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    Laura Stetser/This picture of a coyote was taken in Egg Harbor Township on a foggy spring morning.

    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – “Wake up, there’s a wolf in our yard,” I said to my husband early one spring morning about two years ago.

    “Well, maybe it’s not a wolf,” I excitedly corrected myself as I peered out the window. “It’s a coyote. Can it be a coyote? I really think…

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    Laura Stetser/Homes along Bay Drive in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township are still being put back together following Hurricane Sandy.

    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – It’s been seven months since Hurricane Sandy hit our area and residents in the small waterfront pocket community of West Atlantic City are still cleaning up the mess the historic storm left.

  • EHT Current

    Traffic advisory

    Motorists encouraged to find alternative routes

    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - On Thursday, May 23, a detour will be in effect on English Creek Avenue between Ocean Heights and West Jersey avenues in Egg Harbor Township, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for a county paving project, weather permitting.

  • Downbeach Current

    Gov. Chris Christie shakes hands with Isabella Guzman, 9, of Ventnor in front of her home Friday, May 17 as her father Miguel looks on.

    Three-day project includes Discovery Communications and Atlantic County Habitat for Humanity 

    VENTNOR – Gov. Chris Christie toured the progress of a three-day rebuilding effort here Friday, May 17 with TLC’s…

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    Patriotic events

    ESTELL MANOR – The 29th Annual Atlantic County Veterans Memorial Program will be held 2 p.m. Friday, May 24 at the Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery, Route 50 in Estell Manor. 

    Decorated U.S. Army combat veteran, Assemblyman Chris A. Brown, will be the keynote speaker for the memorial program which honors fallen, but not forgotten veterans.

  • Sports

    bmx1EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The only time you’ll ever sit at a BMX track is the minute or so spent on the bicycle during a race.

    And that is an action-packed minute, with spins and jumps and a rhythm section that will make your teeth clatter.

    There was plenty of excitement at EHT BMX last Saturday, May 18, as the track hosted a Redline Cup qualifier for…

  • Galloway Current

    Forsythe celebrates reopening of Wildlife Drive after Hurricane Sandy

    GALLOWAY – From the halls of Congress, to the shores of Galloway, they came to celebrate the opening of…

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     EHTHS

    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP- As the Egg Harbor Township Class of 2013 prepares to graduate, the EHTCurrent has compiled a digital scrapbook of their senior year.

    The story will be live throughout Senior Prom and graduation, so spread the word! Link is below:

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Egg Harbor Township resident honored at Valor Awards

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Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 17, 2013 10:52 am

Submitted/Skip Portale shakes hands and presents to civilian Walter Holmes of Egg Harbor Township a meritorious citation. Chris Kislow of the Dorothy Volunteer Fire Department and Gene Sharpe, chief of the Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Department look on. Submitted/Skip Portale shakes hands and presents to civilian Walter Holmes of Egg Harbor Township a meritorious citation. Chris Kislow of the Dorothy Volunteer Fire Department and Gene Sharpe, chief of the Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Department look on.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The Atlantic County Firefighters Association held its annual Valor Awards event Wednesday, April 17 at the Anthony “Tony” Canale Training Center in Egg Harbor Township. The event also recognized members with 50 years of service. Among those honored was Walter Holmes of Egg Harbor Township.

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Clarion Hotel to become apartments

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Last Updated on Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:47 am Written by Laura Stetser Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:40 am

Submitted/Clarion Hotel in West Atlantic City to be converted into affordable housing apartments. Submitted/Clarion Hotel in West Atlantic City to be converted into affordable housing apartments.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Developers of an affordable housing project got the green light to move ahead with plans to convert the Clarion Hotel into apartments on Wednesday, May 8 after Township Committee passed a series of resolutions by a 4-1 vote authorizing the project.

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Atlantic Christian School student headed to Naval Academy for STEM program

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Written by Laura Stetser Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:26 am

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A series on how Egg Harbor Township Schools and community groups are educating students in science, technology, engineering and math, collectively known as STEM.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP –  Robert Simpson, a seventh-grader at Atlantic Christian School, is one of 100 students from across the county that have been accepted into a United State Naval Academy summer program to encourage and further the learning of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.

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PAL SeaPerch team headed to national championship in Indianapolis

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Last Updated on Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:31 am Written by Suzanne Marino Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:18 am

Teaching Tech series logo Teaching Tech series logo

A series on how Egg Harbor Township Schools and community groups are educating students in science, technology, engineering and math, collectively known as STEM.

SOMERS POINT – It is sink-or-swim time for the “Submersibles,” a four-man team headed to Indianapolis to compete in the national SeaPerch championship at Purdue University.

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Egg Harbor Township School District adopts new activities fee

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Written by Laura Stetser Wednesday, May 15, 2013 04:08 pm

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Participation and facility fees enacted; some freshman sports teams to be cut

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – A revised participation fee for middle school and high school students was enacted by the Egg Harbor Township Board of Education on Tuesday, May 14.

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District reopens preschool lottery

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Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, May 15, 2013 07:32 am

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Deadline application is May 31         

The Egg Harbor Township School District offers an integrated preschool program to typically developing 4-year-old children who reside in Egg Harbor Township and will have their fourth birthday before Oct. 1, 2013. There are still openings available for the 2013-2014 school year.

Morning and afternoon classes will be offered within the school district, Monday-Friday.Transportation will not be provided.

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Egg Harbor Township woman wins Mrs. New Jersey

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Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 07:31 am Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, May 15, 2013 07:23 am

Submitted/Joy Jones-Carmack is Mrs. New Jersey 2013 Submitted/Joy Jones-Carmack is Mrs. New Jersey 2013

Joy Jones- Carmack of Egg Harbor Township, a professor from Atlantic Cape Community College, won the Mrs. New Jersey crown on Saturday, May 11th at 7pm in the Walter Edge Theater on the campus of Atlantic Cape Community College.

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Christie administration to host mobile cabinet Tuesday in Atlantic County

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Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:32 am Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, May 14, 2013 04:36 pm

State and federal officials to be on hand to assist local residents and discuss recovery and rebuilding efforts

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Christie administration will hold Mobile Cabinet office hours in Egg Harbor Township from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 21 at the West Atlantic City Volunteer Fire Company station, 7004 Black Horse Pike.

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