Moorestown News

As Jan Karski, a Polish patriot who alerted the Allies to the Nazis' atrocities against the Jews, was honored posthumously by President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday, a Burlington County family joined in the historic occasion.

Two people arrested last month for burglary and theft in Moorestown, Cinnaminson and Mount Laurel can now add three additional charges to their records, Cinnaminson Police announced today.

When it comes to writing, Moorestown's got talent! Is there an author in your neighborhood? The odds are good if you live in the Moorestown area, where talented writers seem to be flourishing.

HOW DOES a beer drinker navigate 10 days of nonstop suds? I asked a few pros for some tips.

"It's going good. We'll make the June 5 filing deadline," Button said of the nominating petitions being circulated in town that are required for independents to be placed on ballot in the November election.

The attorney who is defending three Lawrence Township officials and the municipality itself in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in April by seven township police officers on Friday filed a formal motion, with supporting documentation, asking a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit for a variety of legal reasons.

"More of the usual" isn't typically a phrase that elicits excitement. But when the "usual" includes a "messy blueberry pie"-eating contest, musical entertainment, face painting, food and fun, exceptions can be made.

As preparations for the Moorestown Fourth of July parade kick into high gear, organizers continue to look for more participants and donors, and invite the public to take part in a new lecture series before the big day.

Roger Licairac, of Moorestown, is one of those crazy people for whom one college major simply isn't enough.

The way Alexander J. Hatala sees it, the purpose of the new Lourdes ambulatory center on Brace Road is to keep patients out of the hospital and closer to home.

Hundreds of Moorestonians crowded on the grass atA Memorial Field A Monday to mark the holiday as something more than an excuse to grill and go to the beach .

It's a pretty easy concept. Even a toddler can do it. And 3-year-old twins Declan and Liam Williams seemed a bit anxious to get their chance.A On a wonderfully warm afternoon, the bouncing boys, along with their parents Karen and Brendan, were patrons at YogoMix A on Main Street,A where they were setting up a birthday bash for their daughter ... (more)

Rosemary Hernandez was going through hard times, coping with financial woes after recently losing her job at an insurance company, all that coming years after an accident left her husband unable to work.

In an effort to reach out to the public, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will open its first walk-in consumer assistance center in New Jersey this summer, the company announced.

Estranged daughter of Etan Patz's 'killer' devastated by father's confession as his friends say he 'had the devil in him' Friends who knew Hernandez in 1979 described him as 'tightly wound' and said he wouldn't help search for Etan The estranged daughter of Pedro Hernandez is devastated over her father's alleged confession of the 1979 killing of ... (more)

While Pedro Hernandez was confessing to the murder of Etan Patz, his shocked wife and daughter were seeking solace in the Evangelical church that had been a big part of their life.

May 18 George Garvin , 46, of North Church Street, Moorestown, a fugitive from Delaware, was arrested on North Church Street for violating his probation and committed to Burlington County Jail on $25,000 bail, according to police.

Moorestown will once again honor its fallen servicemen and -women during its annual Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning.

Summer is fast approaching, and in just a few short weeks, the school year will officially end and Moorestown kids of all ages will have lots more free time to fill.

The borough Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday denied a request for a certificate of appropriateness from an assisted-care facility seeking to double the size of its building.