The blaze was reportedly out before 5 p.m.

HARRISON TWP. -- Harrison Township Fire Department responded to a garage fire late in the afternoon. 

Firefighters arrived to the scene of a fire where the garage of a home on Knights Court broke out in a blaze. The two-alarm fire was reported around 4 p.m. on July 5.

The fire was out before 5 p.m.

No injuries were reported at the time and the Harrison Township Fire Department did not respond for immediate comment. 

Caitlyn Stulpin may be reached at cstulpin@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @caitstulpin. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

The organization couldn't think of a better way for the prospective Boy Scouts to perform community service while celebrating freedom.

WASHINGTON TWP. -- Pops of patriotic colors -- red, white, and blue -- weren't limited to the sky and t-shirts on Independence Day weekend.

As hundreds of families anxiously waited at the Washington Township High School campus for the yearly firework extravaganza put on by the township, Cub Scouts Pack 122 were out collecting old worn out American flags to retire at the organizations annual flag retiring ceremony in June.

According to scout leader John Colligan, the organization couldn't think of a better way for the prospective Boy Scouts to perform community service while celebrating freedom.

"It represents our country," he said, adding that the scouts are taught how to respect and treat the flag while learning to interact with others.

More than two dozen flags were collected Sunday night, adding to the 200 to 300 collected since the effort began four years ago.

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Colligan's son 10-year-old son Owen, was handing out flyers about the scouts as families set up towels and chairs to get ready for the fireworks.

"We want to do it in an honorary way," he said about collecting the flags for retirement. "People just really love America and I think the significance is that they are willing to let the flags go and retire them."

Cub Scout Justin Longo, 8, was also collecting flags and handing out flyers Sunday night. He said that collecting the flags fits well with celebrating Independence Day.

The flags will be retired during a "dignified" burning ceremony next June, John Colligan said.

Sunday's event also marked traditional outings for hundreds of area families.

Most nestled into a spot in the parking lot, on grassy space at the high school, or curbside along Hurffville-Crosskeys Road a few hours before the first firework whistled and popped. It was around 8 p.m. when most were ready for the pink and blue sky to transform into their personal outdoor theater.

Kathy Bially has been attending the township's fireworks show for the past 38 years and she wanted her children to share a bit of her childhood.

"I think we love it more than the kids," said Kathy Bially, who remembers cutting through the Ace Hardware parking lot on Greentreen Road with her father to watch the fireworks from the high school baseball field.

It's a yearly family tradition that some say brings the community together.

An air quality alert has been issued for all 21 counties in New Jersey, and an excessive heat warning is in effect for several counties.

A combination of "dangerous heat" and bad air quality expected on Wednesday has prompted a series of advisories and alerts from the National Weather Service and the state Department of Environmental Protection.

An excessive heat warning is in effect for Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties, as well as northwestern Burlington County, from 11 a.m. on Wednesday to 6 p.m. Friday.  

Nation Weather Serivce 

The National Weather Service has also issued a heat advisory for Essex County and New York City, from 1 p.m. through 8 p.m. Thursday. 

The heat and air quality alerts were issued in advance of the wave of hot and humid weather that will arrive Wednesday morning and linger into Saturday. In most parts of the Garden State, temperatures are expected to climb into the mid 90s, and the combination of heat and humidity - known as the heat index -- will make it feel like it's about 100 degrees or higher at times this week.

"Dangerous heat is expected, primarily in the late morning through the late afternoon hours," the heat alert reads. "Hot and humid conditions may lead to strain on those outdoors in the heat along with sensitive groups, such as the elderly, children and pets."

Forecasters are calling for a sunny afternoon, with highs around 94 across the state and a slight breeze. 

In addition to the NWS advisories, the state DEP has issued a code orange air-quality alert for all 21 counties in New Jersey, effective early Wednesday morning through 6 p.m. Wednesday. The alert means "air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups," such as children, the elderly and people suffering from asthma, heart disease and other lung ailments.

"The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors," the alert says.

Overnight, temperatures will dip to around 70 degrees. Patchy fog is expected in parts of the state around 3 a.m. 

It could feel like 100 for several days this week

More of the same hot and humid weather is on tap for Thursday, with a threat of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Highs will be in the mid 90s and lows around 70 degrees at night again. Rain is also possible in the evening into Friday. 

Despite the intense heat that's expected Wednesday, the mercury will be far from record territory, meteorologists said.

To match their all-time high temperature for July 6, Freehold and Marlboro would have to hit 100 degrees, Atlantic City would have to hit 102 degrees, and Newark, New Brunswick and Plainfield would have to hit 103 degrees.

Those daily records were all set in 1999 or 2010, according to climate data from the National Weather Service.

For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles in the air, check www.airnow.gov. Tips on how to avoid heat-related strokes and other heat-induced ailments can be found on this page of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management: www.ready.gov/heat. 

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The victim died a week after the crash.

WOODBURY -- A Pennsylvania man has been indicted on charges related to a fatal 2015 auto accident in Glassboro, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. 

A grand jury indicted James J. Chambers on charges of second-degree death by auto and third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

Police responded to a two-vehicle collision at Ellis Street and Higgins Drive on the evening of Dec. 15.

The drivers of both vehicles, Chambers, 61, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, and Chelsea Sinigaglio, 23, of West Berlin, were trapped in their vehicles and had to be removed by emergency responders.

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Chambers crossed the centerline and struck Sinigaglio's vehicle, according to the complaint signed against him.

Sinigaglio died of her injuries a week later at Cooper University Hospital.

The indictment alleges that Chambers was in possession of methamphetamine at the time of the crash. Police found a clear plastic bag containing a white powder believed to be crystal meth, according to the arrest report.

Matt Gray may be reached at mgray@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @MattGraySJT. Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook.

More people are identifying as nonbinary, or a gender other than strictly male or female. Experts in the LGBTQ community say nonbinary people are the next frontier in gender ID, presenting challenges unique even from transgender people. Watch video

Are you a boy or a girl?

Eily Mixson, 18, answers neither.

