Protesting residents streamed into Mount Laurel's municipal building in November when the Mavis Discount Tire chain went before the zoning board for approval to demolish a former bank and buil… Read moreMavis withdraws its controversial application to build a Mount Laurel retail tire center near Holiday Village East.
The owner of the SOFIVE Mount Laurel soccer center plans to add a brewery and outdoor field to its existing indoor fields. Read moreBefore the Planning Board: SOFIVE indoor soccer facility in Mount Laurel wants to add a brewery, outdoor field.
Twenty years of farm-fresh vegetables and produce will be recognized this Saturday, May 9, as the Burlington County Farmers Market opens for its milestone season. Read moreHappy 20th anniversary for Burlington County Farmers Market on Saturday in Moorestown; 75-plus vendors.
With no immediate plans to fill the job, the Mount Laurel Township Council on Monday unanimously adopted an ordinance establishing the "optional" position of director of public safety. Read moreMount Laurel Council adds job of public safety director, to be filled in future if it does not hire a police chief.
Mount Laurel on Monday night will take aim at several public nuisances with public hearings before the Township Council adopts new restrictions under municipal laws. Read moreProposed Mount Laurel laws: be (more) quiet, don't dump and keep shopping carts where they belong.
If you're a traditional library borrower who wants a physical book in hand, your stacks of books just got a lot longer. Read moreYour county library just expanded: Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, Atlantic recognizing each other's patrons.
Mount Laurel Township may find solutions to its affordable housing obligations sitting on several hotel and motel properties. Read moreRoom at the inn? Mount Laurel looks to hotel/motel properties for its affordable housing obligations.
Three residential variance requests and one request for an extension are scheduled before the Mount Laurel Zoning Board of Adjustment at its meeting next week. Read moreThree homeowners to seek variances at Mount Laurel zoning board meeting. Read the details here.
Historian Paul W. Schopp told the Mount Laurel Planning Board last week that he was concerned that a proposed residential development could destroy bits of Black history buried in the Colemantown section of town. Read moreHistorian worried Black history artifacts may be lost when homebuilder clears Mount Laurel land.
Representatives of Mavis Discount Tire, who at November's Mount Laurel zoning board meeting acknowledged unanswered questions about a planned store near Holiday Village East, have pulled their application from the agenda for a zoning meeting on Wednesday. Read moreMavis Tire, on Wednesday agenda for Mount Laurel zoning board, has chosen not to appear this month.
Tony Cattani, the principal of Lenape High School who last year was named the National Principal of the Year, on Wednesday was recognized as 2026 Visionary Principal of the Year for secondary schools by the New Jersey Board of Education. Read moreLenape High's Cattani Wednesday named by state Board of Education '26 secondary principal of the year.
For the third time, Stephen Steglik on Monday evening was elected by his fellow Township Board members as mayor of Mount Laurel. He formerly served as mayor in 2021 and 2023. Read moreStephen Steglik elected Mount Laurel mayor Monday evening by Township Council members.
An application to build a 13-house development off Elbo Lane in Mount Laurel by JP Orleans builders faces deep scrutiny from a homeowner next door who has hired a lawyer to be a part of the hearing before the Planning Board. Read moreResidents hire their own lawyer to question Mount Laurel residential development before Planning Board.
Eric Einbinder, a health and physical education teacher and coach at Lenape High School, is being recognized as the teacher of the year for 2026, the school district announced. Read moreEric Einbinder named teacher of the year at Lenape High School.
A first step in a developer's plan to build 13 new single-family houses on a new cul-de-sac off Elbo Lane in Mount Laurel goes before the Township Planning Board on Thursday. Read moreApproval process for 13-house development in Mount Laurel begins with Planning Board on Thursday.
Mid Penn Bancorp Inc., owned in part by the family of Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III, on Monday filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its plan to take over 1st Colonial Bancorp Inc., a 25-year-old bankin… Read moreMid Penn Bancorp, partly owned by Norcross family, filed on Monday with the SEC to take over NJ bank.
The Burlington County Sheriff's Office, which last year collected more than 6,000 toys and gifts for its Annual Toy Drive, has kicked off this year's drive, in its 30th year. Read moreWhy not add to your holiday shopping list with a toy or two (or more) for Burlington County Sheriff's drive?
A Turning Point restaurant will be added to an assisted-living and retail development in Mount Laurel on Route 38 near Ark Road, according to plans from the developer. Read moreDeveloper proposes Turning Point restaurant on Route 38 in Mount Laurel in adjusted assisted-living project.
A couple of times on Wednesday night Christopher Gray stopped the Mount Laurel zoning board meeting he was chairing to good-naturedly request that the standing-room-only crowd avoid applauding or making other noise. Read moreMount Laurel residents show up in force at zoning meeting to oppose Mavis Tire plans for new store.
Whether for medical issues, falls or even more serious emergencies, the Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services several times a day is dispatched from the 1051 Church Street station to the neighboring Holiday Village 55-and-older developments. Read moreMount Laurel celebrates notification from NJDEP that its South Church EMS station will not have to shut down.
A bid to build a Mavis Discount Tire store on the site of a now-closed bank at a Mount Laurel shopping center is scheduled to be heard by the Township zoning board on Wednesday. Read moreMavis Tire to appear before Mount Laurel zoning board Wednesday for store in Towne Square Shopping Center.
Mount Laurel is cracking down on problem motels "that have proven to be a consistent and serious security problem," according to the Township. Read moreMount Laurel goes after motels: discarded drug material, abandoned vehicles, unsafe conditions.
Many adults still get tickles in their tummies when they recall a childhood of feasting on library books but making sure each was returned on time to avoid an overdue fine. Read moreWithout the penalty of overdue fines, Burlington County libraries see a sharp increase in usage, cards issued.
