Daylight savings 2026 starts this weekend so we're almost at the time when many look forward to longer daylight hours, and many dread the lost hour of sleep we get during standard time. Daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 8th. Daylight saving time became a national standard in 1966, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act, which was enacted to conserve energy.
Just two weeks until one of The Blue Monkey's favorite days of the year! We’ll have Irish food specials all day, and The Collins Room will be open from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. As a special Irish treat, Jane and the Amnesiacs will be playing upstairs in The Collins Room from 4:00-8:00 p.m., and we’ll be serving our full menu plus the food specials up there too. Don’t forget to check out our website and grab your St. Patrick’s Day
Today was an exciting step toward high school for our rising 9th graders at MES! School counselors from Haddon Heights High School visited Merchantville School to meet with our students and begin planning for the 2026–2027 school year. Students had the opportunity to ask questions, explore course options, and work alongside counselors to build their high school schedules. This collaborative process helps ensure a smooth
This year's 6th Annual Knit For Food Knit-a-thon will take place on Saturday, April 11th. The Knit for Food Knit-a-thon is a 12 hour marathon to raise funds and awareness for food insecurity. To join this effort you can knit at home, or you can gather a locally and knit together. Eclipse Brewing is hosting a team sponsored by Incredible Edible (IE) Merchantville from 12:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. and welcomes family, friends
Troop 119 Boys and Troop 119 Girls Scouting America will be serving up a delicious pasta dinner at their Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on Saturday. March 14th, from 4:00-6:30 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. Please come out to support the Scouts of Merchantville. They are raising funds for camping fees, equipment improvement and other expenses. Troop 119 participates in Spring & Fall Town Clean-Ups,
Ray Woods has announced his candidacy for Mayor of Merchantville, launching a campaign focused on affordability, community safety, and ushering in a new generation of leadership in borough government. Woods, a current Borough Council member, is running alongside Councilman Sean Fitzgerald and community leader Ruby Delarosa as a unified slate for Borough Council. The team has received the endorsement of
Merchantville's 2026 Maple Project is off and running with many of our 16 volunteers having tapped their sugar maple trees since our workshop event on January 24th and our 15 volunteer boilers ready to take on the syrup-making challenge. The sap is slowly flowing into their red and white buckets and we'll start collecting soon - once the daytime temperatures are above freezing! Right now, it looks like we should have enough sap to start by Wednesday
In the days leading up to the most recent winter storm I was able to do many of the things that I enjoy most as Mayor; set goals, encourage and support staff to rise to a challenge, work with my colleagues at all levels of government, and co- ordinate with my team to execute on our plan to effectively respond to the storm. Working as a team and responding to the needs of our community has always been the most difficult and rewarding part of being Mayor. And serving as the Mayor of the Borough of Merchantville has been at times both a very humbling experience
