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The Merchantville Observer, a free, all-volunteer, monthly publication for town news, is seeking new volunteers to fill several key positions: Editor to identify newsworthy stories around town, assign reporters to cover them, and share in copy editing for a portion of the articles. Three reporters to cover general interest stories…
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Located in the heart of Trenton, the New Jersey State House is history come alive. Our State House is the second oldest still in use. (Maryland has the oldest.) For more than 200 years, New Jersey Senators, Assemblymen, and Governors have been making the laws of the state in this…
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New Jersey
Gov. Phil Murphy and state legislative leaders have reached a deal in principle on how to tax and regulate marijuana in New Jersey after months of negotiations, paving the way to bringing legal weed to the Garden State. Multiple legislative and industry sources confirmed an agreement was in place on…
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New schedule as of 2/18/19. AM Rush Hours: Two westbound Woodcrest local trains added. Due to these two added trains, the 7:38 a.m. & 8:29 a.m. westbound departures from Lindenwold will now operate as express trains. A 9:02 a.m. eastbound departure from 16th & Locust was also added. Weekday Daytime…
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Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 10:00 PM EST until Monday, 12:00 PM EST. Source: U.S. National Weather Service. Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations up to two inches expected and ice accumulations of a light glaze possible. Precipitation is expected to be mainly snow north of Delmarva but may…
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New Jersey
A lofty plan to honor the musical legacy of Camden’s Victor building is being scrapped as a recycling firm, EMR Eastern, is moving in. Located at Front and Cooper Streets, the historic recorded music building is where the Victor Talking Machine Company built a music dynasty in downtown Camden, churning…
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Congratulations to our boys basketball team on their big division championship win over Alice Costello Elementary School in Brooklawn. Carrying on their winning tradition Merchantville School's boys basketball team defeated Brooklawn. The 1947 boys' basketball team won the Group II state championship in 1947 vs. Weehawken High School, and again…
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Elementary
February 11th through 15th Merchantville School celebrates "Take Your family To School Week" featuring a daily menu of special events. Join your fellow families for an evening of ‘Breakfast for Dinner’, pancakes, french toast, eggs, fruit, and breakfast meats, all provided by Amy’s Omelet House. BYOG! Wear your PJs and…
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Elementary
Camden County and Cherry Hill will host a public information meeting about Chapel Avenue roadway improvements on February 5th at Carmen Tilelli Community Center on Mercer Street. French & Parrello Associates was retained by Camden County to provide concept development, along with preliminary and final design for the improvements to…
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Neighbors
Congrats to Merchantville School’s “Why You’re Awesome” winners for the month of January. Merchantville School's Renaissance program continued to honor students with the "Why You're Awesome" award. These students were randomly chosen from the pool of students that received recognition from the teachers throughout the month. Congratulations to the students,…
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Elementary
Discussion items on the agenda at the Borough Council meeting tonight include the following: Scoreboard for baseball field at Community Center; Ascertain whether certain property within Merchantville is in need of Redevelopment;
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