• School board approves additional second grade class
    Upper Township Gazette

    PETERSBURG – The Upper Township Board of Education Monday unanimously approved a change in the number of classrooms for the second and fifth grades next year. 

    Superintendent Vincent Palmieri said that after a thorough review, administrators felt that it was possible to reduce the number of classrooms for the incoming fifth grade. The move allows the district to add a classroom to the second grade, he said.

  • Time is ripe for 24th annual Strawberry Festival
    Upper Township Gazette

    Deborah Patterson/ Jane Hadley of Beesleys Point and Allison DiAngelis of Seaville enjoy some strawberry shortcake served up by Virginia Millar of Marmora during last year’s Strawberry Festival.

    GREENFIELD – The Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township will host the 24th annual Strawberry Festival and Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 at the Gandy Farmstead, 26 Tyler Road (Route 616) in Greenfield.

  • Sea Isle holding Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Park
    Upper Township Gazette

    Local veterans will participate in Sea Isle City’s Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 27 at Veterans Park. Shown placing a wreath at the base of the park’s memorial fountain during last year’s ceremony is VFW Post 1963 member Harry Henry.

    SEA ISLE CITY – The city’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 27 at Veterans Park, JFK Boulevard and Landis Avenue.

  • Upper Township Middle School celebrates Latin America
    Upper Township Gazette

    PETERSBURG – The middle school will hold its seventh annual Arts Night – “A Fiesta of Latin American Cultures” – from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 30.

    Middle school students under the guidance of art educator Beth Levy have produced an array of artwork. The school will be transformed into a multi-cultural arts museum featuring over 2,500 pieces of artwork, handmade by students in grades sixth through eighth.

  • Upper Township to host several Memorial Day services
    Upper Township Gazette

    Boy Scout Troop 55 served as the Color Guard at Osprey Point's Memorial Day service in 2012. The troop will do so again this year.

    UPPER TOWNSHIP – Several Memorial Day services will be held in Upper Township on Monday, May 27.

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Tour de Tuckahoe takes off

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Last Updated on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 05:07 pm Written by Deborah Patterson Wednesday, May 01, 2013 01:33 pm

Cyclists get moving at the start of the Fourth Annual Tour de Tuckahoe Bike Ride at Amanda’s Field in Petersburg. The event is the largest fundraiser for the Greater Area Tuckahoe Merchants Association’s scholarship fund. Cyclists get moving at the start of the Fourth Annual Tour de Tuckahoe Bike Ride at Amanda’s Field in Petersburg. The event is the largest fundraiser for the Greater Area Tuckahoe Merchants Association’s scholarship fund.

PETERSBURG – The Fourth Annual Tour de Tuckahoe Bike Ride took place Sunday, April 28 with the starting line at Amanda's Field in Petersburg.

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Natural gas pipeline approved for BL England plant

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Last Updated on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:29 pm Written by Columb Higgins Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:28 pm

BEESLEYS POINT – The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Monday approved an agreement for South Jersey Gas to deliver natural gas to the BL England power plant in Beesleys Point, part of a planned $400 million conversion from coal and oil to natural gas.

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Towns seek federal funding for joint beach replenishment

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Written by Columb Higgins Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:28 pm

STRATHMERE – Officials from Upper Township, Ocean City and Sea Isle City are pressing the federal government to fund a new beach replenishment project in their towns.

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Volunteers give Sea Isle beaches a spring cleaning

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, April 29, 2013 02:22 pm

Dan Diorio and Kellie Spawton, both of Egg Harbor Township, were among the numerous volunteers from Cape Bank’s corporate office in Atlantic City, who helped clean Sea Isle City’s beaches and dunes. Dan Diorio and Kellie Spawton, both of Egg Harbor Township, were among the numerous volunteers from Cape Bank’s corporate office in Atlantic City, who helped clean Sea Isle City’s beaches and dunes.

SEA ISLE CITY – More than 180 volunteers took part in the Sea Isle City Environmental Commission’s annual Spring Beach Clean-Up along Sea Isle’s shoreline on April 27.

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Students take over county government

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, April 29, 2013 02:16 pm

From left, Freeholder E. Marie Hayes, her representative Dylan Perry of Ocean City High School, and Freeholder Vice-Director Leonard C. Desiderio and his representative Veronica Holmes of the Lower Cape May Regional High School. From left, Freeholder E. Marie Hayes, her representative Dylan Perry of Ocean City High School, and Freeholder Vice-Director Leonard C. Desiderio and his representative Veronica Holmes of the Lower Cape May Regional High School.

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – County freeholders welcomed student representatives to their meeting on Tuesday, April 23 as part of the county’s National County Government Month celebration.

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Rescue squad teaches importance of 9-1-1

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Written by Staff Reports Friday, April 26, 2013 12:44 pm

From left, 9-1-1 senior telecommunicator Donna Haugen, Tele Com Pioneer Anne Glenning and student Marissa Sampson, whose parents are part of the Upper Township Rescue Squad. From left, 9-1-1 senior telecommunicator Donna Haugen, Tele Com Pioneer Anne Glenning and student Marissa Sampson, whose parents are part of the Upper Township Rescue Squad.

MARMORA – The Upper Township Rescue Squad, Ocean City 9-1-1 operators and the Tel Com Pioneers recently went to the Upper Township Primary School to teach about the importance of 9-1-1.

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Eagle Scout hopeful completes project at middle school

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Written by Staff Reports Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:58 am

Middle school principal Ken Barth and teacher/coach Lou Paone (left) with boy scout Alex Schoedler and track coach Teresa Gaeckle (right), and scout leader Jim Wright and Steve Hartsough (behind Schoedler) with the Upper Township Middle School track and field team during the throwing facility’s dedication. Middle school principal Ken Barth and teacher/coach Lou Paone (left) with boy scout Alex Schoedler and track coach Teresa Gaeckle (right), and scout leader Jim Wright and Steve Hartsough (behind Schoedler) with the Upper Township Middle School track and field team during the throwing facility’s dedication.

PETERSBURG – A prospective Eagle Scout from Upper Township completed a discus and shot put throwing facility at the Upper Township Middle school last week.

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Clean water habitat

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Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 01:19 pm Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, April 24, 2013 03:18 am

Americorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassador Zachary Nickerson Americorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassador Zachary Nickerson of Seaville teaches visitors about fresh water bugs

Americorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassador Zachary Nickerson of Seaville teaches visitors about fresh water bugs, which he said are good to see swimming around because it means the stream is not polluted. He spoke during Cape May County’s Earth Day Celebration at the Cape May County Park and Zoo Saturday, April 20. Here, Nickerson is holding up a hellgrammite, the larval form of the dobsonfly, and also has a display of caddisfies, sowbugs and stoneflies from water samples he collected in a freshwater stream.

Photo by Jen Marra

   

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