"I have a firm sense that I'm definitely not a girl," says Mixson, a recent high school graduate. "Having been questioned, 'Am I boy then?' I can pretty definitively say, 'No, I'm pretty sure that's not the case.'"

Z Murphy, 17, wakes up some days and binds her breasts, puts on a man's suit and adds a fake, flaccid penis in her pants. Other days, she wears a dress and make-up.

Soren Barnett, 18, gets unsettled when people use the words boy or girl. So Soren will escape to the bedroom, blast orchestra music and study French to drown out the swirling thoughts. 

All three identify as nonbinary, or a gender other than strictly male or female. And all three might change how they identify from day to day, or even moment to moment.

More commonly, they might be called "genderqueer," "agender" or "gender fluid." Whereas transgender people typically identify differently than their assigned gender at birth, nonbinary people often are not concrete.

That also makes identifying them tricky. Some prefer gender neutral pronouns such as "they, them" or "ze, zir." Others are okay with "he, she."

To experts in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer community, nonbinary people are the next frontier in human gender identification -- so new that some struggle to fully understand what's happening.

"This is challenging our ideas of biological sex and issues of gender," says Michael LaSala, an associate professor at Rutgers University who specializes in LGBTQ research. "Everything (for so long has been) divided by pink and blue. We don't quite know what to do as a society with the idea that not everybody falls into those categories."

The emergence of this group comes at an interesting time. As the nation wrestles over transgender bathroom rights and overall acceptance of the group, how will the debate over nonbinary people play out? How might it impact the nation's long-held notions of gender identity? And will it complicate strides being made for gay and transgender rights because the nonbinary movement can be so confounding?

"We've become comfortable with our idea that, 'This person's a man, this person's a woman,'" LaSala says. "When you start talking about people who desire to straddle those differences, it starts to blow people's minds."

Now, those long-held gender notions are being challenged in potentially groundbreaking ways.

"I do feel that I have a gender," Eily says. "I just have not found a word to articulate it yet."

Soren Barnett, 18, gets dressed at home in Montgomery. (Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

'I GO BY ALL PRONOUNS'

Z Murphy tries describing her gender on a recent Saturday during a stop at a deli in Highland Park. But her girlfriend at the time, Kristen Medina, keeps playfully interrupting.

"I am ..." Z begins.

"A trainwreck," Kristen cuts in, grinning.

The table erupts in laughter. Then Rob DiGioia, a friend sharing lunch, tries to steer the conversation back on track.

"Stop it!" he says. "Let him talk."

The pronoun "him" doesn't bother Z, who was assigned female at birth but now identifies as gender fluid. That means she floats between genders depending on how she feels that morning, that day or that moment.

"I go by all pronouns," Z says. "He, she, they, them, your majesty."

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On this afternoon, Z, who just finished her junior year at Highland Park High, has her hair blown out in a Diana Ross afro. A silver hoop hangs from the bottom of her nose, and she's wearing a frayed Bob Marley tank top and black tights. She seems to be presenting female, even though it's not necessarily her intention.

"I don't really know how to explain when I feel like doing so-and-so; it just happens," Z says. "I'll wake up and I'll want to wear a dress. I'll wake up and I'll want to wear a men's jersey. Like, there aren't really any rules and I'm comfortable with that."

Her journey has carved a jagged path.

As a child, Z loved dresses and asked to be called "princess." But then she would take the role of husband when playing house. By age 10, she says she stopped wearing dresses, instead favoring oversized jeans, T-shirts and hoodies. Soon, she was telling her mom she felt masculine. Z then started binding and packing and asking her mom to call her "child" or "kid," not "daughter."

At one point, Z thought maybe she was a transgender boy.

"Personally, I was having a lot of difficulty with the idea that she might be a trans boy," says Z's mom, Pandora Scooter.

"But my main message to her was that no matter where she landed on the gender spectrum, I loved her no matter what."

When she was 14, Z says she went to Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp in Connecticut and met two biological females who wore their hair short with shorts one day, then dresses and makeup the next.

"I asked them, 'Why are you wearing dresses?'" Z remembers. "And they said, 'Because we're gender fluid and we can wear whatever we want.'"

Something clicked.

Z came home and began presenting both masculine and feminine, and she now identifies sexually as "pansexual," which means she's attracted to people of any sex or gender. The labels may sound confusing, but friends say they mean nothing when they're hanging out.

"I'm dating a person," says Kristen, Z's girlfriend at the time. "I say 'girlfriend' to simplify it for others more than anything. But when I think of Z, I don't think, 'Oh, my girlfriend' and I don't think, 'Oh, my boyfriend.' I just think, 'Z.'"

Z Murphy, 17, prepares for her girlfriend's prom. (Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

'IS THERE SUCH THING AS THAT?'

The gender binary begins at birth when a baby is immediately assigned as male or female. Often, it happens even earlier with an ultrasound and then gender reveal parties.

But the emergence of nonbinary and similarly identifying people has gained enough momentum in the past several years to challenge those norms, says Corrine O'Hara, a long-time LGBTQ youth advocate in New Jersey.

About 13 percent of transgender and gender nonconforming people surveyed in 2012 said they didn't identify as either male/man or female/woman, according to the National LGBTQ Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality. And 20 percent of the 6,434 participants said they identified part time as one gender, part time as another.

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Similarly, a 2013 national survey of LGBTQ students ages 13 to 21 found 11 percent identify as genderqueer, while 4 percent selected "another gender," such as agender or gender fluid. The study, conducted by GLSEN, one of the nation's leading LGBTQ organizations, was the first by the group to include genderqueer as an option.

More people are identifying under the nonbinary umbrella because of the growing acceptance and understanding of LGBTQ issues, says Jill Marcellus, director of communications for the Transgender Law Center in Oakland, Calif. The sheer fame of Olympic champion and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner, who came out as a trans woman in 2015, has helped educate.

"We're in a place where more people are feeling able to come out and talk about how their identities don't fit in the typical boxes that folks associate with gender," Marcellus says. "We've seen an increase in people feeling they're able to live as their authentic selves."

