Moorestown Year in Review 2013

Moorestown schools may not have been in session during the summer, but that didn’t stop the school district from coming to the forefront of the news during that time.

Negotiations between the Moorestown Board of Education and the Moorestown Education…

State title still the goal for young Moorestown boys swimming team

Allegations over something being in the water at Moorestown High School may run rampant, as the boys swim team is once again in position to compete for a state title despite graduating 18 seniors from last season’s…

Author Kevin O’Malley brings laughs to Baker Elementary School

With brick walls barely able to contain the children’s laughter, the students of George C. Baker Elementary School were introduced to the slapstick humor of children’s book author Kevin O’Malley on Dec. 3 as part of the…

Moorestown residents compete in gingerbread contest

Long and Foster Real Estate relocated to Main Street from Marter Avenue this past April, and associates were excited to become first-time participants in Moorestown’s Candlelight Night in November. In celebration, the real estate company…

Former Moorestown Friends athletes receive honors

Julia Applegate and Katy Schlechtweg, both members of the Moorestown Friends School Class of 2010, received honors from the Centennial Conference at the conclusion of their field hockey careers at Dickinson College.

Burlington County Sheriff to implement drunk driving enforcement crackdown

The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department will be cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the annual holiday season “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign.

Opinion: Thanks for making Percheron Park fundraiser a success

Those of you who were on Main Street at Candlelight Night on Nov. 1 saw a sight unseen in Moorestown for more than 100 years…a team of Percheron horses pulling a wagon full of happy people. Thank you to the township and…

Downtown holiday shopping in full swing

With the holiday shopping season currently in swing, businesses are dealing with the shortest holiday shopping season possible, with only 26 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

In our opinion: Slow down out there

How many times have you seen it: People driving around town throwing caution to the wind, as if they were on a NASCAR track? You’d think someone was giving away free hundred dollar bills.