Haddonfield's The English Gardener Gift Shop will be moving from 125 Kings Highway East next door to a larger location at 123. The shop is co-owned by Gary Coleman, a longtime Haddonfield resident who was born in England to American and British parents and brought some of the old country back to the new. "We offer a distinctive selection of British foods, pub decor and gifts for the home and garden," The English Gardener website says. "We carry Barbarian rugby jerseys and licensed Guinness apparel, along with a large assortment of teas, sweets and biscuits from England, Ireland, Scotland and …

The boutique that was once Her Sport didn't stay dark for long. A month after owners of the shop moved to Cherry Hill, Second Time Around, a consignment shop with select locations in 12 states has opened offering "upscale resale." "This is their 39th store and they originated in Massachusetts," said Remi Fortunato, the retail recruiter of the borough's Partnership for Haddonfield business improvement district. "They're in Georgetown, Philadelphia, Manhattan. They open their doors really quick." The chain boast of being located in the "chicest and most visited shopping locations in the U.S." …

The Little Tuna restaurant is expanding into the storefront next door that used to be Forever Young Emporium and Jamaican Me Crazy. The restaurant at 141 Kings Highway East will annex the storefront at 139 Kings Highway East, according to Remi Fortunato, the retail recruiter for the Partnership for Haddonfield, the borough, business-tax funded business improvement district. "They're going to have a fresh fish and butchered meat market there and it will be the new entrance to the restaurant," Fortunato said. "It will have a theme like a butcher shop from the 1920s, with clerks with long, white…

Gary Reses is still bullish on Kings Highway, even though he closed the door to his Haddonfield gift shop Sunday for the last time. Reses, 49, the co-owner of Forever Young, the former Jamaican Me Crazy, is reinventing his business from a gift shop to a young-adult home and apparel store on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro. He and his wife, Nina, had run their Haddonfield shop for the past 11 years. Reses said his move says more about the opportunity at Rowan than the business climate in Haddonfield. "If it wasn't for this project and this opportunity, we wouldn't be leaving," he …

Frank's Men's Hair Styling, one of the oldest barber shops in Haddonfield, which once boasted of an iconic Bruce Springsteen photo shoot in front of it, suddenly closed last week after 31 years of business. A sign on the front door last week thanked customers as it announced the shop was closing "permanently." The beginning of the end for Frank's was the untimely death of its owner Frank Montemurro, 56, in June of 2011. It was not reported then, but widely known and confirmed later by patrons and employees, that he died of suicide. His wife, whose name is not immediately available, took over …

Lu Hanessian likes the concept of wearing your heart on your sleeve, but she'd like it better if the emotion is embroidered on a T-shirt from her East Kings Highway shop. Open only since early November, Hanessian's 600-square-foot store, Wear Your Spirit for Humanity, neatly displays garments that carry a message. Some make you laugh. All make you think. Decorated simply with several antique trunks and tables, banners hand-painted and lettered by her husband, and solid wood stools that look like molars, Hanessian's shop encourages visitors to sit and rest a bit. Most of them talk about the …

To borrow a well-worn phrase from a classic author, it could be the best of times and the worst of times for Haddonfield businesses. Look no further than 115 and 117 Kings Highway East to get a snapshot. At 115, Wiseley Jewelers is going out of business after 31 years. Next door at 117, the Summit Sampler home-furnishing shop has doubled the size of its business after two years here by expanding into an adjacent store front. Both owners say things couldn't be better and business is booming, but the future of each couldn't be more different. Stephen Wiseley is shuttering his jewelry store and …

With a flick of her wrist and a swoosh of a soft makeup brush, Donna Cristino can apply softly shaded blushes and concealers to make any woman lovelier. Cristino, a Haddonfield resident for about five years, is a cosmetician on steroids. She not only knows how to apply the cosmetics, she’s created her own line of them. Initially available just in selected salons, Cristino is now touting her makeup line on QVC, the company that has intensified the appearance of package delivery trucks across the country. Named Jing Ai (pronounced Jing-i), which means “pure love” in Mandarin Chinese, the combo …

There was an audible gasp during the annual Mayor's Breakfast in January when Mayor Tish Colombi told the crowd that Yampell Jewelers had closed its doors after 83 years in Haddonfield. Then there was word the news of Yampell's demise was premature. That the business would soon reconstitute across the street in a smaller, less expensive space. But that didn't happen and some customers publicly complained they couldn't find Yampell to get back family heirlooms that were being repaired when the shop was shuttered. All of that seemed like a distant memory during a recent, sunny weekday on Kings …

Twenty years ago, Haddonfield’s Brian Zoubek was a student at the borough’s First Presbyterian Church preschool, according to a news release from Barbara Sewall at the church. Zoubek recently opened Dream Puffz, specializing in “cream puff creations,” at 605 Haddon Ave. in Haddonfield. Last week, he returned to the preschool to deliver a box of 50 Dream Puffz for the teachers’ annual  organizational meeting as they prepared for the new school year. Rather than looking up at the teachers this time, they looked up, way up, to Zoubek, who has grown to 7-foot-1. The former b-baller led the …