That poses a challenge for everyone from governments and private employers to schools and hospitals. For years, transgender people have been pushing for rights to more easily change their genders on licenses and birth certificates and have equal bathroom access. But what about people who don't want to identify as either male or female? Or people who want to identify as both?

"It's new -- that's why people are confused and it's not discussed as normal compared to transgender," says Jackie Baras, co-facilitator of a transgender family support group at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerset. "Even us, even in the community, we're kind of like, 'Really? Is there such thing as that?'"

The bathroom issue is popping up in school districts across New Jersey, and nonbinary people are presenting their own unique challenges since some may be comfortable using both the "girls" or "boys" room. Sue Henderson, a guidance counselor at Ocean Township High, said her school offers bathrooms in the nurses office and another single stall as gender neutral options for transgender or nonbinary students.

Meanwhile, Eily most often uses the "girls" bathroom at school or in public because that's the gender others often perceive her to be, and Z also uses the "girls" room most often mainly out of convenience. Soren tries to use single stall bathrooms at school that are considered more gender neutral, and said using the "girls" room can be particularly difficult.

"Using the women's rooms is pretty awful because those who don't know me give me strange looks and think they're in the wrong bathroom," Soren says. "(It) just makes me uncomfortable and again aware of gender."

Z Murphy,17, identifies as nonbinary, a gender other than strictly male or female. (Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

'A MESS IN MY HEAD'

Soren, who prefers gender neutral pronouns such as "they, them," tends to be analytical, so exploring gender identity can be mentally exhausting.

"The not knowing is sometimes very uncomfortable," Soren says. "It's just such a mess in my head."

Assigned female at birth and given the name "Sarah," Soren does a double take when someone refers to Soren and other students together as "girls." Catching a glimpse of breasts before stepping into the shower is confusing "because I just forget they're there," Soren says.

Soren then will consider identifying as male, "but my brain immediately goes to the arch-type, the macho male, and I'm like, 'No, I'm not that.'"

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Soren recently graduated as an A student at Montgomery High in Somerset County and calls homework a "coping mechanism." It's complicated enough being a teenager, and wrestling with gender only adds to Soren's angst.

"I don't really know what it means to be male or female," says Soren, who will attend Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. this fall.

Eily can relate.

Also an A student, Eily came across the notion that gender is not binary while visiting an online forum for young novel writers six years ago.

The threads were divided into posts for boys and girls, and Eily questioned why there needed to be a distinction. That's when another poster wrote that there are people who don't identify as either boys or girls.

"That was a defining moment because I knew then," says Eily, who was assigned female at birth. "I was like, 'That's what I am.' Everything made sense."

Eily, who says ze wants to study neuroscience or "something to do with thinking and the brain" next year at Williams College in Massachusetts, often analyzes the idea of gender. When it comes to feeling masculine or feminine, Eily says ze doesn't feel like either.

Teens and experts say the nonbinary movement is not a fad, and that it could be one step in a journey toward ultimately identifying as one gender or the other. Others will go their entire lives under the nonbinary umbrella.

"I still don't have an exact word for what I feel," Eily says. "I've sort of used the umbrella term mostly because I know I fit into that umbrella, but it's hard to pinpoint where.

 

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The Gloucester County man was indicted on theft and forgery charges last week.

WOODBURY -- A Gloucester County man has been indicted on charges he stole more than $75,000 from his grandmother.

Victor F. Anderson, 28, of Mullica Hill, allegedly told his grandmother she was out of money and needed to cash in certificates of deposit to pay her household bills and property taxes, according to the complaint signed against him.

He also forged his grandmother's name on checks and cashed them at M&T Bank.

Authorities alleged he cashed the checks and certificates of deposit and used that money to buy heroin.

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Anderson was indicted last week on charges including second-degree failure to make lawful disposition of more than $75,000, second-degree theft by unlawful taking and third-degree forgery.

The alleged thefts occurred between June 2015 and March 2016, according to the indictment.

The matter was referred to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office Elder Protection Unit, which began an investigation in cooperation with Mantua Police.

Anderson was jailed on $50,000 bail at the time of his arrest in March.

Matt Gray may be reached at mgray@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @MattGraySJT. Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook.

Through the help of a $50,000 grant researchers are working to eliminate post-joint replacement surgery infections.

GLASSBORO -- In a lab located in the engineering building of Rowan University, a team of researchers gather around a 3D printer. The team watches as the printer finishes up its latest job, leaving a knob of plastic behind.

But this isn't just any piece of plastic. It's an FDA-approved piece of plastic that could one day be a knee replacement capable of releasing medicine to fight off infections in someone's leg.

The driving force behind this project are the thousands of patients who rely on medical technology to replace their aging joints, but succumb to additional surgery to treat post-op infections.

This tedious process -- in which a patient's new joint is removed and temporarily replaced with a bone cement that's loaded with antibiotics -- is one that can be improved, according to Dr. Schivakumar Ranganathan, an assistant professor at Rowan University.

Back at his lab in Rowan Hall in Glassboro, Ranganathan holds up a traditional knee replacement piece. 

"This metal piece, right here, this is just here. It's just a piece of metal" he said. "It doesn't do anything, it's passive. We want to make it smarter, want it to do more."

Since last summer,  Ranganathan and his team --  consisting of Jill Sharkey, a member of Rowan University's class of 2017, and Ridwan Murshed, a Rowan grad student from Bangladesh -- have been working to develop new pieces that would administer controlled antibiotics into the body and prevent the need to open up patients a second or third time.

"There's a real need for it," said Sharkey. "When I got the chance to step up a be a part of this project I knew it would be a great experience because this could be a really big deal for joint replacements." 

Thanks to a $50,000 innovation grant from the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) and The Nicholson Foundation, the team has been using a 3D printer in the lab to develop the replacement pieces using natural materials that are biocompatible.  

"The printer is pretty cool," said Murshed. "It's programed through the computers. We can decide the shapes, designs, temperature, and all of the details of what we want to print and set it up through the computer."

