Egg Harbor Township

The skeletal remains found in an Atlantic County creek last week were identified yesterday as those of a 14-year-old Egg Harbor Township girl, authorities said. Toni Nicole Yoder's mother had reported her missing Aug. 28. Her bones were found in Conover Creek about a quarter-mile from where she had been staying off and on with her grandmother, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jeffrey S. Blitz said. A Pleasantville public works crew discovered the partially submerged skeleton Feb. 25 while clearing trash from the creek, which runs through the Pleasant Acres adult community just north of the Atlantic City Expressway.

When Egg Harbor Township visits Lacey Township at 1 p.m. on Saturday for the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 3 football championship, the game will be a matchup of teams with different strengths. Egg Harbor Township (8-2) moves the ball primarily through the air, and generally uses its running game to keep the opposition off balance. Lacey Township (10-0) can pass the ball, but relies on a solid running game to provide the bulk of its offense. The two teams do have something in common - aggressive defense.

After his baseline shot hit the net and fell short during yesterday's final of the South Jersey Interscholastic Tournament, Vinay Bhamidipati of Egg Harbor Township let out some audible frustration. "You're so good at this game," he exclaimed to himself, his voice loaded with sarcasm. "Thank you," replied his opponent, Gateway's Matt Coin, who was at that moment blanking Bhamidipati in the first set. It was the only time Coin talked to Bhamidipati, who talked throughout the match.

Police have asked for the public's help to find the vandals who knocked down more than a dozen tombstones in an Egg Harbor Township cemetery. Cemetery management discovered an estimated $5,000 in damage to about 15 stones Sunday morning, police said. Authorities believe more than one person was involved because of the weight of some of the stones at Rodef Shalom Cemetery on the Black Horse Pike in the township's Cardiff section. The Egg Harbor Township Police Department asks anyone with information to contact detectives at 609-926-4051 or to call Crime Stoppers at 609-652-1234.

The caliber of football is strong in the Diamond State. Egg Harbor Township discovered that last night in a season-opening 20-7 loss to visiting William Penn of Delaware in a nonleague game played in Egg Harbor Township. Ranked No. 8 in South Jersey by The Inquirer, Egg Harbor Township never moved the ball consistently against a William Penn team that lost to eventual state champion Newark, 6-0, last year in the semifinals. Meanwhile, William Penn (1-0) showed that it is a serious contender to end Newark's reign as five-time Delaware Division I state champion.

The parade ended last night for Egg Harbor Township. The sophomore-dominated Eagles, winners of 29 straight games this season and No. 2 in The Inquirer's Top 10, fell behind by 21 points in the first half and dropped a 59-47 decision to Clifford Scott in the girls' state Group 3 final at Monmouth College. With Clifford Scott (25-2) playing an aggressive 3-2 zone that contested every passing lane, Egg Harbor Township turned the ball over 13 times in the first half and made only 4 of 24 shots.

A driver who lost control of his car was killed early today when he was ejected from the vehicle and then pinned under it in Egg Harbor Township, police said. The victim was identified as Laurin B. Morillo-Diaz, 20, of Pleasantville. His 19-year-old passenger, who was wearing a seat belt, was not seriously injured, Egg Harbor Township police said. They said Morillo-Diaz was driving a 1997 Honda Civic eastbound on the Black Horse Pike about 1:15 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle and it flipped at the Bennett Chevrolet dealership in the township's Cardiff section.

The Atlantic City High girls' basketball team used its power on the offensive boards to defeat visiting Egg Harbor Township, 57-48, last night. The Vikings, ranked 14th in South Jersey by The Inquirer, improved to 7-2 overall and 2-1 in the Cape-Atlantic League American Conference Division I. Egg Harbor Township, which fell to 9-3 overall and 2-1 in the division, suffered its first defeat to a South Jersey team since February 1992, when...

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Down a back street off Delilah Road, near the Fed Ex shipping center, not far from the local airport, Leo Schoffer will show you the building. A former Trump casino warehouse, it's overgrown and deserted. But Schoffer sees its future clearly: a lushly landscaped, peaceful, welcoming place where people in need can fill prescriptions for medical marijuana. Which will be grown there. "So people can come up and feel good," said Schoffer, 59, who is buying the site for use by the Compassionate Care Foundation, one of six license-holders under the state's Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. "I never liked when I took my mother for chemotherapy treatments.

Middle Township took the lead in the first period last night and was in control all the way en route to a 56-52 victory over Egg Harbor Township in the Cape-Atlantic League's girls' championship game at Holy Spirit. The Panthers (26-0), ranked No. 9 in The Inquirer's South Jersey Top 10, set a school record with their 26th straight win. Fourth-ranked Egg Harbor Township (22-4) lost for the third straight Saturday, having lost to Altoona (Pa.) and Christ The King of Queens, N.Y., the No. 3 team in the nation, the last two weeks.

Highlights of Wednesday's contests can be found at: www.philly.com/rally Baseball SOUTH JERSEY GROUP 3 FIRST ROUND Timber Creek 4, Manchester Township 1 Moorestown 15, Winslow Township 7 SOUTH JERSEY GROUP 4 FIRST ROUND Toms River South 7, Shawnee 6 CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP 1 FIRST ROUND Keyport 8, Riverside 4 BURLINGTON COUNTY FREEDOM Burlington City 8,...

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Down a back street off Delilah Road, near the Fed Ex shipping center, not far from the local airport, Leo Schoffer will show you the building. A former Trump casino warehouse, it's overgrown and deserted. But Schoffer sees its future clearly: a lushly landscaped, peaceful, welcoming place where people in need can fill prescriptions for medical marijuana. Which will be grown there. "So people can come up and feel good," said Schoffer, 59, who is buying the site for use by the Compassionate Care Foundation, one of six license-holders under the state's Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. "I never liked when I took my mother for chemotherapy treatments.

Downashore Driving back over the Margate causeway and bridge was a bit of a shock Tuesday. I love that drive: the egrets, the ospreys, the wooden pilings in the water with the birds on top, the fallen piling that looks like the cross as it was being carried by Jesus through Jerusalem - man, don't get me started! It's beautiful. Usually the only sign that irritates me is the one informing me that I must pay a toll and, frequently, that the amount of that toll is going up. But Tuesday, I got to see the fun, new, light-up ginormous billboard erected in front of Gilford's Marine, bigger and more annoying than any of the old billboards that mar the view.

A driver who lost control of his car was killed early today when he was ejected from the vehicle and then pinned under it in Egg Harbor Township, police said. The victim was identified as Laurin B. Morillo-Diaz, 20, of Pleasantville. His 19-year-old passenger, who was wearing a seat belt, was not seriously injured, Egg Harbor Township police said. They said Morillo-Diaz was driving a 1997 Honda Civic eastbound on the Black Horse Pike about 1:15 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle and it flipped at the Bennett Chevrolet dealership in the township's Cardiff section.