Even the trio of pastel-painted stacking tables placed near the doorway into Roomers lures passersby. They’re simple, vintage-y and perhaps just the right practical addition to a family room.  Stephanie Sieben, who opened her painted furniture boutique on Kings Highway in February to fulfill a long dream of owning her own business, has pulled together older furniture with new decorating ideas to create a shop stuffed with one-of-a-kind items.  Corner cabinets, painted in stripes or highlighted with hand-drawn flowers, are popular, she says. Dining room and desk chairs, some distressed and …

Chris Bell's career as a personal trainer went through Haddonfield not so long ago. He originally worked at 114 Ellis St. when Body Physics was located there. Now, in 2012, Bell has returned to the location, but this time with his own gym, Bell's Bodies. Bell decided to move his gym there from its former Haddon Township location. The new Ellis Street location opened Aug. 15. After five years at Body Physics, Bell decided to open his eponymous gym in 2009. The move was motivated by changes in his own life. “My mother was dying at the time,” Bell said. “I told myself that life's too short. I …

Out of a tragic death that shocked the town, inspiration blossomed for a new barbershop seeking to reclaim some of the magic lost. When Frank Montemurro died suddenly last June, barbers and customers alike in his Kings Highway shop, Frank's Men's Hair Styling, were distraught. Montemurro, 56, was the heart and soul of the barbershop that for 30 years serviced everyone from toddlers getting their first haircuts to older guys coming to grips with balding pates. “Our mentor was gone. Our friend was gone. Our hearts were broken,” says barber Joe Graziano of West Deptford. There was no more joy in…

The team of Theresa Hrivnak and Joseph Halloran, owners of and master bakers at Haddonfield’s Indulgence Cupcakery, might not have won the Food Network Cupcake Wars, but they brought their captivating cupcakes to national attention and they had “a blast”—which was just icing on the cake. They hosted a party at P.J. Whelihan’s in Haddon Township Sunday for a more than 100 of their friends to watch the episode of Cupcake Wars on the cable network. They were also watching the show for the first time, although they certainly knew the outcome. The show was filmed earlier this year. “While you’re …

More than a dozen new shops have opened or are preparing to open in the Haddonfield business district this summer. The influx of new could help ease the impact of three long-time merchants going out of business. The three, Cabnet's, Yampell jewelers and Houshiarnejad's Collection Persian Rugs, had operated for a combined 164 years in Haddonfield. Some of the businesses taking their place include Saxbys Coffee, an upscale coffee house moving into Yampell's old location at 104 Kings Highway East. Summit Sampler, a specialty home furnishing store, will expand into Houshiarnejad's space. Summit, …

If you’re looking for trendiest bit of jewelry, perhaps an S-shape of diamond chips or a mass-produced pendant, head to the mall or an adjacent free-standing store. If your search is for exquisite items that you won’t see on anyone else, you won’t have to go any further than Jewelry & Timepiece Mechanix on Ellis Street, just off of Kings Court in Haddonfield.  Shop owner and jewelry designer Bill Green sits comfortably in his modern, brightly lit shop, ready to handle issues as minor as a scratched watch crystal or as significant as an individually designed item, created to bring a memory to …

Want wheels on your feet? Haddonfield’s Kinetic, in the Kings Highway business district, has the place for you. Even with the energetic enforcement of Haddonfield’s ban on skateboarding in public spots, a trendy shop geared to the sport is pulling in enthusiasts and has owners and customers lobbying for the creation of a skate park in town. Primarily an activity of boys, who seem to fall in love with wooden boards on wheels when they’re about 8, Kinetic Skateboards offers skateboard and snowboards, clothing, and shoes for both boarding and for casual wear. The shop at 33 Kings Highway East is…

Brian Zoubek likes cream puffs. You got a problem with that? If you did, it's not likely you would tell him to his face. For starters, you would likely have to stand on a ladder to do it. Zoubek is 7-foot-1 and weighs about 265 pounds. He was a standout at Duke and went out a winner, when the Blue Devils beat Butler for an NCAA basketball championship in 2010. He was a local legend in Haddonfield before that as a leader of the Haddonfield Memorial High School basketball team and the New Jersey State Player of the Year in 2006. A back injury prevented him from playing in the NBA, but Zoubek is…

There’s a very simple fact of everyday life realized by women worldwide: Sometimes you just need a cup of tea. Strong or mild, fruity or herbal according to your personal taste, it makes you sit down and relax. If you’re hungry, you can add a scone. If the budget’s tight, there’s always an egg salad sandwich. Then there are social occasions and events that require primping by the celebrants and an extended table offering. These are the meals you eat slowly, using fancy china if you have it. Then it becomes not “tea” but “a tea.” Haddonfield’s Kings Highway has been the destination for ladies…

Mahmaud Houshiarnejad said his head was spinning. He stood near the center of his upscale, Persian rug store, Houshiarnejad's Collection, on Kings Highway East on a recent weekday and admitted he didn't have a clue what he would do next, when his doors closed for the last time and the creditors came to collect what was left. "My whole, entire life is this business," he said, quietly, as opera played softly in the background. "I worked to grow this business. I don't have a stomach for what to do next. I need to put my brain at rest." Houshiarnejad, 58, an Iranian who is now a U.S. citizen, …