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Christine Harkinson

Articles by Christine Harkinson

Moorestown high school senior teaches peers science education

Moorestown High School senior Maya Butani is not your average 17-year-old.  She is the founder and president of South Jersey STEM, a mentorship and hands-on program that provides science, technology,…

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Resident collects donations for Operation Yellow Ribbon

When Moorestown resident Kathryn Supko’s son joined the Navy, she became involved with Operation Yellow Ribbon, the military support organization. “As a mama bear, I just (kind of) thought, ‘Oh…

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Moorestown Friends School opens playscape for Lower School kids

Moorestown Friends School unveiled a new and innovative playscape for Lower School students on Nov. 2, with many of those students in attendance. Head of School Julia de la Torre…

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Janitorial employees for Moorestown schools petition to get jobs back

It’s been almost five months since 24 Moorestown custodians were told they would be out of work after the township school district sought a new contractor for janitorial services. The…

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Moorestown High grad creates mural for gun victim Bianca Roberson

Bianca Nikol Roberson was headed home from an Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, mall on June 28, 2017. According to Roberson’s stepmother, Susan Roberson, the 18-year-old West Chester, Pennsylvania resident had just…

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Tree and plaque dedicated to late assistant county prosecutor

Former colleagues and loved ones of Richard L. Barbour Jr. came together on Oct. 27 to rededicate a tree and plaque in his honor at the Burlington County Courthouse.  Barbour…

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Moorestown High School students celebrate spirit week

Students at Moorestown High School ended spirit week on a high note with two pep rallies and the homecoming football game. Spirit week was held from Oct. 18 to Oct.…

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Members of union 32BJ SEIU hand out petition at board of education meeting

Members of the 32BJ SEIU (Service Employees National Union) greeted Moorestown residents at an Oct. 19 board of education meeting with a petition to get their jobs back. According to…

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MooreUnity in Moorestown aims to strengthen connections in the community

Karen Reiner witnessed too many hate crimes happening right in her own backyard in February 2017. According to Reiner, there were residents in Moorestown and Cinnaminson who discovered Ku Klux…

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Appearance committee discusses redevelopment project for the Moorestown Mall

Robert Koch, chairman of Fugleberg Koch Architects, presented the plan for redevelopment of the Moorestown Mall to the Moorestown appearance committee at their Oct. 20 meeting. The Moorestown Mall is…

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