Retired four-star admiral and Merchantville native William J. Fallon delivered the keynote address on May 26th at the dedication of the Camden County Veterans Cemetery at Harleigh, an eight-acre section reserved to provide Camden County veterans with a place of honor and dignity. Established in 1885, Harleigh is currently the final resting place for hundreds of veterans, including more than 300 who served in the Civil War

The Freeholder Board will hold a dedication ceremony for the Camden County Veterans Cemetery at Harleigh on May 26 at 11 a.m.  Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander of U.S. Central Command from March 2007 to March 2008, will deliver the keynote address.  The Veterans Cemetery is located on Kaighn Avenue in Camden.

After a five-month hiatus for repairs, the 30-foot Virgin Mary statue was returned Tuesday to its home atop Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden. In a process that lasted six hours, the statue was hoisted in three parts to the hospital's highest point. The George Young company of Swedesboro took it down and restorers from Kreilick Conservation of Oreland repaired the cracks. http://bit.ly/HSPl1J

When local families sit down to breakfast, there may be familiar faces staring out from the back of their Cheerios boxes. Six ShopRite employees in three Burlington County stores will be on the special-edition cereal boxes. On Wednesday, at ShopRite of Marlton in Evesham, store associates Taryn Gunn of Evesham and Brenda Holland of Merchantville were honored. The photo celebrates the $1 million recently collected by 240 stores to benefit people in need of food.  http://bit.ly/GY3mHx

Central School, which served students in Pennsauken for more than eight decades before being closed in 2007 is set to be demolished by the district. Mold and air-quality problems along with structural damage ultimately shuttered the school at Merchantville and Madison avenues. Saving the 45,000-square-foot structure was deemed to be a lost cause. Demolition bids will be opened and read by the township’s Board of Education May 15.

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