Tag: Eagle Scout

  • Eagle Scout thanks businesses for support with project

    Eagle Scout thanks businesses for support with project

    I am a Boy Scout from Troop 96 in Sayreville. I recently finished my Eagle Scout project, and would like to thank the local stores who helped me out in this endeavor. I would especially like to thank Total Hardware & Garden Supply on Washington Road for their generous donations. Also, the discounts provided by Main Paint…

  • Eagle Scout builds picnic tables for 4-H members

    Eagle Scout builds picnic tables for 4-H members

    EAST BRUNSWICK – For his Eagle Scout project, Nicholas Edward Wong made three A-frame picnic tables for the 4-H Youth Center in East Brunswick so that members can conduct outdoor meetings, gatherings and special events. Wong began as a Tiger Scout at age six with Pack 132 East Brunswick. In 2011, upon earning all the…

  • Scout creates care packages for homeless

    Scout creates care packages for homeless

    South Amboy Boy Scout Troop 91 member Erik J. Kuhn was presented with his Eagle Scout award during a Court of Honor conducted at Camp Dill in Clinton Township on July 16. Kuhn’s project, “Care Packages for the Homeless,” had volunteers acquire hundreds of everyday items such as soap, socks, deodorant and blankets. Backpacks were…

  • Young man keeps up family tradition of Eagle Scout honors

    Young man keeps up family tradition of Eagle Scout honors

    ENGLISHTOWN – Following tradition, a young man from Englishtown has become the 19th member of his family and the 15th individual on his mother’s side to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Darius James Cotter, 18, a homeschooled student who is concluding his high school education with Seton Homestudy School, was advanced to the rank…

  • Spotswood family celebrates ninth Eagle Scout

    Spotswood family celebrates ninth Eagle Scout

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – A young man spent hundreds of hours leading dozens of volunteers in refurbishing a cemetery gate in order to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout —and to keep up his family tradition. Boy Scout Troop 35 of Spotswood presented Matthew J. Chludzinski with the highest award in scouting…

  • Holmdel teenager achieves rank of Eagle Scout

    Holmdel teenager achieves rank of Eagle Scout

    BY MICHAEL BENAVIDES Staff Writer A Holmdel teenager was full of confidence in his pursuit of attaining the highest rank a Boy Scout can achieve – Eagle Scout. Trevor Kiss, 14, said he felt confident that he was going to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout, which he received on Nov. 29, 2016. “I remember…

  • New Eagle Scout follows in family footsteps

    New Eagle Scout follows in family footsteps

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A young man from Freehold Township has followed in the tradition of many of his family members by attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. Zachary Simon, who is a sophomore at Freehold Township High School, was inducted as an Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor ceremony…

  • Farmingdale scout achieves rank of Eagle

    Farmingdale scout achieves rank of Eagle

    By Jennifer Ortiz Staff Writer FARMINGDALE – Hunter Joseph Smith, 18, of Farmingdale, has attained the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America – Eagle Scout. Hunter is a member of Troop 13, sponsored by the United Methodist Church of Farmingdale. The young man is a 2016 graduate of Howell High School. The leader…

  • MID 1.27-2.3 Boy Scout Troop 246 recognizes new Eagle Scouts

    MID 1.27-2.3 Boy Scout Troop 246 recognizes new Eagle Scouts

    MIDDLETOWN — Boy Scout Troop 246 of Middletown celebrated the achievements of Jack McQuade and Jonathan Kiernan, who became Eagle Scouts, with an Eagle Court of Honor ceremony at Elks Lodge 233 in Red Bank, where former Eagle Scouts, troop members, family and friends attended. “Each person’s journey to becoming an Eagle is different, but…