Depending on the intricacy of the parts being printed, the pieces can take anywhere from five to 16 hours to print. Although the process is slow, the pieces are being made with a built-in drug delivery system that can be tailored to each patients needs.  

"3D printing is a very exciting concept," said George Heinrich, vice chair and chief executive officer for the New Jersey Health Foundation. "This type of work allows for very fine structures that match patients exact needs. There's a very significant infection rate and to avoid that would be such a significant achievement." 

The team is collaborating closely with Dr. Tae Won Kim, a practicing orthopedic surgeon and instructor of orthopedics at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. 

"By 2020, the market for post-joint replacement infections is going to be a billion-dollar market," said Ranganathan. "If we are successful, our device will provide a new and improved drug delivery system and personalized implants that can more efficiently treat these infections and improve the patient care all around."

Caitlyn Stulpin may be reached at cstulpin@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @caitstulpin. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

Ending a reciprocal agreement could hit South Jersey residents who work in Philadelphia with a higher income-tax bill.

South Jersey elected officials should make a strong stand against a broadside from Gov. Chris Christie that could force thousands of people who live in New Jersey but work in Pennsylvania to pay hundreds of dollars more in income taxes.

When the governor OK'd the no-drama 2016-2017 state budget in the late hours of June 30, he also signed an executive order directing state officials to examine ending a 38-year-old reciprocal agreement allowing state-to-state commuters to pay income taxes only to their home state.

The practical effect for middle-class New Jerseyans working in Philadelphia or surrounding Pa. counties is that they pay lower New Jersey income taxes instead of Pennsylvania's flat 3.07 percent tax. With New Jersey's graduated tax, rates start at 1.4 percent on the first $20,000, and climb to 8.97 percent for any income above $500,000. 

A Jersey resident who makes a tenth of that $500,000 figure -- $50,000 -- has an effective New Jersey tax rate of just 2.54 percent. Lose the agreement, and commuting workers could have to pay some income taxes to both states. A former state treasurer estimates that New Jersey would gain $180 million in revenue, mostly from high-wage Pennsylvania-to-New Jersey reverse commuters.

No wonder several New Jersey administrations have looked at axing the reciprocal agreement. State officials salivate at more income tax receipts from thousands of the well-paid who live in Bucks County, Pa., but work in the Garden State. 

Thus, Christie's proposal strikes fear not just in the hearts of South Jersey- Philadelphia commuters, but among the executive class working in the medical, financial, etc., offices along the U.S. Route 1 corridor. 

Here's the rub, though: Kill the reciprocal, and the Pennsylvania families still escape the extraordinarily high local property taxes they'd be assessed if their mini-mansions were in New Jersey. Modest split-level owners in Washington and Gloucester townships who commute over the Walt Whitman Bridge enjoy no such property tax benefit, and could see their income taxes rise significantly.

The last governor to make a serious run at killing the reciprocal was Jim McGreevey. In 2002, he ran into a wall of over-our-dead-bodies criticism from South Jersey lawmakers. Christie's new gambit has met with disturbingly tepid reaction. Although he didn't endorse the idea, state Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he'd consider the exit plan if it didn't hurt New Jersey residents.

Folks, you need to get worked up about this like you did 14 years ago.

The plan could be a Christie bargaining chip. Sweeney -- whose South Jersey constituents have the most to lose -- has been holding up a Christie-backed plan to reduce general sales taxes in exchange for a 23-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax boost.

Just in case it's not leverage, but added levies, that Christie desires, tell him this: Don't inflict collateral damage on the middle class in Gloucester, Camden and Burlington counties just so New Jersey can wring a few more dollars from wealthier folk who make that Yardley-to-West Windsor trek every morning.

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Dairy producers can enroll now for coverage best suited for their operation

WOODSTOWN -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in New Jersey has announced that dairy producers can enroll for 2017 coverage in the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) starting July 1. The voluntary program, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, provides financial assistance to participating dairy producers when the margin - the difference between the price of milk and feed costs - falls below the coverage level selected by the producer. 

The Margin Protection Program gives participating dairy producers the flexibility to select coverage levels best suited for their operation. Enrollment begins July 1 and ends on Sept. 30, 2016, for coverage in calendar year 2017. Participating farmers will remain in the program through 2018 and pay a minimum $100 administrative fee each year. Producers have the option of selecting a different coverage level during open enrollment each year.    

USDA has a web tool to help producers determine the level of coverage under the Margin Protection Program that will provide them with the strongest safety net under a variety of conditions. The online resource, available at www.fsa.usda.gov/mpptool, allows dairy farmers to quickly and easily combine unique operation data and other key variables to calculate their coverage needs based on price projections. Producers can also review historical data or estimate future coverage needs, based on data projections. The secure site can be accessed via computer, Smartphone or tablet 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To complete enrollment, producers must make coverage elections during the enrollment period and pay the annual $100 administrative fee that provides basic catastrophic protection that covers 90 percent of milk production at a $4 margin coverage level. For additional premiums, operations can protect 25 to 90 percent of production history with margin coverage levels from $4.50 to $8, in 50 cent increments. Once enrolled, dairy operations are required to participate through 2018 by making coverage elections each year. Producers can mail the appropriate form to the producer's administrative county FSA office, along with applicable fees without necessitating a trip to the local FSA office. If electing higher coverage for 2017, dairy producers can either pay the premium in full at the time of enrollment or pay 100 percent of the premium by Sept. 1, 2017. Premium fees may be paid directly to FSA or producers can work with their milk handlers to remit premiums on their behalf.

Also beginning July 1, FSA will begin accepting applications for intergenerational transfers, allowing program participants who added an adult child, grandchild or spouse to the operation during calendar year 2014 or 2015, or between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2016, to increase production history by the new cows bought into the operation by the new family members. For intergenerational transfers occurring on or after July 1, 2016, notification to FSA must be made within 60 days of purchasing the additional cows.

Dairy operations enrolling in the new program must meet conservation compliance provisions and cannot participate in the Livestock Gross Margin Dairy Insurance Program. 

