The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for experienced hunters and trappers who are interested in becoming volunteer instructors for the agency’s basic Hunter-Trapper Education (HTE), Successful Bowhunting, Successful Furtaking and Successful Turkey Hunting courses, as well as future courses under consideration.

Grants available to help offset start-up costs

HARRISBURG – With schools set to reopen later this month, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are encouraging schools to consider adding the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) to the physical education curriculum.

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For the second round of The American Legion World Series (ALWS), the teams endured eliminations, shutouts and comebacks. And the fans enjoyed the exciting game action, as well as the roaring entrance of the American Legion Riders who took to the field before Game 7 to present colors and ride around the warning track.

$4.6 MILLION DEAL SHOWS CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION\’S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE HIGHLANDS

(12/P92) TRENTON – A pristine 835-acre tract located in the heart of the North Jersey Highlands in Jefferson Township, and once slated for residential development, will be permanently preserved through a $4.6 million agreement announced today by project partners, the Department of Environmental Protection, the federal government, the Trust for Public Land, Morris County, and Jefferson Township.

On Tuesday, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) announced the launch of seven Regional Achievement Centers (RACs) that will work with schools that have been identified as Priority and Focus schools. 

The designations of Priority and Focus schools are part of the state\’s new accountability system developed after the federal government granted New Jersey a waiver from certain provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Priority schools are the lowest-performing schools in the state based on proficiency, growth and graduation rates. Focus schools include schools with high-school graduation rates lower than 75 percent; schools with the largest achievement gaps within subgroups; and schools with low-performing subgroups. A full listing of schools that have been identified as Priority or Focus schools is available online.

Pledge so Shop Local over the next 14 weeks leading up to the ‘Big One’

(Woodbury, NJ) – Gloucester County Freeholder Director Robert Damminger and Freeholder Heather Simmons today announced a new initiative to promote local businesses over the next fourteen weeks leading up to the busiest shopping weekend of the year – Thanksgiving weekend.

Cherry Hill Municipal Bldg, Room 208, Mercer St, Cherry Hill, NJ

Please join us in honoring Montford Point Marine, Arthur Carmichael, when he receives the Congressional Gold Medal for his historic role as one of the original Montford Point Marines.

This is the highest civilian honor for one of the trailblazing African American recruits that trained in a segregated facility at Camp Lejuene, NC between 1942-1949.

Powering through prejudice and with courage and determination, Arthur Carmichael and the other Montford Point Marines served our country with pride and unbridled patriotism. 

On June 27, 2012, the Montford Point Marines were guests of honor at a parade hosted by the Commandant of the Marine Corps at the Washington Marine Barracks and presented with Congressional Gold Medals. Of the 19,000 Montford Point Marines, only 430 are still alive and around 370 of these men attended the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The ones that could not make it to the Ceremony are having their Medals brought to them.

Help us honor this LEGEND OF THE CORPS.

** If anyone would like to go over to the Ceremony with the Legion, meet at American Legion Post 372, 1532 Martin Ave.,. Cherry Hill, NJ at 12:15pm. We will leave for the Municipal Bldg at 12:40 – any questions, email [email protected] or call 856-495-7270 **