GLASSBORO — The borough police department has launched a new website and a “Text-A-Tip” system.

The website promises to have information, news and announcements of events related to the department, said police.

Visitors to the website can download some forms and applications, learn about the different special units in the department and see news about events and open cases, police said.

There will be safety tips and crime prevention programs to help residents keep the community safe and there will be an interactive crime map so residents can track what is happening in their neighborhoods, said police.

WASHINGTON TWP. — A Heritage Valley man was arrested Oct. 1 on drug distribution charges, police said Thursday, Nov, 6.

Following a month-long investigation, investigators obtained a search warrant for the home of Tyler Salera and found an unspecified amount of cash and enough narcotics to lead to him being charged with possession of more than to grams of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of CDS with the intent to distribute, police said.

Police said the case was being processed by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, but did not say whether Salera was jailed or released.

GREENWICH TWP. — A Gibbstown woman whose car hit a tree on Route 44 allegedly was sitting in the car drinking when police arrived.

The crash happened at 8:34 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3 at Harmony Road, police said.

A 2001 Ford Taurus had crashed into a tree in front of a house and, when officers arrived, they spotted the female driver drinking, said police.

GREENWICH TWP.  — A 72-year-old man on the lookout for crime was arrested on weapons charges after displaying what appeared to be a weapon to four women passing out political literature Monday night.

The four women, all Rowan University students, were approached on South Home Avenue by Richard Lightcap, said police.

WOODBURY — The polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4.

With federal, state, county and municipal races to be decided, here’s where you can find election results for Gloucester County.

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Gloucester/54034/142610/Web01/en/summary.html

GREENWICH TWP. — One man has been arrested and another is being sought in connection with the theft of 11 firearms from a township residence.

The 11 handguns and rifles were reported stolen on Nov. 3, said police. The weapons allegedly were traded in Camden for four bundles, or 40 packets, of heroin, police said.

Here I am, after all the years of being a reporter and columnist and editor, a bona fide publisher, of sorts.

Sure, I’m not publishing a newspaper in print, although don’t think the notion hasn’t crossed my mind. In fact, I have dreamed of being the editor of a small newspaper since I was in high school. I guess the opportunity just never presented itself and now, well, I’m writing for a weekly (The Sentinel) and posting stuff on my own news and information website (gloucestercountyonline.com).

I went to a meeting of the Greater Woodbury Chamber of Commerce the other day as an invited guest of a member. The folks there welcomed me warmly, although most didn’t really know I had a new website until I told them. They were just being nice because of the name recognition 30 years in the business in Gloucester County brings.

GLASSBORO — Rowan University has announced it will stretch 2015’s graduation out over a four-day period, according to borough police.

To accommodate Commencement Week, Finals Week will be May 5 to 11.

Semester will conclude May 11 and Commencement Week will be Tuesday through Friday, May 12 - 25.

Commencement and graduation information meetings are scheduled in the Student Center Ballroom on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 6:45 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at 3 p.m.; Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 10 a.m.; and Tuesday, March 26, 2015 at 5:15 p.m.

Most of the commencement activity will be held on the University Green off Whitney Avenue. Police said the additional days of commencement should greatly reduce the impact on traffic and parking in Glassboro.

More specific information is available at http://www.rowan.edu/events/commencement/.

GREENWICH TWP. — On Oct. 31, officers responded to an apartment in the 100 block of North Repauno Avenue at 6:27 p.m. for a report of a burglary that jad just occurred.

The victim had ledft the apartment for a brief period and returned to find that someoen had pried open the door, rummaged through the apartgment and had taken jewelry and electronic items value dat $1,325, police said.

A suspect was quickly located in the area and, after finding that the man had a friend in the same apartment building and admitted to committing the burglary, Brandon Kasan, 30, of Carneys Point, was chargded with burglary and theft, said police.

Kasan was committed to the Salem County Jail in default of$35,000 full-cash bail, police said. All the stolen property was recovered.

The investigation was conducted by Patrolmen William Bramell, Bryan Ciconte, Ryan Gillikin and Ryan Layton, and Detective Louis Damminger.