MEDFORD—Following watchdog and independent journalist Patrick Duff having brought to light at a Medford Township Council meeting on July 28 that the Medford Youth Athletic Association (MYAA) had its tax status revoked for having failed to file tax returns for three consecutive years, despite an initial dismissal of that described sequence of events by a Medford official and surprise being […] The…
PEMBERTON—At a July Town Hall Forum for the Republican candidates in Pemberton Township, Councilman Dan Dewey, who has ignited debate previously for not always being politically correct, but has often cited “speaking from my heart” when criticized, was outspoken and candid on a number of township issues. A response to one question he was asked over the future of the […] The post Need for ‘Better…
WOODLAND—The location for a planned new veterans’ monument at the Woodland Township Municipal Building is now under review after an unexpected development. “We discovered in looking at the building plans, exactly where we want to put the monument is the septic bed,” revealed Township Administrator and Clerk Maryalice Brown during the latest Woodland Township Committee workshop meeting on July 29.…
SHAMONG—A possibility that Shamong Township may contract with another emergency services provider over its present provider, Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) in adjacent Tabernacle Township, is not being ruled out by Mayor Michael Di Croce, who was asked about such a possibility during the Shamong Township Committee’s latest Aug. 4 meeting. Posing the question was resident Bill Ryan who described…
WASHINGTON—A project some decade in the making to improve and expand the municipal parking lot at the Washington Township Municipal Building in the Green Bank section of town continues to be in limbo. “We are not having any luck getting somebody that either qualifies or is willing or able and available to do that job,” declared Township Engineer Kevin Dixon […] The post Washington Twp. Municipal…
TABERNACLE—Areas of Tabernacle Township seeing “repeated accidents” and speeding was a second main topic of concern during the Tabernacle Township Committee’s July 27 meeting, the other being the future of the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) chronicled in the last edition of this newspaper. When Committeeman Angelo Capoli asked TRS Chief George Jackson during his report on the EMS agency’s…
For years, concerns about election integrity were dismissed. We were told there was no problem. We were told our concerns were exaggerated. We were told there was nothing to see. Now we know there was. Governor Mikie Sherrill recently admitted that at least 6,600 people who identified themselves as non-citizens while applying for driver’s licenses or state identification cards were […] The post…
SOUTHAMPTON—A white draft horse said to be very familiar to those who regularly travel Birmingham Road in Southampton Township, known as “Big Fred,” belonging to longtime area farmer Larry Roohr, has died, passing away on July 1. A growing memorial outside what was his pasture adjacent to the road, where onlookers would catch a glimpse of him as they drove […] The post Southampton Farmer Grieves…
MEDFORD—The Medford Township Council’s July 28 meeting became embroiled in frequently raucous revisitations of three legal and financial matters that local officials might have assumed were resolved, one of which called into question the fiscal reliability of the Medford Youth Athletic Association (MYAA), an organization that has been earmarked to be the recipient of a $1,340,250 donation from…
PEMBERTON BORO—A Pemberton Borough woman is once again complaining about emittance she claims is coming from a water tower in the municipality near her home that has a cellphone tower atop it. Karen Titus-Smith, of 20 Pemberton Street, claimed at the latest Pemberton Borough Council meeting on July 20 that she has been using a “meter” to take readings, and […] The post Pemberton Boro Woman Once…
