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MACKENZIE FITCHETT

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New recycle app provides info to Monroe residents

Monroe Township residents can now download an app to help them learn more about local trash etiquette and recycling. The Recycle Coach app came about a year ago from the…

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Schools in two townships choose virtual learning over snow day

Many schools across the state opted to give children an old fashioned snow day after the recent two day storm that began Feb 1. But others opted out of a…

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Free online group therapy sessions offer Hope and Healing

The Mental Health Association of New Jersey has created free group therapy sessions for people across the state to show no one is going through pandemic times alone.  The association,…

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Radix principal to retire after 41 years in education

Monroe Township Middle School will lose its beloved Principal Dana Mericle on  Jan. 29, after her 41 years of service to the school district. “It’s very bittersweet; I have been…

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High school athletic trainers and nurses get COVID vaccine

Washington Township High School’s athletic trainers received their first Moderna COVID  vaccine on Jan. 11 in advance of sports such as basketball and swimming. Athletic trainers Dr. Eric Schwartz and…

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Township resident writes memoir on trauma and healing

Washington Township resident Chanty Jong has released a new memoir about her traumatic past and journey to healing called “Running Toward the Guns: A Memoir of Escape from Cambodia.”  The…

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Gattinelli is sworn in for four more years as mayor

Washington Township council held its reorganization meeting on Jan 4 at the high school instead of the municipal building, to allow more attendees. The session began with the swearing-in of…

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Monroe Township swears in four new members at reorganization

Monroe Township Council held its reorganization meeting on Jan. 4 in the municipal courtroom, where it welcomed four new members, along with a new council president and vice president.  The…

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Local family packages 150 meals for the homeless

  The Smith family in Washington Township started a New Year’s Day tradition this year by doing a PB&J Project for The Unforgotten Haven nonprofit, whose mission is to help…

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Murphy speaks at South Jersey vaccination center

Gov Phil Murphy held a press conference last week at Rowan College of South Jersey to welcome hundreds of essential workers getting their first doses of the COVID vaccine. “Folks…

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