A Public Hearing meeting on the 2012-2013 School Budget was held at Merchantville School on March 27th. The School District proposed programs and services in addition to core curriculum content standards adopted by the State Board of Education. Information on this budget and the programs and services it provides is available from local school district. 2012-2013 School Budget

The Merchantville Task Force is sponsoring a Spring Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 28th from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Interested residents and neighbors should grab their rakes, brooms and shovels and meet at the gazebo at Centre & Chestnut to help spruce up streets,

Neither the Cherry Hill or Merchantville administration sent representatives to the March 6th commission meeting and it was attended by only a few residents. Mayor North, who in the past has voiced his concerns over who would sit on the commission was not at the meeting and has not heard anything on the merger. North noted, “I will say the new administration in Cherry Hill has reached out to me about doing more shared services wherever we can. That’s fortunate, and I feel good about that.”http://on.app.com/FP745j

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After a one week rain delay the 2012 Car Show is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 21st in downtown Merchantville, NJ. Registration is from 12:00-3:00 p.m. at the show entrance on Alexander Avenue and the event runs from 3:00-9:00 p.m. The Car Show features family fun including a rock-wall, moon-bounce, hula hoop & limbo contest and petting zoo. Additional events include a borough wide patriotic decorated home contest and an open house at Grace Episcopal Church featuring the Cherry Valley Model Railroad. There will be a Live Elvis Show, 9 DJs and live bands!  Enjoy fantastic estaurants, shops and an open air food court.

Merchantville, NJ: In mid-February, The Haddonfield, NJ community pulled out all the stops to support two local students, Jason Garstkiewicz, a 7^th Grade Haddonfield Middle School student and Colin Hough, a Freshman at Haddonfield Memorial High School whom had recently been diagnosed with cancer. As the difficult news spread across town, a group of parents familiar with Go4theGoal’s Lace-Up 4 Pediatric Cancer® campaign reached out to order a few hundred NEON yellow shoelaces to distribute.

The MPWC will begin the Spring fire hydrant flushing initiative at the end of the month. The MPWC Commissioners Spring Flushing Program will take place between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 25th through Thursday, March 29th and again on Sunday, April 1st through Thursday, April 5th.

There are currently 52 Towers (10 Registered,42 Not Registered) found within 4.00 miles of Merchantville Borough Hall, 1 W Maple Ave, Merchantville, NJ 08109. View the list. Four (4) new tower applications can be found within 4 miles of the center of town. One has been filed by Pegasus at Chapel Ave West and is located .35 miles from downtown and the other by the camden county Department of Public Works. That tower is proposed on land 0.63 miles from Borough Hall at 2400 Bethel Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ. Additionally, there are several antennas, the actual signal emitters for cellular, paging and other radio services, located within . Antennas can be placed on towers or be stand alone and placed on top of offices, condos, churches, light poles, signs, etc. Stand alone Antennas are small and difficult to spot as they are easily hidden/camouflaged.

In the spring of 2012, Friends of L'Arche New Jersey's first home will open in Merchantville, NJ. Four adults with disabilities and four assistants will live in the home as a family, placing priority in relationships of mutuality and trust. St. Joe's Alumni are invited to participate in Global Community Day 2012 helping to landscape the front yard and break ground on a community vegetable garden in their backyard. Contact Megan Herron at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..