The New Jersey Southern's T-trak layout will be on display during the Merchantville Classic Car Show on July 13th in the basement of Grace Episcopal Church, located at 7 East Maple Avenue. There will also be a Church-Wide Yard Sale from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. There'll be LOADS of foot traffic walking past our tables, so rent a table and sell your own items. Rental is $20 payable by cash or check. Contact Grace Episcopal Church by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. FB message or calling the church office 856-665-4117 to reserve a table. Visitors can access the church basement from the back driveway on Park Avenue or the front entrance on Maple Avenue.

Altaire Pharmaceuticals Inc. issued voluntary recalls for various Equate products, including for allergy relief, solutions, eye drops and gel drops - all manufactured and labeled for Walmart - on July 5th. The company also recalled several Perrigo prescription ointments listed on the FDA website on July 3rd. Several eye drops and ointments exclusively sold at Walmart and Walgreen stores have been recalled because they may not be sterile, the Food and Drug Administration said.

Packages of fresh vegetables produced by a Maine company under several brands including Green Giant Fresh, Growers Express, Signature Farms and Trader Joe’s over concerns of Listeria contamination, by the FDA, though no illnesses have been reported. The products include butternut squash, cauliflower, zucchini, and butternut squash based veggie bowl products. Most of the affected products are labeled with a “Best If Used By” Date of June 26 – June 29, 2019. No other Growers Express products are impacted or part of this recall. This recall does not affect or include any Green Giant® canned or frozen vegetable products.Trader Joe’s also had zucchini spirals included in the recall, but those packages were not sold in the New Jersey area.

Red, White, and You! Merchantville's First Friday is back this week. Food trucks, Sister Act 2, Yoga on the Path, and more. Check it out! So far we have the following Food Trucks: Red's Rolling Restaurant, Rasta Kitchen and Dan's Waffles; Local & Handmade Vendors: Sparrow Lake Farm, Tara’s Cozy Kitchen, SoulFlower Yoga, The Flower Peddler, Kenzees Kloset, Elle Elle Craft Collection, Graceful Knit Knots, To the Rescue, Bear Soaps, Aradia's Treasure Metaphysical Shop, Tizzy's cupboard and Clark Family Breast Cancer Services. Live Music/Activities include: Movie "Sister Act 2" at 7:30 p.m., Bucolic / Unfolding / A Day Without Love ($10) at 7:00 p.m. at Eilandarts Center; Not Fur Longs/Strength (FREE) - 6:00 p.m. at Ryan's Retail Loading Dock, 22 North Centre and a donation based yoga class on the walking path hosted by SoulFlower Yoga. These Merchantville Businesses and Restaurants will be open late: Spirit to Sole Connection, Merchantville Antiques and Salvage, Ryan's Retail & Pop-Up Shoppe, Eclipse Brewing, The Station Coffee, The Juice Bar, Charlie's Crepes, Park Place Café & Restaurant, Pronto Pizza, Blue Monkey Tavern, Vincent's Pizza, Aroma Indian Bistro, Sakura Sushi and Hibachi, Grand China, Merchantville Diner, Play With This Toys, Aradia's Treasure and Castle of Beauty Salon.

Come celebrate with family and friends on Thursday, July 4th at Woodbine Swim Club. We have games, coin toss for the kids, cannon ball contests, a watermelon race, a 50/50, and other fun for all ages. This year, we hope to bring back our corn-hole tournament, and add a horseshoe tournament, and volleyball. There will be lots of food available including burgers, dogs, grilled chicken, and other summer favorites, everything you expect from Woodbine's Independence Day Celebration. The fun starts at noon. The day is all about celebrating America's birthday and it just won't be the same unless you join us! We need help setting up the pavilion to sell food, running games and events, cooking, serving, selling tickets, and cleaning up at the end. We'll need volunteers to organize: Cannonball Contest, Watermelon Race, Piñata, Kids Games, Horseshoe Tournament, Corn-hole Tournament, and Volleyball. Click here to volunteer for an hour or two on the signup list.

Juan Vasquez, an EMT for Pennsauken EMS, needs a kidney transplant. He has lived in Pennsauken for almost two decades and was a member of PHS Class of 2004. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Kelly, and has two boys, ages 10 and 1. Juan has lupus, an autoimmune disease that attacks tissues and organs in the body, and this disease has severely affected his kidneys. Anyone interested in pursuing the donation process can contact Lourdes at (856) 796-9370, press 4, and ask about donating to Juan Vasquez. To directly donate to Juan, individuals will need to have an O positive blood type.