Haddonfield BOE Puts 2-Year Limit on Turf Field Campaign
The Turf Field Committee has until 2014 to raise $500K.
The Haddonfield Board of Education plowed through a long agenda Thursday that included a report by board member Dennis Kelleher on the Turf Field Committee’s efforts to raise money for new artificial turf at two fields at Haddonfield Memorial High School. A recent fundraiser featuring a barbecue and golf tournament at Tavistock Country Club raised approximately $25,000 toward the just over $1 million needed to install new turf, Kelleher said. “It was really a tremendous thing, a family event. There were about 400 people there (at Tavistock). The turf committee is aiming to raise $500,000 to $600,000 for this project and I think they’ll do that if this event was any indication of all the interest and excitement in the community.” Borough …
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Brian Kelly
12:48 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
What the commissioners and most of the people pushing this deal don't realize is, they are in the minority. They have these ideas for grand projects while the rest of the town suffers with sky rocketing taxes, diminishing services and crumbling infrastructure. If the commissioners paid attention to and addressed the everyday problems that affect the average Haddonfield resident, maybe people … more ›