Sportz Dogz closes
After less than a year in business, Sportz Dogz at the LumberYard in Collingswood has closed. No word yet on a replacement.
PHOTO GALLERY: A look at the eatery's fascination with hot dogs.
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Despite PATCO construction, Farmer’s Market same time, same place
The Collingswood Farmer's Market will move out from under the high speed line tracks this weekend to make way for PATCO construction.
Market enthusiasts will still find the event between Collings and Irvin Avenues, said Betsy Cook, Market director. The 20-foot shift may continue after this Saturday.
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Corn comes late, but well worth the wait
By MATT CHIMENTO Courier-Post
Corn is something you can imagine being sold during a late night info-mercial, sandwiched between ShamWow and the Snuggie.
"It has a million uses!"
"It's great for all ages!"
"It comes in a can and can double as a doorstop!"
Realistically, as the Jersey crop goes, "It's just so [...]
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Post your July 4 photos
Send your Collingswood Fourth of July photos to wrhodes@gannett.com to share them with the InJersey community. (Or post them to Flickr with the "collingswood" tag.)
Check out these related photo galleries:
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Four courses for $28 in Collingswood
Here's a homegrown deal that's hard to resist: A dozen Collingswood eateries will offer Farm Fresh Restaurant Week from July 12 to 16.
The restaurants will serve four courses for $28, and the meals will incorporate ingredients from the Collingswood Farmers Market.
All restaurants are BYOB, and reservations are recommended.
Here are the [...]
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Rounding third and headed for home …
(By Tammy Paolino | Read more Mama Drama from Collingswood here.)
We had a glorious Fourth. We stayed in South Jersey, away from the crowds, but did it up right.
A little Collingswood Farmer’s Market - featuring the fantabulous Dave Kelly on guitar and the first corn of the year (omigod it [...]
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Collingswood widens effort on plastics
By LAVINIA DeCASTRO Courier-Post
If Collingswood has its way, there will be fewer milk and orange juice caps in the landfill.
The borough recently became the first town in Camden County to offer residents a chance to recycle plastics numbered 3 through 7. That means a variety of common household items that [...]
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Pop Shop competes for network titles
The Pop Shop is competing with other Philadelphia-area eateries for the title of Best Ice Cream and Best Breakfast in Nickelodeon's Parents' Picks Awards.
Users of Nickelodeon's ParentsConnect in 52 cities nationwide vote for their top picks online. Voting continues until July 15 and winners will be announced on Aug.15.
The 2009 award winners will [...]
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Man aims to propagate community garden
By JULIA HAYS Courier-Post
When David Zuzga moved from Philadelphia to Collingswood with his wife and children, he wanted to bring his love for community gardening with him.
And now with the help of the cooperative extension at Rutgers University and the support of the town, Zuzga is gearing up for the first [...]
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Cappelli named planning commission chairman
By the Courier-Post
Camden County Freeholder Director (and Collingswood resident) Louis Cappelli, Jr., has been elected chairman of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, a bi-state federal agency with planning responsibility for Camden, Burlington, Gloucester and Mercer counties and nine Pennsylvania counties.
The 18-member, Philadelphia-based agency funnels federal money for transit projects, and [...]
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Motorists beware: S.J. police look to crack down on speeders
Going out and about in South Jersey? Drive carefully, as police plan to crack down on speeders this month.
"Eighteen municipal departments in the tri-county area are participating in the annual Obey the Signs or Pay the Fines initiative (PDF link)."
via Courier-Post (read the full article).
Watch out for more [...]
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Collingswood set for glorious Fourth
By BRIDGET SMITH Courier-Post
Residents around the tri-county area are getting ready to celebrate Independence Day, with a full slate of parades, fireworks and other celebrations planned, despite the ailing economy.
In Collingswood, the town is maintaining its $25,000 fireworks show, says borough Administrator Bradford Stokes. He said the borough [...]
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Police investigate series of thefts from vehicles in Collingswood, area towns
Collingswood resident Tony Giglio was halfway across the bridge into Philadelphia Friday morning when he reached up to retrieve his E-ZPass from his visor and found nothing. He had noticed his Chevy pickup had a "rummaged-through" look when he got up to drive to work from his home at 306 Harvard Ave., but even though [...]
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Ted Mann
You’d think things like cell phones and e-z passes would be easy for the police to track down. Can’t they just triangulate the location of the phones, or monitor the next time a car with the e-z pass goes through a toll booth?
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Sean McGann
Ted Mann. I assure you that they are not looking for those things. They are way too busy. They have to make sure all plants are watered on Haddon Avenue.
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whiskeymedic
unless you are cop yourself or work for the town or one of the contractors in town you won’t get shit
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mr.Job
Thank you very much, I was looking for this!
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Sean McGann
Ill be sure to keep my eye out. My apartment was broken into before (in Collingswood) and it really made me mad.
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PHOTO: A day can’t go by without some form of rain, right?
Storm clouds on the horizon. I'm fine with all types of weather, but the recent ever-rainy forecast in this area is dragging me down. I hope it doesn't start up again.
Send your weather photos to wrhodes@gannett.com or post them to Flickr with the "collingswood" tag.
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Flamenco fusion, food at Casona
Liven up your night out on Haddon Ave. by watching Tres Compadres perform at Casona of Collingswood Friday night.
This "flamenco fusion" band consists of Chris Mood (a few instrumentalists and dancers too, according to MySpace photos). Live music lasts from 6:30 to 9:30 at 563 Haddon Avenue. Click [...]
Sean McGann is discussing. 
whiskeymedic, 
Sean McGann 10:25 pm on October 13, 2009 Permalink |
Lumberyard? WHAT? hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Way to rub it in their faces. Im thinking of buying a Auntie Annes and its backed. It would look great where the wood once dwelled.
Sean McGann 10:27 pm on October 13, 2009 Permalink |
Doesnt a police officer own a pretzel store in town? Thats not fair. Its actually Official Misconduct if he sells one pretzel while on duty.