Upper Twp.

Memorial Day ceremonies throughout Upper Township

seitz@catamaranmedia.com (Staff Reports) — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:15:00 GMT

UPPER TOWNSHIP – There will be multiple Memorial Day ceremonies in Upper Township tomorrow to honor veterans for their service and sacrifice.
The residents of Osprey Point will hold their annual Memorial Day program at Staff Sergeant William Godfrey Memorial Park on Monday, May 28 at 9:30 a.m.
Resident Aldo Palombo will serve as host and Anthony D'Alicandro will speak on his Korean War Army experience.
Members of VFW Post 8695 under the command of Charles Addelizi, and the American Legion Post 239 rifle squad under the command of Hermon Scheibein, will attend with many other dignitaries.
Boy Scout Troop 55 will serve as the Color Guard with their bugler presenting Taps.
There are more than 60 veterans residing in Osprey Point. They will be acknowledged along with visiting veterans.
All families, friends and neighbors are welcome to honor and memorialize veterans, according to a press release.
If there is inclement weather, the service will be held in the Osprey Point Clubhouse where light refreshments will be served.
Staff Sergeant William Godfrey Memorial Park is located in Osprey Point at 1731 Rt. 9 in Seaville.

(BOLD) Ceremonies held throughout township

On Friday and Saturday of Memorial Day weekend (May 25-26), VFW Post 8695 will sell VFW Buddy Poppies at the Seaville Acme and Dino’s Restaurant to help fund activities for hospitalized veterans.
On Monday, May 28, members of VFW Post 8695 of Marmora, and American Legion Post 239 of Tuckahoe, will visit eight cemeteries and four monuments. A rifle squad will fire volleys over the graves.
Scouts from Boy Scout Troop 55 of Tuckahoe will muster at 8:15 a.m. at the VFW Post, 15 Lyndhurst Road, for a flag raising and Memorial Day prayer. Then the group will visit the following cemeteries and monuments:

Stites Burial Ground, Beesleys Point, 8:45 a.m.
Trinity United Methodist Church, Marmora, 9 a.m.
Seaside Cemetery, Palermo, 9:15 a.m.
Staff Sergeant William Godfrey Memorial Park, Seaville, 9:40 a.m.
Quaker Meeting House, Seaville, 9:40 a.m.
Seaville Methodist Cemetery, Seaville, 9:50 a.m.
Petersburg Methodist, Petersburg, 10:05 a.m.
Upper Township Hall, Petersburg, 10:20 a.m.
War Memorial Monument, Tuckahoe, 10:40 a.m.
Tuckahoe Methodist Cemetery, Tuckahoe, 10:55 a.m.
Head of the River Cemetery, Rt. 49, 11:15 a.m.
Corbin City Monument, Corbin City, 11:35 a.m.

The public is invited to join in along the way. All times are approximate.

Memorial Day ceremony in Sea Isle City

seitz@catamaranmedia.com (Staff Reports) — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT

SEA ISLE CITY – On Monday, May 28, Sea Isle City’s annual Memorial Day ceremony will take place at 10 a.m., at Veterans Park, Landis Avenue and JFK Boulevard.

Car crashes into Tuckahoe home causing front porch to collapse

addesign@catamaranmedia.com (Staff Reports) — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:15:00 GMT

TUCKAHOE - A vehicle driving northbound on Rt. 50 veered across the road and crashed into a Tuckahoe residence, causing the front porch to collapse, according to State Police.

Children's Country Place goes 'back in time' to study fossils

front.desk.eht@shorenewstoday.com (Staff Reports) — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT

SEA ISLE CITY - Children from The Children's Country Place recently visited Sea Isle City’s beaches looking for dinosaur fossils. The school spent all winter “traveling back in time” to study the Jurassic Period and learning about dinosaurs. Click on "Read more" to see more photos.

$200M in improvements planned for BL England power plant

chiggins@catamaranmedia.com (Columb Higgins) — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:27:58 GMT

By COLUMB HIGGINS
Staff Writer
BEESLEYS POINT – Mayor Richard Palombo said this week that the owners of the BL England power plant in Beesleys Point are planning $200 million in improvements to convert three boilers to natural gas.

New Parkway bridge will have bike and pedestrian lane

chiggins@catamaranmedia.com (Columb Higgins) — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:52:23 GMT

By COLUMB HIGGINS
Staff Writer
BEESLEYS POINT – The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, James Simpson, said Thursday that the new southbound Parkway bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay will have a pedestrian and bike lane connecting Upper Township and Somers Point.

Free seasonal beach tags available to veterans

jodee.clifford@catamaranmedia.com (Staff Reports) — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT

SEA ISLE CITY – Three years ago, Sea Isle City was the first seashore municipality in the region to offer free seasonal beach tags to United States veterans, courtesy of VFW Post 1963.

School board hopes shutting off playground will ease primary school pickup problems

arichardson58@aol.com (Ann Richardson) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:30:00 GMT

MARMORA - A potentially dangerous situation at the district’s primary school, when parents arrive en-masse to pick children up at the end of the school day, may be coming to an end.

Upper school lunches are going green – leafy green that is

arichardson58@aol.com (Ann Richardson) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Federal guidelines require more fruit and vegetables, fewer calories

By ANN RICHARDSON
Staff Writer
PETERSBURG – Seeking to comply with changes to federal school nutrition guidelines, it’s going to be all about dark, leafy green vegetables in Upper Township school cafeterias.

Wednesday morning truck fire closed Parkway into Upper Township

addesign@catamaranmedia.com (Staff Reports) — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:16:08 GMT

Both southbound lanes on the Garden State Parkway were closed Wednesday morning after a UPS truck caught fire on the Great Egg Harbor Bridge from Somers Point into Upper Township.