Woodstown News

Parents and students gather in the high school auditorium during Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District special meeting.

Memorial Day weekend is here and as residents around the area are sprucing up their backyard pools and dusting off their beach chairs, one local farm market owner is prepping her shelves to supply her customers with seasonal Jersey Fresh produce and homemade pies just as her family has done for four decades.

Don Stech, a Woodstown Middle School 8th grade world history teacher, has been named the Salem County Teacher of the Year, May 20, 2013.

Woodstown Middle School 8th grade world history teacher Don Stech, left, checks a project Noah Crouch is working on during class, May 20, 2013.

WOODSTOWN - After plans to create a joint service construction code office between Woodstown and Pilesgrove was scrapped, borough officials said they now aim to partner with Mannington.

A Senior Health Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Fenwick Commons Auditorium.

WOODSTOWN - Borough officials anticipate starting work on the unfinished streets in a local development in June since stopping in the fall of last year.

WOODSTOWN - A contractor whose bid was rejected for work on a new childhood development center is now suing the local school district.

For more than 50 years, the Miss Rodeo America organization has given young "cowgirls" the opportunity to represent the Western lifestyle by serving as ambassadors for the rodeo world.

Law enforcement officers throughout Salem and Cumberland counties will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers next week as part of the "May 2013 Click it or Ticket" campaign.

Woodstown coach Lee Ware is just one win shy of No. 600 following the Woodies' 7-3 victory over Penns Grove.

MANNINGTON TWP. - The driver of a pickup truck lost control of the vehicle and crossed into the median before slamming into a utility pole at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday, according to officials.

James J. Robinson, of West Deptford, has become a drive-by celebrity in Woodbury by firing up his cassette player along Broad Street and dancing for passing motorists.

MANNINGTON TWP . - A Woodstown man has been charged with vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated after being involved in a crash that left a Penns Grove woman dead, authorities said today.

Woodstown baseball coach Lee Ware is just three wins away from joining the late Russ Spicer as the only coaches in South Jersey history with 600 career victories.

The Salem American Legion Band will present its spring concert May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Salem County Vocational Technical High School.

As superintendent of the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District from 2002-2004, I read your recent article entitled "Schools Take Closer Look At Security" with great interest.

Debit card holders throughout Salem County have reported receiving telephone calls from what is being called a new " phishing " scam, in which the anonymous callers claim the victim's Franklin Bank card has been deactivated before asking for personal information.

Kelsey is a member of the varsity golf team as well as several school clubs - Peer Leaders, Environmental Club, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, and the Circle Club.

PILESGROVE TWP. - Cowtown Rodeo will have some new stars this year. At least that's what owner Grant Harris hopes.