Pedestrian, 90, killed in Haddon Township
A 90-year-old man was struck and killed Tuesday morning while crossing Calvert Avenue near the intersection with Collings Avenue in Haddon Township, police reported.
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Thieves take joy out of holiday decorations
By GEORGE MAST Courier-Post Staff
For 61 years, Art Mercurio has meticulously hung lights around his Collingswood rowhome and lined his front yard with decades-old ornaments.
But after vandals cut cords to lights and a snowman figurine and displaced a trio of choristers on three different nights in the past two weeks, the 88-year-old said [...]
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58-year-old man stabbed to death
By GEORGE MAST Courier-Post Staff
A 58-year-old borough man was fatally stabbed during a dispute at a high-rise apartment complex here, authorities said.
Christopher Wall was killed about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a neighbor's apartment at the Heights of Collingswood, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
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Collingswood man fatally stabbed during dispute with neighbor
A 58-year-old Collingswood man was stabbed to death Thursday evening during a dispute with a neighbor, authorities said.
Christopher Wall, of the Parkview at Collingswood Apartments in the 500 block of N. Newton Lake Drive, was stabbed once about 6:30 p.m. in a neighbor's apartment, according to a statement by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
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Report issues in your neighborhood
As you may have noticed at the top of Collingswood InJersey's site, there is a tab that says "Fixer Upper." If you click on it, you'll see a map of Collingswood.
This tool, known as SeeClickFix, allows residents to report problems like potholes, broken street lamps or vandalism.
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Man charged in string of bank robberies
via Man charged in string of bank robberies | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier-Post.
By GEORGE MAST Courier-Post Staff
A Sicklerville man arrested for robbing a Collingswood bank last week has now been charged with robbing seven other area banks in the past two years, authorities announced Wednesday.
In a two-year span dating to Sept. 8, [...]
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Collingswood bank robbed
For the second time this week, an armed man wearing a fake beard robbed a local bank Friday.
The gunman struck the 1st Colonial Bank on Haddon Avenue around 3:15 p.m., said the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. A man with a fake beard on Tuesday robbed The Bank on Haddonfield-Berlin Road in Voorhees.
"Whether it [...]
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700 in S.J. warned or ticketed in crosswalk stings | CourierPostOnline.com
via 700 in S.J. warned or ticketed in crosswalk stings | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier-Post.
700 in S.J. warned or ticketed in crosswalk stings
By GEORGE MAST Courier-Post Staff
Undercover crackdowns on motorists who blow through crosswalks are in full swing in area municipalities.
More than 700 drivers have been warned or ticketed in Collingswood, [...]
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Police as pedestrian decoys
Collingswood is among several South Jersey communities that now have police officers acting as pedestrian decoys to enforce traffic laws.
For more information on the program, read the Courier-Post article or click here to view a photo gallery of the undercover cops in action.
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dtcman
Years ago we encouraged pedestrians to use their heads with slogans like, “Cross at the green, but not in between.” Now pedestrians, brazenly walk out in front of moving cars with the attitude, “If you hit me, I’ll sue you and own your home.” Sure, pedestrians have the “right of way”, but lets have a little common sense in applying the law!
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ffemt
What about the cops that fly through the 25MPH street just because they can.
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MrsRef
I think Collingswood needs to reconsider where they have their cross-walks Half of them are located between parked cars and poorly or not lit at night. They also need to ticket those who jay-walk without the benefit of the crosswalks. Sometimes I cannot stop because when I drive the 25 mph speed limit, some idiot is tailgating me so close that if I stop, I will surely be rear-ended. I agree with the poster above, people just walk right out in front of you without looking to see if you can safely stop, especially in front of the Station House office complex.
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x
Then perhaps you should slow down when approaching a crosswalk so that when you reach it you have the ability to stop in time.
“I need to break the law because the person behind me is an idiot” is poor excuse.
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I Smell Bacon
Sounds like a cop responding to that one above!!!
Why cant people just use their brains and look both ways before crossing? Oh wait because then that would put some of the responsibility on them.
And while we are at it lets try and have the local police Haddon Twp, and Collingswood stop using their cell phones while on duty. I agree 100% with the no phone laws but why is it cops can still do it, or anyone in a township vehicle for that matter.
And while I’m on the subject of the local police, why is it that they are all so young? Last year they were running the Keg parties in the woods and now this year they are chasing the same kids they hung with, because Mommy and Daddy know so and so and now they are a Big Bad Police Man. Give me a freaking break, half these cops haven’t earned the respect the expect!
Dont get me wrong I support all police and fireman who put their life on the line to protect us. But some of these guys are a joke!
Ok, End of Rant!
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collsgirl0510
You are Colls spoiled. Dont know how good you have it. Where I work you call the police and maybe you see them 20 minutes later. Maybe you want us to hire senior citizens for the force.
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akes7
I agree with the person who remarked about the cops flying down the streets at night – not only is it the police but it’s a bunch of kids who are joyriding and no one’s checking it out. They fly thru stop signs and sometimes there are young children out taking walks with their parents in the evening. Instead of the police wasting taxpayers money pretending to be pedestrians and busting people on the avenue for jaywalking or other ridiculous charges, they should be monitoring other areas of this town. I know, my family’s cars have been the target of vandalism 3 times this year and it’s caused major damage that we’ve had to pay for. We reported it and nothing was ever done; no extra patrols were put on…i just don’t get it! And we just got our tax bill and it went up 11% for this year. Unbelieveable! I know we’ll be selling our property and moving on very shortly! I used to love this town!
