Camden News

Merger plan will harm Camden's effort to recover
Camden doesn't need another blow to its always fragile efforts to recover from decades of decline. The proposed merger of Rutgers-Camden with Rowan University is being touted by its supporters as a move that could help reverse that pattern by creating an outstanding research institution. Unfortunately, under the current plan, such a move would almost certainly have just the opposite effect.

Kevin Riordan: Time for a detour on road to merging Rowan, Rutgers-Camden
Gov. Christie's proposal to merge Rutgers-Camden into Rowan University reminds me of . . . Admiral Wilson Boulevard. Consider: A dozen years ago, a Republican governor named Christine Todd Whitman sought to transform South Jersey's notorious strip from sleazy to scenic.

Crowds flock to see Prince Charles visit Camden churches
Crowds welcomed Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to Camden to celebrate the transformative work of churches in the community last Thursday (February 2).

Obituary Barney Barnett
Barney Barnett, 59, of Camden, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at Ouachita County Medical Center.

Camden Property upgraded to Buy from Hold at ISI Group
07:57 EDT Camden Property upgraded to Buy from Hold at ISI Group

Camden Robocop Camera “Inadvertently Activated”
Jim Jepps, editor of the Big Smoke blog, had matters other than snow on his mind on Saturday night. He’d just discovered that a camera installed in the communal garden of his block at Walker House, Camden, had a rather unpleasant addition. If you can’t play the video, as Jepps walks through the garden an automated voice kicks in saying Stop. This is a restricted area and your photograph is being ...

Camden Co. ties to Underground Railroad
Officials in Camden County are using new technology to share the rich history of African American Heritage and the Underground Railroad.

Camden Increases 2012 FFO Guidance by 13%
HOUSTON-Aside from jokes about the Beach Boys made by Camden Property Trust CEO Richard Campo , much of what was discussed during the REIT’s Q4 2011 earnings conference focused on positive results from 2011 and optimism going into 2012. Continued constrained multifamily supply (despite an increase in starts) combined with growing renter demand led Camden executives to project funds from ...

Petition hopes to force referendum on Camden County police department
Police union officials and civic activists in Camden said they delivered 3,500 signatures to the city clerk Wednesday in an effort to force a referendum on a controversial plan to abolish the city police force and replace it with a county department.