Thursday, June 21, 2012
Officials are encouraging area residents to bring a homemade sign to the parade along Black Horse Pike Saturday morning.
A parade to honor the area's military veterans and active troops, airmen and sailors will head north on the Black Horse Pike (Route 168) from Glendora into Runnemede this Saturday morning. Organizers encourage Gloucester Township, Bellmawr and Runnemede residents to come out to show their appreciation for the veterans who live among us. "They need to show up to support our troops," Kevin Bucceroni, a member of the parade organizing committee, said Thursday. "Our troops deserve the honor of having their presence." The first-ever Black Horse Pike "Welcome Home Veterans Parade" will feature members of seven area Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) posts and a local Marine Corps League organization, according to Bucceroni. The seven VFW posts are …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
The parade will be held along the Black Horse Pike in Gloucester Township and Runnemede on Saturday, June 23.
A parade in honor of military veterans will be held along the Black Horse Pike (Route 168) the morning of Saturday, June 23. The "Welcome Home Veterans Parade" will begin at the war memorial at Eighth Avenue in the Glendora section of Gloucester Township and end at Eighth Avenue in Runnemede, according to Kevin Bucceroni, vice president of the Black Horse Pike Regional School Disrict Board of Education and a member of the committee organizing the first-of-its-kind parade. "We are having the first welcome home parade to welcome home our troops with the closing of the Iraqi war," Bucceroni said in announcing the parade at Gloucester Township Council's meeting Wednesday night. It is expected the parade and related celebrations and ceremonies …
Friday, April 6, 2012
The incident occurred following a traffic stop on the Black Horse Pike on Thursday.
The Gloucester Township Police Department announced Friday that a wanted Camden man was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop on the Black Horse Pike, near Lower Landing Road. Christopher Davis, 25, of Liberty Street, Camden, was charged with third-degree aggravated assault on police and third-degree resisting arrest, as well as hindering apprehension by providing false self-information and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Lt. Mike Harkins. Davis, who was wanted on an active warrant, allegedly refused to provide police with his name during the traffic stop, then pushed officers, triggering a brief struggle, when they attempted to take him into custody. Ptl. Thomas Wynne pulled over …
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N Black Horse Pike & Lower Landing Rd, Blackwood, NJ
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Life’s a little sweeter at Hilltop Creamery.
Eighteen flavors of premium, hand-dipped ice cream is enough to entice anyone to pull over for a quick scoop. “People are usually happy when they pull in for ice cream. We deal in happiness,” said Hilltop Creamery owner Shannon Pass. HIlltop Creamery on Black Horse Pike has been a Gloucester Township fixture for more than 50 years. Geoffrey and Shannon Pass have been operating the ice cream business for a little more than a year now. Shannon says it is not unusual for customers to stop in and reminisce about eating ice cream at Hilltop with their grandparents. One of their repeat customers is a truck driver from Canada who always pulls in to grab a scoop of coconut ice cream. Before purchasing Hilltop in May 2010, Shannon, who used to work…
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Hilltop Creamery
1540 N Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, NJ
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
This tomato pie restaurant serves up more than 200 pies a week.
It's 3:30 p.m. and the phones won't stop ringing. It would seem that everyone wants a tomato pie from Alfred's Tomato Pie on the Black Horse Pike. The atmosphere at Alfred's is more your favorite aunt's dining room (filled with your favorite cousins) than pizza joint. It is a place where you come to enjoy and where you come often. "People want to be taken care of and that's what we do," said owner Terri Berkholder, who bought the restaurant along with two of her daughters, Jessica Barrett and Summer Stanley, in May 2010. The family was a longtime fan of Alfred's Tomato Pie, which had been open for about five years under original owner Alfred Rossino. When Rossino closed his doors and put the restaurant up for sale, the family was …
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The incident occurred in the township's Blackwood section Monday night.
Clarification: When initially published at 6:55 p.m. Aug. 9, this article indicated the apparent luring attempt occurred around 9:20 p.m. Monday. The incident occurred around noon. Police were summoned to take a report of the incident at 9:26 p.m. The information contained below has been adjusted for accuracy. ---------- Police are asking the public to remind children to stay away from strangers in the wake of an apparent luring attempt in Blackwood Monday night. The incident occurred at Davistown Road and the Black Horse Pike, near the Heritage's convenience store, at around noon Monday. Police received a call at 9:26 p.m. reporting that a man driving a maroon pickup truck had pulled up to a 13-year-old girl to ask her if she wanted a …
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Davistown Rd & S Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, NJ
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A stretch of the road near Chews Landing Fire Department will be the scene of construction the rest of the week.
UPDATE, Aug. 9, 8:48 a.m.: Police this morning issued an alert indicating there will be closures on Chews Landing Road between Somerdale Road and the Black Horse Pike today and Wednesday. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes. These closures are in addition to detours announced on Monday for eastbound traffic this Thursday and Friday due to paving. ---------- A stretch of Chews Landing Road will be closed for about seven hours both Thursday and Friday for a paving project. The road will be closed to eastbound traffic between Somerdale Road and the Black Horse Pike, in the township's Blackwood section, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days, police said. Eastbound traffic will be detourned south on the Black Horse Pike to Old Black …
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Chews Landing Fire Department
43 Somerdale Rd, Blackwood, NJ
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Monday, July 25, 2011
The road project now will begin next Tuesday.
UPDATE, 9:37 a.m. 7/26: Police announced this morning that the Davistown Road project will not begin until Tuesday, Aug. 2. It is expected to last through Aug. 5. ---------- A repaving project on Davistown Road is expected to cause traffic delays this week. The milling and repaving of the road, between Lehigh Avenue and the Black Horse Pike, will begin Tuesday and will continue through Friday, July 29. Work will take place between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day. The road will be passable with an alternating traffic pattern. Motorists should expect delays during the project, police said, and should seek an alternate route.
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Davistown Rd & S Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, NJ
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Six new pedestrian crosswalks were added across the township last week.
Police and public works personnel installed six pedestrian-crossing signs at three points last week to alert motorists to upcoming crosswalks. The signs were installed on Blackwood's Almonsesson Road, West Church Street and Lakeland Road where the township bicycle and walking path crosses each roadway. The reflective, in-street, high-visibility signs are used to remind drivers of New Jersey's relatively new right-of-way law at pedestrian crossings. "Casey's Law," which the Legislature passed last April, requires motorists to come to a complete stop and remain stopped for pedestrians in crosswalks, as well as for pedestrians crossing at intersections where there are no marked crosswalks. Motorists who fail to stop for pedestrians face fines…
Friday, June 10, 2011
Save the date for Saturdays all summer for local produce, fresh flowers and much more.
The Blackwood Farmers Market opens its third year next Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in the Gloucester Township-Blackwood Rotary Public Library parking lot. The market will be open every Saturday through Oct. 8. About eight vendors are lined up to sell locally grown, South Jersey produce, including Far Wind, Montleone and Pleasant Valley farms. There also will be fresh-cut flowers available, baked goods, handmade candles and other crafters. The farmers market is sponsored by the Blackwood West Redevelopment Corp., a volunteer committee made up of nine local residents, all committed to bringing more people to downtown Blackwood to shop, dine and spend money. "We are excited for this year to begin," said Gloria Pasquarello, who is the unofficial …
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Gloucester Township-Blackwood Rotary Public Library
15 S Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, NJ
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C. Clarke
11:11 am on Friday, June 22, 2012
Great to know! I'll definitely check it out (and bring my camera)! more ›