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• Cherry Hill swim clubs treading water this season | Philadelphia Inquirer 

  by Julia Hays on May 24th, 2010 | Comment

  The Gillooly family of Cherry Hill has made tough budget decisions to save money this summer. That extra week at the Shore? Cut. A $685 membership to the private Barclay Farm swim club? Stays.

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• Tax hike looms for Cherry Hill 

  by Julia Hays on April 7th, 2010 | Comment

  By Jane Roh, Courier-Post Staff

  The township could see an $8 million deficit in its next fiscal year, making higher taxes a certainty, Mayor Bernie Platt said Tuesday.

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• Platt: Aide who lied deserves 2nd chance 

  by Julia Hays on March 9th, 2010 | Comment

  

  By Jane Roh, Courier-Post Staff

  Council members approved a revised budget Monday night for fiscal year 2010 of $63.9 million, reflecting a $600,000 increase.

  Also at Monday's meeting, officials lauded the township's snow-removal efforts and Mayor Bernie Platt said a top aide who was caught in a lie "deserves an opportunity to redeem himself."

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• Mayor and Council extend 10 percent pay cut 

  by Cherry Hill Township on January 13th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Mayor Bernie Platt will give back 10 percent of his Township salary this year, renewing his pledge to personally create a cost-savings for Town Hall. Following Mayor Platt’s example, Town Council and business administrator Maris Kukainis have also agreed to the 10-percent salary reduction.  

   This is the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures implemented [...]

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• Less expensive holiday food: Something to be thankful for 

  by Julia Hays on November 20th, 2009 | Comment

  

  By EILEEN SMITH Courier-Post Staff

  This year, grocery shoppers can enjoy a little leftover cash along with their turkey sandwiches.

  The price of a typical Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people is $42.91, a 4 percent decline from 2008, according to a price survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

  "Consistent with the retail food price [...]

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• Traffic worries may top Haddonfield Road survey 

  by Julia Hays on November 12th, 2009 | Comment

  

  If big-box retailers aren't your thing, the ever-expanding business complexes along Haddonfield Road in Cherry Hill might look like a metastasizing eyesore.

  "They're just clogging it all up. And now they want to put up all these apartments -- they've damaged the whole site," said Alene Ammond, a local activist and former state senator. "They [...]

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• Economy intrudes on worship 

  by Julia Hays on September 27th, 2009 | Comment

  via Economy intrudes on worship | CourierPostOnline.com.

  By KIM MULFORD Courier-Post Staff

  Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, begins tonight. And though the holiday requires a day of fasting, prayer and worship in the synagogue, some faithful will not be in services this year, thanks to the recession.

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• Economy changes style of malls | Philadelphia Business Journal 

  by Julia Hays on September 18th, 2009 | Comment

  

  Area malls are opening their doors to some newcomers — local retailers.

  David Zarfati, a boutique owner with locations at the Jersey Shore and upstate New York, is one of the retailers that benefited from vacancies at the Cherry Hill Mall. He opened BackStage Couture, taking advantage of shorter lease terms and a rare opportunity [...]

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• Family loyalty keeps Catholic schools alive | CourierPostOnline.com 

  by Julia Hays on August 31st, 2009 | Comment

  

  At Resurrection School in Cherry Hill, which opened last September after Queen of Heaven School shut down and was merged with St. Peter Celestine School at the St. Peter Celestine site, enrollment will be down this September, school spokeswoman Alli Smith said.

  Last year, the school had about 400 students enrolled, more than had attended [...]

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• Budget cutbacks force changes in classrooms | CourierPostOnline.com 

  by Julia Hays on August 31st, 2009 | Comment

  

  In the struggle to emerge intact from New Jersey's current economic crisis, many school districts are having to make do with less -- and when students return to class in September, they are likely to see a difference.

  Fewer teachers, larger class size, missing academic or enrichment programs and the elimination of late buses and [...]

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• Executive Business Summit 2009 

  by Adrienne Onorato on August 27th, 2009 | Comment

  Alloy Silverstein of Cherry Hill & Hammonton presents:

  EXECUTIVE BUSINESS SUMMIT 2009 A Special Session of Strategies and Solutions

  Thursday, October 1, 2009 Mount Laurel Double Tree Guest Suites 515 Fellowship Road North, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 8:00AM-10:00AM

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