Edward Mills has lived in Maple Shade for 45 years, and although he sometimes longs for his native West Virginia, he's content in his tidy home along Linwood Avenue.

From Philadelphia to the Philippines, Mexico and India, people from across the globe find their way to Maple Shade.

Maple Shade is a small school district with large aspirations - and every intention of fulfilling them.

Township children have made the local branch of the Burlington County Library system a hot spot of late, with pre-registration for kids' programs topping more than 600 in just the past three months.

Every Friday morning, Ruth Johnson's black bowling ball rolls down a gleaming wooden lane toward the pins.

With its five and dime, a custard shack and an ageless Acme, Main Street in Maple Shade evokes memories of decades past.

Government leaders here say they expect little in the way of change in Maple Shade in the next decade.

It's a clear Sunday morning and once Bob Bigham takes off, he'll see from Philadelphia to Atlantic City - all from the cockpit of his rented prop plane.

Dr. Robert Binder hasn't seen patients in more than a year, but that didn't stop his osteopathic colleagues from naming him Physician of the Year for 2003.

A 22-year-old Pennsauken High School graduate said mobilizing the township's young adults helped him win a seat on the board of education on Tuesday, nudging out the board president for his first election to public office.

Nearly a year after the lights went dark at the legendary Joe's Sub Shop here, Frank and Rose Trifiletti are dishing out hoagies at 114 W. High St.

Students at Clearview Regional Middle School have "Shoebox Greetings" for the troops overseas, but not the kind you'll find at the Hallmark store.

Only a few years ago, sexual assault victims arriving at Gloucester County's two emergency departments were lumped together with other patients, sometimes waiting hours to be seen.

It's a clear Sunday morning and once Bob Bigham takes off, he'll see from Philadelphia to Atlantic City - all from the cockpit of his rented prop plane.

There's no better way to motivate children than to make adults look silly.

When the Camden County Surrogate's Office relocated most of its records earlier this month weekend of April 12-13, not all were handled by professional movers.