Catch up on the biggest stories in Haddonfield this week.
Haddonfield’s new mayor Neal Rochford was sworn in, and “Pencils for a Purpose” is supplying classrooms in need with the tools to succeed. Catch up on everything from the past week in the Weekly Roundup.
Haddonfield’s new mayor Neal Rochford looking to keep with Haddonfield values
At the Board of Commissioners meeting in Borough Hall on Tuesday, May 23, Neal Rochford was sworn in as mayor. Commissioners Jeffrey Kasko and John Moscatelli were also sworn in to their returning positions of director of finance and revenue and director of public works, parks and property, respectively. Rochford received the most votes in the borough’s May 9 election with 1,056 to Kasko’s 967 and Moscatelli’s 872. The trio will serve in office for a term of four years, which will expire in May 2021.
‘Pencils for a Purpose’ providing school supplies to classrooms in need
For Karen Sobel’s two daughters, Noa, 11, and Grey, 9, the best part of the first day of school has been arriving to a pile of school supplies. When the two Central Elementary School students mentioned to their mother they wished every student could have this same experience, Sobel, who was the parent on the Parent Teacher Association in charge of school supply ordering at the time, wondered if there was a way to share that experience with students in need. In September, second-grade students from the Thomas H. Dudley Family School will have this same experience as Sobel is helping Central School raise funds through her Pencils for a Purpose initiative, which aims to provide school supplies to classrooms with students in need.
The British are coming to Haddonfield
Once again, the Indian King Tavern Museum will hold its “Skirmish on Kings Highway.” Re-enactors portraying the Red Coats and the rebel Colonialists will face-off in a skirmish in downtown Haddonfield at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 3. The fifth annual “Skirmish on Kings Highway” marks the 239th anniversary of the British encampment in Haddonfield. Hosted by the Friends of the Indian King Tavern, this free, family-friendly event tells the tale of Haddonfield’s rich Revolutionary War heritage. Haddonfield residents and shop owners are warned to bury your valuables as the Red Coats will be “looting and pillaging” and taking prisoners.
