Swedesboro News

There's nothing more American than celebrating tradition on the Fourth of July. For the thousands of Gloucester County residents who lined the parade routes early Saturday morning, that's just what Independence Day is all about.

The South Jersey Hot Chefs will host Farm to Fork week July 19 through 25. Participating restaurant chefs will create four-course menus made with locally grown ingredients for $35 and $25. In a promotion related to Farm to Fork, Hot Chefs will cook up meals with local produce on location at farmer's markets in the area.

A week ago was the beginning of summer... or was it? The June solstice occurred at 1:45 a.m. EDT on Sunday, June 21.

When you look at your handwriting, what do you see? Straight, orderly print or loose and flowing script? Every stroke of the pen can reveal something about your personality.

Have something newsworthy that doesn't make the crime blotter? E-mail your ideas to lmurray@sjnewsco.com. Just about the strangest reported incident from this past week came from Monroe Township, where a squirrel wiggled its way into an Atlantic City Electric transformer box on Monday.

Posted by Around Our Towns , Gloucester County Times June 18, 2009 11:37AM JULIA FERRUCCI GRIMM , daughter of Tom Grimm and Sharon Ferrucci of Pitman, achieved Dean's List honors for both semesters of her freshman year at Boston University's College of Communications.

New Jersey June 4-6 Swedesboro, N.J. Elected: Rev. William R. Klettke , Wrightstown, N.J., president, fourth term, fir st ballot.

Gloucester County has received an additional $300,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund for the replacement of Glen Echo Avenue Bridge in Swedesboro.

Six Gloucester County towns will be receiving close to $350,000 in additional federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, county officials announced Thursday.

Swedesboro Mayor Tom Fromm said he is thrilled about how his town's new arrangements with Woolwich for shared police and court services are going.

Every Saturday on its editorial page, the Gloucester County Times cheers those who make our area a better place in which to live and jeers those whose actions merit derision.

SWEDESBORO There are two seals hung on either side of the entrance to the borough hall here.

The freshest ingredients with the ripest flavors give foods from culinary hot spots such as Italy or Thailand their distinctions.

Mayor Fred Grant will host the Second Annual Mayor's Ball this weekend to raise money for the township's Parks and Recreation Department .

Eloisa Ramos, 97, of Hammonton and formerly of Vineland, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2009, at the Innova Healtcare Center in Hammonton.

Nichole Iocona understands the concept of 'every little bit helps.' Iocona, 18, has been doing 'little things' to help others for most of her young life.

Four local schools in Swedesboro and Woolwich and Logan townships representing five different classes are this year's recipients of educational mini-grants totaling nearly $2,000 from the Gloucester and Salem Community Advisory Panel .

The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced the re-opening of Route 45 in South Harrison Twp.

Edward Jones to host financial workshop Posted by South Jersey News Online vwilliams@sjnewsco.com May 15, 2009 12:20PM Edward Jones Financial Advisor Bill McAllister of Swedesboro will host a "Financial Workshop for Individual Investors." The two-week workshop will assist individuals in setting financial and investment goals.

Have something newsworthy that doesn't make the crime blotter? E-mail your ideas to staff writer Lucas Murray at lmurray@sjnewsco.com. Five members of the Monroe Township Police Department were promoted in April, shifting the command structure through the ranks.