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10/31/2025

A pair of resolutions added to council’s agenda at the last minute on Oct. 15 settled Belinda Fontanez v. Township of Pemberton and Donna DiPalma v. Township of Pemberton.

This newspaper learned just before press time of yet another lawsuit involving the township and its officials, this one filed Oct. 17 by former Recreation Department coordinator and acting director Jennifer Deeds.

PEMBERTON—Two more settlements have been agreed to by Pemberton Township Council as legal filings against the township government and its officials have become apparently commonplace over the last couple of years. A pair of resolutions added to council’s agenda at the last minute on Oct. 15 sett...

10/30/2025

Whether or not Republicans continue to control the Medford Township government is a question that will be determined by the outcome of the upcoming off-year election on Nov. 4.

That’s when a trio of Democratic candidates consisting of Raymond Coxe, Jatinder Singh, and Katherine Santamore will vie with a th*****me of GOP hopefuls composed of Thomas Juliano, Michelle Voorhees, and Angela Zografos to replace three incumbent members of the currently all-Republican township council, Mayor Erik Rebstock, Councilman and former longtime mayor Charles “Chuck” Watson, and Councilwoman Donna Symons, who aren’t running for re-election this year.

MEDFORD—Whether or not Republicans continue to control the Medford Township government is a question that will be determined by the outcome of the upcoming off-year election on Nov. 4. That’s when a trio of Democratic candidates consisting of Raymond Coxe, Jatinder Singh, and Katherine Santamore...

10/29/2025

Stone’s rebuke to the committee members was even more blunt: “What you did to our rescue squad was a disgrace,” she told them. “And I’m glad that you rescinded the resolution, but you were backed into a corner once again and you were forced to make a decision, and instead of making a smart, thought-out decision on your own, you had to wait until Lumberton pulled out, and you had no other choices,” she maintained.

TABERNACLE—In what might be viewed as a dramatic demonstration of the power of everyday Americans to influence officials of their government to reverse an action they had already taken, the Tabernacle Township Committee, convening in a special session on Oct. 20, voted 4-0 to rescind a decision it...

10/28/2025

One of two Republican candidates for two seats up for grabs this November on the Burlington County Board of Commissioners is vowing, “There is going to be hell to pay when we get elected, and we take our oaths in January!”

But one of the Democratic commissioner incumbents maintained the Commissioners' Board is simply “getting stuff done.”

SOUTHAMPTON—One of two Republican candidates for two seats up for grabs this November on the Burlington County Board of Commissioners is vowing, “There is going to be hell to pay when we get elected, and we take our oaths in January!” Joe Abegg, who spent 29 years in the U.S. Air Force and was...

10/27/2025

Incumbent Burlington County Sheriff James Kostoplis, in appearing at the Oct. 15 LeisureTowne Candidates Forum in his bid to seek a second term in office, made news in revealing that his office, the day prior to the forum, secured funding through the “COPS federal bill” to give the Sheriff’s Department “15 more officers paid for by the federal government.”

SOUTHAMPTON—Incumbent Burlington County Sheriff James Kostoplis, in appearing at the Oct. 15 LeisureTowne Candidates Forum in his bid to seek a second term in office, made news in revealing that his office, the day prior to the forum, secured funding through the “COPS federal bill” to give the...

10/26/2025

How to best tackle the issue of rising costs, particularly from electric utilities, and who or what is to blame, took centerstage at an Oct. 15 LeisureTowne Candidates Forum in Southampton Township as candidates for state Assembly in the local 8th Legislative District charted a course forward as ratepayers have been saddled over the past year with reportedly $300 to more than $2,000 increases in their electric bills.

SOUTHAMPTON—How to best tackle the issue of rising costs, particularly from electric utilities, and who or what is to blame, took centerstage at an Oct. 15 LeisureTowne Candidates Forum in Southampton Township as candidates for state Assembly in the local 8th Legislative District charted a course ...

10/25/2025

The purchase of a Gunshot Detection System had been previously authorized by Pemberton Township Council, following the municipality being awarded a grant from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office (OAG) some three years ago, but on Oct. 1 the legislative body approved the purchase once again, only this time from a different firm.

PEMBERTON—The purchase of a Gunshot Detection System had been previously authorized by Pemberton Township Council, following the municipality being awarded a grant from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office (OAG) some three years ago, but on Oct. 1 the legislative body approved the purchase o...

10/24/2025

A project to raise the elevation of Trinity Episcopal Church, in the Vincentown section of Southampton Township, is now complete with the church open again for Sunday services.

SOUTHAMPTON—A project to raise the elevation of Trinity Episcopal Church, in the Vincentown section of Southampton Township, is now complete with the church open again for Sunday services. “I truly think it fair to say that our actions have allowed the church to exist for another hundred plus ye...

10/23/2025

“Where do we stand with the BA now?” asked Councilman Perry Doyle, Jr., of Mayor Jack Tompkins during an Oct. 1 Pemberton Township Council meeting, an exchange early in the session made possible by a change in procedure that night – or to hold the “reports” section of the meeting at the beginning.

“We are still advertising for it,” Tompkins answered. “We haven’t had anyone interested for a long time.”

PEMBERTON—It has now been over a year since Pemberton Township has had a permanent business administrator, and it is going on ten months without the township having an acting one. “Where do we stand with the BA now?” asked Councilman Perry Doyle, Jr., of Mayor Jack Tompkins during an Oct. 1 Pe...

10/22/2025

Two Washington Township residents, Jim and Shevawn Eaton, were honored with a proclamation during an Oct. 7 Washington Township Committee meeting for having “dedicated countless hours and valuable resources” to help revitalize the municipal parking lot with the installation of three flag poles, as well as new parking lot lighting, at no cost to the township or taxpayers.

WASHINGTON—Two Washington Township residents, Jim and Shevawn Eaton, were honored with a proclamation during an Oct. 7 Washington Township Committee meeting for having “dedicated countless hours and valuable resources” to help revitalize the municipal parking lot with the installation of three...

10/21/2025

One such criticism came from North Main Street resident Zach Wilson, who accused the council of pointing to the publication of agendas required by law, which he called the “bare minimum,” as “a testament” to its “openness and transparency.”

MEDFORD—Questions related to whether residents are being kept sufficiently informed about the operation of their municipal government dominated much of the public comment portions of the Oct. 7 meeting of the Medford Township Council, with officials able to shed light on some of the issues raised ...

10/20/2025

Resident America Phillips called the discontinuation of Trunk-or-Treat “not fair” and pleaded with officials to “not change” the tradition and “go back” to what they had been doing.

However, not every member of the public agreed.

PEMBERTON—The Pemberton Township Recreation Department has gone ahead and now scheduled two activities – a Nov. 1 Fall Festival, and a Dec. 6 Tree Lighting, but after Pemberton Township Council was seemingly left without activity certainties during a late September session, its first meeting of ...

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