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Joseph Metz

Articles by Joseph Metz

Writers unite for roundtable

For those who want to improve their writing or share work, the Mullica Hill branch of the Gloucester County Library System (GCLS) hosts a writer’s roundtable twice a month. “They…

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Road to nowhere?

For the third consecutive month, opposition to the Glassboro Camden Line (GCL) dominated the public participation portion of a Mantua committee meeting, this one on Sept. 19. The GCL is…

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Citizen’s police academy returns to township

For the first time since the pandemic began, the township police department has resurrected its citizen’s police academy program to give the public insight into how   officers work, with…

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‘We have to try everything’

For the third time this year, police and township officials from Mantua, Harrison and Wenonah   held a private roundtable discussion about improving the safety of schools in the area.…

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Some ‘Hocus Pocus’ at Halloween drive-in

The Harrison Township recreation commission will host its first Halloween drive-in movie with “Hocus Pocus 2” on Sept. 30 at Trinity United Methodist Church. “This is the first time we’re…

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A focus on school safety

In the wake of mass school shootings like that in Uvalde, Texas, security was a major topic of discussion at the township council meeting earlier this month. “We’re extremely passionate…

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A festival that touches on history

More than 25 businesses on Main Street in the township will host the 50th annual fall festival and living history weekend on Oct. 8 and 9. “A lot of what…

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‘Distinctly American’

In wet and cloudy conditions that evoked the day’s somber theme, the Patriot Day event in Mantua’s Chestnut Branch Park marked the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America.…

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LEGO club enables kids’ creativity

For kids 6 to 12 who have creative imaginations, the township public library has its own LEGO Club that meets every Wednesday at 4 p.m., and now, for the first…

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Richwood church’s inaugural carnival a success

The Richwood United Methodist Church’s first free Carnival for a Cause on Sept. 3 raised about $3,000 to help rebuild a Haitian school destroyed by a 2010 earthquake that killed…

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