More than 300 years ago, the first farms and small settlements began to appear in this part of South Jersey. Gradually, more people began moving to this area, and by the mid 19th century the site where present-day

On January 23rd, at the Borough Council Caucus meeting, members of the Merchantville Police Department were honored to be in attendance for the formal swearing in of the following officers. Sgt. Tomas Whalen was promoted to Lieutenant effective 1/2023,  Sgt. Brian Callaway was promoted to Lieutenant effective 1/2023, Ptl. Keith Tappert was promoted to Sergeant effective 02/2022, Ptl. Austin Regalbuto was promoted to Corporal effective 1/2023, Ptl. Joe Clark was hired 1/2021, Ptl. Anthony Jones was hired 1/2021, Ptl. Matthew Hindman was hired 2/2022 and, Ptl. Angelo Ballestamon was hired 11/2022. Congratulations to our new and promoted officers!