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🌱 How Haddon Township schools are reshaping fields and bracing for benefit hikes

Haddon, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Haddon! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Haddon Township schools are reshaping fields and bracing for benefit hikes
  • Who Haddon Township and neighbors face in the state field hockey brackets

Also on today's calendar: Boo Bash & Moonlight Mixer and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What word begins with and E and ends with an E and has one letter in the middle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

☑️ Important voting information: The Nov. 3 general election is coming up. Official New Jersey election resources: Find your polling place | Register to vote | Check your registration | Absentee, mail and early voting.

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 67 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Thursday: Pleasantly warm with sunshine, temps: high: 72, low: 52.
  • Friday: Sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 75 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Haddon Township Schools Managing Referendum Costs, Anticipat... (theretrospect.com) — Haddon Township school leaders are reworking referendum-funded field upgrades to cut costs and avoid environmental impacts, shifting plans from Recchino’s soggy lower fields to expanded space behind Van Sciver Elementary. They also warn health benefit expenses could jump about 25 percent, potentially adding $2 million to next year’s budget after a recent $1 million increase and reduced state aid.
   

• NJSIAA releases pairings for '26 state field hockey tournament (courierpostonline.com) — Haddon Township’s field hockey team has drawn a first-round home matchup against Florence in the upcoming NJSIAA state tournament, with games starting November 2–3. Several nearby programs, including Haddonfield, Collingswood, Audubon, and Haddon Heights, also learned their seeds, giving local fans plenty of chances to follow South Jersey teams through sectional and state finals.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday October 28
  • Wellness Walk →
    2000 NJ-38, Cherry Hill
    9:00 am
  • Bouncing Baby Storytime →
    Collingswood Public Library, Collingswood
    10:00 am
  • Toddler Time
    Haddon Heights Public Library, 608 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights
    10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Deli Associate in Collingswood. Apply here.
  • Compass Group posted a job opening for Assistant Director of EVS - Camden, NJ in Camden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Haddon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Collingswood

  • Who are 2026 boys soccer Player of the Year candidates in the Colonial Conference? (nj.com)

Haddonfield

  • College of Education celebrates nearly 400 future educators at annual pinning ceremony (rowan.edu)
  • Donald Norcross went ‘too far' (inquirer.com)
  • $1M Powerball Win and $200K Toms River Prize Headline NJ Lottery Week (shorenewsnetwork.com)

Camden

  • Camden County Opens $25M Housing Center in Push For Functional Zero Homelessness by 2030 (wjrz.com)

Ok Haddon! 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: "What word begins with and E and ends with an E and has one letter in the middle?" — Envelope (Thank you Mike C. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Haddon

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