Tag: Eagle Scout
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Tinton Falls officials honor teenager for Eagle Scout achievement
TINTON FALLS – A Tinton Falls resident has been recognized by borough officials for attaining the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. During a recent Borough Council meeting, a proclamation honoring Kevin Terhune for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout was presented to the young man by the municipal government. Mayor Vito Perillo…
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Three Monroe scouts honored at Eagle Scout Court of Honor
Three members of Boy Scout Troop 60 were honored for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. Joseph DiCola, Eric Borsuk and Steven Schiavone, all residents of Monroe, were honored at a ceremony on Jan. 16 held at the Monroe Township Senior Center. To earn the Eagle award, a scout must be active with a troop;…
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Scout from East Windsor troop builds shed at Bordentown environmental center
Robbinsville resident Hugh Keenan is a member of Boy Scout Troop 6284 in East Windsor. He worked for two years planning, organizing, fundraising and leading the build of his Eagle Project, a shed for the children’s garden at Fernbrook Farms Environmental Education Center in Bordentown. He attained the rank of Eagle in October. On most…
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Four Kendall Park Boy Scouts reach highest rank
Joseph Carlson, Matthew Carlson, Thomas Lepore and Drew Shah of Kendall Park have earned the Boy Scouts of America’s highest advancement award, the Eagle Scout Award. As members of Troop 90, all four showed their commitment to the aims of scouting: character, citizenship, personal fitness and leadership. n order to do so they earned at…
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Monroe teen produces ‘Veterans’ Voices’ documentary for Eagle Scout project
MONROE – Better than what any history book or class could offer, for the past year Theodore “Theo” Blume immersed himself in the eras of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War through firsthand accounts of the people who lived it. His experience has been preserved in an 84-minute documentary “Veterans’ Voices”…
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Hillsborough Township Committee recognizes achievements of two local boy scouts
In honor of the achievements of two boy scouts from Hillsborough Troop 489, who both reached their Eagle Scout rank this year, the Hillsborough Township Committee recognized them at a Sept. 24 meeting. Hillsborough Troop 489 members and Hillsborough High School students, Joseph Meditz and Tyler Tomczak, both attained the honorable rank of Eagle Scout…
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Boy Scout plans to color code hydrants for Eagle Scout project in Keyport
KEYPORT – Municipal officials have given the go-ahead to a young man who wants to geolocate, inventory and color code 128 fire hydrants in Keyport. On April 2, members of the Borough Council unanimously voted to permit Boy Scout Colin McTernan, 17, to color code fire hydrants in town as he pursues the rank of…
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Hopewell Borough teenager brightens up Borough Hall with Eagle Scout project
If Borough Hall in Hopewell Borough looks a little more inviting these days, it’s because of the colorful flower boxes at the front and rear entrances to the municipal building on East Broad Street. The flower boxes were installed earlier this month by Liam Mooney as part of his Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout…
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Teen’s Eagle Scout project makes navigating Hightstown High School easier
John O’Brien still remembers that “lost” feeling as a freshman at Hightstown High School, trying to find his way around the sprawling building. So to ensure no one else would have that same feeling, John designed and built a set of directional signs to hang in the high school hallways. The signs, which were installed…
