News of the Week - May 9

Last Updated on Saturday, May 11, 2013 02:08 pm Written by Steve Prisament Friday, May 10, 2013 01:37 pm

News of the Week
Smithville School dinner: Nobody serves pasta fasta

Using your noodle, you might have ended up at the Smithville Elementary School Pasta Dinner and Basket Raffle Friday, May 3. The school Jazz Ensemble performed during dinner. The teachers all volunteered their time setting up, taking tickets, serving and cleaning up.

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Galloway-Port Republic In Your Town, Edition of May 9, 2013

Last Updated on Friday, May 10, 2013 01:15 pm Written by Steve Prisament Friday, May 10, 2013 12:41 pm

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‘Barefoot in the Park’

The Ninth Circle Players of Dante Hall Theatre in Atlantic City will present Neil Simon's “Barefoot in the Park” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, May 10-11 and May 17-18, and 2 p.m. Sundays May 12 and May 19. Directed by Chip Garrison, the show will feature Courtney Sherman, Patrick Judd, Janelle Hawkes, James Maher, Mark Glickstein and Kate Read. Tickets are $20, $18 for seniors. Call (609) 347-2162.

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Renaissance revels at Smithville

Last Updated on Friday, May 10, 2013 01:19 pm Written by REBEKAH ZUMWALT Friday, May 10, 2013 12:14 pm

Christine Najarian of the troupe Adamo Ignis blows a fireball into the air. (Submitted by Derek Gamble)

The Village Greene of Historic Smithville held its annual Renaissance fair April 4 and 5, filling the shopping center with lords and ladies, gypsies and Scotsmen – as well as merchants selling everything from chainmail to henna art.

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Absegami evacuation shows why they drill a bit

Written by Steve Prisament Friday, May 10, 2013 09:54 am

Two Galloway Township Police officers block entrance to Absegami High School after chemical spill Thursday, May 9. (Steve Prisament)

GALLOWAY – After sorting out all the details of a two and a half-hour evacuation of Absegami High School Thursday, May 9, the superintendent of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School district said he was well-satisfied with the way everything was handled.

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Students allowed back in building at Absegami

Last Updated on Friday, May 10, 2013 01:19 pm Written by Steve Prisament Thursday, May 09, 2013 10:01 am

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GALLOWAY – Absegami High School was temporarily evacuated shortly after 9 a.m. today - Thursday, May 9.

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Hanlon to sub for Guadagno at Jersey Shorecast

Written by Steve Prisament Wednesday, May 08, 2013 05:55 pm

Grace Hanlon

Grace Hanlon, executive director of the New Jersey Division of Travel & Tourism will address southern New Jersey’s tourism and hospitality industry at the Jersey Shorecast hosted by the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute for Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism of Richard Stockton College.

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Down in D.C. to get Devon

Written by Steve Prisament Wednesday, May 08, 2013 05:21 pm

Travels With The Current

Gerry Estep of the Smithville section of Galloway traveled to Washington, D.C., in January to pick up her grandson, Devon, a seventh-grader who spent five days there attending the presidential inauguration with the National Young Scholars Program.

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Dancing through the details of Absegami’s Flowmotion

Written by Steve Prisament Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:36 am

Absegami dance students rehearse for Flowmotion. (Submitted by Lisa Zeuner)

GALLOWAY – Dancing may not be as mental as it is physical – but putting on a dance program probably requires more thought than you’d think.

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