Commissioners Move on $2.6M Bond Issue, National Market Buyout

Mayor James Maley said that the move to purchase the property was "drastic," but that there's a better business waiting in the wings while the market languishes.

On Monday, borough commissioners signed off on the second reading of a $2.6 million bond measure to improve the municipal water infrastructure of Collingswood, heard grievances on the failures of public parking kiosks, and recognized the fire safety efforts of a pair of quick-thinking kids. Yet the issue that caused the greatest stir at their monthly meeting was the second reading of Ordinance 1529, which would authorize the purchase of a property located at 741 Haddon Avenue—a.k.a. the National Food Market. The property has been appraised at $380,000, said Mayor James Maley, and the borough tendered an offer to its owner, Shinder Pal, based on that appraisal. After months of fruitless negotiations, however, the borough may have to invoke …

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Borough Beeswax: Buzzing About Gov. Recall Petition

A Collingswood man's idea to hold a recall election for the ouster of Gov. Chris Christie and certain members of the NJ State Assembly is the topic of conversation this week.

Collingswood resident Timothy O’Neill made headlines this week with NJ-CAN, a grassroots effort to petition registered New Jersey voters to recall Governor Chris Christie. Borough Beeswax took to the streets to see what O’Neill’s neighbors think. “I think it’s a terrible idea,” said Ann Landen of Delran over a cup of coffee at the Collingswood Farmers' Market Saturday morning. “You have to pull up your big-girl panties and stop that financial hemorrhage,” she said. Her husband, Dick, said that although he disagrees with the specific idea of recalling Christie, efforts like O’Neill’s are part of the fabric of democracy. “I think grassroots things are great,” Dick Landen said. “I don’t happen to agree, but that’s what Americans are made of…

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Collingswood Resident Seeks to Recall Gov. Christie

Collingswood man Timothy O'Neill joined forces to create the NJ-CAN organization, in an effort to break Democratic reign.

Collingswood is home to a local man with a lofty goal.  Timothy O'Neill, who ran unsuccessfully for an open seat on Collingswood Public School District's Board of Education this past fall, has taken on a new, larger-scale mission.  And O'Neill is confident his organization, NJ-CAN, will achieve its mission—to gain the petition signatures of 25 percent of the state's registered voters—and recall current New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. O'Neill spoke to Collingswood Patch about NJ-CAN's aims this Tuesday.    Collingswood Patch: Tell us how NJ-CAN came about. O'Neill: It began with the idea to remove Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver from their positions of power. It stemmed from a comment made to …

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Kevin

6:31 pm on Saturday, August 20, 2011

My point exactly.   more ›