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Shamong Mayor Challenged on Township Residency After Reports of ‘Tenants’ Seen Living at Address Cited in His 2025 Election Filing; Residents Also Claim Mayor Has …

SHAMONG—Allegations have surfaced over the past two months over the actual residency of Shamong Township Republican Mayor ...
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Pemberton Township Council Meeting Erupts into Physical, Verbal Row as Mayor, Up for Re-election, Charges, Curses at, and Audibly Threatens Frequent Critic Before Being ...

PEMBERTON—An Oct. 21 Pemberton Township Council meeting descended into absolute mayhem when township Republican Mayor Matthew Bianchini, in a moment unprecedented for local and even regional politics, ...
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Friends of the Pemberton Library Celebrate Library’s 25th Year

Members of the Friends of the Pemberton Township Library gathered in recognition of National Friends of the Library Week (Oct ...
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Tabernacle Approves New Contract with Tabernacle Rescue Squad After Years’ Worth of Feisty Negotiations, But Shamong’s Decision to Now End Its Arrangement Leads t…

TABERNACLE—The Tabernacle Township Committee has awarded a new contract to the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) after more than ...
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Evesham Council Approves 2025 Budget Calling for Annual Tax Hike of $70 on Average Home, a Modest Request Next to School District’s

EVESHAM—The Evesham Township Council unanimously adopted a 2025 budget of $28,439,189 to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes at its May 7 meeting, resulting in an annual property tax increase ...
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Shamong Committee Votes to Serve Tabernacle Rescue Squad with Termination Notice in Approving Medford Shared Service

SHAMONG—The Shamong Township Committee has decided to terminate the services of the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS), effective ...
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Pemberton Township Democratic Mayoral Candidate Garners Support of Town Democratic Club, Congressman Conaway During Kickoff Event

PEMBERTON—Democratic Pemberton Township mayoral candidate Dr. Belinda Fontanez, who announced her political campaign for elected office earlier this month, has now garnered the support of the township ...
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Shared Administrator Arrangement Opens Up Pandora’s Box in Southampton over Personnel Related to Committeemen

SOUTHAMPTON—The highly-controversial “shared administrator” arrangement that took effect last month between Southampton and Medford townships, with Southampton sharing its administrator, Brandon Umba, ...
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White Cedar Restoration Project in Wharton Forest Gets Pinelands Consent Despite Approval Process Being Called into Question

NEW LISBON—In an 11- 2 vote, the Pinelands Commission on Oct. 9 approved an Atlantic White Cedar Restoration Project intended to “foster the regeneration of the Atlantic white-cedar (AWC) ecosystem, a ...
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Pemberton Official Confirms Election Signs for Write-in Candidacy Briefly Taken Down, Claiming Concerns Arose over Legality, Source

PEMBERTON—A Pemberton Township official has confirmed to this newspaper that election signs calling on voters to write-in Dan Dewey for township mayor were removed by municipal workers and then put ...