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Keith O’Brien, Joseph Probst doing better O’BRIEN PROBST Staff Photo by Bryan Littel State police and emergency personnel work at the scene of a two-car crash that injured two Millville police officers in an unmarked car at the intersection of Baptist Road and Route 553 in Downe Township Thursday. Photo special to The News Vineland native and Broadway producer Robert Dragotta, far left, with the late Hollywood actor Tony Curtis, far right, and friends Marlene Steves Reid and Courtney Amoroso in a 2001 photo taken in Naples, Fl. By Joe Green [email protected] BRIDGETON — Vineland native and Broadway producer Robert Dragotta found out in 2001 just how down-to-earth the late Hollywood actor Tony Curtis was. Curtis died on Wednesday at age 85. Dragotta and others met Cur- tis, who starred in more than 100 films, for a dinner and reception in Houston that January. The event kicked off a tour of a Dragotta-produced Broadway version of “Some Like it Hot,” in which Curtis starred. Then in his 70s, Curtis brought his much-younger wife, Jill Van- denberg, to the reception. “She was very tall, very volup- tuous and was wearing high heels,” Dragotta recalled. “She had a low-cut dress on.” With cleavage at eye-level, he shook Vandenberg’s hand and said, “It’s so nice to meet you both.” He meant it was nice to meet the married couple, not the other pair. Curtis just laughed and said, “That’s quite a compliment!” And according to Dragotta, they hit it off. Dragotta hung with Tony Curtis (See CURTIS, Page A-3) By Matthew Stanmyre and Jackie Friedman Star-Ledger Staff The state’s governing body for high school athletics had been dealt a wob- bling blow from an investigative report Wednesday morning detailing waste and abuse by the agency. And Assemblyman John Burzichelli may have finished it off later in the day. Burzichelli told The Star-Ledger of Newark Wednesday night that he intends to drop the framework today for the final legislation that would dissolve the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Asso- ciation. The bill would move oversight of high school athletics into the Department of Education, which will then move it into the New Jersey School Boards Associa- tion. NJSIAA could be dissolved today (See NJSIAA, Page A-3) By Sean C. McCullen [email protected] DOWNE TWP. — Two veteran Mill- ville police officers were doing better at 9 p.m. Thursday following surgery at Cooper University Hospital, Millville police reported. The two were seriously injured in an auto accident at the intersection of Baptist/Ackley Road and County Road 553, in the Newport section of the town- ship, Thursday afternoon. Dets. Keith O’Brien and Joseph Probst were listed in critical condition at Cooper, in Camden, upon arrival and immediately underwent emergency surgery. Their black 2010 Chevrolet Impala collided with a dark green 2000 Ford Excursion sport-utility vehicle short- ly after 1:30 p.m., according to state police. State police based at Port Norris were dispatched to the accident scene at 1:41 p.m., spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones said. Emergency responders had to extri- cate the two police officers from the badly damaged police cruiser. Julie Morgan, the 33-year-old New- (See CRASH, Page A-6) By Jason Laday [email protected] BRIDGETON — Four Cumberland Coun- ty Jail inmates were indicted this week on charges of first degree attempted murder and multiple other charges in the stabbing of a fellow prisoner in January. Andrew Pender, of Millville; Todd Ford, of Elmer; and Damon Jones and Donald Scurry, Jr., both of Bridgeton; had all been lodged in county jail after being charged with murder at the time of the stabbing. The victim, 31-year-old Fred D. Mosley, of Bridgeton, was also in jail for murder and awaiting trial. Despite Mosley’s admission to a medi- cal facility for evaluation, Jail Warden Bob Balicki at the time stated there were no serious injuries in the fight. Scurry, Ford and Jones have been identi- fied by authorities as Bloods gang mem- bers. Mosley, in correspondence with The News, has stated he had been a high-rank- ing member of the Bloods in Bridgeton up until his stabbing. County officials have stated the fight, which occurred on Jan. 3 in the housing block where Mosley had been assigned, may have been sparked between different “sects” Four indicted in jail stabbing (See INDICTED Page A-6) By Anthony Bellano [email protected] VINELAND — South Jersey Healthcare will receive $1 million in grant money as part of a program designed to combat teen pregnancy. The money is part of a $3.9 million grant awarded to the state by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A total of $155 million is being awarded to states, non- profit organizations, school districts, universities and other organizations. The grants will support the replication of teen preg- nancy evidence-based prevention programs that have been shown to be effective through rigorous research and the testing of new approaches to combating teen pregnancy. “The term ‘evidence-based’ means that instead of doing it the way it’s always been done, research is done to determine what works best in a given situation,” SJH Spokesman Paul Simon explained. “It’s the method or technique that’s determined to be most effective.” The state will offer a list of programs that have been proven successful elsewhere, and SJH will choose from SJH gets $1 million to combat teen pregnancy (See SJH, Page A-6)
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Officers out of surgeryVehicle of two Millville detectives struck by SUV
Dets. Keith O’Brien, Joseph Probst doing better
O’BRIEN PROBST
Staff Photo by Bryan Littel
State police and emergency personnel work at the scene of a two-car crash that injured two Millville police officers in an unmarked car at the intersection of Baptist Road and Route 553 in Downe Township Thursday.
