Monroe Township News

AHEPA FIFTH DISTRICT CELEBRATES ITS 78TH ANNUAL CONVENTION Monroe Township, New Jersey The Fifth District NJ/DE convention was held on June 5-7, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe Township, New Jersey.

AHDC Spring Final set for Friday at Meadowlands Wednesday, June 03, 2009 - by David Krepow, for the American Harness Drivers Club Cherry Hill, NJ --- A field of ten pacers and amateur drivers will make their way to the stage as the American Harness Drivers Club presents the $5,000 Spring Pacing Series Final on Friday, June 5, at the Meadowlands.

A case that surprised many with allegations of espionage and even talk of the death penalty ended Friday with an 85-year-old New Jersey man hobbling out of the federal district courthouse in Manhattan, avoiding prison but fined $50,000. Ben-Ami Kadish must pay a $50,000 fine within 60 days.

A New York City judge has spared an 85-year-old former U.S. Army engineer any prison time but fined him $50,000 for passing classified documents to the Israelis in the 1970s and '80s. Federal Judge William Pauley told Ben-ami Kadish he had committed a grave offense but noted the government had dramatically reduced the charge against him.

Every two years, Democrats and Republicans endorse candidates for the 14th district Assembly seats, with each party traditionally having one candidate from Middlesex County and another from Mercer County, but this year is different.

As people across Gloucester County enjoyed their day off work and school with beach trips and barbecues, the true meaning behind Memorial Day was celebrated with parades, services and dedications.

Have something newsworthy that doesn't make the crime blotter? E-mail your ideas to lmurray@sjnewsco.com. The Neumann Foundation has announced it has donated a total of 101 Cannondale mountain bikes to 90 law enforcement agencies across the state this year.

They wrote him letters while he was serving in Iraq, and now a US Marine from South Jersey is saluting his second-grade pen-pals before returning to duty.

It's not only buyers and sellers who are stuck in the dump of the economic recession.

The Rev. Louie Vitale, well-known political activist who recently returned from a trip to Iran, will speak at the meeting of the Coalition For Peace Action of Monroe Township at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 20.

WOODBURY A Glassboro man has admitted to being drunk behind the wheel when he got into a deadly two-car accident four days before Christmas.

THE REV. LOUIE Vitale, well-known political activist who recently returned from a trip to Iran, will speak at the meeting of the Coalition For Peace Action of Monroe Township at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 20.

AN "OLD AND New Treasures" Yard Sale, sponsored by the Monroe Township High School PTO, will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, May 9, in the parking lot of the high school on Perrineville Road.

A total of $601,000 has been cut from the school budget in the wake of voters' rejection April 21 of the proposed $74,392,326 school-tax levy.

Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute , Freehold, one of the fastest growing orthopedic practices in Monmouth County, is holding an open house for its new satellite office in Monroe Township, N.J. . The public is invited to tour the facility, meet the doctors, and enjoy refreshments on May 15, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Monroe Councilman ...

Westminster College mezzo soprano Sarah Filson and bassoonist Stephen Wheeler will present their senior recital Saturday, May 2 , at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel .

Saturday, May 02, 2009 Pay close attention to how the story I am about to discuss from the Philadelphia Inquirer was written to give a favorable impression of a suicide.

Three morning accidents on Route 42 have caused "moderate" traffic impacts and closed a portion of the major north, south artery, according to the Delaware River Port Authority and the state Department of Transportation.

MONROE TWP. It's still unclear whether freshmen sports will be saved at Williamstown High School.

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