Mount Laurel Top Stories
By STEVE LENOX
June 14, 2024
MONTCLAIR, NJ - Sean Spiller, the current Mayor of Montclair and President of New Jersey's largest teachers union, announced on Friday that he is running for Governor of New Jersey. With the Primary election almost a year away, Spiller becomes the 4th Democrat to officially announce his ...
TRENTON, NJ – With schools closing for the summer, many teens are looking for a summer job. That's why the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) is reminding families how to apply for working papers for minors. Working papers in New Jersey are now processed through ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — If you recently bought a lottery ticket while shopping at a convenience store in Mount Laurel, check your numbers — you could be $3 million richer! New Jersey Lottery announced that a $3 million Pick-6 Jackpot was hit by one ticket purchased in Mount Laurel for the Thursday, ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — The Rancocas Woods Farmers Market's 2024 season is in full swing! After its grand opening earlier this month, the Market is back on Sunday, June 16. The Market is scheduled to run every Sunday through October 13 from 10AM to 12PM and is located outdoors at 118 Creek Road, ...
WESTAMPTON, NJ – Burlington County residents are invited to commemorate Juneteenth this year at a special event in historic Timbuctoo, one of New Jerey’s largest communities of formerly enslaved people, and Rancocas State Park. "Experience of a Lifetime – A Juneteenth Event" will be held ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — Mount Laurel will be hosting its second-ever Juneteenth event next week. Presented by Mount Laurel Township and the Diversity & Inclusion Board, the 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration will be taking place on Wednesday, June 19 from 5PM to 8PM at Laurel Acres Park, located ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A myriad of local addiction prevention and recovery outreach organizations will be offering their services in Mount Laurel next week. The outreach event is taking place on Thursday, June 20 from 1PM to 4PM in the parking lot of Walmart, located at 934 Route 73 ...
BURLINGTON CITY/MOUNT HOLLY, NJ — The works of Burlington County residents — and those from as far away as Europe and Africa — will be featured at an upcoming two-day film festival presented by the Burlington County Parks Division. The Third Annual Burlington County Juried Short Film Festival ...
MEDFORD, NJ — In some many meaningful ways, it was a championship season for the Lenape High School boys tennis program. Not only did the Indians capture the always tough Olympic Conference American Division title with a perfect 10-0 record, but they were NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 champions as ...
BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — With some of the hottest days of the year approaching this week, the Burlington County Office on Aging is offering fans to seniors-in-need. Temperatures in Bordentown are expected to reach nearly 90 degrees on Thursday and Friday. Senior citizens are particularly at risk ...
MEDFORD, NJ — Several Lenape High School students were recently honored for their work with Lenape District Television (LDTV). Lenape District Television is the educational access channel of the Lenape Regional High School District. LDTV broadcasts 24 hours a day and has viewership in ...
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey State Senate has advanced a bill that would expand background checks for healthcare professionals. The Senate Commerce Committee on Monday unanimously passed legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) that would would expand the healthcare ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — The Mount Laurel Police Department (MLPD) is currently hiring full-time police officers, the Department announced this week. There are several requirements to apply, including: Applicants must be 18-years-old or older and have a high school diploma or ...
TRENTON, NJ — Legislation that would enable faster delivery of care for diabetic emergencies has advanced in the New Jersey State Senate. S-3278, sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton, who represents Bordentown in the Legislature, would allow Emergency Medical Technicians, or EMTs, to administer ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — The Mount Laurel Police Department (MLPD) is highlighting recent investigations and arrests that have taken place in the Township through a new community reporting system. The MLPD rolled out a new feature to its website earlier this year in which residents can sign up to ...
TRENTON, NJ – Burlington County's John Jay Hoffman was named on Monday as Governor Phil Murphy's choice to serve as a justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court. In announcing his intention to nominate Hoffman to serve on the state's highest court, Murphy called Hoffman "a pillar of New Jersey’s ...
MAPLE SHADE, NJ -- One lottery player recently stopped by a Route 73 convenience store and left with a $10,000 winning ticket. According to the NJ Lottery Commission, a $10,000 Mega Millions ticket drawn on June 4, 2024 was sold at the Country Farms Convenience Store located at 2911 Route 73 ...
MEDFORD, NJ — Lenape High School is celebrating the achievements of one of its graduating senior-athletes. Ethan Kaligis has been chosen as Lenape High School’s 2024 NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete. Kaligis and other student-athletes from each NJSIAA member school throughout New Jersey were honored at ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The zoning is the problem, Newark Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras J. Baraka said at the New Jersey Planning and Redevelopment Conference on Friday. “The zoning laws are what is prohibiting us from developing the way we need to develop,” Baraka, 54, said. “The state is ...
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ — Burlington County has been awarded $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's new Safe Streets for All program, the Board of Commissioners announced last week. Burlington County was the sole recipient in New Jersey of funding and was one of only 99 communities in the ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — With lots happening in Mount Laurel you may have missed some of TAPinto Mount Laurel's top stories this past week. Here is your chance to catch up on what you've missed before the week ahead begins! Hartford Middle Schooler Rising Star in Track: When 10-year-old Silas ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — Expand your planting space, grow a living screen, or add vertical interest to your garden beds. Train vines up a decorative support, onto a fence, or allow them to climb a trellis set in front of a wall or structure. Pole beans, peas, Malabar spinach, cucumbers, melons, and ...
NEW JERSEY -- With the 2024 Hurricane Season officially started, the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) is urging individuals with disabilities to sign up for the NJ Register Ready- Special Needs Registry. NJ Register Ready helps people with disabilities in times of emergency such as hurricanes.
TRENTON, NJ -- The famous bald eagle and the osprey may be removed from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)'s list of endangered species under a proposal announced on Monday. Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette said that the potential move is a ...
NEWARK – About 500 service workers at Newark Airport rallied for higher wages and improved benefits on Thursday with the backing of City Council and other elected officials. Workers with Service Employees International Union 32BJ gathered by the dog park at Terminal A and chanted slogans and ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — The Rancocas Woods Farmers Market's 2024 season is in full swing! After its grand opening last weekend, the Market is back on Sunday, June 9. It The Market is scheduled to run every Sunday through October 13 from 10AM to 12PM and is located outdoors at 118 Creek Road, behind ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – The Mount Laurel Zoning Board unanimously approved at its meeting on Wednesday a variance request filed by representatives of a company named 250 Century Parkway to install signs at the property it owns at 250 Century Parkway that are larger in quantity and in size than the ...
ROCHELLE PARK, NJ — After more than a dozen years working with The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) and COMMERCE Magazine, editor Diane C. Walsh is retiring. “I want to thank Diane for her many years of service and dedication to serving the business leaders of New Jersey, ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — Spend a relaxing afternoon at the Mount Laurel Library, listening to live music with your neighbors! The Library will be hosting the Dustin Beck Trio on Sunday, June 9 at 2PM. The Trio will be playing a set of New Orleans R&B favorites. Beck says that he is "very ...
BURLINGTON CITY/MOUNT HOLLY, NJ — The works of Burlington County residents — and those from as far away as Europe and Africa — will be featured at an upcoming two-day film festival presented by the Burlington County Parks Division. The Third Annual Burlington County Juried Short Film Festival ...