EHT resident reports bear tracks

by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 19, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features

What to do if you encounter a bear By Julia Train Living near the Pine Barrens, or Pinelands, it’s not uncommon to hear about or even see bears, with a majority of the land in South Jersey being wooded. Over the years, there have been reports in community Facebook...

Community Foodbank of New Jersey to host Women Fighting Luncheon on Oct. 30

by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 13, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Events & Happenings, Linwood

Featuring New York Times food writer and cookbook author Melissa Clark The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) will host its annual Women Fighting Hunger Luncheon from 11 am to 2 pm on Wednesday, October 30, at the Linwood Country Club in Linwood. Founded nine...

Egg Harbor Township firehouses, airport home to 9/11 relics

by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 12, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features

By Stephanie Loder Years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, pieces of mangled steel from the site of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings were used to create memorials throughout the nation. After the attacks, relics of the World...

Atlantic County Utilities Authority Receives National Recognition for Slow Down to Get Around Safety Campaign

by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 4, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township

The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) recently received the 2024 Best Safety Innovation Award from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA). This recognition highlights ACUA’s outstanding efforts to improve public safety awareness and...

D’Arcy Johnson Day hosts “Bracelets For Change” fundraiser to help local students raise money for five charities

by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 2, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Events & Happenings

Egg Harbor Township students Maggie and Molly Corcoran spent the summer making and selling “Bracelets for Change” to benefit five local charities: the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation, Reed’s Farm & Animal Sanctuary, Faces for Autism, Go4theGoal, and Last...

Reed’s Farm Vocational Training: Planting Seeds of Success

by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 29, 2024 | Atlantic County, Egg Harbor Township, Features

By Marjorie Preston Young people are learning real-world job skills in the great outdoors on this EHT farm. Visit Reed’s Organic Farm on any given day, and you’re likely to see young people out among the fields, rowing and hoeing, seeding and weeding, and otherwise...