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    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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    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.

  • EHT Current

    Memorial Day parade details

    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Egg Harbor Township Veterans Advisory Board is hosting its annual Memorial Day parade 9 a.m. Monday, May 27. All veterans are welcome to participate.

    The parade is a patriotic recognition of those who have served and are serving our nation, hosted by the advisory board. Other community groups are invited to participate as well. Any participants must have a patriotic theme.

  • EHT Current

    EHT School District

    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.

  • Weather

    With one week to go before the unofficial, official start to the summer tourist season, Mother Nature appears to ready to make amends for last year’s natural disasters with a Memorial Day South Jersey tourist officials would dream about. She plans a three-day festival of sun for Saturday through Monday, May 25-27.

    Just in time.

  • EHT Current

    Laura Stetser/EHT Board of Education

    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.

  • Galloway Current

    Richard Stockton College President Herman Saatkamp welcomes all to the 2013 commencement ceremony. (Greg Marino)

    Saturday, May 11 was a big day for many, graduating Richard Stockton College or celebrating with friends or relatives who graduated.

Current of Egg Harbor Township

Zumba marathon to raise money and awareness of rare childhood disease

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Written by Laura Stetser Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:00 am

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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Hoping to raise awareness of a rare medical condition through movement, parents Erika and Clayton Himstedt of Egg Harbor Township are hosting a Zumba marathon on Saturday, May 4 at Retro Fitness, 6825 Tilton Road.

When Himstedts’ daughter Lilianna was born at Shore Medical Center in 2008 she became ill immediately, according to her mother.

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EHTHS Eagle Enterprises honored for innovation

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Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 05:30 pm

Egg Harbor Township’s Eagle Enterprises is one of eight entries selected for recognition through the 2013 Innovations in Special Education award program offered through the New Jersey School Boards Association. The program was selected from among 55 offered by public and private schools as examples of successful, creative efforts that enable special needs students to achieve their potential.

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Arboretum gardens mowed down like trash

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Written by Opinion Tuesday, April 30, 2013 04:50 pm

To the editor:

Upon arriving at the Egg Harbor Township Arboretum April 27, I was very disappointed to see that the gardens have been entirely mowed down. Everything – flowers, perennials, small trees, bushes and shrubs – was destroyed.

I was not even given an opportunity to retrieve the plant signs my mother had made; they were mowed down like so much trash.

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New York man charged in Linwood burglary, wanted in car theft at tennis club

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Last Updated on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 03:30 pm Written by Laura Stetser Tuesday, April 30, 2013 02:17 pm

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – A man driving a stolen car containing a cache of weapons who was arrested by New York State Police has since been charged in connection with the April 10 burglary of a home in Linwood.

Robert Giordano, 24, of Climax, N.Y., is also wanted in connection with the theft of a vehicle stolen from the parking lot outside the tennis club at the Howard Johnson’s Hotel in Egg Harbor Township’s West Atlantic City section.

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All hands on deck

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Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:00 am

Submitted/Pictured from left are Gabe Vega, sixth-grade student; Eva Valian, seventh-grade student; former teacher John Dilks; Mr. Hare, teacher who portrayed Harold Cottam; Oliver Agemian, seventh-grade student; Kasey Clifford, sixth-grade student, and Kaitlyn Zimmerman. Submitted/Pictured from left are Gabe Vega, sixth-grade student; Eva Valian, seventh-grade student; former teacher John Dilks; Mr. Hare, teacher who portrayed Harold Cottam; Oliver Agemian, seventh-grade student; Kasey Clifford, sixth-grade student, and Kaitlyn Zimmerman.

Students at the Alder Avenue Middle School who are participants in the “All Hands On Deck” mini-grant provided by the Egg Harbor Township Education Foundation enjoyed a presentation about the sinking of the Titanic on the 101st anniversary of the event.

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Egg Harbor Twp. teacher, students recognized for computing aspirations

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, April 29, 2013 05:26 pm

Submitted/Pictured from left are senior Melanie Rynshall, Egg Harbor Township High School computer programming and social studies teacher Adam Swift and junior Vi Nugyen. Submitted/Pictured from left are senior Melanie Rynshall, Egg Harbor Township High School computer programming and social studies teacher Adam Swift and junior Vi Nugyen.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Egg Harbor Township High School computer programming and social studies teacher Adam Swift and seniors Vi Nugyen and Melanie Rynshall were recognized April 3 by the National Center for Women and Information Technology at the Villanova University Conference Center.

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Egg Harbor Twp. students show off foreign language skills (SLIDESHOW/VIDEO)

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Last Updated on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 04:28 pm Written by Photos by Chuck Eberson Monday, April 29, 2013 04:28 pm

Chuck Eberson/One of the Spanish language club students performing Al Sabor Latino Chuck Eberson/One of the Spanish language club students performing Al Sabor Latino

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP- The Egg Harbor Township High School hosted its annual World Language Showcase on Friday, April 26. The evening of performances highlights the school district's diversity as well as its success in foreign language education. See more pictures below:

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Egg Harbor Township Police Blotter, April 18-24

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Last Updated on Sunday, May 19, 2013 09:44 am Written by Staff Reports Monday, April 29, 2013 11:00 am

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

Read more: Egg Harbor Township Police Blotter, April 18-24

   

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