Sam Barron

Community Editor

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter

An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

Sam Barron's Contributions

Montgomery, NJ
Breaking News
Plaque, Tree Planned For Montgomery Woman Killed By Father In Murder-Suicide Plaque, Tree Planned For Montgomery Woman Killed By Father In Murder-Suicide Plaque, Tree Planned For Montgomery Woman Killed By Father In Murder-Suicide
Plaque, Tree Planned For Montgomery Woman Killed By Father In Murder-Suicide Sloane Grodnick was just 24 years old when she was gunned down by her father, David, in a murder-suicide that also involved her mother, Lora in Montgomery Township last month. Now Grodnick's friends want to memorialize her by planting a tree with a plaque at Grounds for Sculpture in Trenton. "We knew Sloane through her pre-teen years and watched her grow up," Friends of Sloane wrote on a GoFundMe. "We spent countless days swimming, coloring, listening to music, and talking about everything happening in each of our lives, from the mundane to the exciting. You could throw any date a…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Waterford-Atco, NJ
Your Community
Atco Brewery Announces Closure Atco Brewery Announces Closure Atco Brewery Announces Closure
Atco Brewery Announces Closure A Camden County brewery is closing its doors. Whims Brewing at 302 White Horse Pike in Atco announced it is shutting down in a lengthy Facebook post.  "Whims has always been a deeply personal thing," owner and brewmaster Dorien Saunders said. "A constant in my family’s life for the last 5 years. Ever changing, evolving, shifting, and growing.  The way I want to run Whims isn’t currently feasible. There is also no way to continue it in a way now that I would find meaningful and would satisfy me. So long story short is we’ll be winding this operation down at the end of the…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Phillipsburg, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Drove Drunk While Child Jumped Around Backseat: Lopatcong PD Woman Drove Drunk While Child Jumped Around Backseat: Lopatcong PD Woman Drove Drunk While Child Jumped Around Backseat: Lopatcong PD
Woman Drove Drunk While Child Jumped Around Backseat: Lopatcong PD A Phillipsburg woman was arrested and charged after she drove drunk with her unbuckled child in the backseat in Lopatcong, authorities announced Wednesday, Oct. 21. At 7:34p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, officers observed a small child jumping up and down in the rear seat of the vehicle without being secured by a seat belt, Lopatcong police said. Officers detected a strong odor of alcohol from Ana Iraheta's breath, police said. Iraheta subsequently failed several standardized field sobriety tests and was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated, police said. Her blood alcohol concen…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Middle Township, NJ
Breaking News
Dealing Meth Gets Middle Township Man Arrested: Prosecutor Dealing Meth Gets Middle Township Man Arrested: Prosecutor Dealing Meth Gets Middle Township Man Arrested: Prosecutor
Dealing Meth Gets Middle Township Man Arrested: Prosecutor A 53-year-old Rio Grande man was arrested and charged with dealing methamphetamine in Cape May County on Wednesday, Oct. 21, authorities said. Investigators, including Cape May County Regional SWAT Team and the Cape May County Prosecutor's Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at the home of Joseph Quinn, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Middle  Township Police Chief Tracey Super said. During the search, law enforcement seized methamphetamine in an amount less than ½ ounce and various items of paraphernalia associated with the distribution…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Egg Harbor City, NJ
Breaking News
Student Brought Bullet Casing To Spragg Elementary School Student Brought Bullet Casing To Spragg Elementary School Student Brought Bullet Casing To Spragg Elementary School
Student Brought Bullet Casing To Spragg Elementary School A student brought a bullet casing to a South Jersey elementary school Monday, Oct. 19. The incident occurred at Spragg Elementary School in Egg Harbor City, Egg Harbor City Public Schools Superintendent Adrienne Shulby said. School administration immediately intervened, secured the item, and removed the student from the classroom environment, Shulby said.. No students or staff members were harmed, and at no point was there an active threat to our school population, Shulby said. Egg Harbor City Police arrived on scene to assist, police said. The incident is being handle by police and school…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Hammonton, NJ
Breaking News
Hammonton Arsonist Sentenced After Breaking Into Fire Truck: Prosecutor Hammonton Arsonist Sentenced After Breaking Into Fire Truck: Prosecutor Hammonton Arsonist Sentenced After Breaking Into Fire Truck: Prosecutor
Hammonton Arsonist Sentenced After Breaking Into Fire Truck: Prosecutor A 52-year-old Hammonton man was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to arson and burglary charges, police said. On Monday, Dec. 22, Hammonton police responded to 8th Street and South 2nd Road after a woman saw Joseph Tomasello lighting fire to the ground with a blowtorch, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Police observed Tomasello carrying a blowtorch and was arrested on scene, authorities said. On Saturday, Jan. 31, New Jersey State police troopers were alerted that Hammonton police contacted Collings Lake Fire Department via radio and Tomasello identified …

