LourdesCare at Cherry Hill is a new, state-of-the-art outpatient center at Route 70 and Brace Road where patients can get critical and specialty services at an all-in-one-stop for expert medical care including radiology, cardiac care, lab services and wellness programs. There will be a community open house event on Saturday, March 23rd from noon to 2 p.m. which will offer tours, free health screenings,
Mayors seek gun control
Four Camden County mayors, Maley of Collingswood, Cahn of Cherry Hill, Redd of Camden, and North of Merchantville, have added their signatures to those of more than 750 other mayors
Fireworks, parades fill July 4th calendar
On Tuesday, July 3rd - Haddon Township: Happy Birthday America! fireworks display, gates open 7 p.m. Haddon Township High School. www.haddontwp.comHaddonfield: Fireworks, gates open 7 p.m., Haddonfield Memorial High School. At dusk, a firework celebration will be held. Gates open at 7 p.m. Free. Rain date is July 7. www.haddonfieldnj.org
Moorestown council under state ultimatum
The Moorestown Township Council is under orders to introduce its municipal budget or else. If it fails to introduce a municipal spending plan by the end of next week, each of the five members will be fined $25 a day until the job is done. Thomas Neff, director of the New Jersey Division of Local Government Services, gave council until Friday to crunch the numbers and come up with a plan and a tax levy. Thirty-eight other municipalities out of the state's 566 recently received the same notice of tardiness. http://bit.ly/LjGF8a
Central School fire suspicious
A long-vacant elementary school on Merchantville Avenue caught fire Tuesday night and officials say the smoky blaze could be suspicious in nature.Pennsauken Fire Chief Joseph Palumbo reported no injuries and said no one was inside the Central School when the fire broke out. The fire is believed to have started in the auditorium of the building at approximately 6:30 p.m. Video.
Ironies abound as Camden landmark's fate is sealed
The landmarks Camden has lost or tossed away could fill a hall of shame. They include long-gone but still-beloved buildings like the Stanley Theater, the Walt Whitman Hotel, and the Broadway Methodist Church, a list to which the shuttered Sears store on Admiral Wilson Boulevard soon will be added. Let's point out that the disappearance of any single structure in Camden has been far less damaging to the city's viability than the wholesale clearance of blocks along Broadway, Mickle, Federal, and Market between the Delaware River and 10th Street. http://bit.ly/Pir3QW
Alleged reptile in the Cooper River
The Camden County Parks Department and Parks Police received a report of an alleged 3-foot reptile in the Cooper River during the week of 6/4/12. Following through on standard operating procedure, the State Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Law Enforcement Bureau were contacted to conduct an investigation. The Cooper River and surrounding park are safe and open to the public. If you have any information regarding this incident, call the Division of the State Fish and Wildlife at (856) 629-0555.