Genuardi's closing Dec. 15, laying off 90 employees

Last Updated on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 03:47 pm Written by Laura Stetser Tuesday, October 16, 2012 01:43 pm

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Genuardi's grocery store on Fire Road is scheduled to close its doors Dec. 15, according to store manager Paul McCloskey, and approximately 90 employees are expected to lose their jobs.

"It's a total shock," McClosky said of parent-company Safeway's decision to close the store. In January, Safeway announced that it would put its Genuardi's properties up for sale and wait until a new buyer could be secured rather than close the stores. 

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Pair arrested for alleged role in residential burglaries

Last Updated on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 01:50 pm Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:03 pm

Amanda J. Kelly, 23, of Egg Harbor Township and Michael V. Piperato, 22, of Galloway

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – An Egg Harbor Township woman and a Galloway man were arrested Saturday, Oct. 13 by township police in connection with a series of residential burglaries, police said.

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Time for a change on EHT school board

Last Updated on Friday, October 19, 2012 03:30 pm Written by Opinion Tuesday, October 16, 2012 01:00 am

To the editor:

Aren’t you tired of seeing your property taxes increase every year? Did you look at the information provided with your last tax bill that showed the only component that increased was the school board portion? They raised the tax 5.6 percent; everyone else reduced their rate. The big difference this year was the extra $2 million the school received from the state that they were not expecting. This should have been used to reduce your taxes; but no, they spent it, thereby raising your taxes.

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2 Northfield youths arrested at EHT Arboretum

Last Updated on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:46 am Written by Staff Reports Monday, October 15, 2012 04:46 pm

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Two Northfield youths were arrested Sunday, Oct. 13 and charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams at the township Arboretum, police said. 

Officers in the off-road motorcycle unit found what they described as a suspicious vehicle parked at the Arboretum adjacent to the Scullville Park off Zion Road. An investigation led to the arrest of two 17-year-olds, both of whom were released to their parents.

According to police, officers in the department's off-road motorcycle unit regularly police the newly-created Scullville Park area as part of a Zero Tolerance initiative that calls for police to utilize motorcycles, bicycles and 4-wheel drive vehicles to keep dirt bikes and other all-terrain vehicles out of the area as it is being transformed into passive park.

Police said ATVs found operating in the park area will be stopped, ticketed and could be towed.

As part of the new initiative the township is asking for the public’s help in securing and protecting the park. Anyone who sees dirt bikes or other motorized vehicles in the park is asked to report it to the police department by calling (609) 927-

Egg Harbor Township Police Blotter, Week of Oct. 18

Last Updated on Thursday, October 18, 2012 03:06 pm Written by Staff Reports Monday, October 15, 2012 03:47 pm

Police blotter information is supplied by local police departments and other law enforcement agencies. All persons named are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

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New salon offers bobs and weaves

Last Updated on Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:59 am Written by Laura Stetser Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:44 am

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The wood floors and rich paint colors set the stage as clients enter Jonell’s Weaving Salon, set to open Friday, Oct. 12 in Risley Commons.

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Romney is out for money and prestige

Written by OPINION Wednesday, October 10, 2012 05:08 pm

To the editor:

If you take the letter “R” from Romney and move the “M” ahead of the “O”, you get the word that is most admired by Willard Mitt Romney: money. Romney doesn’t want to help the working people; all he wants is the prestige of being president.

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Manage the investment in our children.

Written by OPINION Wednesday, October 10, 2012 05:04 pm

To the editor:
I am a candidate for Egg Harbor Township school board. Our economic climate is such that our school district is at a crossroads where we must choose between business as usual (with an almost guaranteed 2 percent increase every year) or this November we vote for change. Egg Harbor Township has the second highest tax rate in the county with 67 percent spent for our schools. We are at a point if we do not control costs and spending, our kids will have fewer choices. We need some creative solutions to “do more with less.”

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