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Christine Harkinson

Articles by Christine Harkinson

Lessons learned

Following his retirement from Moorestown Friends School (MFS), Larry Van Meter spent five years as the president and CEO of the Forman Acton Educational Foundation in Salem. The Acton Foundation…

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Sustainable Moorestown hosts EV Fest and Green Fair

Moorestown’s inaugural EV Fest and Green Fair 2024, presented by Sustainable Moorestown, will be held at the Moorestown Town Green on West Second Street on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11…

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Remembering LeRoy Homer and 9/11

The inaugural 9/11 LeRoy Homer 5K – to honor the first officer of the doomed United Flight 93 on 9/11 – will be held on Sunday, Sept. 8. The event…

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Bollendorf explains how and why of district bond referendum

Moorestown’s interim school superintendent Joe Bollendorf held an information session regarding a March 2025 bond referendum at the library on Aug. 22. Bollendorf outlined the scope of the referendum, the…

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Perkins Center kicks off house concert series

The Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown will kick off its house concert season with Hot Club of Philadelphia, featuring Haitian singer-songwriter Nathalie (Talie) Cerin, at 8 p.m. on…

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Girls in charge

The Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI) surveyed a nationally representative sample of girls in December 2016 to assess the role of Scouts in helping girls attain the five GSLE (Girl…

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Get your fix: MIA has advice on home improvements

The Moorestown Improvement Association (MIA) will present the township’s inaugural Fixer Fair at the library porch from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15. Fixers will be available for…

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‘Supporting the freedom to read’

As of this month 31 library systems and four municipalities in New Jersey are book sanctuaries, according to the website for the Hoboken public library. And the Moorestown library became…

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County gets funds for two new BurLink buses

Burlington County is now able to purchase two new buses for the BurLink shuttle service with $400,000 in state funding secured by county officials and announced at the county commissioners’…

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Church hosts inaugural apple festival

First Methodist Church of Moorestown will host its inaugural apple festival on Friday, Sept. 20, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event is for all ages and will include seasonal…

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