School secretary fights back against Parkinson’s disease

Hartford School is volleying to raise funds for its cherished secretary to attend the Parkinson’s Unity Walk in New York City later this month.

Mr. Gary kissed a worm

More than a decade after he took his first group of 12 students out fishing, the Mt. Laurel Schools bus driver known as Mr. Gary reeled in a much larger portion of the school community at his annual fishing derby on April 11.

Aids walk to be held

Nearly 15 years ago, Kevin Todd, a 1975 graduate of Lenape High School, died from HIV/AIDS.

He was 40.

His sister, Lisa O’Neill, insistent on keeping his memory alive, formed the Spirit of the Holidays nonprofit organization shortly…

Cozies4Chemo to help warm cancer patients

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Cooper University Hospital and Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center will soon be receiving fleece blankets to be given to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Mount Laurel Police are taking back unwanted prescription drugs

On April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Mount Laurel Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of…

Lenape High School wins district Wii tournament

Lenape High School recently hosted the LRHSD fourth annual “Wii Tournament.” Participants from Cherokee High School, Lenape High School, Seneca High School, and Shawnee High School all competed in the tournament. A technology grant that was…

MOMS Club gives scholarship

Jennifer Tartthen, 37, is the recipient of a scholarship given by the MOMS Club of Mount Laurel East, which is a first in the International MOMS Club organization.

“The amount awarded was $250, providing financial assistance toward tuition, fees or…

New license readers on the roads

The Mt. Laurel Police Department has two extra helpers on the roads with them as they keep the township safe — and neither is a human.

The Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) units, which have been in use for more than a month, were purchased…

Negotiated agreement approved

Mt. Laurel Schools’ teachers and support staff will receive a salary increase of 5.9 percent over a three-year period with no annual increase exceeding 2 percent, from a retroactive date of July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014, according to Marie Reynolds of the district’s Office of…

Internationally published author visits local school

Author Alyssa Satin Capucilli travels far and wide to promote reading and writing.

She drove from her home in Westchester, N.Y., to visit students at Mt. Laurel’s Fleetwood School on Tuesday, April 17.