Schools complete for recycling bragging rights

Written by Staff Reports Sunday, October 28, 2012 01:00 am

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Twenty three schools in Atlantic County are competing in Recycle-Bowl, Keep America Beautiful nationwide recycling competition for elementary, middle and high school students.

The incentive-based recycling competition runs for four weeks from Oct. 15 through Nov. 9. Participating schools will track and report how much material they collect for a chance to win prizes. At the close of the four-week competition, the school in New Jersey that collects the most recyclable material per capita will win $1,000. A national champion will then be chosen from among the statewide winners to receive a grand prize valued at $2,500.

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Parked at Boscov’s for Dog Park

Last Updated on Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:40 am Written by Laura Stetser Sunday, October 28, 2012 01:00 am

Pictured from left are Friends of the Egg Harbor Township Dog Park organization Wendy Wasserman and Lori Slenkiewicz staffing the table at the Boscov's Friends helping Friends Day.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Friends of the Egg Harbor Township Dog Park raised approximately $500 at Boscov’s for a proposed dog park in the township during the store’s Friends Helping Friends Day held Tuesday, Oct. 16. Shoppers purchased a 25 percent coupon from the group that could be used throughout the store that day.

Signature achievement

Last Updated on Monday, April 01, 2013 08:13 pm Written by Staff Reports Saturday, October 27, 2012 01:00 am

Students from Joanne Giannuario's second-grade class get ready to sign the mural. Pictured standing from left are Tyler Ludy, Kelsey Aponte-Orellano, Tasfia Ahmad and artist Patrick Dunning. Kneeling are Christopher Herbute and Alexandra Sanchez.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Patrick Dunning, an Irish artist visited Slaybaugh Elementary School on Tuesday, Oct. 23 to share the Signature Project with students. The Signature Project is a 76-foot-by-36-foot mural that is comprised of more than 300,000 signatures and counting. Within Dunning’s mural are hidden secrets such as squares that play music and pictures within pictures. The thousands of signatures are coded with different colors to create it and add to the image.  The students, who were asked to lend their signatures to the artwork, thoroughly enjoyed his lively and humorous presentation, according to media specialist Peicha Sullivan. Teachers and faculty were also invited to sign his project.

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Police warn residents of phone scam

Written by Staff Reports Thursday, October 25, 2012 09:40 pm

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Police are warning residents to be alert to a suspected phone scam that was reported by a resident on Thursday, Oct. 25.
According to police, a resident of the Scullville section of the township received a phone call with the caller claiming to have been in a car crash with her husband. The caller claimed to holding the husband until she wired the suspect the $1,600 it would take to repair his vehicle from the crash. If the money was not provided the husband would be injured. The husband was determined to be at work and fine while she was still on the phone with the suspect.

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Bicyclist struck by car along Black Horse Pike

Written by Staff Reports Thursday, October 25, 2012 09:25 pm

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - A bicyclist was sent to the hospital for injuries he sustained when a car hit him along the Black Horse Pike in the Cardiff section of the township on Thursday, Oct. 24, police said.

At approximately 9 p.m., Alejandro Gonzalez-Lopez, 35, of Egg Harbor Township was riding a bicycle along the Black Horse Pike in the area of Caldini's Liquors when for an unknown reason he rode into the lane of travel of Francisca Nery-Decamacho, 53, of Egg Harbor Township who was driving a 2009 BMW east on the road. Her car hit Gonzalez-Lopez, after which Nery-Decamacho left the scene of the accident. She showed up at the police station a short time later, police said.

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New bus route connects riders to affordable transportation, social services

Written by Laura Stetser Wednesday, October 24, 2012 05:00 pm

The new English Creek-Tilton Road Community Shuttle transports riders to 16 stops and costs $1 each way.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Created in response to a direct call from residents for affordable transportation in the area, the English Creek-Tilton Road Community Shuttle was officially launched on Tuesday, Oct. 23 outside of the Family Services Association building on English Creek Avenue.  

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Home health aide accused of stealing from elderly client

Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, October 24, 2012 04:11 pm

Melissa Haugh of Little Egg Harbor is charged with theft

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – A home health aide was arrested Monday, Oct. 15 in Hammonton on theft and drug charges. The arrest was the result of a joint investigation between Egg Harbor Township and Hammonton police departments.

The aide, Melissa Haugh, 26, of Little Egg Harbor was charged with theft, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia in Hammonton. She was additionally charged with two counts of receiving stolen property and two counts of theft by deception in Egg Harbor Township. She was released on summonses on all of her charges, pending court.

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Good day for golf

Last Updated on Monday, January 14, 2013 12:11 pm Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, October 24, 2012 04:00 pm

Mayor James “Sonny” McCullough shakes the hand of golfer Chuck Long and congratulates him on being the club’s 300,000th golfer.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links welcomed its 300,000^th golfer since it opened in 2002 during a brief ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

McCullough’s president Mayor James “Sonny” McCullough greeted golfer and longtime township resident Chuck Long, 53, with a handshake, congratulatory wishes and a 2013 membership to the public golf course.

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