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Galloway, NJ
Breaking News
Galloway Woman Killed After Struck Deer Propelled Into Her Vehicle: PD Galloway Woman Killed After Struck Deer Propelled Into Her Vehicle: PD Galloway Woman Killed After Struck Deer Propelled Into Her Vehicle: PD
Galloway Woman Killed After Struck Deer Propelled Into Her Vehicle: PD A 69-year-old Galloway Township woman was killed after a deer was propelled into her vehicle on Monday, Oct. 19, authorities said. At 8:35 a.m., officers responded to Moss Mill Road. and Frankfurt Avenue after a 2000 Honda sedan driven by a 30-year-old Egg Harbor City man was traveling eastbound when it struck a deer, Galloway Township police said. The deer was then propelled into a 2021 Kia wagon that was traveling westbound on Moss Mill Rd, police said. The driver of the Kia, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The crash remains under investigation…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Mount Olive, NJ
Breaking News
DWI Driver Arrested In Dispensary Parking Lot: Mount Olive PD DWI Driver Arrested In Dispensary Parking Lot: Mount Olive PD DWI Driver Arrested In Dispensary Parking Lot: Mount Olive PD
DWI Driver Arrested In Dispensary Parking Lot: Mount Olive PD A 34-year-old Netcong man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Mount Olive, authorities announced Tuesday, Oct. 20. At 1:43 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, officers observed a gray Lexus traveling east on Route 46 failing to maintain its lane of travel, Mount Olive police said. Officers initiated a motor vehicle stop of the Lexus in the parking lot of Sweetspot Dispensary, police said. As officers spoke with Joseph Jarvis, they detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and observed that he appeared to be impaired, police said. Jarvis was arrested following field sobri…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Atlantic Highlands-Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Man Learns Fate For Murdering Ex-Girlfriend, Desecrating Remains: Prosecutor NJ Man Learns Fate For Murdering Ex-Girlfriend, Desecrating Remains: Prosecutor NJ Man Learns Fate For Murdering Ex-Girlfriend, Desecrating Remains: Prosecutor
NJ Man Learns Fate For Murdering Ex-Girlfriend, Desecrating Remains: Prosecutor A 33-year-old Edison Township was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend and then desecrating his remains, authorities announced Tuesday, Oct. 20. Jordan J. Vilcatoma-Correjo was previously convicted of murder in the first degree and disturbing human remains in the death of Sonia Gonzales, a 26-year-old Edison resident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said.  At 7:45 a.m. on Friday, June 10, Atlantic Highlands police responded to Asbury Avenue and located a Honda Accord, Santiago said. Gonzalez's body was in the backseat covered in garbage bags, missing …

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Haddon Heights-Barrington, NJ
Breaking News
Man Charged In Deadly Drive-By Lawnside Shooting: Prosecutor Man Charged In Deadly Drive-By Lawnside Shooting: Prosecutor Man Charged In Deadly Drive-By Lawnside Shooting: Prosecutor
Man Charged In Deadly Drive-By Lawnside Shooting: Prosecutor A 21-year-old Camden resident is charged with murdering a man in a drive-by-shooting in Lawndale, authorities announced Tuesday, Oct. 20. At 5:50 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 21, at 5:50 p.m., Lawndale police responded to West Hodges Avenue and learned the victim, George Rivera, a 25-year-old Lawnside resident, had been transported to Cooper University Hospital where he was pronounced dead later that evening, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Lawnside Police Captain William Plenty said. An investigation determined Nicholas Stiegler fatally shot Rivera from inside a red Jeep Com…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Prev Page 1 of 1167 1 2 3 4 5 Next
1 - 10 of 11,664 articles