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Mayors Message
A look back at the township
during 2013. PAGE 6
NICK COHEN/The Sun
Eastern High School senior Matt Klinewski embraces his mom after scoring his 1,000th point in a game against Seneca High School
played Jan. 9. The Vikings rode a dominant first half en route to a 78-31 victory over the Golden Eagles.
Celebrating 1,000 points
By L. HABER
The Sun
On Jan. 7, the Voorhees Town-
ship Board of Education held its
annual reorganizational meeting.
While the meeting agenda was
brief and succinct, all ground re-
garding public school policies, up-
coming plans and procedures was
covered.
One of the first orders of busi-
ness included addressing the re-
sults of the recent election. A gen-
eral election held on Nov. 5 yield-
ed new and returning members
the opportunity to join the
Voorhees Township Board of Ed-
ucation. Voters elected three
members to serve full, three-year
terms on the board. These mem-
bers include John Schmus, with
3,489 votes, Nancy Seigle, with
3,446 votes, and Richard Wojdon,
with 3,391 votes.
Filling a vacancy on the board
was re-appointed member
Richard Horner. Richard Nelson
was sworn in as the Board of Ed-
ucation president, and Bruce
Karpf was sworn in as vice presi-
Past, new
members
sworn in
on BOE
please see NEXT, page 3
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Roofing Tear Offs & Reroofs Skylights
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Cedar & Mahogany Decks Trex Decks Vinyl Railings
Windows Doors Finished Basements
Special to The Sun
Pictured at the grand opening ceremony of the new Milanese Pizza are, from left: Voorhees Busi-
ness Association President Alan Cohen, co-owner Joe Spina, co-owner Pat Milanese, Raymond Mi-
lanese and Voorhees Mayor Michael Mignogna. Mignogna kicked off the grand opening celebration
party, which had a capacity crowd for the event. Milanese Pizza is located in the 561 Plaza at 1227
Haddonfield Berlin Road.
Milanese Pizza opens in Voorhees
Leelabati Biswas of Voorhees,
a senior biochemistry major at
Widener University in Chester,
Pa., was named to the dean's list
for the fall 2013 semester at
Widener.
The dean's list recognizes full-
time students who earned a grade
point average of 3.50 and above
for the semester.
Widener University is a pri-
vate, metropolitan university that
connects curricula to social is-
sues through civic engagement.
The university's campuses in
Chester, Exton and Harrisburg,
Pa., and Wilmington, Del., serve
some 6,300 students.
Biswas named
to Widener
deans list
Email us at news@voorheessun.com
OBITUARIES
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free of charge.
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dent. After the entire board was
officially appointed, members
continued addressing all school-
related topics, in accordance with
the New Jersey code of ethics.
The board made its choices for
2014-2015 auditor, solicitor, labor
counsel and health benefits con-
sultant, as based upon qualifica-
tions, merit and cost effectiveness
through accessible advertising.
Todd Saler, of Bowman and
Company, was appointed auditor.
Named official solicitor was
Howard Mendleson, of the firm
Davis and Mendleson. Until the
next reorganization meeting,
Parker McCay was set to be the
Board of Education labor coun-
cil. The appointed health benefits
consultant is Greg Grimaldi, of
Conner Strong Companies, Inc.
The next meeting is set to take
place Wednesday, Jan. 29.
Matthew Ratti, a Voorhees resi-
dent, has been awarded a presti-
gious New Jersey Space Grant
Consortium scholarship for re-
search he is performing as a jun-
ior biology major at
RutgersCamden.
The consortium was estab-
lished in 1991 by a grant from
NASA to foster research develop-
ment in New Jersey and advance
education in the STEM fields: sci-
ence, technology, engineering, and
mathematics. It awards one-year
fellowships to undergraduate stu-
dents enrolled at state universities
to conduct research in STEM and
space science related fields.
Ratti, a 2007 graduate of Penns-
bury High School in Fairless
Hills, Pa., was awarded a $2,000
stipend to support research in-
volving the anti-microbial effects
of nanoparticles.
Last summer, Ratti participat-
ed in the exclusive Summer in
Biomedical Sciences Undergrad-
uate Research Program at Univer-
sity of Alabama-Birmingham. As
one of only 10 students from
across the country selected to per-
form research under the supervi-
sion of UAB faculty, he studied
experimental stem cell therapies
for thalassemia, otherwise
known as Cooley s anemia.
