fr iday night.
“ I t was the lights,” B r u c e said. “I k n o w they’re e x c e p -tionally bright. O t h e r t h a n
that, I’ve never had anoth-er ball get lost in them. They’re great lights as long as the ball’s not in them.”
Bruce made the biggest
(See PHILS, Page A-11)
