• PENNINGTON: Den 2 makes history

    PENNINGTON: Den 2 makes history

    Fifth-grade Toll Gators and Webelos Scouts, from Den 2 of Pennington Pack 44, were recognized as Super Achievers as they advanced to Boy Scouts at their recent Blue and Gold Dinner. Super Achiever is a status not many Scouts earn. It requires earning all 20 of the possible Webelos badges. There are 10 boys in…

  • REGION: ALDI to open at 30 ex-Bottom Dollar Food locations

    REGION: ALDI to open at 30 ex-Bottom Dollar Food locations

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    ALDI, a low-price grocery chain, announced last Friday that it has completed its purchase of 66 real estate assets from the Delhaize Group and will be opening at Delhaize’s 30 former Bottom Dollar Food locations, according to a press release.    ”It’s really great news that ALDI will be…

  • FLORENCE: Mayor, council members to seek re-election

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    Mayor Craig Wilkie and council members Ted Lovenduski and Paul Ostrander have announced they are seeking re-election this year.    ”We are proud of our record,” they said in a joint press release Sunday. “Taxes have been stable. Over 1,700 jobs have been created along the Route 130 corridor in…

  • LAWRENCE: Cigarette butt may have caused Brunswick Pike fire

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     A discarded cigarette butt is suspected to be the cause of a fire that damaged the second-floor apartment at 1580 Brunswick Pike shortly after noon on Monday, according to the Lawrence Township Fire Marshal’s Office.     One of the two occupants of the apartment had gone outside onto the…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: 12-year-old gets ‘wish’ to go to Disney World

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    A local resident has been granted a wish by Make-A-Wish New Jersey to visit Walt Disney World this month.    Wishes are categorized under — I wish to go, I wish to be, I wish to have or I wish to meet.    For Daniel Applegate, 12, his wish is “I…

  • REGION: Seasonal burning program underway by state

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    New Jersey State Forestry Services seasonal prescribed burning program as part of the state’s efforts to reduce wildfire risks has been underway.    ”Prescribed burning is part of a planned strategy that the state uses to reduce accumulations of undergrowth, fallen branches and downed trees that can act as tinder…

  • CRANBURY: Rocking out

    CRANBURY: Rocking out

    Staff photos by Charles W. Kim. The Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey held a dance for families at the Cranbury Inn on March 21. Below left, organization member Amy Johns holds a state is´sued proclamation honoring the event on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: April 2, 2015

       Springfield Township has entered into a municipal partnership program with other Burlington County townships to offer reduced rates at the Indian Spring Golf Course in Marlton.    For more information on how to receive a $5 per round reduction, visit www.indianspringgolf.com/index.html.    The Jacksonville Community Center hosts a monthly breakfast the first Sunday of every month from…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: No primary election contests on June 2

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Unless the picture changes on primary election day, June 2, when some more candidates might decide to run for local office, there will be just one Hopewell Valley race in November and that will be in Hopewell Township. Harvey Lester, who lives on Continental Lane and is serving as Hopewell…

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