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MrsRef
Thanks for the suggestion but I do drive slowly thru town. Explain the logic of putting a place for pedestrians to cross located between two parked cars. Sometimes all you see is a baby carriage coming at you. They should also cracked down on jaywalkers.
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x
I agree that there should be no parking zones on both sides of the crosswalk. This is a good point, but does not dismiss your claim that you “cannot stop” at the crosswalk. You need to drive at a speed that will allow you to do so or consider giving up your license as to no longer endanger Collingswood’s pedestrians.
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MrsRef
I DO STOP at the crosswalks – in fact, I drive so slowly down Haddon Avenue that people ride the bumper of my car all the way from Haddon Twp. to Browning Road. I never claimed that I couldn’t and don’t stop at the crosswalks. Maybe the police resources would have been better used down near the WaWa where people jay-walk constantly or maybe at night when people are breaking into cars and houses!!!!!!!!!!!
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I Smell Bacon
Hold on now lets be fair about this, the police are always at the Wawa, on Haddon and Cuthbert and in Collingswood. They are always there getting their FREE coffee.
I love how they get to park in the Handicapped parking spots and in the Fire lanes And how the signs clearly state no idling, yet the police can do what ever they feel like doing. At any given time there are 3-4 cops supposedly on duty in either of the Wawa’s.
I guess Wawa is one of the safest local places a person could be, If I’m ever going to have a heart attack I’ll make sure it’s in a Wawa.
Give me a Freaking Break, I know that crap don’t happen in our 2 towns here, but damn at least act like your working or something!
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1/2FULL
We all need to slow down, the police need to put as much effort into jay walkers as they do to drivers. Jay walking kids need to be doing community service for the town as a payback not their parents. Adult jay walkers need to be fined or do community service, no excuses for friends,family or politicians. Police need to slow down & obay the same laws as everyone else they don’t have special priviledges or excuses. The cross walks need to have at least one parking spot on each side cleared even if it means less parking for buisness. In saying all that these are just common sence solutions to a problem. The town of Collingswood is a town to be proud of & enjoy & these can all be accomblished without a large cost to the towns people.
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Serena
I love our town, and I love that we have so many marked crosswalks (some with crossing guards!), so it upsets me very much when people ignore them – whether they be on foot or in their car. There are what, EIGHT crosswalks btw Holy Trinity and the Wawa? And yet people will not walk the extra 10 feet to use them. They insist on walking out in front of cars on one of the busiest strips in the area. It’s irresponsible and stupid.
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Community Garden Meeting
Community Garden meeting scheduled for July 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the library.
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Middle Chamber Books Podcast Interviews Collingswood Author Jen A. Miller
The Middle Chamber Books Podcast is a regular series of interviews with book authors and other creative professionals. We are on the web at http://www.middlechamberbooks.com
In this episode of the Middle Chamber Books Podcast, we speak with Collingswood resident Jen Miller, a freelance writer and author of The Jersey Shore; Atlantic City to [...]
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books
It would be great to hear form Jen, an author ,to hear and learn from her experiences.
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Steve Lubetkin
Thanks for visiting. If you click on the link in the posting, you can download the audio interview with Jen as an MP3 file you can listen to on your computer or in an MP3 portable player. Take a look at the line that says “Download the podcast here” and click on the highlighted blue words in the sentence to download the file.
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W. Rhodes
This is great. Thanks for posting!
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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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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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Missing anything? More than 10,000 stolen goods recovered by police
UPDATED (4:52 p.m.): Read the full story here.
More than 10,000 stolen items have been recovered following an investigation by the Cherry Hill Police Department, according to media reports.
The probe began after two people were arrested in February in connection with a burglary. It was discovered the pair rented a storage [...]
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You say: Smooth out ‘wrinkles’ in shared services
A Courier-Post opinion piece
Share-services pacts shouldn't allow one party to pull out with only a few months' notice.
We're glad to see that, at least for the time being, Collingswood and Woodlynne have been able to reach a compromise that will keep Woodlynne from having to scramble and perhaps enter into an unfavorable [...]
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Ted Mann
Woodlyn is a friend to all towns
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Pricchecker
Thanks for share .This is cool.
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2muchtax, 
Serena, and 
jason are discussing. 
collsgirl0510, 
I Smell Bacon and 6 others are discussing. 
whiskeymedic, 
Sean McGann, 
jason 5:51 pm on December 8, 2009 Permalink |
Hey guys,
We can’t let this kill one of our neighbors Christmas spirit and let him give up on his Christmas decorations. Can we get together to help put everything back up/replace any damaged decorations? I’ve got a good amount of lights I can give. Would anyone be interested in finding and checking with Mr. Mercurio and doing this Saturday or Sunday afternoon? Just let me know.
Merry Christmas!!
-jason … (c:
email: jason@jasonfowler.com
twitter: @jasonfowler
Serena 10:26 am on December 11, 2009 Permalink |
I’d be willing to help out on Sunday. I don’t have much to donate (I live in an apt – no lawn to decorate) but I can help string things up. I love the lights along these homes and look forward to them every year. I don’t want Mr. Mercurio to lose his Christmas Spirit.
Email: harpo42@comcast.net
2muchtax 10:19 am on December 15, 2009 Permalink |
It’s a shame, but that shows what a lack of discipline our society has created. I don’t think Lt. Howard Mann’s idea of motion sensors will work too well with christmas lights….. If whoever did this was caught, what would the punishment be? NOTHING Remember the incident in Haddonfield where the kids destroyed a house by spraying urine from supersoakers, and one inventive youth defecated in the piano? NOTHING – They didn’t even pay back the fines imposed by the courts.