For more information, visit FSA online at www.fsa.usda.gov/dairy or stop by the local Farm Service Agency for Salem and Gloucester Counties County, 51 Cheney Road, Woodstown, 856-769-1126 to learn more about the Margin Protection Program. 

This item submitted by the Farm Service Agency, Woodstown.

S. Petresky writes that he's unable to open his windows because of the open-pit cooking fires.

To the Editor:

I have two neighbors who are obsessed with building smoky fires in their fire pits for barbecuing most evenings. 

On a rare cool evening in South Jersey, I would love to open all my windows and air out my stale, air-conditioned house. Because of the smoke-loving neighbors, I am unable to do this.  

Why someone would like to build fires and sit around them in 80-to 90-degree weather escapes me. Propane-powered fire pits are available as an alternative. Using them would solve two problems: satisfying the pit users' fascination with fire, and providing a non-stinky neighborhood for the rest of us.  

Hopefully, my neighbors will read this and do the right thing.

S. Petresky

Pennsville

Wrong to shut down Salem Co. boat ramp

To the Editor:

The concept of "utilitarian ethics" implies that the common good should be foremost in decisions affecting large numbers of individuals, as opposed to one individual getting his or her way over the majority. 

Apparently, this is not the case with the public-access boat launching ramp on Sinnickson Landing Road on the Salem River in Elsinboro Township.

Superior Court Judge Anne McDonnell, sitting in Gloucester County, recently ruled in favor of a petitioner who lives across from the ramp and claimed that its use, especially after designated hours, was a nuisance and adversely affected his quality of life. (McDonnell did not order the ramp closed, but its owner, PSEG Nuclear, chose to close it indefinitely because the judge ruled that more supervision is needed at the site.)

Keep in mind that the ramp has served hundreds of boaters every season. The U.S. Coast Guard also launched its small craft at this location, along with municipal fire departments when called upon to respond to emergencies occurring on the Salem and Delaware rivers. 

The ramp has also served as relief for overcrowded conditions that occur at other boat ramps within 10 miles of the Elsinboro ramp. Let's not forget that the ramp is rarely utilized between October and the beginning of May, and is supposed be to closed via a gate at 9 p.m. 

Access to the ramp was provided through the generosity of PSEG. 

But none of his matters. A judge listening to one lawyer and one squeaky wheel felt that she knew what is best for the many.

It's time to take our country back.

Robert Lanard

Salem

More excuses for the rich in Clinton email saga

To the Editor:

The FBI just recommended that no charges be filed against Hillary Clinton for using non-secure, private email servers to send and receive thousands of confidential and secret messages -- and some classified ones -- while she was secretary of state.

Does this also mean that any other individuals who were disciplined or fired for a similar single mistake can receive forgiveness and/or get their jobs back? 

Nothing has changed. The rich could get away with murder, and now they can send secret information over open email servers.

Larry Lueder

Mantua Township

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Fourth quarter for the 2015-2016 school year

 

Clearview Regional Middle School announces the names of 7th and 8th grade students who made the Superintendent's List and Honor Roll for the fourth marking period of the 2015-16 school year.

Grade 8 - Superintendent's List - Paige Bathurst, Leah Bocchicchio, Kyra Borodin, Julia Bridges, Elizabeth Brooks, Vito Canuso, Jack Cassidy, Jake Cheesman, Genevieve Conlon, Emily Cooney, Alexander Daly, Tara Dole, Kevin Donahue, Jyllian Engelhardt, Madeeha Fatima, Marissa Fazio, Vincent Fedoryka, Thomas Flear, Johnni Frankowski, Samantha Gallagher, Mary Gambill, Miranda Gardina, Kayla Geulen, Sophia Gill, Abigail Gilman, Alexander Gioia, Ava Graham, Tyger Haines, Gabrielle Hertlein, Jonathan Hubbard, Hanna Iqbal, Brooke Lenggenhager, Brandon Lottes, Nicolette Manzella, Christopher Matarazzo, Julia McCarthy, Sarah McGrath, Raymond Milavsky, Samuel Millard, Ashley Miller, Spencer Mokris, Alana Morales, Mason Mosley, Alexius Quinn,  Emma Redmond, Sage Riso, James Roberto, Shannon Sori, Julia Soukup, Zoe Stetser, Nicholas Talvacchia, Jonathan Teiper, Maryann Vazhapilly, Hailey Verrelle, Peyton Walsh, Emily Wampler, Evan Wax, Claire Wells, Jordyn White, Ryan Wienckoski, Katherine Wilkinson, Julia Wright, and Morgan Yearicks.

Grade 8 - Honor Roll - John Accorsi, Robert Albertson, Sean Allen, Karly Amato, Rosaria Amato, Michael Ancona, Theo Bachman, Morgan Baker, Thomas Bell, William Bell, Adrianna Benn, Jason Bilderback, Jared Boerner, Alexis Bruno, Julianna Bush, Paige Campbell, Emma Capriotti, Brady Carlson, Stephen Casey, Jason Cheng, Amy Chowning, Michael Chudy, Jordan Collier, James Conway, William Conway, Carly Coppolino, Jenna Coppolino, Rachel Corbin, Ava Cortese, Katherine Cowen, Jacob Cubbler, McKenna Dalfonso, Brooke DeMarco, Joshua Diggons, Madison DiPrima, Emily Duffey, Emily Edwards, Zion Fearon, Caroline Ferguson, Rachel Fernandes, Christian Fiordaliso, Amelia Fish, Rachael Flax, Rachel Flynn, Hayden Fowler and Fiona Fredericksdorf.

