š” Relics from Gillianās Wonderland Pier | Inquirer South Jersey
And a man who was detained at Delaney Hall has died.
Good morning, South Jersey.
Almost two years after Gillianās Wonderland shuttered, there are still 20 unsold eclectic artifacts from the iconic boardwalk amusement park at Obnoxious Antiques in Burlington.
And in more serious news, a man who was detained at the Delaney Hall ICE facility has died.
Plus, Paulsboro lost a shipyard opportunity, and more news of the day.
ā Taylor Allen (southjersey@inquirer.com)
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Any chance youāre interested in the 12-by-6-foot skeleton head and hands that once gripped the Haunted Dark Ride at Gillianās Wonderland Pier in Ocean City?
That item ā priced at $8,500 ā and 19 other spooky artifacts from the closed amusement park are for sale at Obnoxious Antiques in Burlington.
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian made the decision in October 2024 to close the park his family owned.
The owner of the vintage store hopes this upcoming Halloween season will bring in more buyers.
So far, half of the sold items have gone to people out of state and the other half returned to Ocean City.
Reporter Amy Rosenberg has the story.
According to the members of the New Jersey congressional delegation, a man who was detained at the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark has died.
The detention center has attracted national attention during President Donald Trumpās immigration crackdown, with numerous complaints about its practices almost since it reopened in 2025.
Itās been the site of altercations between law enforcement officers and protestors, and of political fights between state Democrats and the federal government.
The office of U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, a South Jersey Democrat, confirmed the Newark ICE field office notified the senatorās team of the death Monday. The immigrant rights group Cosecha New Jersey shared a video identifying the person who died as Edwin Jeovanny LĆ³pez Cornejo.
Reporters Aliya Schneider, Jeff Gammage, and Michelle Myers have more on the turmoil at Delaney Hall.
What to know today
Hanwha Philly Shipyard wanted more space for better contracts, more hiring, and more profit-making potential. The yardās leader eyed a facility in Paulsboro ā but then the port operator, Holt Logistics, refused the approval. Months later, Hanwha is giving up on the New Jersey option and now is collecting offers from Southern states.
State Republicans are hopeful that a voter identification law could pass after Gov. Mikie Sherrill last week said she would support it, New Jersey Monitor reports.
The new commissioner of Major League Soccer is a Cherry Hill native and part-owner of the Los Angeles Football Club: Larry Berg.
Mondayās thunderstorms delayed the start of the $2.5 million project to make repairs on Collings Avenue Bridge over Newton Creek on the border of Camden and Gloucester City. It is now set to begin today and the bridge will be closed for about three months.
Speaking of roadway maintenance, residents in Camden, Oaklyn and Cherry Hill should plan to make detours since that is where the bulk of the roadway projects will occur this week.
A teacher from West Deptford suffers from retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy, or RVCL, a disease affecting fewer than 50 families worldwide that damages small blood vessels and causes premature death after harm accumulates on organs. The University of Pennsylvania got a $10 million gift to try to find a treatment.
The veteran actor Vincent Pastore, best known for playing Salvatore āBig Pussyā Bonpensiero on Jersey-set The Sopranos, has died at 80, according to the Associated Press.
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