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The Merchantville Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting is Friday Dec. 2nd with public safety representatives, borough officials and members from lots of teams, clubs and community groups gathering at Wellwood Park to march down Maple Avenue to Park & Centre Streets! Expect great performances from the Merchantville School choir and band at 6:45pm and the start of our parade at 7:00 p.m. Bundle up, grab the family and head downtown for a Merchantville holiday tradition. For up-to-date information check out www.merchantvillenj.gov.
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Celebrate Camden County History Month! Join the Merchantville Historical Society at our historic train station, The Station, 10 E. Chestnut Ave., on October 19, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. The Historical Society has been dreaming, since its inception in 1990, to have a Resource Center. A gift has been established to honor and remember Dr. John P. Rudolph, longtime resident and whole-hearted supporter of the history of Merchantville. This magnanimous undertaking, by Dr. Rudolph’s three daughters, will allow our footprint to expand and have the state of the art tools to bring Merchantville’s treasured history to the people.Overview of the Society’s creation and productive path. In just 2 short years, Merchantville will celebrate its 150th Birthday. Our legacy reflects how those who came before us poured their hearts and souls into creating memorable milestone events. Now it is our turn to step up to the plate and score a grand slam. Our reputation proceeds us. We are inspired to make ‘Merchantville’s 150th’ a magical, historical happening! Join us to see how you can participate as a shareholder and caretaker of Merchantville’s priceless heritage. Lite refreshments served. Please to this event on Facebook to confirm your attendance.
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One more time for the ghouls in the back! Monsterville arrives TODAY! Follow us for a month of haunts, hayrides and Halloween in South Jersey’s Halloween destination: Merchantville. Here's the line-up. On Friday evenings, October 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th from 5:00-9:00 p.m. enjoy pumpkins and spice, haunted story hours and hocus-pocus at Merchantville's Market Off Centre. They’ll have alternating craft and artisan vendors in addition to a couple local farms and some of our downtown shops! Keep and eye out for entertainment, craft and activity announcements and more event highlights as Monsterville unfolds!The Merchantville Monster Crafts & Fine Art Festival is coming to downtown Merchantville on Saturday and Sunday, October 15th and 16th. SJ Festivals is excited to bring a two-day juried Crafts and Fine Art Festival Merchantville as it transforms itself during the month of October from into Monsterville! Be-witched by students from Merchantville School's 8th grade class on Friday and Saturday, October 21st and 22nd at their annual Haunted House. The Haunts of Merchantville Hayrides take place on Friday and Saturday, October 28th and 29th, taking off from the Triangle on East Park Ave from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Take a tour of the town aboard Merchantville's Haunted Hayride and view the 2022 entries of the Haunts of Merchantville home decorating contest. Then cast your vote for the winner, who will receive the coveted Golden Broomstick? Work of those candy treats on Saturday morning, October 29th, at the Monsterville's 5K Zombie Run then, stroll by Aradia's Mystery and Magical Street Fair hosting psychics and vendors of holistic, new age, mystical and select handmade products. And ... don't forget to check each day to see if a bite of Halloween "You've been BOOed!" cheer has been left at your front door. Finally, Monsterville goes out with a bang on Sunday, October 31st, hosting a SPOOK-tacular evening of Trick-or-Treating for all the witches and goblins around town!
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Saturday forecast: Sunny and 72 with a chance of ROCK! Awesome bands - Classic Cars - Incredible brews - Food, food, food - Merchantville's 2022 Music Fest is HERE on Saturday, September 24th! Check out the bands we have lined up for this 9th Annual event. Music will start at 3:00 p.m. and go until 9:00 p.m. We have 5 amazing and talented bands lined up that you will be sure to love, as well as food trucks and a preview of the Merchantville Car Show! Come on out for a day of fun and music. Have a cold beer at Eclipse - grab a drink or some food at The Blue Monkey, get food from any of our amazing restaurants and head to the triangle! Dance to some awesome Michael Jackson tunes, and stick around for Arsenal to close out the evening! It's going to be a day of nothing but fun! Camille K - musician, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter - will be opening up the Merchantville Music Festival in Merchantville at 3:00PM and playing for 50 minutes.
