Collingswood News

All plastics aren't the same -- at least in their ability to be recycled. But they all take up space in landfills and don't biodegrate in the soil, which make them bad for the environment.

Aesthetician Melissa Lukacz from Rizzieri Haven Spa prepares a hot towel. More and more men are heading to salons to take advantage of relaxing treatments By Kaelin O'Connell koconnell@sjnewsco.com Five years ago Paul Siderio finally gave in to his wife's prodding: He agreed to a day at the spa.

If Collingswood has its way, there will be fewer milk and orange juice caps in the landfill.

When David Zuzga moved from Philadelphia to Collingswood with his wife and children, he wanted to bring his love for community gardening with him.

Once a remote Pinelands town, Evesham now has main roads clogged with traffic and rimmed by strip malls and shopping centers.

The Ballroom of the Scottish Rite Theatre will be turned in to the "Greatest Show on Earth" with the arrival of Collingswood Community Theatre's production of the spirited musical "Barnum". The show traces the career of America's greatest showman from 1835 to the year he joined James A. Bailey to form The Greatest Show On Earth.

Imagine a toll road with no toll takers, no wire baskets for airborne change and no traffic-snarled toll plazas.

Residents around the tri-county area are getting ready to celebrate Independence Day, with a full slate of parades, fireworks and other celebrations planned, despite the ailing economy.

Camden County Freeholder Director Cappelli Chosen to Lead Regional Planning Agency For Immediate Release: June 25, 2009 Contacts: KEN SHUTTLEWORTH 472-8837 Directors of the Philadelphia-based Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission have elected Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr.

The sun burst through the clouds a few short hours before Collingswood High School's graduation ceremony.

Cumberland Regional High School on Monday sent off 321 graduates into the world, including one who attracted at least regional attention in Tre'Shawn Mitchell-Parish, the second-oldest of four brothers who were discovered starving in their adoptive home, in Collingswood, in 2003.

Two hours into her recent JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas, Marilyn Parver watched as a loud child that had been annoying other passengers non-stop since takeoff finally made one of them snap.

Three years ago, Woodlynne dismantled its police force and arranged for Collingswood to provide patrols, for a fee.

The South Jersey Green Restaurant Group's "Off the Hook" promotion of local seafood begins Monday.

OCEAN CITY POLICE PRESS RELEASE: OCEAN CITY a ' During the week of June 8 a ' 14, Ocean City police made the following arrests: On 6/8/09, Malkova Nina, age 18, of Ocean City was arrested for Shoplifting.

With the college season of pomp and circumstance just about over, high school graduations unfold in South Jersey over the next two weeks.

First grader Christopher Minard cruised through Collingswood's PATCO parking lot on a silver Pacific bicycle, testing its fit, brakes, and gears.

I may get blacklisted for thinking -- much less saying -- this, but the uber-hip Collingswood dining scene just doesn't do it for me.

There was no time to count Mississippis during a thunderstorm that wreaked havoc on South Jersey Tuesday morning.

Grilling fish can make even the most experienced grillmeister feel like he's swimming upstream.