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Egg Harbor Township

Mall sponsors

blood drive

A blood drive will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Friday at the Shore Mall, 6725 Black Horse Pike, in conjunction with the American Red Cross. Donors with type O blood are especially needed.

Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds and be at least 17 years old. Federal regulations require blood donors to wait 56 days between donations. Donors should drink plenty of liquids and consider eating iron-rich foods. Snacks and refreshments will be provided to donors. Appointments in advance are perferred, and donors need to bring identification.

For more information, call Dawn Cooper at 609-484-0232 or visit www.shoremall.com or www.redcross.org.

Tricks, treats

at Shore Mall

A trick or treat event and magic show will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Shore Mall, 6725 Black Horse Pike.

The event is free and open to children ages 10 and younger in costume. Magicians Joe Holiday and Brian Neuber will perform tricks while the children visit participating stores for a treat.

For more information, call 609-484-0232 or visit:

www.shoremall.com

To submit news and information on Egg Harbor Township, e-mail Michelle Lee at MLee@Pressofac.com

Galloway Township

Road work to delay

traffic on Route 9

Drivers likely will face delays on Old New York Road between Route 9 and Motts Creek Road between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday while workers complete a road-improvement project there.

Construction has reduced traffic there to one lane at a time, according to a statement from Atlantic County Public Information Officer Linda Gilmore released Monday.

Officials advise motorists to allow extra travel time or to find an alternate route.

Parkway crash

slows traffic

State Police temporarily reduced traffic to one lane Monday on the southbound side of the Garden State Parkway after a sport utility vehicle flipped off the side of the road.

The accident happened at 1:33 p.m. just north of the rest stop at milepost 42, police said.

One person suffered a minor injury.

Authorities have not issued any citations.

To submit news and information on Galloway Township, e-mail Emily Previti at EPreviti@Pressofac.com

Hamilton Township

Ironworkers honor

returning Iraq vet

Atlantic City-based Ironworkers Local 350 is honoring a member who returned in September from a nine-month tour of duty in Iraq with the Army National Guard.

Sgt. Brian V. Thomas, 31, of Galloway Township, will be feted at 7 tonight at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 220 on Route 50 in Mays Landing. Among the attendees expected are state Sen. Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, Hamilton Township Mayor Nelson Gaskill and Local 350 President Will Pauls.

Thomas, a 1996 graduate of Furness High School in Philadelphia, was stationed with the 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry out of West Chester, Pa. In Iraq, he served at a joint security site at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad.

"I plan to take some time and travel to Australia," Thomas, a journeyman and ironworker since 2000, said Monday. "But it's good to be home."

To submit news and information on Hamilton Township, e-mail Thomas Barlas at TBarlas@Pressofac.com

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