The Camden County Board of Freeholders is sponsoring a Hazardous and Electronic Waste Recycling event at Camden County College on Saturday, June 22, from 8:30 a. m. - 3 p.m. at the Blackwood Campus in the parking lot off Peter Cheeseman Road in Blackwood.

Do you have gardening questions, sick plants or insects eating up your garden that you can’t seem to get rid of, or other gardening questions? Chances are Camden County’s monthly Plant Clinics hosted by the County’s Master Gardeners can answer them.  The clinics are held from 9 a.m.-noon on the third Saturday of every month throughout the spring and summer at the Camden County Environmental Center, 1301 Park Boulevard, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002.

To walk the upper Cooper River trail is to discover a secret hidden in plain sight. Who knew so much woodsy, watery, almost-wilderness awaited visitors to this corner of South Jersey, where Cherry Hill and Haddonfield meet? "I've lived here all my life," says Bob Feltoon, an attorney from Voorhees. "I take Park Drive all the time. And I've never walked back here." Says Merchantville businesswoman Marilyn Axler, an active gardener and park patron, "I didn't know about this." http://bit.ly/Xdni6d

The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea may cause flash flooding in our area from late tonight through 4 a.m. Saturday morning. The storm is expected to merge with a frontal system tonight and bring our region an extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall. The County’s Public Works Department has made preparations in response to the storm warnings.

The DVRPC will unveil the final draft of the Camden County Bicycling & Multi-Use Trails Master Plan on Wednesday, May 29th from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at The Camden County Boathouse, 7050 North Park Drive, Pennsauken. A light dinner will be served and the public is invited. The plan will guide the implementation of multi-use trails and on-road bicycle

You might not hear the difference on the phone, but 9-1-1 in Camden County has gotten a major upgrade. Emergency responders have a tough job, but it’s a lot harder when they can’t communicate with each other. That was a major technology criticism across the country after 9/11. The $35 million system also updates the county 911 center in Lindenwold. McCray says it prioritizes emergencies as calls come in.