Mantua News

Vendors and crafters are wanted for the Clearview-Wenonah Juniors' Shop 'til You Drop Craft Fair on Sunday, Nov.

NOVEMBER 8 - Sue Thomas will be speaking at The First Baptist Church 109 Lincoln Ave at 7 p.m. Mysteriously deafened at 18 months, Thomas faced her challenges head on to become a skating champion, accomplished pianist, and FBI surveillant.

Incarnation's Altar & Rosary Society will host their Annual Harvest Bazaar on Friday, Nov.

Among local elections Tuesday, voters ousted two incumbent councilmen in Stratford, narrowly returned a township committeeman in Waterford and split tickets between major-party candidates in Haddon Heights and Winslow.

A 30-year tradition of Gloucester County election results being broadcast via Comcast's local origination channel will continue.

On November 18, 2009 from 9am 11am, the Southwest Council, Inc. is hosting a free "Faith, the Anti- Drug" workshop for faith-based groups in Salem, Gloucester and Cumberland Counties at the Abundant Life Church, 229 Wenonah Avenue in Mantua.

The Knights of Columbus Incarnation Council 6364 will be serving their Bazaar/Super Spaghetti Supper on Nov.

To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mantua Township residents for electing me to the township committee last year for a one-year unexpired term.

Before she was scheduled to leave for work on May 22, 2007, Susan Perron watched Bella, her 4-year-old "part Collie, part something else," race happily through the Perrons' Mantua home.

Chestnut Ridge Middle School recently welcomed various Washington Township and surrounding police department K-9 units to the school.

Mantua/Harrison Township Municipal Alliance's Senior Health Fair Brunch will be held Monday Nov.

NAVY SEAMAN RECRUIT RYAN W. GILROY , son of Sandra L. and William Gilroy of Mantua, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

As a "National Make a Difference Day" event, the 15th annual "Cooper Kids Toy Run" is planned for Oct.

The county hosted two busy seasonal flu shot clinics Monday, administering about 1,200 vaccinations at the drive-thru clinic at Regal Theater in Washington Township and a comparable amount at a regular clinic at the St.

Sen. Stephen M. Sweeney, Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli and Assemblywoman Celeste M. Riley have announced that 31 municipalities in the Third Legislative District have been awarded funding from the New Jersey Department of Transportation's Fiscal Year 2010 Municipal Aid Program.

A number of municipalities in the Gloucester County have been awarded funding from the state Department of Transportation to help pay for major road projects, 3rd District legislators announced Tuesday.

WOODBURY The Gloucester County prosecutor is praising efforts by local police departments over the summer to catch drunken drivers and let other motorists know the dangers of boozing and cruising.

Two men, each with more than 25 years in law enforcement experience are on the ballot next month for the right to be called Sheriff in Gloucester County as incumbent Carmel Morina takes on political newcomer Chris Marrero.

Memorial Presbyterian Church of Wenonah, Mantua and Princeton avenues will hold their annual spaghetti dinner fund raiser, Saturday, October 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. Funds will go to the One Great Hour of Sharing and to save the church's stained glass windows fund.

MANTUA TWP. Two Republicans and two Democrats are running for two open seats on township committee this November.