Alloway News

Kelly Lee Sippel, 3, of Alloway looks on with her flag as the "Star Spangled Banner" is performed during the Salem County Memorial Day Ceremony held at the Salem Count Veterans Cemetery in Pilesgrove May 28, 2012.

Daretown School Superintendent Dr. Loren Thomas, left, races back to shore as Debra Mahoney looks on from the water during a cardboard boat race held at Camp Edge in Alloway Township.

A Salem Community College student is seen in this file photo working in the Samuel H. Jones Glass Education Center in Alloway Township.

ALLOWAY TWP . - Portions of missing sidewalk will now be completed in the downtown area of the village thanks to a state grant, officials said.

Diana Locuson of Diana's Leather Shoppe in Alloway is one of the many artists taking part in Arts in Bloom.

Anne Richman, left, crowns the oldest in attendance 98-year-old Jennie Butler of the Canton section of Lower Alloways Creek Township during the 2nd Annual Silver Fox Tea, hosted by the Salem County Office on Aging at the PSEG EERC in Salem on May 17, 2012.

Janis Gansert has been selected to receive the 2012 Silver Spurs Award by Ranch Hope, Inc.

SALEM - One of the greatest promoters of the arts, history and tourism in Salem County will resign from his position with the county at the end of this month, officials confirmed.

PITTSGROVE TWP . - It was a fitting night for three men who have found success in starting or maintaining a business in Salem and Cumberland counties, as they were honored by the Boy Scouts of America Thursday.

Representatives from South Jersey Gas Co. will go out to the community and meet with residents one-on-one to discuss extending natural gas lines to homes in the township.

County officials broke ground on the expansion of the Salem County Landfill in Alloway on Friday.

Hundreds filled the Corpus Christi Parish Hall here in Carneys Point today to lift their hearts up to God and to pray for a better future during the National Day of Prayer Breakfast.

Janis Gansert has been selected to receive the 2012 Silver Spurs Award by Ranch Hope, Inc.

Road work has started along a portion of Daretown Road, County Road #635, in Alloway and Upper Pittsgrove townships, county officials announced Wednesday.

The Christie Administration announced that about $16 million in Clean Communities grants will be awarded to municipalities and counties in New Jersey to fund litter cleanup efforts that improve communities and roadsides.

Students here at Alloway Township School had the chance to learn first-hand about some of the finer details of how Congress works on Monday, thanks to a visit from U.S. Rep.