Catch up on the biggest stories in Haddonfield this week.
The Haddonfield police department’s bike patrol has returned to town, and the Craft and Fine Arts Festival celebrated 25 years. Catch up on everything from the past week in the Weekly Roundup.
Bike patrol returns to Haddonfield
Haddonfield police Lt. Jason Culter said the police department had a bicycle patrol in the 1990s that faded out of commission around 2001. However, when some fresh blood came on the force, a new officer suggested reinstating the force, and so as of July, Haddonfield’s bicycle patrol has returned.Officer Joseph Marano saw Haddonfield’s downtown lent itself to bicycle patrol. He said he wanted to bridge the gap between motorized patrol and officers on foot. He said there’s an approachability about officers when they are on their bikes that they don’t have in their patrol cars.
Haddonfield Lions: Pillars of the Community
President Bob Stokes works very hard to build on the club’s success.
“The Haddonfield Lions Club’s success in raising funds for the blind and visually disabled, as well as community causes, has been recognized for decades,” said Bob Stokes, the club’s president for the past year .In the past five years, the club has raised more than $150,000 for its many causes, which in 2017 will include contributions to more than 25 different organizations dedicated to both the visually impaired and Haddonfield area community causes.
Crafts and Fine Arts Festival celebrates 25 years of connecting artists and art enthusiasts
More than 100,000 artists and art lovers alike converge on Haddonfield each July. This year, the Haddonfield Crafts and Fine Art Festival celebrates its 25th year in downtown Haddonfield with the two-day festival taking over Kings Highway on Saturday, July 8 and Sunday July 9. Festival director Marcy Boroff said she thinks the festival has had staying power, in part, because it offers art enthusiasts a unique chance to talk to artists about their work one-on-one. She said people don’t often get to meet the artist behind the work they buy. At the Crafts and Fine Art Festival, on the other hand, art enthusiasts get to see the work and ask questions.