Also, Isabella Fredericksdorf, Olivia Frew, Lily Fuchs, Ryan Gadomski, Josephine Galante, Carlin Gawronski, Connor Glavin, Michael Glaze, Zackary Gonserkevis, Allie Grabowski, Gerardo Gramaglia, Lauren Gruman, Aryana Hall, Joseph Hart, Jackson Heilig, Kendall Hendricks, Ethan Hickson, Zachary Hoy, Caitlin Humble, John Iannelli, Dylan Jacobson, Annabelle James, Darla James, Cally Justice, Mankaran Kaur, Hannah Keane, Olivia Kedziora, Mia Kehnast, Anthony Keller, Avery Kimber, Justin Klein, Abbey Knight, Amanda Koneful, Caroline Kubiak, Christopher LoCastro, Hunter Logan, Victoria Loughran, Pierce Love, Shane Luczak, Marley Magee, Hayley Malaby, Brielle Manzo, Olivia Marchei, Kayleigh Mariner, John Marion, Angelica McAlpin, Michael McCarty, Andie McEvoy, Madison McKnight, Robert McNair, Brenden McSorley, and Alexandria Miller.

Also, Ethan Miller, Hope Miller, Gracie Mills, Marc Molinari, Justin Murphy, Ashley Muscarella, Dawson Nailor, Mark Newman, Samantha Niedbalski, Samuel Novick, GiAnna Olsen, Caelah Palumbo, Jasmine Parker, Gianna Pelosi, Roman Perez, Nicholas Piccioni, Vincent Popejoy, Daniel Porter, Nicholas Rector, Joseph Reiling, Aaron Reynolds, Helena Reynolds, Heike Richardson, James Robinson, Andrew Ruehlicke, Peter Sanders, Hunter Schwartz, Julia Sennett, James Sharkey, James Snyder, Abraham Soto, Andrew Stanton, Bella Steidle, Hailey Tabar, Madison Talley, Arianna Taormina, Benjamin Taylor, Garrett Thorn, Hunter Thurston, Kaitlyn Tran, William Voll, Anna Voltaggio, Matthew Wakeley, Jacqueline Wardrop, Hunter Weiss, Sebastian Wentz, Eric Wesnofske, Ian Wilkinson, Colin Wingate, Michael Wooding, Megan Yearicks, and Nicholas Zane.

Grade 7 - Superintendent's List - Aiden Aiello, Sonali Bahal, David Bauer, Jordan Beckman, Amelia Biermann, Derek Boerner, Timothy Bonaventure, Jessica Bosch, Jenna Brodnyan, David Bui, Katherine Byrne, Rebecca Casper, Caragh Cassidy, Connor Cassidy, John Chinchillo, Mackenzie Clement, Faith Crossan, Katelyn Danner, Meghan Decker, Porchia DelPiano, Ella DeVoe, Annalyse Dickinson, Jasmine Dickson, Deana Dilchand, Frances DiPietro, Devon DiVerniero, Ashley Dorwart, Madeline Dunsmore, Kiara Eliasen, Devon Ellixson, Michael Field, Rory Filinuk, Avery Fohring, Brayden Foster, Wade Froio, Blaine Galella, Haley Gallagher, Sophia Gambill, Julia Gehring, Hunter Geitz, John Giovnco, Celea Goodrich, Dolores Gramenzi, Ava Grelli, and Kirsten Gurlin.

Also, Jennifer Jacko, Kayla Jenzano, Lindsey Johanson, Shannon Jordan, Hannah Kaestner, Shaun Keeley, George Kniaz, John Koza, Martin Lacsamana, Allison LaSala, Jennifer Lee, Ariella Libero, Krystal Liu, Ellie LoPresti, Matthew Lynch, Caden MacHenry, Samantha Mallett, Joseph Martinelli, Hailey Maurer, Brody McKenzie, Delanie Meenan, Evelyn Milavsky, Juliana Minniti, Jared Morgan, Mackenzie Moyer, Sarah Mullen, Zayd Narvel,  Jake Nole, Alexandria Palumbo, Daniel Paolello, Maeve Porter, Melissa Pratt, Craig Radomicki, Bailey Robson, Hailey Russo, Keanan Sagarino, Hailey Salerno, Emma Sawyer, Ariana Sharkey, Mia Shute, Emerson Sinnett, Danielle Smith, Ishareet Sohal, Alexa Stronski, Daniel Sweeney, Grace Trovato, David Venuti, Elizabeth Vu, Brenna Verrichia, Ty Williams, Maria Wills, Sabrina Yeung, Tiffany Yeung, and Cecilia Young.

Grade 7 - Honor Roll - Nada Abdelkarim, Amelia Alacqua, Gabriella Amadei,  Caleb Amadoro, Julie Anderson, Amiri Atkins, Sage Bajewicz, Eric Baldwin, Michael Beske-Somers, Katelyn Boysen, Tyler Bramblett, Brandi Briggs, Gabrielle Bright, Giavonna Bright, Justin Brown, Reese Burbank,  Sophia Cannon, Paulina Casper, Chloe Cassidy, Vivian Cheng, Victor Chiang, Jason Cho, Christopher Cipparone, Emileigh Cloak, Jarrett Craig, Rose Davis, Justin DeCant, Nevaeh Deichert, Olivia Denson, Justin DiCriscio, Dominic DiGenni, Tanner Dodge, Kylie Donahue, Olivia Dunfee, Aseef Durrani, Elizabeth Eastlack, Jason Eisen, Michael Falcone, Serafina Fox, Laura Freshcoln, Abigail Gehringer, Molly Green, Benjamin Harrison, Victoria Hawks, Lauren Hoolahan, Bailey Horner, Kylee Hynes, Joseph Iaccio, Michael Insana, Brynn Karolyi, Philip Kawalec, and Luke Keegan.

Also, Anna Kilpatrick, Karlie Kraus, Aidan Lenz, Nicholas Liloia, Olivia Logan, Shaili Lotia, Katie Maccarella, Nicholas Maciocha, Antonio Manzella, Luca Marinucci,  Jenna Milano, Amani Millonde, Kayla Mills, Jacqueine Monzo, Jonathan Nam, Brooke Neilio, Allison Nguyen, Ryan Norris, Angelina O'Donnell, Salima Oumar-Mahamat, Yana Patel, Dominic Pellecchia, Colby Pennington,   Melissa Pratt, Halle Puthe, Jianna Quinones, McKayla Reilly, Joseph Resto, Devin Roberts, Alexander Roshko, Savanna Schaekel, Cody Scully, Bhuvi Sethi, Hannah Sheffield, Victoria Shur, Jessica Slotter, Erin Snyder, Aaron Spuhler, Isabella Strachan, Sydney Strauss, Evan Taylor, Michael Taylor, Emma Teiper, Sophia Testa, Nicole Thomas, Jaiden Tillis, Ryan Toppin, Helanina Toth, Angelina Trazzera, John Truitt, Julliana Tyler, Casey Urbaczewski, Abigail Vesey, Marissa Weaver, Mason Weiss, Francis Welsh, Bridget Wherrity, Olivia Wilkinson, Sarah, Willis, and Gabrielle Wright.

