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Friends of the Pemberton Library Celebrate Library’s 25th Year

Members of the Friends of the Pemberton Township Library gathered in recognition of National Friends of the Library Week (Oct ...
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Shamong Mayor Challenged on Township Residency After Reports of ‘Tenants’ Seen Living at Address Cited in His 2025 Election Filing; Residents Also Claim Mayor Has …

SHAMONG—Allegations have surfaced over the past two months over the actual residency of Shamong Township Republican Mayor ...
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Tabernacle Approves New Contract with Tabernacle Rescue Squad After Years’ Worth of Feisty Negotiations, But Shamong’s Decision to Now End Its Arrangement Leads t…

TABERNACLE—The Tabernacle Township Committee has awarded a new contract to the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) after more than ...
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Shamong Committee Votes to Serve Tabernacle Rescue Squad with Termination Notice in Approving Medford Shared Service

SHAMONG—The Shamong Township Committee has decided to terminate the services of the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS), effective ...
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Pemberton Township Council Meeting Erupts into Physical, Verbal Row as Mayor, Up for Re-election, Charges, Curses at, and Audibly Threatens Frequent Critic Before Bei…

PEMBERTON—An Oct. 21 Pemberton Township Council meeting descended into absolute mayhem when township Republican Mayor Matthew ...
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New Directive from Pemberton Mayor Curtails Council Members’ Ability to Speak to Employees on Town Business, and Vice Versa

PEMBERTON—Contributing to years’ long-tensions boiling over at the Pemberton Township Municipal Building this past week is a memorandum put out, and that then leaked out on social media, addressed to ...
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JCP&L Says Running Powerlines Underground in Southampton Is Not ‘Silver Bullet’ in Having to Weigh ‘Many Considerations’

SOUTHAMPTON—A major focus of the second resident meeting held last Thursday in Southampton Township with Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) representatives, facilitated by state Senator Latham ...
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Pemberton Officials Face Fierce Blowback for Having Considered Using Opioid Settlement Funds to Buy Tahoe for Rec Department

PEMBERTON—Another controversy broke out in Pemberton Township this past week, one over some township officials having considered a resolution authorizing the use Opioid Epidemic Settlement Funds to ...
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LeisureTowne Prohibits ‘Recordings of Any Type’ at Meeting with JCP&L Executives and State Senator, But ‘Closed to Press’

SOUTHAMPTON—LeisureTowne and Southampton Township residents already alarmed over the LeisureTowne Homeowner’s Association’s insistence that a scheduled meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 7 between Jersey ...
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Commentary │ Will LeisureTowne and Other Public Officials Flip a Switch?

This upcoming Wednesday was supposed to be a moment of pride for LeisureTowne. It was the ideal opportunity to tout that it’s a civic-minded, engaged community that gets results as Jersey Central ...
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Evesham Twp. Moves to Acquire Black Run Headwaters Property That Many Advocates Fought to be Saved from Development

EVESHAM—An initiative to have Evesham Township acquire the Black Run Headwaters property is one step closer to reality. An ordinance to do just that “for recreation and open space purposes” was ...
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Weekend Nor’easter Spares Bass River Significant Damage, But Other Areas of Jersey Shore Hit Hard with Tidal Flooding

BASS RIVER—The weekend Nor’easter responsible for coastal flooding throughout areas of Southeastern Burlington County spurred Bass River officials and residents to take preparatory measures to ...