🌱 Patch AM: What Garfield’s potential sale could mean for Collingswood students and taxes

Hello Collingswood! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• What Garfield's potential sale could mean for Collingswood students and taxes
• How police handled reported gunfire at Collingswood's Parkview Towers

Also on today's calendar: Community Health Outreach and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 67.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Collingswood Board Moves Ahead With Garfield School Appraisa... (theretrospect.com) — Collingswood families face big changes as the Board of Education advances an appraisal that could lead to selling the closed James A. Garfield Elementary School. With 113 students being reassigned after a budget-driven closure and tax increase, some relatives are urging the district to reconsider placements for vulnerable children who thrived at Garfield.
   

• Collingswood Man Charged After Gunfire Report at Parkview To... (theretrospect.com) — Residents near Parkview Towers in Collingswood should know that police arrested a 59-year-old man after reports that gunfire struck one of the apartment buildings. Collingswood police and the Camden County Prosecutor's Office responded, eventually activating a critical incident team and mental health personnel before filing multiple weapons and related charges.
   

📸 Around Collingswood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Collingswood

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30
• Community Health Outreach →
  433-435 Morris St, Woodbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• Summer Sip & Paint Watercolor with Sharon Ann Smith →
  Markeim Art Center Markeim Arts Center, 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, 08033, United States
  2:30 pm
Friday August 28
• Girls Night Out Clay (BYOB!) →
  Markeim Art Center Markeim Arts Center, 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, 08033, United States
  3:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Chris Botti →
  Collingswood Grand Ballroom, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood
  8:00 pm
• Chris Botti @ Scottish Rite Auditorium →
  Scottish Rite Auditorium, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood
  8:00 pm
Monday September 7
• "Unofficial End of Summer" Labor Day Car Show at Silver Diner →
  Silver Diner, 2131 NJ-38, Cherry Hill Township
  8:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Samaritan Hosts Healing Hearts: A Space for Grieving Children and Families →
  Samaritan, 3906 Church Rd, Mt Laurel Township
  9:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Celtic Thunder @ Scottish Rite Auditorium →
  Scottish Rite Auditorium, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood
  6:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash Tribute →
  Collingswood Grand Ballroom, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• JF Tatem Class Assignments posted in Genesis →
  J. Fithian Tatem School Haddonfield, NJ 08033
  4:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Seventh Avenue Elementary School 7th Avenue School
  6:30 pm
• Planning Board →
  Pennsauken Township, NJ Calendar, 2400 Merchantville Avenue, Pennsauken
  6:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Toddler Time
  Haddon Heights Public Library 608 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Holtec International posted a job opening for Machine Operator Specialist I in Camden. Apply here.
• Ensemble Investments, LLC posted a job opening for Room Attendant - Housekeeper in Camden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Collingswood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Haddon

• Police: Teens in stolen luxury car kill South Jersey couple (courierpostonline.com)

Camden

• Camden has no grocery stores of its own. A pastor is giving free rides to residents to shop for healthy food in Cherry Hill. (inquirer.com)
• Water UP! Returns to Camden to Connect the Next Generation to Careers in the Water Industry (tapinto.net)
• WHYY event in Camden on EMR reporting (whyy.org)

Haddonfield

• Man Shot Dead In South Jersey: Officials (patch.com)

Ok Collingswood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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