Pine Barrens Tribune

12/19/2025

From the FirstWarn NJ Weather Center: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden and Ocean counties until 3:45 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Central and northern portions of Southern New Jersey until 3:45 p.m. Little or no precipitation will occur, but wind gusts of 60+mph are possible for a short duration.

12/17/2025

Hey, Kids! Like To Draw, Paint and Color?

Then You Won’t Want to Miss Out on the Chance to Show Off Your Holiday Artistic Skills!

The annual Christmas Coloring Contest sponsored by ShopRite and Zallie Family Markets is back for another year!

This year’s Coloring Contest is a children’s only contest, intended for children ages 3 to 17. The winner of the contest will be awarded a Custom Holiday Gift Basket, to include a gift card. Encourage your children and grandchildren to get those crayons, oil pastels and glitter out and help decorate Frosty the Snowman and his holiday tree, as well as the candy canes!

The coloring panel can be found on page 4 of this week’s print edition. Be sure to invite your children and grandchildren color it in and send it to us for your chance to win!

12/14/2025

A representative to the owner of the New Egypt Speedway details to the Pine Barrens Tribune what has led the cancelation, for now, of the upcoming racing season at the popular venue.

PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP—It was the place where South Jersey’s own car-racing icon, Martin Truex, Jr., who hails from the Mayetta section of Stafford Township in Ocean County, got his earliest training, driving go-karts and then modified stock cars, before moving on to Mooresville, N.C., and the “big...

12/14/2025

From the FirstWarn NJ Weather Center: The National Weather Service has expanded the winter storm warning to include Ocean and Southeastern Burlington counties until 1 p.m.

The National Weather Service has expanded the winter storm warning to include Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Southeastern Burlington counties. Until 1 p.m.

12/14/2025

Key points for our overnight/morning storm and ensuing cold snap from FirstWarn NJ Weather. Be safe all!

12/13/2025

From the FirstWarn NJ Weather Center: The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for portions of the area, including Northwestern Burlington and Camden counties, from 7 p.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. Sunday.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 7 p.m. this evening to 1 p.m. Sunday for Northwestern Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties.

12/12/2025

“I asked the man, ‘Don’t you have a plan that you can see the weather predictions as well as we can?’” said the chief. “Can’t you at least come out and do the intersections, and the main curves that are the dangerous parts, and be proactive? That is all we are asking.”

WASHINGTON—The chief of the Green Bank Volunteer Ambulance Company let it be known during a Dec. 2 Washington Township Committee session that she is incensed with what she claims was Burlington County’s lack of preparedness and proactiveness for a black ice event on the morning of Dec. 1 that sh...

12/10/2025

Some of the attempts by the Tabernacle Township Committee to adjust a model ordinance purportedly required to be adopted by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection regarding tree removal, towards one it felt was more appropriate for the forested, rural community, has resulted in the entity’s review returning the result that it is “non-consistent with what we want you to adopt,” according to Municipal Solicitor Tom Coleman.

TABERNACLE—Some of the attempts by the Tabernacle Township Committee to adjust a model ordinance purportedly required to be adopted by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection regarding tree removal, towards one it felt was more appropriate for the forested, rural community, has result...

12/09/2025

The object of their objections was a proposal that would add nearly 800 new units to the township’s existing housing stock to enable it to meet a quota of some 170 additional affordable ones, their collective consternation being focused on what impact the resulting surge in population might have on aspects of community services and infrastructure, ranging from schools to sewers, and whether Medford is at all equipped to deal with it.

MEDFORD—It was the next-to-last Medford Township Council meeting of the year (the one scheduled at the beginning of December having been called off), and for three of the five council members who didn’t run for re-election in November and won’t be returning in January (including Mayor Erik Reb...