Melanie Burney

Hopeworks' alternative program in Camden pays young people to undergo technical training and obtain a skill set to help them get a job.

The lawsuits from 10 former Cherry Hill students add to seven others filed this year alleging the school district failed to protect them from a predatory teacher decades ago.

U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez, 94, began his career as a community activist during a tumultuous time in Camden in the ‘60s and as a trial lawyer at a prominent law firm.

They allege the students, all Black, were punished more harshly because of their race and kept out of school for more than a year for fighting.

He almost flunked out his freshman year of high school. Now Cam'ron Klotz is a first-year medical student at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.

Stand Up for Salem has fired its executive director, Betsy McBride, effective immediately, according to board president Tom Smith. The decision followed a fact-finding process.

Stand Up for Salem has indefinitely suspended executive director Betsy McBride. "White privilege means I didn't think," she wrote in an apology email.

New Jersey's public school students returned this week for a new school year. More districts have cell phone bans, and Cherry Hill reconfigured its middle schools. Here's a look at what's new.

Service cuts to SEPTA Regional Rail and fare increases that were due to begin this week are on hold, for now.

Superintendent Eric Hibbs is seeking the bonuses weeks after a judge voided his suspension and reinstated him. The school board will consider it at a meeting Tuesday.