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Allison’s rAp sheet:
~ Burglary in April 2004
~ Arson in June 2004~ Robbery in July
2004~ Burglary in October
2006~ Robbery in February
2008.~ Robbery in Septem-
ber 2004~ Assault in March
2005~ Assault in February
2008~ Forgery in Novem-
ber 2008~ Theft in January
2010
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Vol. 262, No. 52
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Staff Photo by Cindy Hepner
Matthew Allison, 24, of Hopewell Township, is arraigned on charges stemming from the shooting death of Tara Valentin at Tip’s Trail-er Park, in Fairfield Township Friday.
Allisonfacesmurdercharges
St. Teresa feed in dangerGrant ends that pays part-time help
Staff Photo by Bryan Littel
From left, Bridgeton Police Capt. Burl Kimble, McDonald’s of Upper Deerfield owners Anna Ford-Keels and Elmer Keels, Bridgeton PAL President Jerry Young and Bridgeton Mayor Albert Kelly announce a donation of $1,000 to Bridgeton PAL as well as a donation of 100 backpacks to local children at Bridgeton Commons.
McDonald’s donates $1,000 to PAL
Every little bit hurts
One South Woods escapee soughtSecond one caught; DOC kept mum
EDWARD C. SOUTHERLANDStill at large
ARMOND HOLLOWAYCaught
By Joe [email protected]
BRIDGETON — For many years, the poor have been able to come to the Good Shepherd Dining Room at Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic Church on weekdays for a mid-day meal.
But now, that meal program is in danger, said Dining Room director Ann Budde.
She is also treasurer for the local Saint Vincent de Paul Society, which runs the program.
Budde said a grant paying for the five
or six part-time workers who keep the meal program running five days a week expires today.
That grant amounted to roughly $35,000 to $38,000 a year, she estimat-ed, and was administered through Tri-County Community Action Partnership.
The source of the grant — whether federal, state or other — was unclear as of Wednesday.
According to Budde, the fiscal con-cerns plaguing virtually every enterprise — public, private or charitable — are the culprits.
She explained that volunteers also
help run the dining room, located in the Saint Teresa basement.
It serves meals Monday through Fri-day, from noon to 1 p.m.
Budde said the program has recently averaged 124 meals a day.
As for the paid part-timers, she said some work two days a week, others three.
They work three to four hours a day cooking, serving, cleaning up or perform-ing other duties.
Budde also said she’ll miss the strong sense of teamwork that the workers had
(See ST. TERESA, Page A-6)
By Anthony [email protected]
MILLVILLE — Just over a week after announcing its no tax increase 2011 fiscal budget, the City of Millville announced on Wednesday it will have to include a tax increase, after all.
The proposed seven-tenths increase will be introduced as an amendment to the budget at the City Commis-sioners meeting on Oct. 19, according to Vice Mayor Joe Derella.
The public hearing on the budget will be held the same
night.The increase comes out to about $9 on every home
assessed at $127,000, which is the average in Millville. “All of us are definitely disappointed,” Derella said.“There was a lot of debate, sacrifice and emotion, and
to have this change come at beyond the last minute is disappointing and frustrating.”
The five city commissioners went to great lengths to ensure there would be no tax increase for the 2011 budget, including furloughs, reduced work weeks for city employees and virtually no city-sponsored recreation
this past summer. At first, it seemed they would be able to follow through
with their pledge; then came the announcement from the state on Friday concerning pensions.
The city had prepared itself for what it was told would be the worst case scenario: An 18 percent increase for police and fire, and a 14 percent increase for public employees.
Instead, it was hit with a 22 percent increase for both, leaving it with an unofficial number of $132,000 to
Millville is hit with 7/10 of a cent tax increase
(See MILLVILLE, Page A-8)
By Jason [email protected]
BRIDGETON — Authori-ties are searching for one of two South Woods State Prison inmates who escaped from their minimum-security units over the weekend.
Edward C. Southerland, 25, remains at large.
He had been serving a six-year, six-month sentence for multiple drug offenses, aggra-vated assault and resisting arrest. He has been lodged in
the state prison since Septem-ber 2005 and scheduled for release in March 2012.
Southerland had been imprisoned in the institution’s minimum security wing at the time of the escape.
Armond Holloway, 34, was captured by authorities with the New Jersey Department of Corrections’ Special Investiga-tions Division Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday.
According to officials, he was
(See ESCAPE, Page A-3)
By Jason Laday
BRIDGETON — Wednesday saw the second man arraigned on murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting at Tip’s Trailer park, in Fairfield Township, last week that claimed the life of a 26-year-old woman.
M a t t h e w Allison, 24, of Loat-man Road, in Hopewell To w n s h i p , stood silently as Superior Court Judge B e n j a m i n Telsey read the charges he now faces: Murder, fel-ony murder, armed rob-bery and vari-ous weapon offenses.
The charges are in connec-tion to Fri-day’s shooting death of Tara M. Valentin inside 121 Tip’s Trailer Park, where she had been staying with a friend for some time
(See MURDER, Page A-3)