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SJM_SouthernExposure_0419_FINAL_SouthernExposure_11_08 3 / 28 / 19 10 : 12 AM Page 2 by Grace Clevenger 0 , $ 1 500 Grant 12 teachers received from the Haddon - field Educational Trust in order to further the Growing in Excellence program . $ 186,000 Amount that a signed rookie card of Los Angeles Angels star and Millville native Mike Trout sold for at auction . Number of new state - wide charging outlets coming to 533 charging 827 stations for electric cars following a settlement from Volkswagen . $ 9,500 Grant the Burlington County Library System received to fund new literacy initiatives , including high school equivalency prep books , the Oxford Picture Dictionary and many other resources . Number of books Signal Hill Elemen - tary School collected 5,235 to donate to BookSmiles , which gives children across New Jersey new or gently used books . $ 20,000 Grant the Voorhees Animal Orphanage received from the Petco Foundation . The grant will be used to help with medical expenses , spay / neuter surgeries , vaccinations and cleaning materials . Amount raised by the Medford Shop - Rite during the Partners in Caring $ 1 , Cheerios Contest 5 000 meant to end hunger with donations to organi - zations such as the Food Bank of South Jersey . “ I wanna be DID YOU part of this HEAR ? organization , I don’t wanna go anywhere else . I wanna be part of this family , this Phillie nation . Through the bumps , the bruises , the good the bad , I wanna be here . ” — BRYCE HARPER ON SIGNING A 13 - YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 1 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 11
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SJM_SouthernExposure_0419_FINAL_SouthernExposure_11_08 3 / 28 / 19 10 : 14 AM Page 3 SouthernExposure HIT OR MISS by Grace Clevenger Gloucester Township police officers keep stuffed animals in their patrol cars to soothe kids they may run into during raids , house fires or other traumatic experiences . Zane North Elementary School was a top - ranking school in New Jersey rated on a scale of 0 - 100 that measured many areas including growth in certain subjects . The Collingswood school was given a score of 93 . The 14th annual Gloucester County Cares About Hunger Food Drive was able to collect 11,525 meals and 300 pounds of pet food at the United Way of Gloucester County . The owner of five South Jersey gas stations , including locations in Westampton and Burlington , must pay $ 650,000 between back wages and damages after paying employees less than minimum wage . A woman was sentenced to a seven - year term in state prison after she stole nearly $ 850,000 from her former employer in Marlton . After going missing in February , a Burlington County man who worked as an Uber driver was found dead in Philadelphia , but the death does not appear to be suspicious . SPOTLIGHT by Matt Cosentino Moorestown na - tive Matt Langel has been a part of March Madness numerous times as a player at Penn and as an assis - tant coach at his alma mater and Temple . This season he made it for the first time as a head coach , as he guided Colgate to its first appearance in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in 23 years . Despite being seed - ed 15th , the Raiders gave second - seeded Tennessee — a legitimate Final Four con - tender — all it could handle before falling , 77 - 70 , in a first - round game . Colgate finished the season with a 24 - 11 record , the second straight year Langel has guided the program to a school record for wins . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 1 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 12 |