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Mapping the damage dealt to New Jersey by line of storms

This week's heat wave came to a spectacular end last night as a line of storms slowly pushed through the state, producing an impressive lightning show, golf-ball sized hail in Bergen County and multiple reports of wind damage around the state. A person in Merchantville in Camden County was injured when a tree fell on a car shortly after midnight. http://bit.ly/lGizlR

Former tax collector sentenced to house arrest

A former Merchantville tax collector is banned from holding public employment due to her theft of tax money from the municipality that employed her. Superior Court Judge Irvin Snyder sentenced Michelle McKinney, 36, of Brooklawn, following a guilty plea in March to Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition of Property. McKinney must serve 364 days incarceration through house arrest, five years probation, restitution for $72,480 and forfeiture of her ability to hold public office in the future. http://bit.ly/miM2lb

When eating an Easter bunny, do you start with the ears or tail?

Whenever we see a chocolate bunny perched on its back legs, we know we have to eat it. But how? Do we start with the head or the tail? While some folks are all ears, others just can't bear to decapitate a hare, preferring to amputate a bunny's bottom first. Brooks Oakford, whose father founded Aunt Charlotte's in Merchantville, says it's less of a commitment to start with the thin head than the thicker bottom.

"(I) eat it from the top down because that's the smallest bite," says the 88-year-old. "It gets a little hard when you get down to the butt, but I think it's all delicious." http://bit.ly/fLVLVI

Shoppers stock up on Easter favorites

But when it comes to Easter chocolates, many will tell you there are few places quite like Aunt Charlotte's Candies in Merchantville, New Jersey. "The people are always lovely when you come in, it's a magical place for children. My children were raised here," said Teresa Walter of Merchantsville. The Oakford Family has been making homemade treats by hand since 1920, and that tradition is still going strong three generations later. It's the kind of quality that keeps customers coming back every Easter. Family patriarch, Brooks Oakford, says he's astonished by his customer loyalty. http://bit.ly/ebx2cJ

Knights of Columbus state council appoints treasurer

Andrew Lipenta of Pennsauken has been appointed state treasurer of the New Jersey State Council of the Knights of Columbus to fill an unexpired term. Lipenta has served in many positions in the Knights of Columbus, including grand knight of his home council, 6735 of St. Peter Parish in Merchantville, district deputy and fourth degree master of the Second New Jersey District. He has served on many committees and received many awards in his more than 25 years in the order, including District Deputy of the Year. http://bit.ly/fHiUUH

Towns may burn Camden incinerator

Camden County officials could soon be out of the incinerator management business. The South Camden incinerator, built in the early 1990s, would be turned over to Foster Wheeler, the Switzerland-based corporation that runs the facility, under a plan being considered, said Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. http://bit.ly/f0oMQR

Local towns reluctant to consider merging

However, officials in both of those towns said they have and continue to share as many vital services as possible without looking to full on merger, which is not the path they wish to go in right now. The towns share a regional high school system and in the grade school levels, have developed a shared curriculum program. Recreational programs such as junior football, cheerleading and wrestling are merged, DPW equipment is often shared when needed and fire departments provide mutual aid between the two towns and many others in South Bergen County. Carlstadt Councilman Joe Crifasi said personnel is shared too, more efficiently than if towns merged and had one full-time position. http://bit.ly/g3n8PP

Former Merchantville official pocketed tax payments

A former Merchantville tax collector pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing cash tax payments. Michelle McKinney, 36, of Brooklawn, began working in Merchantville's tax office in 2004 and became tax collector in 2008. She appeared Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Irvin Snyder in Camden. After an audit revealed the missing money, McKinney admitted she kept at least six payments between February and November 2009. She must pay back $72,480. http://bit.ly/fxSmUI

Merchantville tax collector charged with stealing $937 tax payment

Suspended Merchantville tax collector faces new theft charges

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