Monday, February 4, 2013
Haddonfield borough commissioner meet in a work session.
The borough commissioner met Monday evening for a work session. The work sessions are typically meetings to discuss public policy and actions but not necessarily vote on resolutions or ordinances. No votes are expected in tonight's meeting. Agenda items included a scheduled discussion on the failed effort for a public purchase of the 19.2-acre Bancroft property. Voters rejected the purchase in a Jan. 22 bond referendum. The commissioners also plan to have a discussion about how to pay for the installation of an artificial-turf field on a property adjacent to the high school football stadium near Kings Highway East. They approved a plan in May to spend $356,000 as part of a just over $1 million project to install turf on their field and the…
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Borough officials say Chief John Banning could step down this year before the end of his three-year contract.
Borough Administrator Sharon McCullough said Monday that police Chief John Banning may retire before the end of the year. McCullough said Banning's contract is up next year, as well as the current police contract for the entire force of 21 officers. Typically, retirements are clustered before the end of current contracts because of the expectation a new contract will not include the same level of benefits, she said. The announcement came at a regular commissioner's work session Monday evening and Banning was not immediately available for comment. Banning, a nearly 30-year veteran of the department, received a contract in May 2011 that paid him $119,000 a year. McCullough said Det. Sgt. Mark Knoedler has already announced his retirement, as…
Friday, July 6, 2012
Nearly two dozen Haddonfield residents protest sidewalks in their neighborhood.
The Haddonfield Board of Commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to approve $397,000 a road improvement project, but tabled $94,000 in sidewalk construction along the roads after neighbors complained. The road work and sidewalks were part of the borough's annual capital road improvement project. The road work on nearly 2,000 square feet along North Drive and Washington Avenue from Kings Highway to Bewley Road and Winding Way, was awarded to Asphalt Paving Systems of Hammonton. The commissioners listened to two hours of complaints from residents before voting to table the sidewalk project until their next meeting on Monday, July 23. Neighbors said they were in favor of road improvements but feared sidewalks would have a negative impact …
Maryann Campling
4:59 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
I knew "the" Frank Rizzo......and I assure you, he would agreed with Mr. Harrington! more ›