Baker Field filled with excitement on opening day

The 297 boys and girls ages 6 to 12 in the Indian Mills Athletic Association enjoyed warm weather and sunshine this year on baseball/softball opening day at Baker Field in Shamong on Saturday, April 14.

Living with alpacas

The animals stand in a nearly perfect line, close together, their long necks stiffened, and their eyes fixated. A visitor has entered their pasture, and they have no defense mechanisms other than to herd together or run.

Full-Day Kindergarten program approved for Shamong Township School District

At its meeting on March 28, the Shamong Township Board of Education approved the development of a full-day kindergarten program in the Shamong Township School District, beginning with the 2012–2013…

Seneca students partner for team-building exercises

Seneca High School softball players will be partnering with their younger counterparts for the Seneca Sisters in Softball event on May 10 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., starting at Seneca’s cafeteria for a pizza party and spreading through…

Long-time volunteer firefighters receive recognition awards

At the regular meeting of the Indian Mills Fire Company and Shamong EMS on Thursday, April 5, longtime members Paul Miller and John Smith were to be honored with the President’s Special Recognition Award by the 200 Club of…

Youth football raising funds for new helmets

The Seneca Youth Football team needs new helmets.

Currently, the team has been playing with helmets that are eight years old.

Dry and windy conditions spark wildfires

A massive forest fire in Tabernacle burned for days and consumed around 1,000 acres of land, beginning Monday, April 9 and ending days later.

The fire was first reported shortly after midnight on April 9, making it suspicious in…

First district summer job fair on April 23

Lenape Regional High School District students 16 and older who are searching for summer jobs and volunteer opportunities are invited to the district’s first summer job fair on April 23 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The cub scouts want you

The Cub Scouts of Indian Mills Pack 47 invite any boy going into first-grade through fifth-grade who would like to join to come to the Indian Mills Memorial School Gymnasium on Monday, May 14 between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. We are holding our annual sign ups.

Robots shoot some hoops

Shawnee High School senior Nicole Puzio has been involved with the Iron Devils FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Team 1647 since the beginning of high school.

District transitions to full-day kindergarten

The Shamong Township Board of Education held its regular and reorganization meeting on Tuesday, April 24 at Indian Mills Memorial School. All appointments for the 2012–13 school year were approved at the meeting, said Dolores M. Szymanski, interim…

Shamong Township teachers on a mission to defy gravity

The last space shuttle mission has landed and Discovery is neatly tucked away in Washington D.C., but that has not dismayed a contingent of five teachers within the Shamong Township District, who have joined with the Shamong Education…

Necklaces to support Miracle for Mateo

Shamong residents Amanda Mau, Monica Fischl-Degnan and Mindy McKeown are beading necklaces to support Miracle for Mateo.

The necklaces will be sold to support families that have children with heart defects.

Pleasant weather welcomed IMAA opening day

The 297 baseball and softball players in the Indian Mills Athletic Association basked in warm weather and sunshine on Saturday, April 14’s opening day.

View photographs below from the Slugger 2 BlueClaws game against Storm.

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Precious Gems 5K Memorial Run teaches about decision-making

Erin Lawler understands the pain that comes from bad decisions all too well.

A drunken driver on the Outer Banks in North Carolina killed her younger sister, Shana, and three other local girls from the…