Friday, May 18, 2012
Everything you need to know about visiting the Jersey Shore this summer.
Wondering how much beach tags will cost this year? Where to park? If you can bring your dog? We've got the skinny on your day trips for the rest of the summer right here. Ocean City "America's Greatest Family Resort" features eight miles of beaches and a boardwalk packed with shops and amusements. Discounted seasonal beach tags are $20 before May 31; the price goes up to $25 June 1. Weekly beach tags are $10, daily beach tags cost $5. Beach tags are required for visitors 12 and older from June 9 to Sept. 3, 2012. Avalon "Cooler by a mile," its beautiful, natural coastline is handicap-accessible with tennis courts and boat ramps. Pre-season beach fees (beginning May 31) are $21; an in-season tag is $26. Weekly beach fees (Saturday-…
Haddonfield Patch will be there to help celebrate.
The Haddonfield Farmers' Market kicks off its sixth season Saturday at Kings Court. The theme will be “Celebrating Our Sustainable Community” and Haddonfield Patch will there to help celebrate, too. Please come up and say hi and grab some free Patch swag. The new hours this year will be 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The borough environmental commission will be holding a Green Fair at Kings Court on opening day. The commission and the borough Green Team will also be showcasing local merchant’s sustainability efforts. "Each week's offerings are dependent on the growing season, harvests and availability," according to the market's website. "Live green - eat seasonally! It's the best way to stay healthy, keep in touch with nature, and support local …
Three-day event offers arts and crafts, food and music as well.
Patch is offering 50-percent off gate ticket prices to the 30th annual Festival of Ballooning in July. But you'll need to act quickly. The discounts are only available through this Sunday, May 20. The festival, held Friday-Sunday, July 27-29, at Solberg Airport in Readington, offers much, much more than ballooning. There are rides, an arts and crafts festival, yoga and Zumba demonstrations, and food—lots of it. Every evening, there will be a music concert and twice each day on Saturday and Sunday and once on Friday, more than 100 balloons will rise majestically into the sky. And Patch will offer all attendees a chance to leave all your troubles behind and take a free tethered balloon ride. Just find our table at the festival and sign up …
Bank error in your favor? Not this time, said police.
A Riverside man who refused to return money to a bank after the teller gave him too much was arrested on theft charges this week, according to police. Felipe S. DePaula, 27, of the unit block of Scott Street, went to Delanco Federal Savings Bank on Route 130 to cash a $300 check on May 16, Cinnaminson Police said. The bank teller accidentally gave DePaula $3,000 instead of $300. And police said he was caught on tape watching the teller count out the amount. But DePaula didn't ride high with the cash for long; the bank contacted him the next day to ask for the money back. DePaula said he lost the envelope. He was apprehended by Cinnaminson Police, processed and remanded to Burlington County Jail on $2,500 cash bail. This information comes …
Services are on Saturday.
Eva B. Faehner(nee Bortniak), 77, of Haddonfield, died on Monday. She was the wife of the late Thomas E. Faehner; beloved mother of Mary Ellen Goldman of Whitestone, NY, Tim E. Faehner of Swedesboro, Lauralyn Faehner of Haddonfield and David J. Faehner of Oaklyn, NJ; loving grandmother of Stephanie Faehner, Colin Goldman, Timothy Faehner and Calli Goldman. Eva was very involved with her children's activities growing up. She was cookie chairman for the Girl Scouts, volunteered every year to help out at the little league concession stands and was a Central/Lizzie Haddon School room mother who always found time to help with any cause. After her children had grown she worked in the international trade field in the export department. She was…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Haddon Pub Fest is a time for craft brew lovers to come together and celebrate beer.
Beer lovers, mark your calendars: June 2 brings merry tidings, as a piece of Philly Beer Week saunters over the Walt Whitman Bridge and nestles itself right into the heart of Restaurant Row. That's the day the glorious, soaking-wet stretch of Haddon Avenue between the dry communities of Collingswood and Haddonfield is playing host to Haddon Pub Fest from noon until 6 p.m. Each participating location will spotlight a particular craft beer and host its brewer or distributor. For $10, you can purchase a Pub Fest T-shirt (on sale now at any Pub Fest-participating establishment), which gets you access to special deals, door prizes and other perks. If you like a particular featured brewery and want to bypass the mystery and allure of finding …
McGrory is hoping to compete for gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer.
This article is sponsored by Citi. Amanda McGrory, of Kennett Square, PA, was just five years old when she was diagnosed with a rare disease called transverse myelitis that left her paralyzed from the waist down. But that didn't stop Amanda from becoming a speed demon and by age 10 she started racing with her wheelchair in the hope of becoming a Paralympian. Amanda has become one of the fastest wheelchair marathoners in the world. At the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, Amanda won the gold medal for the 5,000-meter race, a silver medal for the marathon, bronze for the 800-meter race and bronze for the women's 4x100 meter relay. She also won the 2011 New York City Marathon Women's Wheelchair race. The 25-year-old is now setting her sights on …
Tickets are still available for the annual community-wide fundraiser.
For five years, Robb C. and Eric Sewell-Wolff lived in Burlington Township, in a home they loved, where they didn’t know a soul in the neighborhood. The couple, who loves to entertain, discovered that they were spending all their social time in Collingswood, anyway. When a friend informed them he was putting up his house on the corner of Highland and Browning avenues, they took one walk-through and were sold. “Even before we moved in, we met our neighbors and they all welcomed us, arms wide open,” says Eric Sewell-Wolff. “We love the town and we see so much possibility here.” The Sewell-Wolffs hope to impart that same feeling on their guests this Sunday, when they open their home to visitors of the Proud Neighbors of Collingswood Porch …
Public officials discuss Bancroft purchase behind closed doors.
News of the proposed public purchase of the Bancroft property on Kings Highway East has been hard to come by lately. After several well-attended, high-profile public meetings at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, the plan is now only discussed in closed session in public meetings, which means the public is shut out of the discussion. It happened again on Monday when the borough Board of Commissioners voted to go into a closed session to discuss Bancroft at the end of a nearly three-hour work session that was open to the public. The school board has used the same tactic, as well. Officials have said some negotiations need to be behind closed doors, such as discussions of personnel matters and the purchase of property. They…
The Bulldawgs scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday to beat the Eagles, 5-4.
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1:25 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
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