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World’s Best Scullers Go Head-To-Head On Cooper River
This Saturday, the world’s top scullers go head-to-head on the Cooper River. Races featuring the nation’s top high school and adaptive rowers will also take place throughout the morning.
On Saturday, Oct. 26, the world’s top scullers will go head-to-head on the Cooper River in the 2019 Gold Cup Challenge. The race is one of the last opportunities for the world’s best to face off before lining up at the Tokyo Olympics and is being held for the first time on Cooper River.
Construction On Cooper River Spans Extended To October
Construction on two Camden County bridges will require closures until approximately the middle of October as crews continue to make major improvements. The Grove Street Bridge will maintain a one-way detour until Monday, Sept. 17, and outer lanes on the Cuthbert Boulevard Bridge will close beginning Sept. 10, and remain closed until Oct. 15.
Antique Fire Apparatus Show Held On August 4 At Cooper River Park
The Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus Association (CLAFAA) will be hosting an antique fire apparatus muster on Saturday, Aug. 4, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Cooper River Park, 5300 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken.
Repairs To Bridges Over Cooper River Scheduled To Begin Thursday
This week’s heavy rains and wind gusts have delayed the start of structural work on two bridges that pass over the Cooper River. The Freeholder Board’s Department of Public Works anticipates beginning construction on both the Grove St. and Cuthbert Blvd. bridges on July 26. To facilitate the construction, detours will be in place. The exact timing and completion of both projects may be altered by weather and other factors.
South Jersey’s Premier Dragon Boat Competition Returns to Cooper River
North America’s fastest growing athletic event is returning to South Jersey on July 28.
The third annual Cooper River Dragon Boat Festival will feature 200 meter races along Cooper River from 8:30 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. for novice or intermediate community teams (mixed and women’s), and competitive sport teams (mixed & women’s) seeking Eastern Regional Dragon Boat Association points.
New Book On Cooper River Overflows With History
By Robert Fisher-Hughes, AAP Columnist and Amateur Historian
A flowing river with its tributaries, turns, widenings, narrowings, its pools and its occasional shallows and rapids, is a frequent and apt metaphor for history. A new volume in the popular “Images of America” series of local historical books, “Along the Cooper River: Camden to Haddonfield,” carries us on the currents of our local past, from the Lenni Lenape, to events as recent as last year. It is a voyage worth taking with authors Robert A. Shinn and Kevin Cook.
