The funeral for a well-loved EMT is being held in Cherry Hill on Wednesday. Mort Schmerling was an EMT with the Upper Township Rescue Squad for 10 years, who died while responding to a call on April 13th. The funeral service for the 61 year-old Schmerling is being held at Platts Memorial Chapels, located off Haddonfield-Berlin…
The school tax rate is going up, in Upper Township. The Upper Township Board of Education voted Monday to approve a new $38.4 million budget for the new school year, and it includes a tax increase of just under two cents. The budget was vetted during a public hearing on Monday at the Upper Township…
An Upper Township emergency medical technician has reportedly died in the line of duty. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Mort Schmerling has died; Schmerling’s death was announced by the Upper Township Rescue Squad over the weekend. Schmerling responded to an emergency on April 13th and collapsed; no further information is available.
State Police are looking for the man who stole $400 worth of frozen shrimp from the Shop Rite supermarket in Marmora earlier this month. Police say the man entered the store and stuffed bags of frozen shrimp into reusable shopping bags and then fled the store. The heist took place on April 7th. If you…
He must love to feel baby soft. A man is wanted by New Jersey State Police for stealing $300 worth of baby powder from the Shop Rite supermarket in Upper Township. Police say the man stole the product from the store on the afternoon of April 13th. Police have released a photo of the suspect…
After several months of repair work, the A.J. Meerwald has been restored again and is ready for a season of touring throughout the region. The Upper Township Gazette reports that New Jersey’s official tall ship left the dry dock in Tuckahoe and sailed to it’s home port of Bivalve, along the Delaware River. The Meerwald travels…
State Police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a vehicle in Upper Township and ripped off various forms of identification. Police say the theft occurred back on March 11th when the intruder broke a window of the car and stole various forms of identification. Police have released a photo of the suspect…
A residential structure fire in Upper Township early Monday morning caused major damage to the property. Volunteer fire crews responded to a structure fire at a two story dwelling on Sunny Lane in South Seaville early Monday morning. There are no reports yet of any injuries, or a cause of the fire.
Some major construction work will be coming to a busy portion of Roosevelt Boulevard in Upper Township next week. The County of Cape May announced that various milling and paving operations will be occurring next week in the vicinity of the ramps leading to and from the Garden State Parkway on the Boulevard. Traffic will…
Upper Township will be paying for a new municipal parking lot. The Township Committee met Monday and approved spending $121,000 on a new parking lot at its municipal building. Engineers say the water is not draining properly from the lot and work must be done to repair it.