Leadership
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Six Scouts From Troop 5 Maplewood Earn Eagle Scout Award
Six Scouts from Maplewood’s Troop 5 have earned the prestigious Eagle Scout Award, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, symbolizing exceptional character, leadership, and service to their community. The Scouts were honored during an Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony held on Saturday, Nov. 30, at Maplewood Middle School, surrounded by family,…
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Local Boy Scout Troop Named “Villager of the Month” in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum and the South Orange Village Council have honored a local Boy Scout Troop by naming the entire troop as “Villager of the Month” for the month of June 2024. “We commend and thank the scouts of Troop 5 for their dedication, leadership, and community service,” Mayor…
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Troop 5 Olympics at ‘Camp Tabora,’ Visit to Observatory
By Peter D. At the end of May, we left around 7 p.m. as usual. About 45 minutes later, we arrived and set up camp at ‘Camp Tabora,’ a campsite owned by a longtime Troop 5 Assistant Scout Master. We slept and got up at around 7 a.m. We all had a non-cooking breakfast, worked…
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Riding the Waves, Seeing the Caribbean at Troop 5’s Spring Break Virgin Islands Return
By Peter D. Early on a Friday in late March we hoped on a plane to St. Thomas, a part of the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. About four hours later we arrived. Then we took a taxi to a ferry to St. John, another of the U.S. Virgin Islands, home of the U.S.…
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Troop 5 Tackles the Klondike (Derby, That Is)
By Keegan B. One of the big yearly events that happen in February for Boy Scouts is the Klondike Derby. For Troop 5, it’s the Northern New Jersey Council’s Lenape Trail Klondike Derby, held at the South Mountain Reservation. It is a competition between Troop and Troop, Patrol and Patrol, as well as Scout and…
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Troop 5 Saw The President at Arlington National Cemetery
By Kristof D. It started at 9 am in the Maplewood pool parking lot. We met up at the lot to organize rides before we left for DC. About 3 hours later we stopped for lunch at Fort McHenry. There we ate our packed lunch and looked around the fort. After learning about “The Star-Spangled Banner‘s”…
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Cooking Up History, and a ‘Mystery’ at Camp Munsee
By Chris F. Troop 5 made the trip to Camp Munsee for our annual Troop 5 Cooking Competition Jan. 21. Before the competition the Scouts were playing basketball and football, as well as some card games. As it neared time for the competition, we were all called into the dining room and told there was…
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Battling the Cold at Battleship Cove
By Eric F. ON BOARD THE USS MASSACHUSETTS, Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean–(Nov. 20)– It was a brisk cold night. We had just arrived at the battleship. We arrived late. We pulled into the parking lot and as soon as we opened the door, a cold gust of wind blew into the car. We exited…
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Philmont 2022
Scenes from High Adventure trip to Philmont Scout Ranch, 2022 ‘One of the Most Magical Places in the World’ By Teddy O. Philmont Scout Ranch, in Cimarron, New Mexico, is one of the most magical places in the world. Its lofty mountains and babbling brooks have captured the hearts of many Scouts since its opening…
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