This item submitted by Clearview Regional Middle School.

Performances scheduled for July 15 through Aug. 7

PITMAN -- Max Bialystock, a struggling producer, and Leo Bloom, an accountant at a dead-end job, have found the perfect plan to become rich - or so they thought. With the idea that "under the right circumstances, a producer could actually make more money with a flop than he can with a hit," the duo set out to find the absolute worst musical ever written. Pair that musical together with the worst director in town and the show is sure to close on opening night! The two can keep the investors' money and escape to Rio - if all goes "terrible," that is.

Featuring toe-tapping numbers "I Wanna Be a Producer," "Keep it Gay," "You Never Say 'Good Luck' on Opening Night," "Where Did We Go Right?" and "'Til Him."

"The Producers" is a laugh-out-loud musical you won't want to miss! Come see Bialystock and Bloom's theatrical disaster that takes a turn for the better at the Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

The performance schedule is as follows:

• Friday, July 15 - 8 p.m.
• Saturday, July 16 - 8 p.m.
• Sunday, July 17 - 2 p.m.
• Friday, July 22 - 8 p.m.
• Saturday, July 23 - 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
• Sunday, July 24 - 2 p.m.
• Friday, July 29 - 8 p.m.
• Saturday, July 30 - 8 p.m.
• Sunday, July 31 - 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
• Friday, August 5 - 8 p.m.
• Saturday, August 6 - 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
• Sunday, August 7 - 2 p.m.

 Reserved seating is currently available for $28. Contact the Theater Box Office at pitmanbroadwaytheatre.com or call 856-384-8381 to guarantee your seat today!

The Broadway Theatre of Pitman is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Having undergone major renovations in 2006, the theater is now restored to its original splendor.

This item submitted by Broadway Theatre.

Wawa representatives are meeting with the Mantua planning board later this month.

MANTUA TWP. -- Wawa is looking to take over the property where Clancy's Pub sits to put up their next superstore, according to a report from the Courier Post. 

Ted Bamford, Mantua's director of planning, zoning and code enforcement told the Courier Post that Wawa representatives will be discussing plans for a new store and gas station at the Woodbury-Glassboro Road location with the township's planning board on July 19.

The building that currently houses the bar and restaurant will have to be torn down in order for Wawa to take over the space, the report continued. The owners of Clancy's would look to relocate within the area, the Courier Post said. 

Management at both Wawa and Clancy's did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 

Caitlyn Stulpin may be reached at cstulpin@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @caitstulpin. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

This was the team's first year of participation

On June 16, Clearview Regional High School's Students in Action team won the Silver Medal in the National Students in Action network, which took place in Washington D.C. The team from Clearview took second place in the country in their first year of participation.

Competition team members included: Mikayla Perez, Andrew String, Maddie Avelone, Abby Cianciulli, Ameira Brown, Pierce Burgin, Sonja Hegel, Dana DeVito. Advisers: Jennifer Satterfield, and Jessica Datz.

Outstanding leaders in community service including programs such as Clearview's partnership with AWAKEN Kibera, Hoagies for Hope project, Pack The Bus project, and the implementation of the district food pantry, among others.

The Jefferson Awards are a prestigious national recognition system honoring community and public volunteerism in America. It was created in 1972 by the American Institute for Public Service (Robert Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Sam Beard). The Jefferson Awards are given at both national and local levels. Local winners are ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition. Local winners come from national networks of "Media Partners" and "Corporate Champions," and from the associated "Students In Action", Lead360 and GlobeChangers programs.

GSCSNJ float will commemorate Girl Scouts 'Building a Better World'

CHERRY HILL -- Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey (GSCSNJ) announces that the first Girl Scout-themed float --and the first by Girl Scouts of the USA -- will be joining the 90th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 24.

On the float, giant 3-D puzzle pieces of a globe, representing "building a better world." This theme, prevalent throughout the float, reflects what Girl Scouts, past and present, have done and continue to do as they take action to address issues in their local communities and around the globe. In addition, the contemporary float design nods to the organization's century of traditions, but highlights what today's Girl Scouts embrace -- discovering new things, participating in outdoor adventures, exploring science, technology, engineering, and math, creating positive change in the world, and taking the lead.

On Thanksgiving Day, an audience of over 50 million will see a float that unmistakably conveys "Girl Scouts," including two dozen Girl Scout badges representing everything from STEM and the outdoors to financial literacy and entrepreneurship, as well as a Gold Award symbol that celebrates this year's centennial of Girl Scouts' highest award. The Girl Scout-themed float, highlighting girls as an important resource capable of making great change to benefit our nation and beyond, showcases the organization's focus on empowering girls to take the lead and explore fun, new things.

The 90th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade airs nationwide on NBC-TV, Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon, in all time zones. For more information on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, visit macys.com/parade.

If you're interested in learning more about Girl Scouts -- joining, volunteering, or donating -- visit www.girlscouts.org/join.

This item submitted by the Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey,

No deaths have been reported, but city police aren't waiting to take action.

BURLINGTON CITY -- City police are ramping up patrols and increasing cooperation with outside law enforcement agencies following a marked increase in shootings in the city.

In the third incident in as many weeks, a 25-year-old man was shot in the leg and wrist early Wednesday morning on the 200 block of Jones Avenue.

The city resident, who was treated at Cooper University Hospital in Camden and later released, became the fifth victim of gun violence in the city in less than a month, following two other shooting incidents on June 19 and 21.

