Seneca High School’s small gymnastics team puts out a big effort

By Katrina Grant

Gymnastics is not a sport that you may think of when you think about high school sports. That’s because, in New Jersey, a lot of schools don’t have a gymnastics team, and, if…

Sean Gray commits to Wagner University for lacrosse

By Katrina Grant

Sean Gray, a senior at Seneca High School, has become the first lacrosse player and male athlete from the school to be accepted to a Division I college for lacrosse. Gray recently committed to…

Seneca High School takes steps to fight bullying

By Katrina Grant

Many schools around the country are starting to deal more intensively with the issue of bullying. At Seneca High School, a program has been put together to deal with this issue and to help get younger…

Registration now open for Seneca Youth Wrestling

By Katrina Grant

Seneca Youth Wrestling is about to start another season, and registration is underway for anyone who wants to participate. Seneca Youth Wrestling accepts children in grades kindergarten through eighth…

The Fall for the Arts Festival scheduled for today

The Fall for the Arts Autumn Festival scheduled for today at Historic Smithville Park will feature fine art and live entertainment, but only limited on-site canoeing due to recent storms that left fallen tree limbs scattered along the…

Burlington County seeks permission to investigate fraudulent Hurricane Irene claims

Concerned that a disaster assistance program should get to the families and individuals who need it most and are entitled, Burlington County Freeholders have adopted a resolution calling…

Burlington County having CERT training classes

The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department announced today that a new C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team) Basic Training Class will begin on Oct. 11. The class is eight sessions long and will be from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., ending on Nov. 16…

Burlington County hosting forum on foreclosure help

Burlington County homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure or dealing with financial and credit issues that could result in foreclosure are encouraged to attend a Mortgage Foreclosure Forum to be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday…

A letter to the editor

To the Editor:

As a recent college grad, I have spent most of my life living in Shamong Township, on quiet, peaceful McKendimen Road. I returned home to find a change to my formerly serene country road. It has become a quasi-drag strip for distracted, speeding…

Indian Mills Memorial School holds coffee drive for soldiers in Afghanistan

By Katrina Grant

If you are a soldier in Afghanistan, you always need to be alert and prepared. In that spirit, students and faculty at Indian Mills Memorial School recently…

Burlington County Library closed today

The main branch of the Burlington County Library on Pioneer Boulevard in Westampton is without power and closed today while workers with Public Service Electric & Gas switch the facility to a new transformer.

Tips for being careful on Halloween

With Halloween rapidly approaching, the Burlington County Health and Sheriff Departments today issued a list of precautions for parents aimed an ensuring the trick-or-treating is a safe one for their children.

Burlington County offering testing for lead

Sponsored by the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders in recognition of Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 23 to 29, the Burlington County Health Department will conduct free lead testing for children’s toys Friday, October 28 from 9:30…

Two students playing field hockey for a cure for breast cancer

By Katrina Grant

Two local eighth-grade students from Southampton are organizing a fundraiser to raise money for Breast Cancer. This year Kate Taylor and Ashley Moore are organizing their second…

Shamong students learn about fire safety

This week is National Fire Prevention Week and students at Shamong Township schools learned all about how to prevent fires and what to do in case of one from their local fire company.

YMCA of Burlington and Camden counties hosting a food and wine festival

The YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties, in partnership with Canal’s Bottlestop, on Route 70 in Marlton, will host the 2nd Annual Wine & Food Classic on Friday, October 28 at The Mansion on Main Street in…

The Jersey Sound Chorus of Sweet Adelines International choir performing Jeopardy in a new way

By Katrina Grant

The Jersey Sound Chorus of Sweet Adelines International, the largest women’s organization in the world, will be bringing its…

31 Burlco buses get tires slashed in one night; bus service suspended

Whatever else is going on here, it must have been a heck of a lot of work to pop that many bus wheels.

Tires were slashed on 31 Burlington County buses, knocking out service for…