No choice for Coach of the Year

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

Eight years ago Joe Murphy said coaching a girl’s basketball squad wasn’t even an option in his mind. The varsity basketball coach had just come to Eastern Regional High School to teach and was actively looking for a head…

Liquor license up for auction

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

The township finds itself with another liquor license and another public auction in the works, but unfortunately this was an unforeseen surprise. A plenary retail liquor license will be returned to Voorhees after a group defaulted…

Further review sought

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

After a three-and-a-half hour meeting, the members of the Voorhees Township Planning Board told their planner to further change a master plan amendment that has been debated since the summer.

New stop added in Echelon

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

A local man took it upon himself to improve his community and make his life easier at the same time. Jerome Ritter, a legally blind resident of the township, contacted the Voorhees administration and successfully lobbied for a new bus stop…

School district going paperless

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

The entire Voorhees School District will soon be trending toward a paperless notification system this school year. The district and several PFA groups are asking families to sign up for the service to receive notifications and…

Tennis anyone?

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The Eastern High School girls tennis team competed in the annual Moorestown Classic this weekend. Pictured, from top left:

• Erica Bleicher, left, and Suzanne Chou

• Jenna Debbs

• Steph Kaplan

Alicia Rose Victorius Foundation looks to the future

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

This year the annual Birthday Bash for the Alicia Rose “Victorious” Foundation will help support a new teen center for a local hospital.

‘The Spot’ for open mic night

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

The Spot will open its doors for artistic minded teenagers in early October when it hosts its first Open Mic event of the new school year. The teenager hangout spot has eight musically inclined groups already scheduled for the…

Liquor license back on the market

By ROBERT LINNEHAN

The township finds itself with another liquor license and another public auction in the works, but unfortunately this was an unforeseen surprise. A plenary retail liquor license will be returned to Voorhees after a group…