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PATRICK MCDAID

Articles by PATRICK MCDAID

Headaches in D.C.

Instead of spending Valentine’s Day with some wine and a candlelit dinner, Julienne Verdi and 275 others from around the country traveled to Washington, D.C., to make the case that…

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Preschool lottery system open for registration

  The program – now in its fourth year – is open to 3- and 4-year-olds in the township.  Registration is on a lottery system meaning all applicants receive one…

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County holds public meeting for proposed skate area

Camden County commissioners held a public meeting on Feb. 7 to discuss a proposed skate park in the county system.  The project is included in the county’s Parks Alive 2025…

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Standing still for history at Kresson

Every year for Black History Month, students at Kresson Middle School in Voorhees are asked to do history projects about famous Black leaders in America. But after years of the…

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Telling ‘Tales With Tails’

Regular sessions of “Tales With Tails” will return to the Animal Welfare Association (AWA) in Voorhees beginning March 4. The popular children’s reading program celebrates the “Read Across America” campaign…

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Taking ‘that next step’ as a rabbi

To celebrate February’s Black History Month, Lions Gate in Voorhees invited a lifelong student and educator of Judaism to talk about the challenges he faces as not only an African…

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New chief describes ‘passion’ for police work

Berlin Borough police swore in a new chief on Feb. 3, the same department member who spent some time as acting head of the force. Michael Scheer took the oath…

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Voorhees committeewoman earns award from Rotary Club

The Voorhees Rotary Breakfast Club’s annual community service awards dinner on March 9 will honor local individuals in front of their peers, among them township committeewoman Jacklyn Fetbroyt.    The…

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‘I’M STILL STANDING’

March 8 is International Women’s Day and Camden County will celebrate at the Collingswood Ballroom.  The “I’M STILL STANDING” event will honor the strength and resiliency of women with dinner,…

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‘Making medicine tailored to the patient’

Camden County resident and Eastern High School graduate Leela Biswas was honored earlier this year by the American Medical Association for her work on genetic predictors for infertility. Biswas is…

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