Egg Harbor Township News

Get Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs trips The Egg Harbor Township Recreation Department and the Municipal Alliance will offer the 17th annual Get Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs fishing trips starting Saturday, June 20.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ, June 9, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Donna Miller, Travel Consultant at Preferred Travel, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of travel services.

ABSECON Rain clouds converged around the staging area for the city's Memorial Day parade Monday, May 25, but maybe a couple of the Marines gave them withering looks.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP Bail has been set at $1.1 million for a Pennsylvania man charged in the fatal shooting of a shift manager at the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City May 27.

HAMMONTON -- Kyle Lafferty, a junior at St. Joseph High School, won NBC40's HERO Campaign essay contest.

A former New Jersey police officer who admitted having sex with a prostitute while on duty has forfeited his pension of 23 years.

MAYS LANDING The man charged in the death and robbery of an elderly Absecon woman and the robbery of two other women has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and will receive a 25-year prison sentence, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel.

An employee was shot Wednesday inside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort and died soon afterward, and a suspect was in custody, the casino's CEO said.

Glassboro's Ryan Chance and James Brown set boys' Group 1 records in the South Jersey Group 4 and 1 track and field championships at Egg Harbor Township.

Maybe it's the warm weather, or seeing Happy Gilmore on TV this past Friday night, but now is the time to get out and play golf.

Former U.S. attorney and GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie will join Atlantic County's top Republican leaders Friday afternoon for the grand opening of the Atlantic County Republican Campaign Headquarters here.

A 79-year-old woman and Harrah's Resort Atlantic City have settled a lawsuit accusing the casino of cheating her out of an $86,000 slots jackpot.

A firefighter is scene surveying damages after an early Thursday morning house fire in Egg Harbor Township.

The Office of the Attorney General announced Tuesday the conviction of a 42-year-old Atlantic County pharmacist on charge of using phony prescriptions to distribute thousands of narcotic pills and billing the orders to Medicaid and private insurance companies.

The 21st Gloucester County Police Academy Special Officer II Class will graduate 14 men and one woman from three counties at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 in the Physical Education Center of Gloucester County College.

PART OF WHAT we all love about the Shore is that year after year, it's always the same.

In recognition of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, Atlantic County Seniors age 60 years and older are invited to a a oebone up your healtha workshop to learn more about promoting bone health and preventing falls.

Following are the top prices recorded with the counties Feb. 18-25. Atlantic County Absecon 825 Marlborough Ave.

Gloria Stewart, 81, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center after a short illness.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP A fundraiser is being organized to help some local children who lost their mother and stepfather in a horrific murder-suicide in March.