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A Millville couple stranded after their boat ran aground out of Sun Dog Marina were walked out of the mud Thursday.
‘Save my son from himself’A father’s plea
Demetrius Wright, 16, is wanted by the law and his father.
Special to The News/Drew Eskridge
A look inside the new Landis Marketplace, in Vineland.
James Nardelli displays the banner for winning the tractor driving event during the 82nd State FFA Convention held in May 2011.
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Staff Photo by Cindy Hepner
The Fortescue Dive Team was dispatched to Sun Dog Marina for a stranded couple on the water. All involved were able to be walk out of the mud after the boat ran aground.
By Jean [email protected]
DOWNE TWP. — What started out as a simple boat ride on Nantuxent Creek ended up with an older couple stranded in the mud Thursday and fire and rescue groups from two townships trying to get them out.
According to Cliff Higbee, chief of Downe Township Fire Rescue No.1, the Millville couple, who declined to give their names because they were embarrassed, had eaten at the Sun Dog Marina.
Then they then decided to take a ride up the creek in their 19-foot aluminum boat.
They were cruising north of the mari-na when they noticed their motor was pumping mud.
Strandedcouple‘walked’from mud
(See RESCUE, Page A-5)
By Lauren T. [email protected]
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. — Cumberland Regional High School (CRHS) students have been making a name for themselves, and their school, by earning top honors in diverse rankings to round out the 2010-2011 school year.
CRHS was well-represented at the 82nd State FFA Convention May 24 through 26 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, with senior James Nardelli earning his state FFA degree and bringing home the first-place award in the state tractor-driv-
Nardellidrives toFFA victory
(See CRHS, Page A-5)
By Jim Cook [email protected]
VINELAND — The ribbon was cut on the new Landis Marketplace Thursday with musical fanfare, cook-ing demonstrations and speeches from local dignitaries.
Sandra Forosisky, economic devel-opment director for the city of Vine-land, thanked the city council and Mayor Rob Romano.
“The Landis Marketplace was one of the first things the city council approved,” Forosisky said.
The property is a two-story spot at
AmishMarketcrowded
(See MARKET, Page A-7)
By Stephen [email protected]
BRIDGETON — Allahdjin “Ace” Wright, a Bridgeton resi-dent and pastor at a local church, is asking for the public’s help in finding his son, Demetrius Wright, who escaped from a court ordered rehabilitation program on Friday.
He has printed out hundreds of fliers that read, “DEFIANT SON: WANTED,” along with a message to call 911 if anybody sees him, and he said that he handed out 300 of them while walking the city’s streets Thursday.
“I just want to see a happy end-ing,” he said over the phone. “I’m
not happy that he’s involved, but I want this to end as best as pos-sible.”
The elder Wright said that Demetrius, 16, had been enrolled in Capital Academy in Cam-den, which was an alternative to incarceration for 43 charges, later reduced to 17, that he had received, including possession of a weapon and burglary.
“It was so he didn’t have to go to Jamesburg (New Jersey Train-ing School for Boys),” he said. “He had been in there for three months and was doing very well, but over the past week he had bad performance reports. Then on Friday night they called and
(See PLEA, Page A-7)