Port Republic News

PORT REPUBLIC Fifty-two acres of lakefront property have been purchased for open space preservation with funding from the Atlantic County Open Space Trust Fund and the New Jersey Green Acres program.

Summer school registration Egg Harbor Township summer school registration for middle and high school students will be taken from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, and Wednesday, July 1 at the Alder Avenue Middle School.

All Items in Police Beat are based on official police reports of events. Reports are published by The Daily Journal as soon as they are made available.

Port Republic Community Day Community Day will be celebrated from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 20 at Harry Bowen Memorial Field in Port Republic, followed by a fireworks display over Nacote Creek at 9:30 p.m. There will be entertainment by Suite Inspirations, more music and children's games.

Angela Sparacino , 84, of Hammonton died June 9 at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Mainland Campus in Pomona.

To Spencer Morasch, harvesting the renewable energy below the Earth's surface is a no-brainer. He's slashed his heating and cooling costs roughly in half since 1992, when a geothermal system was installed at his home.

Four months. One-third of the year. The average New Jersey resident has worked hard.

Most students might wonder what prom night would be like without crowning a king and queen or sneaking sips of Stoli from carefully concealed containers.

The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District will need 2 percent less in taxes to support its $67.61 million budget for the 2009-10 school year, district officials confirmed Tuesday.

By STEVE PRISAMENT Staff Writer GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Eleven-year-old Jessica Schrading was tired of looking out of her school bus window and seeing trash piled up along Pitney Road, so she mobilized her Spencer Lane neighbors to adopt a length of it for cleanups.

This country enjoys a dependable supply of electricity because of the efforts of well-managed private utilities.

As the acting chairman of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission and the former mayor of Winslow Township, I am disappointed and disturbed by the recent letter to the editor written by Port Republic Mayor Gary ...

Local officials will travel to New Lisbon next week to protest changes to zoning on protected land that could affect future development, property values and the long-discussed expansion of an interchange off ...

A bill requiring so-called "doughnut" and "doughnut-hole" municipalities to merge in the next 10 years drew criticism Monday from the head of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, as well as leaders from ...

The strong rain and swirling winds of an early January storm struck down upon the damp sand bordering this small coastal town, serving as a harsh reminder of the imminent and unpredictable threat Mother Nature ...

A civil suit brought against 17 Atlantic County municipalities for alleged violations of the Open Public Records Act has resulted in two towns changing the way they conduct business.