Moorestown News

Claudia Renzi of Moorestown was ready. So were Tina Ventresca of Moorestown, Columbus native Diane Archer and Diane Tumolo of Yardley, Pa.

Share + Nov 20, 2009 6:15 pm US/Eastern Reporting Cydney Long MOORESTOWN, N.J. When a recently banned debate teacher, showed up to his former workplace, Moorestown High School, there was some cause for concern amongst school officials.

A family of five was displaced Thursday after a fast-spreading fire broke out inside its home in the Pennypacker Park section.

Township Council has changed its plan for affordable housing by adding a section of Wesley Bishop Park as a possible site.

How does Santa Claus do it? He seems to be everywhere at once, especially this weekend.

A Panchero's Mexican Grill is scheduled to open this week at the Ritz Center in Voorhees.

The Burlington County Health Department received more H1N1 flu vaccine Thursday and will hold two public clinics today.

MOORESTOWN a ' An 8-year-old girl was taken to an area hospital Wednesday evening after being struck by a Jeep while crossing Church Street in the townshipa TMs downtown, police said.

Resurfacing of about a mile stretch of North Church Street is scheduled to begin Friday as part of the county's 2009 State Funded Overlay Program.

The Police Department will soon have a home on North Church Street. The Township Committee voted in favor of leasing a vacant office building at 1245 N. Church St.

The local police department will to move to temporary quarters in early 2010 so that reconstruction of the municipal complex can begin.

Two shoplifting suspects were arrested Wednesday during an officer's investigation of a suspicious vehicle on Route 70, police said Friday.

Moorestown wrapped up its regular season by defeating Northern Burlington 3-1 and clinching the Burlington County League Liberty Division championship.

They started lining up at 8:30 a.m. for free H1N1 vaccinations at a Westampton clinic that wasn't supposed to open until 2 p.m. Hundreds of pregnant women, infant caregivers and parents pushing strollers with bundled-up toddlers waited hours in a line that snaked along roads and through parking lots outside the Burlington County Health Department.

Even in tough economic times, Burlington County residents continue to support efforts to preserve what remains of the state's open space.

A federal judge has dismissed a Moorestown man's lawsuit challenging local public intoxication laws.

Leslie Klemm of Moorestown transferred her 6-year-old daughter, Trixie, from a special education program in the local school district to Larc School in Bellmawr two years ago.

A continuing number of overnight vehicle break-ins in the Laurel Creek section have prompted a warning from the township's director of police, Harry E. Johnson.

Have a question or concern for the mayor or Township Council, but you're unable to make the municipal meetings? Council Connect may be the answer.

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded the Moorestown division of Lockheed Martin $1 billion for continued development of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon System.