Annual Martin Luther King Service

The Greater Millville Ministerial Association will be holding their 5^th Annual Martin Luther King Service on Monday, January 17^th, 2011.  The event this year will be a recognition luncheon at 12Noon instead of the traditional evening service.  The event will take place at Bethel AME Church located at 113 South 5^th Street in Millville.

The theme of this year is “Honoring the Dreamers” and will recognize members of the community who have continued to give back to the residents of Millville.  Some of those being honored are:  Kim Ayres – Millville City Planner; Ms. Jean Lewis; Ms. Hannah Wesley; Keith Walters – SHINE Program; Judy Kessler – Center City Neighborhood Group; Sam Herdman – Help & Hope Ministries Food Closet and Don Fauerbach – NJ Motorsports Park.  The key note speaker will be Dr. Thomas Isekenegbe, President of Cumberland County College with participation from members of the Ministerial.  Lunch will be immediately following the service for a nominal cost of $5.00 per person.

Police Raid

Police raided a home this morning in the 300 block of McNeil Street. Hopefully they were able to shut down another base of criminal activity!

Police could be seen around noon gathered around a sewer cover in the street while sanitation workers pumped out the sewer system. Guessing the suspects tried to flush evidence down the drain when police arrived. Usually, finding hard evidence at the point a search warrant is executed is only a bonus anyway since the authorities have already built their case against the crooks. Why is it criminals always think they are doing something successfully different than the last idiot who got caught??? LOL

Gunpoint Robbery

A woman was robbed at gunpoint by two male subjects late Friday night as she arrived home to her apartment in Cumberland Green. The punks then stole her car.

I believe the car was recovered a short distance away, and one of the men may have been captured by Police. Hopefully they will have many years to sit in a cell thinking about the few dollars they almost got away with!

Theft from AHome

A Willy Mays Jr. was arrested by Millville Police this week for stealing copper piping recently installed at an AHome property located at 3rd and Broad Street. Fortunately the police were in the area and stopped Mays to question him about the copper tubing he was carrying.

Now that work has begun, hopefully residents near any AHome projects will be extra vigilant and call police immediately to report criminal activity, so efforts to improve the city are not thwarted by idiots with no concern for the community.

Gunfire in the 3rd Ward

More incidents seem to be occurring in the 3rd Ward recently.

Police are investigating reports of shots fired early Friday, which apparently damaged two houses, but did not appear to wound anyone, officials said.

Officers responded to the call about gunfire near the intersection of Buck and Green streets at 3:43 a.m., according to a news release.

Bank Robbed Again

The TD Bank on north 2nd street was robbed last night, the second time in only a few weeks!

As the holidays are approach, it appears crimes such as robbery and shoplifting are seeing a big surge in the area. Target, Shoprite and the Wal Mart all had shoplifting incidents almost simultaniously Thursday evening.

Wawa Robbed Again

Looks like the Wawa store at Sharp and Main Street may have been robbed again during the overnight hours last night.

The suspect allegedly got away with a few hundred dollars and some cigarettes. Hardly enough to risk going to prison for a long time!

Hearts and Holly

In  volunteer as chair of the Center City Neighborhood Group, chairing the Citizen/Police Advisory Council (CiPAC), and siting on the Millville Weed and Seed Steering Committee, all in efforts to improve the quality of life in Center City. Concerned residents of the area are invited to attend these meetings. Together we can make a difference.

One of these groups that I was somehow dragged into was a steering committee under the auspices of AHOME. We have very big news, and I will fill you in on the back story after November 4.

If you are a Center City resident, you are invited to our Hearts and Holly celebration on November 4. This event is only an hour and a half, but we are packing quite a bit into that time.

We will have face painting, apple cider, prize give-aways (we have at least four IPods that will be given away as door-prizes) and a very important announcement that will directly benefit our neighborhood for the next three to five years.

So I urge you to join us November 4, from 2:20 to 4PM at the First United Methodist Church parking lot for this event. That is a Thursday afternoon (kids are off school that day). See our plans for the float for the Millville Holiday Parade. Volunteer. Or just come for the free stuff. Whatever your reason, we need you to get involved. And you will be the first to hear the news - and it is big!

Drive by Shooting

There was a shooting incident around 11:30 this morning in the area of Mcneil and North Street, involving one or more vehicles. I don't believe any people were injured.

No other details are available just yet.

Bank Robbed

NJ.com has reported the TDbank on north 2nd street (near Walgreens) may have been robbed last night at around closing time (8pm). So far, no known suspects have been caught.