A minor train derailment in Upper Township over the weekend blocked Tuckahoe Road in Upper Township for a couple of hours. It happened when a train that was pulling coal to the B.L. England Generating Station in Upper Township came off the tracks shortly after 2pm on Saturday. There were no injuries, and no significant…
Upper Township is prepared to spend over a half million dollars to reassess all of the properties in the community. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the township has hired a company to conduct a property revaluation throughout the community to get fair market values for properties. Mayor Richard Palombo says due to the…
Upper Township is moving forward with a plan to have its zoning board take over the duties of the planning board, and disband the planning board altogether. The reason? Not enough applications to sustain both boards. Upper Township officials believe the disbanding of the planning board could save the township approximately $1,000 per month. Committeeman…
A power outage in a section of Upper Township Monday afternoon was caused by a cement mixer hitting a utility pole. The Upper Township Gazette reports that the accident happened around 3pm Monday near Rivendell Road. Properties in the Palermo section of the township lost power for a brief time after power lines became tangled.…
The Upper Township community is mourning the weekend passing of former clerk and committeewoman Barbara Camp. Camp passed away at the age of 70 on Saturday. Camp was a longtime clerk in the Township before running for a seat on the Township Committee. Camp was the first woman to hold elected office in Upper Township.…
Upper Township businesses will gather for their second annual Community Night on Wednesday evening. The business community will meet with the public between 6-9pm at the Upper Township Primary School gymnasium. the event is free to the public with door prizes being offered by local businesses and free activities for kids.
Significant losses for the republican party in both Dennis Township and Upper Township Tuesday evening. Democrats swept both committee seats in Dennis Township, as Brian O’Conner and John Murphy were winners; Mayor Eugene Glembocki was voted out. And in Upper Township, longtime committee members Jay Newman and Curt Corson were voted out of office, replaced…
The Upper Township School District is on Facebook, but the superintendent of the district has his doubts about it. The Upper Township Gazette reports that the district has started up a Facebook page, but Superintendent Vincent Palmieri was reluctant to approve the page due to comments that can be made by parents and students. School…
There was an attempted abduction of a female student at the Upper Township Middle School this week. The Upper Township Gazette reports that a man driving a white SUV attempted to get a girl into his vehicle on Tuesday by yelling at her when she got off the school bus; the alleged incident was repeated…
The Upper Township Committee met earlier this week and decided to allocate $4,000 to pay for informal tax appeals to be handled by the tax assessor at home. The Township Committee says this process will help save the township funding as it handles a new wave of tax appeals created by the depreciation of homes…