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Month: March 2015

Schools

Students Enjoy Learning in Mrs. Hardy’s Class

Mrs. Hardy’s class at Carson Elementary has been diligently working on a grade level initiative of learning the basic multiplication facts. The students are very excited and have shown growth each week. By June, the whole class will become multiplication…

Schools Sports

Phifer Wrestling Wins Pirate Classic

The strong Phifer Middle School wrestling team recently won its fifth Pirate Classic wrestling tournament, beating the second place team, Collingswood, by over 90 points. The Pennsauken Indians placed a team-record 11 wrestlers in the finals. The young wrestlers’ skills…

Schools

Honor Students Recognized At Longfellow

Students who made the honor roll program at Longfellow proudly display their certificates that were awarded during a special assembly. Congratulations to these outstanding students!

Community News

Hop Down the Bunny Trail At Pennsauken’s Easter Egg Hunt

Pennsauken Township’s annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place Saturday, March 28 at the Walt Nicgorski Sports Complex, Powell and Collins avenues. The event, sponsored by the Pennsauken Youth Action Committee and Kiddie Junction, begins at 10 a.m. The Easter…

Community

Trees Available For Curbside Planting

HURRY – 2015 SPRING TREES ARE COMING! The Shade Tree Commission is in the process of purchasing trees for residential curbside planting again this spring. We will have a limited supply and disbursement will be made on a first come,…

Waterlines

Waterlines: Kofoet Retires From Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission

By Michael A. Saraceni, C.O.O., Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission On December 31, 2014, Bernhard H. Kofoet retired from his position on the Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission. Bernie was appointed to his first five-year term effective July 1, 1988. He was re-appointed for…

Biz

A Change In Direction For Local Business Networking

By John Perozzi, Owner, Beacon Auto and Truck Collision and Member of the P.M.A.C. Steering Committee We all experience stress for many reasons, but some of the hardest types of stress to deal with are those linked to change. Recently,…

Friends of the Library In Books

Friends Of The Library Art Show And Poetry Contest This Spring

Local artists still have time to put the finishing touches on their art projects to meet the deadline for the Friends of the Free Public Library’s Art Show and Sale. Submissions can be dropped off on Thursday, April 16 from…

Columns Food Adventures

Bobby Ray’s Pennsauken Tavern Offers True “Home Town” Feel

By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor Bobby Ray Harris grew up in Pennsauken, first at the corner of Washington and Browning and then on Harvey Ave. off of Cove. Life took him across the country and the globe. He became a…

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