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High school girls’ lacrosse hosts youth night

The Moorestown High School girls’ lacrosse team held its Youth Appreciation Night on April 25, with a 9-4 win over Allentown. The team also recognized players from the Moorestown Lacrosse Club (MLC). “We have them come out onto the turf field with the varsity and junior varsity team, so that’s usually really exciting, (to) just […]

Drag show a ‘no-brainer’ for First Baptist Church

All are welcome to celebrate Pride at First Baptist Church of Moorestown as Q-munity – the church’s LGBTQIA-plus ministry circle – hosts drag songwriter and singer Flamy Grant on Saturday, June 22. The free concert will begin at 6 p.m. and is open to all ages. Donations to Q-munity can be made at the door; […]

Township students cited in C-SPAN contest

Moorestown High School (MHS) students Mia Sassano, Sydney Kowalczyk and Marina Longo are 2024 honorable-mention winners in C-SPAN’s 20th annual StudentCam competition for the documentary “Homeless Not Helpless.” StudentCam is the cable network’s annual national video documentary competition to encourage critical thinking in students on issues that affect communities, according to the competition website. C-SPAN […]

Masonic Village celebrates milestone birthdays

Masonic Village at Burlington celebrated four of its resident centenarians with a luncheon and lots of balloons on April 24. Elizabeth Burke (101), Nellie Barrett (101), Martin Gutchigan (102) and Muriel Holmes (103) were also joined by resident Vera Jensen, who will turn 100 later this year. “We pride ourselves in providing each of our […]

Troll Trek: County celebrates making art from trash

The Burlington County Commissioners and the county parks system kicked off the Troll Trek last month, a public art initiative inspired by Hainesport’s upcycled creature Big Rusty. “Big Rusty shows us how used materials and other items commonly thought of as trash can be repurposed and reused to create something new, much like the bottles, […]

OPINION

Battered and bruised: The case that made domestic violence a cause

The recent death of O.J. Simpson brought to mind the staggering events of June 1994, when the football great was accused of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend. It was a legal case that became a spectacle.  We all know how that turned out. But O.J. Simpson’s death on April 10 inspired […]
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