Thorofare News

Elsie "Bunny" and Allen "Chip" Chestnut of Thorofare celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary Dec.

The Gloucester County Chapter of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey will meet on Wednesday, Jan.

Thirty-one firefighters will graduate from the Gloucester County Fire Academy class on the campus of Gloucester County College on Thursday, December 17, at 6 p.m. Director of the Fire Academy Robert V. Hill Sr.

Kingsway store Shop the Kingsway Regional High School store Saturday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec.

Hearty bicyclist disregards rain and wind to get to his destination Friday, Nov.

Faced with a continuing and unpredictable shortage of vaccine against the seasonal flu - remember that? - New Jersey yesterday suspended enforcement of its first-in-the-nation mandate that children be immunized before enrolling in a licensed preschool or child-care facility.

New Jersey today suspended enforcement of its first-in-the-nation mandate that preschoolers receive seasonal flu vaccine in order to attend licensed preschool and childcare.

Seasonal flu clinics are set to resume in Gloucester County starting Wednesday after it was suspended last month when the Gloucester County health department ran out of the vaccines.

These area students were inducted into Ithaca College's Oracle Honor Society in November.

Students at James Johnson Elementary School got a special treat at lunchtime Thursday.

Thorofare, N.J. The Center for Retail Research announced Tuesday the results of its Global Retail Theft Barometer 2009, which found that total retail shrink worldwide was up 5.9% over last yeara s theft numbers.

St. Paul's United Methodist Church and Thorofare Fire Company will hold a family-style oyster and chicken salad supper on Saturday, Nov.

St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 74 Church Street, Thorofare, West Deptford Township, will hold its annual Church Bazaar and Yard Sale on Saturday, Nov.

GFWC Woman's Club of West Deptford will present "Someone Must Wash The Dishes" Tuesday, Nov.

ARMY RESERVE PVT. BRETT W. HOLMES has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

Thorofare Fire Co. and the Gloucester County HazMat Team are working to control a drip-type leak from a truck trailer at the southbound ramp at Exit 20 on Interstate 295.

The West Deptford High School Boys Soccer Team is hosting a Texas Hold 'Em fundraiser at the Thorofare Fire Hall on Saturday, Oct.

A business executive convicted of possessing child pornography in 2000 was arrested again on the same charge Thursday.

WEST DEPTFORD TWP. A fire that gutted a single-story home at the end of Garrett Avenue Tuesday afternoon in the township's Colonial Manor neighborhood has been declared an arson by authorities.

" On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney was honored by the members of Agudath Israel of New Jersey at their 2nd Annual Legislative Breakfast at the Regency Jewish Heritage Home for the Aged in Somerset.