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View MoreCamden County construction crews are closing Kenilworth Avenue and restricting lanes on two segments of Kresson Road in Cherry Hill through Friday, July 31, continuing a multi-week road improvement project.

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View MoreMelissa Brinn, who started at the Cherry Hill Public Library as a volunteer in 2009, has been appointed to the newly created full-time Youth Services Outreach Librarian position, expanding programming and community engagement for kids from birth through age 12.

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View MoreThe Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry's Encounter program brought members from across the country to Cherry Hill's Raab/Goodwin Holocaust Museum in July 2026, where participants toured the exhibits and wrote personal letters of thanks to local Holocaust survivors for distribution at an upcoming Café Europa gathering.

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View MoreCanadian wildfire smoke forced Camden County to cancel three free summer events on July 16 and 17, including the Al Jardine concert at Cherry Hill's Cooper River Park; that show moves to Tuesday, August 4, while the Chicago 9 concert at Lindenwold Park still has no makeup date.

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View MoreCherry Hill resident Cara Spector, 12, turned her bat mitzvah project into a breast cancer awareness campaign that included 150 care packages for Cooper Hospital patients, a school-wide Pink Day at Kellman Brown Academy, and a pledge to donate 10% of her bat mitzvah gifts to Sharsheret.

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View MoreRabbi Jacob Lipkin, a Stanford and Jewish Theological Seminary graduate, started as assistant rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill on July 1, replacing Rabbi Bryan Wexler after nine years and bringing a focus on intergenerational programming to the 800-plus-family congregation.

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View MoreMason Kramer, a Cherry Hill native and Rowan University biology graduate, works as a biologist and naturalist at Palmyra Cove Nature Park, a 250-acre wildlife preserve just across Route 73 where he leads field trips, runs summer camps, and teaches visitors about the Delaware River ecosystem's recovery.

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View MoreCamden County is holding a community meeting Thursday, July 23, to gather resident input on its Open Space & Recreation Plan, which guides spending on parks, trails, and green space affecting Cherry Hill.

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View MoreCherry Hill Township withdrew a proposed ordinance that would have raised housing inspection fees to $80 per new renter after Airbnb hosts, including a 70-year-old Munn Lane resident who rents her late mother's in-law suite, warned the rule could make short-term rentals financially unworkable.

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View MoreCherry Hill's Zoning Board unanimously approved an 18,330-square-foot expansion of the BAPS Hindu temple at 1 Carnegie Plaza, adding a gymnasium, prayer hall, and 58-foot ornamental spires, with conditions including state wetlands approval and a 10 p.m. lighting curfew.
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View MoreCherry Hill Township canceled the July 21 "80's Revolution" Music Under the Stars concert at Barclay Farmstead as severe storms hit the area; the series finale featuring 40 North Country is still set for Tuesday, July 28.
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