Join in the community fun at Merchantville's 138th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! The Birthday Celebration is scheduled for Saturday June 2nd from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at Wellwood Park. Wellwood Park is located between West Maple, Hamilton and Linden Avenues. There will be traditional picnic, games, races including potato-sack, three legged and egg/spoon; a pie eating contest, a bounce house, balloon clowns and a dunk tank to name few. Refreshments by Cabana Water Ice. Music and entertainment will please the crowd throughout the day. The Public Events Committee welcomes additional volunteers to help with advance planning and as well as on the day of this event. Call: 856-662-2474 ext. 103 if you can help!

Borough Council will hold their monthly caucus meeting on Monday, May 7th. Under discussion on the agenda will be updates on unresolved 2011 issues and proposed 2012 capital budget items. Also on the agenda are a proposed Salary Ordinance and an ordinance

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,

More than 60 kids poured themselves into the Boys & Girls Club Saturday to learn a few lessons about water safety. Sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Swimming’s Diversity Committee and former Olympic hopeful Danielle Strader-Bordi of Merchantville, Water Safety Day

Dancing with the Cherry Hill Stars is Sunday, May 6, at 7 p.m. in the New Auditorium at Cherry Hill High School West. Two contestants, Joe DeMarco of DeMarco Dance Center in Merchantville and Jenny Ryan, who publishes SNJ Business People, had not met prior to their first rehearsal. DeMarco heard about Dancing with the Cherry Hill Stars through one of his adult students, and said that he grabbed the chance to do a live performance since he spends most of his time teaching and choreographing.  He said that many of his dance students and many of his friends’ children attend Cherry Hill schools, making the cause particularly relevant to him. Support your favorite dancers by voting online now at www.cherryhilleducationfoundation.com.

Destroy your personal documents May 5th from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Camden County College, Peter Cheeseman Road, Blackwood.  To help in the fight against identity theft, the Camden County Freeholder Board is sponsoring a free shredding day for Camden County residents wanting to destroy documents containing personal information.  Industrial size shredder trucks will be on site to destroy private documents while residents watch.