Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Plus: big dates to remember in town and no, Collingswood will not be joining the Camden County Police Metro Division.
Didn't go to the borough commissioners meeting on Monday? In addition to a proclamation honoring oustanding volunteer Michelle Miller and a preview of potential tax increases, here's a recap of what you missed. 1. Paved parking lots. As part of its seven-town shared services agreement, crews from Bellmawr will re-pave the Collingswood Community Center parking lot by the end of April—just in time for the opening of the Farmers Market. Visitors and residents are encouraged to park in the LumberYard garage during the process. 2. Repaved county roads. Mayor James Maley acknowledged that Collings Ave. and Browning Road are “in rough shape” after the winter, and that pothole repair on both is a priority for the borough. As county roads, however…
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Merchantville-based McFarlan's grocery is exploring the possibility of opening a second location at the property, but cautions that its plans are exploratory at this point.
Although the plans are very preliminary and lots of hurdles have yet to be cleared, Collingswood could soon be trading in the often-dark National Food Market for the second location of an up-and-coming neighborhood grocer. Janet Stevens, who together with her husband Pete Burgess owns the Merchantville-based McFarlan's Market, said that any formal announcements about purchasing the property would be premature. But the couple is bullish on Collingswood as a second location, and would be very excited about the prospects of bringing their grocery business there. "We’ve been working on this for a year," Stevens told Patch. "It’s going to still involve some time." If the plans hold up, McFarlan's would be the second-latest Merchantville-based …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Patch spoke with Mayor James Maley and representatives from the offbeat grocery store about what it would take to open a location in Collingswood.
With the news that the borough of Collingswood is taking steps to oust the owners of the barely operational National Food Market—and the promise from Mayor James Maley that another, food-related business waits in the wings—the enduring hope shared by many Patch readers was that a Trader Joe’s grocery store would somehow take its place. Although that’s assuredly not going to happen (Maley has also expressly promised as much), it hasn’t stopped specialty shoppers from dreaming, or scheming, of a way to close the gap between the 08108 zip code and the next-closest Trader Joe’s locations in Marlton and Philadelphia. The imminent closing of the Westmont Superfresh grocery store on Cuthbert Boulevard—could it be the next best spot?—has done …
Friday, November 9, 2012
The Haddon Avenue corner store is too infrequently open at a prime retail location for the borough to allow the site to continue underperforming, Mayor James Maley said.
Perhaps the biggest announcement to come out of the borough commissioners meeting Monday night was the first reading of local ordinance 1529: “Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property Located at 741 Haddon Ave.”—better known as National Food Market. The corner store, which is best known in town for its infrequent hours of operation and as a repository for lottery tickets, also has had “a whole host of health code violations,” said Collingswood Mayor James Maley at the meeting. In short, he said, the borough just isn’t getting its money’s worth out of the property. “It’s no good for the rest of the block or the rest of the neighborhood. It’s closed most of the time; when it is open, it’s selling lottery tickets,” Maley said. “We really …
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12:25 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Collingswood will be joining the county police force. So will every other department in the surrounding towns of Camden. more ›