Sunday, January 20, 2013
A forklift struck a natural gas heater, the fire chief said.
A natural gas heater broke at a business on North Read Street in Cinaminson's East Riverton section causing six area homes to be evacuated Sunday evening, said Fire Chief William Kramer. The call came in shortly after 6:45 p.m. and the area should be cleaned up by 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, Kramer added. As of 7:30 p.m. Sunday, the building was being ventilated. "As a precaution," Kramer said, "we did evacuate six houses on North Randolph Street." Those residents will be back in their homes shortly, Kramer said. Workers at the business—Medical Express, located at 407 North Read Street—were operating a forklift when it struck a natural gas heater that hangs from the ceiling. No injuries were reported. Cinnaminson, Riverton and Palmyra squads…
Friday, January 11, 2013
The mayor and deputy mayor want to focus on the industrial section of the township more this year.
Deputy Mayor Anthony Minniti calls 2013 a “very ambitious year.” For Minniti, who also serves as the director of economic development, every year can be described the same way. But he, along with township committee, is prepared to tackle an area of the township some have called “forgotten.” That’s ambitious. Cinnaminson’s industrial area sits between River Road and Route 130 in the northwestern section of town. You may have lived here your entire life and never turned down Taylors Lane, Union Landing Road or Industrial Highway and known its home to such industry giants as Sea Box, Airgas, Inc., even Habitat for Humanity, and more. “We want to start what we started on Route 130 but in a completely different area,” Minniti said. The deputy…
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Flooding issues near the Delaware River and Pompeston Creek have been a major township concern.
Mayor Ben Young said a goal of his for 2013 is to continue public works’ projects already started, namely tackling the major flooding issues in East Riverton near Kern Street and Zeisner Avenue. “We’re trying to improve conditions,” said Young, who was appointed as Cinnaminson’s newest mayor at Monday’s reorganization meeting. Young and public works’ officials think new sluice gates—slated for installation soon—should help alleviate flooding conditions. Hundreds of households in the East Riverton section of the township are affected by flooding conditions—and it’s not just during major events like Hurricanes Irene and Sandy; it’s also during normal rainstorms. By the end of this month, Young said, state engineers should visit the area to…
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Police found the accused in a wooded area in East Riverton.
A Delran man's van was struck by a train in Cinnaminson Dec. 8 after he allegedly left it on the tracks to flee after a fight, police said. Around 11 p.m. the night of Dec. 8, Cinnaminson Police arrived to the 1800 block of Taylors Lane for a report of a fight. Police found an injured victim and found out the suspect fled prior to police arrival. The suspect was driving a blue minivan which was found unoccupied on the train tracks at Taylor's Lane and River Road. The train hit it. Police found the suspect in the wooded area off Taylor's Lane. Mehmat Baba, 44, of Route 130 in Delran, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats. He was lodged in Burlington County Jail in default of $20,000 bail. More charges …
Friday, October 5, 2012
A police officer was injured during a foot pursuit but was treated and released.
A Cinnaminson police officer suffered minor injuries today after chasing a burglary suspect in the township's East Riverton section, police said today. Two men were arrested and charged with burglary after police were dispatched to the 1900 block of Broad Street for a burglary in progress. The accused had broken a window and entered the home around 1:20 p.m. Police arrested one man without incident. The second subject fled on foot but was apprehended near Rowland Street. Dwight Williams, 21, of Normandy Drive in Mt Laurel, was arrested and charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, and hindering apprehension. He was lodged in Burlington County Jail in default of $50,000 bail. Kevin Richardson, 20, of South Read Street in Cinnaminson…
Thursday, February 9, 2012
A witness saw the suspects stealing metal from a yacht club near the river.
Cinnaminson Police were dispatched to North Randolph Street in the township's East Riverton section Wedneday morning for a reported burglary. Two men—one from Delran—were arrested and charged with burglary and theft. A witness reported seeing two men enter the Royal Delaware Yacht Club property, remove metal from one of the buildings and put it in a truck. The witness said the men them climbed a fence at an adjacent building and removed metal from that property as well. The men allegedly left the area in a blue GMC pickup truck. Police stopped the vehicle on Broad Street and arrested Jeffrey Loften, 52, of the 500 block of Line Street in Camden, and Kevin Green, 51, of the 3000 block of Route 130 in Delran. Both men were charged with …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Cindy Pierson, the Turtle Lady, talks about her family history in East Riverton.
The following is Part 1 of a three-part series about Cindy Pierson's family and the ancestral home she lives in on Pompess Avenue in the East Riverton section of Cinnaminson. She's also included some tidbits of local history. Pierson writes a blog for Cinnaminson Patch. I have decided that I need to stop thinking about the flooding and the water in basement for a while, and realized that you readers might like a change of pace as well. When I first started writing my blog, I said that I would throw in some history every now and again. So let's head down memory lane, shall we? Back in 1983, my husband and I were living in an apartment in Beverly. In the middle of June, we were told that our apartment building had been sold. The new …
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Cindy Pierson, head of the Pompeston Creek Watershed Association, said those who live near the creek need to take extra precaution.
Not only have township officials warned those in low-lying areas to take extra precaution, but the Turtle Lady echoed those sentiments Friday. "The creek is absolutely going to flood, there's no doubt about it," said Cindy Pierson, president of the Pompeston Creek Watershed Association. The Pompeston Creek flows in Cinnaminson, Moorestown, Riverton and Delran. Pierson lives on Pompess Avenue in the Cinnaminson's East Riverton section, and even just at high tide, the creek fills up and water soaks the ground. Pierson is expecting the street to flood and for her own basement to be very, very wet. "People should tie down whatever might float away," said Pierson, who still needed to tie down her kayaks, rope off her trashcans and bring in …
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John
2:07 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
I will do my best, this weather really is for the birds....Have you seen the new speed race way, I have given them some ideas on how to expand it but people will be people I do not understand how some can make bad comments oh well such is life....a good day to yourself.... more ›