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Merchantville tax bills are in the mail, folks. Pay your quarterly bill by August 23, 2022 to avoid collecting interest. Make your payment on merchantvillenj.gov, inside Borough Hall, 1 W. Maple Ave, or in the secure drop box outside. Online payments can be made by simply looking up your name or address in the search engine here and clicking on the "make a payment" button using your debit card, credit card or by routing a payment through your bank account. The Borough offers residents and property owners the option of becoming a registered user, to save accounts, store payment methods, and schedule payment or proceed without registering.
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Merchantville Borough is going digital! Borough officials are preparing to launch a new online portal system through SDL to streamline and simplify tasks for staff and residents. The new system will be linked on the homepage of merchantvillenj.gov and available for all to access. The new portal system allows users to file applications, pay certain fees and manage numerous tasks all from their computer or smart phone. These improvements have been utilized through several of Merchantville’s neighboring towns and are proven to be helpful to residents. More information on the upcoming SDL portal.
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The Borough of Merchantville Presents: A Roaring Twenties Gala. Join friends and neighbors to support Merchantville’s past, present and future at the Merchantville Gala. June 4th at the Merchantville Community Center from 6:00-9:00 p.m. enjoy live music, delicious food, dancing and live entertainment all flavored with that Roaring Twenties speakeasy flair as we celebrate Merchantville’s history, our amazing community and we kick of our 150th. Proceeds from the gala fund Borough beautification projects including a digital information sign. Don’t wait! Tickets are $80 per person and space is limited! Purchase yours from Borough Hall, 1 W. Maple Avenue or through Venmo, @Merchantville150th. Scan the QR code to purchase today. Open bar serving beer, wine and champagne. Dance the night away with the Parlour Noir jazz ensemble. Incredible food and desserts from Andreotti's Catering. Silent Auction, photo ops and much more!
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Looking for summer employment? Enjoy creating engaging activities for kids? Are you patient, creative and passionate about learning? The Borough of Merchantville, is hiring co-directors for the summer parks and playgrounds program. Responsible for administrative duties as well as daily supervisor duties for the Borough of Merchantville summer program that runs five weeks, half days from June 27th through July 29th. Please submit resume and application to: Denise Brouse, 1 West Maple Avenue, Merchantville, NJ 08109, 856.662.2474, ext. 303, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. More information and employment application available here.
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Get to know the businesses in your neighborhood. Shop Merchantville offers a single place to find all the great places to visit, eat and shop, along with town events. Support your independently-owned businesses and restaurants by staying local. Grab some Irish potatoes at Aunt Charlotte's, or maybe a stout and enjoy this week’s St. Patrick’s Day inspired Ted Talk from the best brewery around, Eclipse Brewing. All about events, bag bans and Shop Merchantville!
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Hey there Merchantville! The Borough wants to hear from you about the future of your community and Downtown Merchantville. We value your input so please take a few minutes to complete this brief municipal survey and share your thoughts. The results will be used for planning and shaping the downtown. Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5LXJX8L.
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During WWII, the east and west coasts of the United States were protected by civilian volunteer aircraft spotters, members of the Ground Observer Corps. The GOC was a component of the Aircraft Warning Service (AWS) that was established in May 1941 in response to the development of heavy bomber aircraft capable of flying over 1,000 miles to keep watch for enemy planes entering American airspace. It became inactive on May 29, 1944. Almost one million men and women volunteer “soldiers out of uniform” served in the AWS. In 1942, it became one of Merchantville's most popular outdoor sports with many teachers from Merchantville High School volunteering for tours of duty at a post located on Kresson Lake in Burlington County.
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