Photo special to The News
Vineland native and Broadway producer Robert Dragotta, far left, with the late Hollywood actor Tony Curtis, far right, and friends Marlene Steves Reid and Courtney Amoroso in a 2001 photo taken in Naples, Fl.
By Joe [email protected]
BRIDGETON — Vineland native and Broadway producer Robert Dragotta found out in 2001 just how down-to-earth the late Hollywood actor Tony Curtis was.
Curtis died on Wednesday at age 85.
Dragotta and others met Cur-tis, who starred in more than 100 films, for a dinner and reception in Houston that January.
The event kicked off a tour of a Dragotta-produced Broadway version of “Some Like it Hot,” in which Curtis starred.
Then in his 70s, Curtis brought his much-younger wife, Jill Van-denberg, to the reception.
“She was very tall, very volup-tuous and was wearing high heels,” Dragotta recalled. “She had a low-cut dress on.”
With cleavage at eye-level, he shook Vandenberg’s hand and said, “It’s so nice to meet you both.”
He meant it was nice to meet the married couple, not the other pair.
Curtis just laughed and said, “That’s quite a compliment!”
And according to Dragotta, they hit it off.
Dragotta hungwith Tony Curtis
(See CURTIS, Page A-3)
By Matthew Stanmyre and Jackie FriedmanStar-Ledger Staff
The state’s governing body for high school athletics had been dealt a wob-bling blow from an investigative report Wednesday morning detailing waste and
abuse by the agency. And Assemblyman John Burzichelli
may have finished it off later in the day.Burzichelli told The Star-Ledger of
Newark Wednesday night that he intends to drop the framework today for the final legislation that would dissolve the New
Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Asso-ciation. The bill would move oversight of high school athletics into the Department of Education, which will then move it into the New Jersey School Boards Associa-tion.
NJSIAA could be dissolved today
(See NJSIAA, Page A-3)
By Sean C. [email protected]
DOWNE TWP. — Two veteran Mill-ville police officers were doing better at 9 p.m. Thursday following surgery at Cooper University Hospital, Millville police reported.
The two were seriously injured in an auto accident at the intersection of Baptist/Ackley Road and County Road 553, in the Newport section of the town-ship, Thursday afternoon.
Dets. Keith O’Brien and Joseph Probst were listed in critical condition at Cooper, in Camden, upon arrival and immediately underwent emergency surgery.
Their black 2010 Chevrolet Impala collided with a dark green 2000 Ford Excursion sport-utility vehicle short-ly after 1:30 p.m., according to state police.
State police based at Port Norris were dispatched to the accident scene at 1:41 p.m., spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones said.
Emergency responders had to extri-cate the two police officers from the badly damaged police cruiser.
Julie Morgan, the 33-year-old New-
(See CRASH, Page A-6)
By Jason [email protected]
BRIDGETON — Four Cumberland Coun-ty Jail inmates were indicted this week on charges of first degree attempted murder and multiple other charges in the stabbing of a fellow prisoner in January.
Andrew Pender, of Millville; Todd Ford, of Elmer; and Damon Jones and Donald Scurry, Jr., both of Bridgeton; had all been lodged in county jail after being charged with murder at the time of the stabbing.
The victim, 31-year-old Fred D. Mosley, of Bridgeton, was also in jail for murder and awaiting trial.
Despite Mosley’s admission to a medi-cal facility for evaluation, Jail Warden Bob Balicki at the time stated there were no serious injuries in the fight.
Scurry, Ford and Jones have been identi-fied by authorities as Bloods gang mem-bers.
Mosley, in correspondence with The News, has stated he had been a high-rank-ing member of the Bloods in Bridgeton up until his stabbing.
County officials have stated the fight, which occurred on Jan. 3 in the housing block where Mosley had been assigned, may have been sparked between different “sects”
Four indicted injail stabbing
(See INDICTED Page A-6)
By Anthony [email protected]
VINELAND — South Jersey Healthcare will receive $1 million in grant money as part of a program designed to combat teen pregnancy.
The money is part of a $3.9 million grant awarded to the state by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A total of $155 million is being awarded to states, non-profit organizations, school districts, universities and other organizations.
The grants will support the replication of teen preg-nancy evidence-based prevention programs that have been shown to be effective through rigorous research and the testing of new approaches to combating teen pregnancy.
“The term ‘evidence-based’ means that instead of doing
it the way it’s always been done, research is done to determine what works best in a given situation,” SJH Spokesman Paul Simon explained.
“It’s the method or technique that’s determined to be most effective.”
The state will offer a list of programs that have been proven successful elsewhere, and SJH will choose from
SJH gets $1 million to combat teen pregnancy
(See SJH, Page A-6)
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