Oaklyn News

Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold around the region.

Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold around the region.

The Borough of Oaklyn is currently recruiting for police officer in order to establish an eligibility list for current and future vacancies.

It's the kind of story that restores your faith in the power of the Internet to do good.

When you gotta go, you gotta go, as the saying goes. But that old saw is missing a key piece of advice about choosing prudently the time and place, as an Oaklyn man learned first-hand from Collingswood police .

One last meeting next Thursday night could salvage this summer for the Oaklyn Swim Club.

Collingswood Patch's most-read stories this month include articles on a suspicious package that turned out to be a hoax, a borough man accused of phoning in a half-dozen threats to Camden and complaints over "structured recess" at an elementary school.

The Collingswood Police Department is hosting a prescription drug drop-off for borough residents from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at the station house .