Three teens sustained minor injuries in the June 19 incident, and a 34-year-old man city man was hospitalized after he was shot following a dispute in the early morning hours of June 21.

Wednesday morning's shooting occurred at about 4:10 a.m. A stray bullet nearly struck an adult sleeping in the front room of a nearby residence, where a child was also sleeping in the rear bedroom of the home.

"This is definitely alarming," said police Capt. John Fine.

The number of shooting incidents are out of the ordinary for the city -- which saw a total of four gun-related assaults in all of 2015 according to the most recent Uniform Crime Reporting statistics -- and has spurred the department to put more officers on the street and reach out to other local, county and state agencies to get to the root of the issue.

So far, city police have requested the help of NJ State Police for additional patrols in the New Yorkshire neighborhood, increased officer overtime and connected with neighboring municipalities including Burlington and Florence townships to heighten patrol efforts and compare notes.

"There's a lot of interdepartmental and interagency cooperation and communication to try and piece this all together," said Fine.

Police are focusing on whether or not the June 19 shooting -- in which three teens hanging out near the playground at Mitchell and Linden avenues were shot by individuals at a nearby car dealership -- and the Wednesday morning shooting were part of an ongoing feud between rival gangs.

They believe the June 21 shooting on the 500 block of York Street was an isolated event. A 21-year-old city man, Isaiah Sykes, was arrested two days later and charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with the incident. He remains in Burlington County Jail in lieu of $300,500 bail.

No arrests have been made in the June 19 or Wednesday morning shooting.

Nearby Willingboro Township has seen a significant increase in gun-related incidents as well.

Since June 1, township police reported four separate incidents in which homes or vehicles were struck by gunfire, but no injuries were reported.

Two other shootings left multiple individuals with non-life threatening injuries. A June 21 shooting at a house party injured four, including a 12-year-old girl, and two 25-year-old men sustained gunshot wounds to the legs Sunday morning at about 2 a.m. following a shooting in the Somerset Park neighborhood.

"It's not just Burlington City, it's all over now," said Fine. "Everybody sees this as an alarming increase of these kinds of firearm incidents ... Fortunately nobody has died, but we don't want to wait until that point."

Anyone with information about the Wednesday morning shooting is asked to contact Burlington City Police Department Det. Jamie Lambing at 609-386-0262 ext. 270, leave a confidential etip at burlingtonpolicenj.com, or send a message to the department through its Facebook page. All messages sent to police will remain confidential.

Anyone with information regarding the Willingboro Township shootings is also asked to contact its police department at 609-877-3001 or its citizen tip line at 609-877-6958.

Michelle Caffrey may be reached at mcaffrey@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @ShellyCaffrey. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

Police said the motorcycle collided with the front end of car as it made a left turn off Route 73.

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP -- A 21-year-old man was killed when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a car on Route 73 in the township Sunday evening. 

Police said Joshua Brown, of Williamstown, was heading north on the roadway on a Suzuki motorcycle when he struck the front end of a 2001 Acura sedan that was turning left from the southbound lane of Route 73 onto Westbury Drive. 

The driver of the Acura, 43-year-old Rafael Vazquez of Philadelphia, was uninjured. Brown was ejected from the motorcycle, which then went off the roadway, broke into pieces and collided with a tree. 

After 3 shootings in 3 weeks, city police ramp up patrols

A battery from the motorcycle struck a southbound 2011 Jeep driven by a 75-year-old Milmay man, who was not injured. 

Authorities shut down both lanes of the roadway for about six hours as they investigated the cause of the crash. No charges have been filed as the investigation continues. 

Michelle Caffrey may be reached at mcaffrey@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @ShellyCaffrey. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

Ted and Lorraine Kiefer present program at Nativity Church

Lorraine and Ted Kiefer will present a program on Music and Herbs of the Medieval Monastery at Nativity Church, the Franklinville site of Saint Michael the Archangel Parish. The church is located at 2677 Delsea Drive in Franklinville. The program will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 29. Church Pastor Jaromir Michalak invites all to this free program.

Lorraine will show and tell some of the interesting herbal plants used by the early monks for healing, culinary and decorative purposes. Much of the knowledge of ancient people was kept alive in the monasteries. Ted will play the organ to demonstrate music of that era as well as other early periods of church music of the monastery. This program is free and open to the public.   

Herbal display on Monk's Table showing some of the interesting herbal plants used by the early monks for healing, culinary and decorative purposes. Lorraine Kiefer 

Ted Kiefer is director of music at Saint Agnes in Blackwood and former director of music for 20 years at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Frequent recitalist in the Delaware Valley, Ted Kiefer has been in recital at Saint Patrick' s Cathedral in New York as well as in Poland, Rome and various other places.

Ted received his doctorate in organ performance from The Catholic University of America in Washington D C. Lorraine is a well known garden writer and lecturer in the area. She has presented at the Philadelphia flower show for more than 25 years. She is a member of the Herb Society of America and founder of the Herb Society  South Jersey unit. She is also owner of Triple Oaks Nursery and Herb Garden in Franklinville.

Both of the Kiefers are longtime members of Saint Michael's parish.

For more information call 856-371-1188 or email lorraine@tripleoaks.com.

This item submitted by Lorraine Kiefer.

Auditions for male and female, 18-80, for a mystery and a comedy

Spotliters Community Theater is holding auditions for both Agatha Christie's popular mystery, "And Then There Were None," and for New Jersey playwright, Joe DiPietro's hilarious comedy, "Over the River and Through the Woods."

These auditions are scheduled at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 11 N. Monroe Ave. in Wenonah on Sunday, July 17 at 6 p.m. and Monday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Various roles are available for both males and females for "stage ages" age 18 through 80.

Head shots are appreciated; theatre resumes are required.

Readings from the script will be conducted; monologues up to 2 minutes are optional for "Over the River and Through the Woods."

For performances dates and additional details, check our Facebook page or visit www.spotliters.com or contact Paula at paulaB52@comcast.net.

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Muffler Men is the official term for fiberglass giants seen on roadsides throughout America. The statues can be found throughout New Jersey.