Pine Barrens Tribune

07/07/2025

The embattled mayor of Pemberton Township, Jack Tompkins, has publicly admitted that he met with a townhouse developer following their having submitted an application to the Pemberton Township Planning Board, on which he serves.

However, the mayor claimed he had been “unaware” at the time “that they had an application in,” maintaining it was submitted “when I was on vacation,” and pointed to it being in the process of being withdrawn, which it was the night following the mayor’s admission.

PEMBERTON—The embattled mayor of Pemberton Township, Jack Tompkins, has publicly admitted that he met with a townhouse developer following their having submitted an application to the Pemberton Township Planning Board, on which he serves. However, the mayor claimed he had been “unaware” at the...

07/07/2025

From the FirstWarn NJ Weather Center:

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to include portions of Burlington and Camden counties.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday for areas shaded in green.

06/07/2025

Saint Davids Place residents who were looking forward to finally seeing a township-owned island, torn up on their street to make way for a switchgear station (which has since been relocated following an outcry from residents), fully-revegetated by the end of this spring, will now have to wait at least a while longer as Township Administrator Brandon Umba acknowledged during a June 17 Southampton Township Committee meeting that, “We have missed the window for planting for those shrubs and trees and bushes that are in the landscaping plan.”

SOUTHAMPTON—Saint Davids Place residents who were looking forward to finally seeing a township-owned island, torn up on their street to make way for a switchgear station (which has since been relocated following an outcry from residents), fully-revegetated by the end of this spring, will now have ...

05/07/2025

“You do me, and I swear to God, I am going to sue the hell out of him, whoever is doing it!” declared the 30-year business owner.

PEMBERTON—Allegations that the mayor of Pemberton Township, Jack Tompkins, had threatened in recent days to put a “padlock” on the doors of the last remaining business to occupy the dilapidated Browns Mills Shopping Center, as well as allegedly “threatened” its owner, “Mr. Elly,” throu...

04/07/2025

Congratulations to Pinelands High Class of 2025!

“What stands out the most about this class is your kindness,” District Superintendent Dr. Melissa McCooley emphasized in the opening speech of the ceremony. “It is something that cannot be measured by your test scores or grades, but it will carry you the furthest in life. As you take the next steps into your futures, my wish for you is simple: continue to be kind. In a world that often feels fast and uncertain, kindness will always be your greatest strength.”

  LITTLE EGG HARBOR—At a time when displays of cruelty, callousness and mean-spiritedness in general seem increasingly to dominate the airwaves and our consciousness, the 260 graduates of Pinelands Regional High School’s Class of 2025 were encouraged to keep values like kindness and empathy at ...

03/07/2025

Congratulations Pemberton Township High School Class of 2025!

The graduates of Pemberton Township High School (PTHS)’s Class of 2025 were urged by Salutatorian Safi Abbas to “build lives that are vivid, connected, and resilient” as well as “paint a future that shines with hope, purpose and love,” while Valedictorian Sarah Ruzicka called on her peers to “not to be fearless, but to walk with fear.”

PEMBERTON—The graduates of Pemberton Township High School (PTHS)’s Class of 2025 were urged by Salutatorian Safi Abbas to “build lives that are vivid, connected, and resilient” as well as “paint a future that shines with hope, purpose and love,” while Valedictorian Sarah Ruzicka called o...

02/07/2025

Congratulations Shawnee Class of 2025!

“Thank you, Class of 2025, for trusting me, for helping me, and for being exactly who you are,” the class president declared. “For who you are is great, and your greatness shaped my own. ‘You cannot be great without the greatness of others.”’

MEDFORD—Amelia Franken, the president of the Shawnee High School Class of 2025 bound for Harvard University in the fall, said she “personally struggled with doubters in my early years.” “Many of you may or may not know this, but I grew up with a different last name,” she shared in addressi...

01/07/2025

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Ocean and Burlington Counties until 7:30 p.m. This storm is capable of producing destructive wind gusts.

01/07/2025

From the FirstWarn NJ Weather Center:

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean counties until 7:30 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean counties until 7:30 p.m.

01/07/2025

From FirstWarn NJ Weather Center:

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Burlington County until 4:45 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Mercer, Burlington and Monmouth counties until 4:45 p.m.

01/07/2025

From the FirstWarn NJ Weather Center:

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the entire area until 9 p.m.

Parts of the area are also under a flood watch until 2 a.m. Wednesday.

01/07/2025

Congratulations to the Seneca Class of 2025!

“He faces every round of chemotherapy, every scan, every challenge with positivity and courage,” Hasson declared. “And that taught me what resilience truly looks like.”

Resilience, he said, “is not about never failing; it is about rising again and again, stronger, wiser, and more determined than ever before.”

TABERNACLE—The Seneca High School graduating Class of 2025 received a final, but deeply personal lesson in “resilience” during the institution’s June 17 commencement. Senior Class President Jacob Hasson shared that around the start of his freshman year, his father was re-diagnosed with cance...