Friday, December 23, 2011
A day after a Hanukkah menorah was stolen from Haddonfield, it was replaced with a larger one.
On Wednesday morning, 4-year-old Isabella Wallet was riding past Library Point in her mother’s car when she noticed the menorah was missing. Isabella attends preschool at the Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill and was excited when she first saw the 6-foot menorah. Her mother had no explanation as to why it was missing just days before a scheduled lighting ceremony. The menorah—which police said was stolen—made a triumphant return Thursday, to the joy of Isabella and a large crowd that filled the park in front of the Haddonfield Public Library known as Library Point. The rabbis and congregation of Chabad Lubavitch replaced the menorah with a larger one, a day after thieves pulled the stolen menorah from the ground. Haddonfield Police …
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The 6-foot menorah was ripped from the ground in a theft reported on Wednesday afternoon.
A 6-foot, metal Hanukkah menorah was stolen from borough property in front of the Haddonfield Library overnight Tuesday. The theft was reported on Wednesday afternoon, police said. An eyewitness reported seeing several police cars with emergency lights on and several men wearing yarmulkes, who appeared to be very agitated, shortly after 1 p.m. today at the scene. Police Chief John Banning confirmed the menorah was reported missing but declined further comment. A metal bracket bolted to the ground with four screws protruding was all that was left of the menorah on Wednesday afternoon. It stood next to a sign reading: "Chabad Lubavitch wishes you a Happy Chanukah." The menorah was erected by Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue of Cherry Hill. There …
Public comments about traffic flow and seasonal displays dominated discussion at Haddonfield Commissioners meeting.
A handful of public comments at the borough commissioners’ final work session of 2011 topped an agenda filled with a variety of odds and ends, including bus routes and the borough holiday displays. Euclid Street residents Joyce Howell and Mary Ann Walker spoke about how the Tanner Street construction diverted the 451 NJ Transit bus to their street. “As the construction on Tanner Street wound down, the bus traffic didn’t change,” Howell said, adding that Euclid felt to her like “an urban street at certain hours of the day. “Tanner Street is a business street; Euclid from Westmont Avenue up is residential,” she said. Walker said she saw buses driving up Euclid as recently as three times an hour during a recent weekday. The regular bus route …
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jerry tanenbaum
12:33 pm on Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Well -- the menorah was found, trashed behind one of our schools. I had hoped that it had been metal theives behind the crime, but apparently not. This appears instead to have been an expression of hostility toward the inclusion of a faith-based display that is something other than Christian. As the local Jewish Haddonfield community has grown there have been such occassional issues. imagine what… more ›