EGG HARBOR CITY – A crew from “Classroom Close-Up, NJ” visited the Charles L. Spragg School Sept. 25 to tape a story about the Progressive Mathematics Initiative, a program developed by the nonprofit New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning.

Students experienced the show’s taping and were a part of the filming while the production crew visited second- and third-grade classrooms.

EGG HARBOR CITY – Artwork by Charles L. Spragg School second-grader TaShawn Forbes has been selected to represent New Jersey in an art exhibit at the United States Department of Education building in Washington, D.C.

EGG HARBOR CITY – The Atlantic City Rescue Mission received approval from the city zoning board to lease a building here.

The building on Cincinnati Avenue and would be used to help families that are in need of financial assistance keep their homes.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP – Township officials heard a presentation on the various grant options available to the municipality at the Monday, Oct. 1 meeting of Township Committee.

ATLANTIC CITY – Resort city police arrested two brothers Thursday, Sept. 27 and charged them with the June death of a Hamilton Township man, acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said.
Hasan Bruce, 19, and his brother, Jamal Bruce, 21, were apprehended without incident at their residence on the 600 block of North Indiana Avenue by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Atlantic City Police Department.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP – The Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 in Township Hall to hear the continuation of a St. Vincent de Paul Regional School’s use variance request to allow a trailer to be used for additional  classroom space at 5809 Main St.

The application was first heard during the Aug. 27 meeting.

Township Hall is located 6101 Thirteenth St. in Mays Landing.

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The Hamilton Township Police Department received 1,203 calls for service July 8-14. These included 83 criminal investigations, 19 domestic disputes, 38 motor vehicle accidents, 322 motor vehicle stops, 69 EMS calls and 23 fire calls.