Cherry Hill, NJ

An excellent school system, an abundance of restaurants and shopping outlets, and ease of access to major highways makes Cherry Hill, NJ an excellent place to live and work.

Cherry Hill is ranked #47 on Money Magazine's annual survey of the best places to live in America for 2006.

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KPMG submits transitional study; board of education, staff to review, issue response

The Cherry Hill School District released the final draft of a transitional study by Swiss-based KPMG, LLP, a global provider of financial advisory services.

The 161-page report can be found in its entirety at the Cherry Hill School District Web site, cherryhill.k12.nj.us.

While the administration has yet to release a full statement on the findings of the report, it has said that the final report will be used as a tool to guide district management in its business and human resources in the future.

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No turf worries?

Despite recent findings, local turf fields pose no risk to area residents, according to township

In the beginning of April, news broke that two synthetic fields in North Jersey were closed due to traces of lead found in the fibers that made up the fields. Those findings created a media flurry and prompted investigations by the Department of Health and Senior Services and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission into whether the lead could enter the human body and cause harm.

The DHSS will release the results of its study sometime this month, but athletes using the synthetic turf fields in Cherry Hill should not be alarmed by these reports, officials said. There are many kinds of synthetic turf fields, and the ones in the township are dissimilar to the ones at the closed fields. All the fields that tested positive for lead – Lions Stadium at the College of New Jersey, Frank Sinatra Field in Hoboken and another field in Newark that was tested last fall – were made with nylon fibers, which used lead chromate as a preservative for the fibers’ color.

Ten other fields were tested as well but had nearly undetectable levels of lead, and all of these were made with polyethylene fibers. Several townships in the area have fields made with the polyethylene fibers, including Medford, Voorhees, Moorestown and Washington Township.

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