• FLORENCE: Police Beat from the June 25 edition

    Staff report    Gary Bowker, 45, of Edgewater Park was taken into custody June 17 on charges of being an uninsured motorist, driving while suspended, and failure to appear. Police said he came to police headquarters to turn himself in at 10:40 a.m. on outstanding warrants. He was taken to Burlington County Jail in lieu of…

  • NEW EGYPT: Assistant principal named

        NEW EGYPT – Michael Mendes, a teacher at New Egypt High School since 2002, has been appointed assistant principal.     The action was taken at the May 27 meeting of the Plumsted Township School District Board of Education.     Mr. Mendes has been teaching at the High School as a teacher of business and…

  • LAWRENCE: Census group reminds residents to be counted

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Lawrence Township’s Complete Count Committee, whose goal is to ensure that each resident is counted during the 2010 census, kicked off its initial meeting Monday night with a visit from a U.S. Census Bureau representative.     Jennifer Jones, a partnership specialist in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Philadelphia Regional Census…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    Florence valedictorian Sarah Rein delivers an address to graduates on June 18.

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Musical offers ‘Oz’ visit

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Dorothy and her friends will take a trip to Oz this weekend, but it won’t be anywhere over the rainbow.    That’s because “Oz: A Twisted Musical,” to be performed Friday and Sunday by Rising Stars Voice Studio, is a different take on the novel “The Wizard of…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Hearing set on rape, attempted homicide charges

    by Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A city restaurateur’s preliminary hearing on charges of attempted homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault is set for Monday.    During the hearing, a judge will determine if the evidence in the case against Khalid Altawarh, 36, of South Main Street in New Hope, is sufficient to send him…

  • PLUMSTED: Fireworks celebration saved

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    PLUMSTED – The township’s annual fireworks celebration, which was in serious jeopardy after government funding was cut earlier this year, has been saved by private fundraising.    Mayor Ron Dancer said this week that American Legion Post 455 spearheaded a fund drive that raised about $5,000, with large contributions from the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Church honors well-known freed slave

    By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer     ALLENTOWN — Richard “Dicky” Hendrickson was laid to rest more than 100 years ago, but a headstone that memorializes the man who was born a slave and died free was not placed at his grave plot until recently.     The Allentown Presbyterian Church last month dedicated a memorial…

  • CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: From the June 25 edition

    Nancy Mrzljak Nancy Mrzljak     Tel: 298-0567     Fax: 298-3936     [email protected]    The Chesterfield Township Board of Education Special Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. tonight in the Media Center at the Chesterfield Township Elementary School regarding end-of-year business, and other business that may come before the board. Formal action may be taken at…

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