Moorestown News

Dottie Tutt was not supposed to be alive today. As a young woman and following a miscarriage with her seventh child 41 years ago, she was diagnosed with late-stage uterine cancer that was considered terminal.

MOORESTOWN -- Sisters Linda Williams and Lisa Perry started the day at the Moorestown Target at 4 a.m., waiting in line until doors opened at 5. 'There had to be 70 people ahead of us in line,' said Linda, a Moorestown resident.

At the stores around the Moorestown Mall, things seem relatively calm -- at least by Black Friday standards.

The decorated doors of private homes are opening for the first house tour of the holiday season in Burlington County.

Two Burlington County residents who served in former Gov. Christie Whitman's cabinet have been tapped to help the Republican governor-elect's transition to power.

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.