NEXT
Continued from page 1
Next BOE meeting set for Jan. 29
Matthew Ratti receives scholarship
4 THE VOORHEES SUN JANUARY 1521, 2014
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Squash The Secret, a presen-
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tion before its too late, is at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, Jan. 23, at Eastern
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This event is sponsored by the
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As we welcome 2014, we should take one
last moment to reflect on 2013:
The Voorhees Town Center continues
to evolve into our downtown. Town Cen-
ter Boulevard is thriving with Its A Doggie
Dog World, The Sporting Club and Rizzieri
AVEDA School for Beauty. This year, Elena
Wu, Burger 21 and Iron Hill Brewery joined
Catelli Duo and Rodizio Grill to form our
own Restaurant Row. The Town Center
also hosted such popular events as the
weekly Farmers Market, the Holiday Pa-
rade, the Italian Festival and a carnival.
The Virtua Medical Campus contin-
ues to grow and draw related businesses.
This year saw the opening of Power Back
Genesis Rehabilitation Facility and the $28
million Brandywine Senior Living Facility.
Construction has begun on a new hotel on
Route 73. The area has
come to be known as our
Medical Mile.
On Oct. 18, the Tri
County Economic Summit
presented Voorhees with
an award recognizing the
Voorhees Town Center
and Medical Mile proj-
ects as prime examples of
developments that occur
when local government,
the residents and devel-
opers work together.
Voorhees five-year road program
continued with the repaving of Bradford
Way, Lippincott Avenue, Bryce Road, Poplar
Avenue, Bergen Avenue, Passaic Avenue
and Adam Lane. Another stretch of Route
561 was upgraded and repaved, resulting in
a smoother, more efficient flow of traffic.
Improvements were made to our
parks, playgrounds and athletic fields. We
used a $25,000 grant to install a new play-
ground and fencing at the Rabinowitz Base-
ball Complex. Synthetic turf was installed
there on the majors field. We used another
$25,000 grant to repave the walking path at
Kirkwood Park. A permanent cricket pitch
was installed at Connolly Park, home of the
South Jersey Cricket Club. Improvements
were also made to the nine-hole disc golf
course at Stafford Woods.
Voorhees continues to work to pro-
tect our environment. Our residents recy-
cled 66 percent of all municipal waste. We
Mayor reflects on township progress in 2013
Michael
Mignogna
MAYORS MESSAGE
Dan McDonough Jr.
CHAIRMAN OF ELAUWIT MEDIA
MANAGING EDITOR Mary L. Serkalow
CONTENT EDITOR Kristen Dowd
VOORHEES EDITOR L. Haber
ART DIRECTOR Stephanie Lippincott
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Russell Cann
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Barry Rubens
VICE CHAIRMAN Michael LaCount, Ph.D.
ELAUWIT MEDIA GROUP
PUBLISHER EMERITUS Steve Miller
EDITOR EMERITUS Alan Bauer
Tim Ronaldson
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Joe Eisele
INTERIMPUBLISHER
O
verall, New Jerseys schools
are excellent. Thats not in
question. A recent study
ranked New Jersey second in the na-
tion in student achievement and
chance for success.
Thats impressive.
The Garden State ranked second on
The Quality Counts report, which the
publisher of Education Week con-
ducts. Only Massachusetts ranked
higher than New Jersey in the Chance
for Success Index, which measures the
role of education in an individuals
life.
The states B+ grade was much high-
er than the national average of C+, and
also bested the grade for nearby states
Maryland (B), Pennsylvania (B),
Delaware (B-) and New York (B-).
Yay for us.
With every positive seems to come a
negative, though, or, in this case, an
area in need of improvement.
The same Quality Counts report
ranked New Jersey below average in
the categories of standards, assess-
ments and accountability (C 44th
overall) and teaching profession (D+ -
38th).
It has been widely reported, both
here and elsewhere, that our school
districts are actively working to im-
prove their accountability and assess-
ments, so lets leave that one alone for
now. The concerning aspect of this
study is, without a doubt, the teaching
profession.
According to the report, New Jersey
has no incentives for teachers or prin-
cipals working in hard-to-staff disci-
plines or schools, no salary parity with
other occupations, and no financial in-
centives for teachers to earn national
certifications.
This needs to change.
As we wrote some time ago, our stu-
dents and, therefore, our schools are
only as good as the teachers and ad-
ministrators we hire; ergo, we need to
ensure that our teachers and adminis-
trators are not only well qualified at
the time of hiring but are also incen-
tivized to grow professionally within
our system as well.
Our schools are great now, but lets
make sure they continue to be great.
Lets find a way to incentivize our
teachers and administrators to work in
difficult subjects, in difficult schools
and earn bigger and better certifica-
tions.
Our students are the ones who will
benefit the most.
in our opinion
Lets do more for our teachers
Our schools are good, theres no doubt, but lets make them even better
Your thoughts
What are your thoughts on the state of
our schools? Do you believe incentivizing
teachers and administrators to grow as
professionals is worth the return on
investment? Let your thoughts be heard
through a letter to the editor.
please see MAYOR, page 7
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