Battleship NJ Sets Date For Camden Return: 5 Stories To Know

SOUTH JERSEY — Patch reviews this past week's top news from throughout South Jersey. Here are five things you should know.

1. Battleship New Jersey has a return date. The historic battleship, which left its berth along the Camden waterfront for the first time in decades, will return from dry-docking on June 20. Tickets to ride the battleship on her journey home are selling for $5,000 each.
2. A driver struck four utility workers and then two vehicles, killing a New Jersey American Water employee and putting several people in the hospital, authorities said. The Camden County crash is under investigation.
3. Two children nearly drowned in a pool and were hospitalized in critical condition.
4. Joe Blanton, who won a World Series with the Phillies, will headline a wine event at a Cherry Hill restaurant. After retiring from pitching, Blanton entered the winemaking industry.
5. A Camden County man who superimposed sexual material onto photos of a young girl and distributed them did not violate the state's child pornography laws. But obscenity is a different matter, according to a recent ruling from the Supreme Court of New Jersey.