Vineland

An 83 year old Vineland man has died after he sustained injuries in an accident on Delsea Drive back on July 26th.  The Daily Journal reports that Walter Nuss of Lake Road was airlifted to a hospital following the accident.  He attempted to pass several stopped vehicles stopped at a …

A 36 year old Pennsylvania man was handed a half century in prison for a murder at the Wingate Hotel in Vineland back in 2016.  Larry Pulcine of Duncansville was handed the sentence in connection with the killing of Ivan Scott Strayer II.  Strayer was shot three times.

40 non-residential Superfund sites are being cleaned up in Vineland.  The Environmental Protection Agency says these sites are affiliated with the former Kil-Tone pesticide company that operated in the city.  Sites have been contaminated with arsenic and lead.

19 year old Joseph W. Lucas has been charged in connection with a shooting in Vineland late last week.  Police say Lucas shot and nearly killed another 19 year old man during an incident at the Asselta Acres complex on Axtell Avenue.  No motive for the shooting was released.

Vineland Police are searching for a man who stole a parakeet cage that included two birds from a back porch in the city last week.  The Daily Journal reports that the theft occurred Wednesday evening near East Avenue.  The two birds were cared for by a young boy.

A portion of Route 55 in Vineland is being repaved this week.  State officials say a four mile portion of the highway between exits 29 and 35 are being repaved.  Eventually the work will shift over to a portion of Routes 47 and 40 in Cumberland and Gloucester counties.

Medical marijuana is coming to Vineland.  The Daily Journal reports that the city’s Planning Board met this week and gave all final approvals to Columbia Care to begin operations of growing and selling marijuana in the city.  A former plumbing building will be renovated for the new pot center.

The driver of a motorcycle was seriously injured when his bike collided with a delivery van on West Arbor Avenue in Vineland on Wednesday.  The victim of the accident was airlifted to Cooper Hospital in Camden with undisclosed injuries.  Police continue to investigate.

There was a small fire in the lobby of the Landis Theater in Vineland Wednesday night.  Fire officials told The Daily Journal that the fire started in a small appliance.  There were no injuries; the theater is 82 years old.

Two Vineland teenagers have been charged in separate threats against the schools they attend in the city.  NJ.com reports that one teen was charged with creating a false public alarm for a threat against a middle school; the next day, a student at Vineland High School was charged with public …