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This is a Priority notification from Moorestown.nj.us/Moorestown.com.
February 9-10 Winter Storm |
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Moorestown Emergency Management wants township residents to be aware that another powerful winter nor'easter is expected to impact the township Tuesday night through Wednesday with heavy snow and strong winds. Residents are urged to remain at home and off the roads with the exception of emergencies during the storm. Attached find the latest Winter Storm Warning from the NWS. |
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| Last updated: Monday, Feb 08, 2010,
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POLICE INCIDENT REPORTS 02/05 TO 02/07/2010 |
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To view the latest Incident Reports of the Police Department, go to the Police Department's homepage and select 'Incident Reports' or click the link below. |
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URL/Website: http://www.moorestown.nj.us/pubs/150/3536.pdf |
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| Last updated: Monday, Feb 08, 2010,
3:58PM by Jim Zulker
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WEEKEND DEPT. PARKS & RECREATION CANCELLATIONS |
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All Department of Parks and Recreation weekend programs at the Recreation Centers and school buildings are cancelled for:
Friday, February 5 (as of 5:00 PM)
Saturday, February 6
Sunday, February 7
Programs included are:
Boys and Girls Basketball Leagues*
High School Basketball League
Boys and Girls 2nd Grade Clinic*
Ballet Lessons
Hip Hop Classes
Children's Arts and Crafts
Teen and Adult Yoga
Teen Volleyball Clinics
Teen Open Gymnasium(Fri/Sat night)
Teen Bands Night (Sat night)
NOTE: Boys and Girls Basketball League teams should follow the February 13th schedule next week--This weekend's schedule will be played on March 6th. |
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URL/Website: http://www.moorestown.nj.us/parks_rec |
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| Last updated: Friday, Feb 05, 2010,
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POLICE INCIDENT REPORTS 02/02 TO 02/04/2010 |
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To view the latest Incident Reports of the Police Department, go to the Police Department's homepage and select 'Incident Reports' or click the link below. |
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URL/Website: http://www.moorestown.nj.us/pubs/150/3530.pdf |
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| Last updated: Friday, Feb 05, 2010,
9:57AM by Jim Zulker
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New Government Publicaitons
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Town Council
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| | Council Meeting-Official Action
 2010_02_08_agenda.pdf
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| | Council Meeting-Executive Session
2010_02_01_agenda.pdf
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2010_01_25_agenda.pdf
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| | Council Meeting-Reorganization and Official Action
2010_01_04_agenda.pdf
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Economic Development Advisory Committee
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Master Plan Economic Plan Element 11 12 09.pdf
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Parks & Recreation
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 Dance spring 2010.doc
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| | PHILLIES HOME RUN DERBY - 2010
homerun 2010.doc
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| | 2010 RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTE MEETINGS
2010 Advisory Committee Meeting Dates.doc
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| | MEN'S OPEN BASKETBALL-Spring 2010
Men's Basketball Spring 2010.doc
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Women's Basketball Spring 2010.doc
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| | SPRING CREATIVE MOVEMENT - 2010
Creative Movement Spring 2010.doc
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| | 2010 SPRING TUMBLIN' TOTS
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| | SPRING ARTS AND CRAFTS - 2010
ARTS AND CRAFTS FLYER Spring 2010.doc
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| | SPRING GOLF LESSONS
golf 2010.doc
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Planning Board
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PB 02-11-10.pdf
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Police
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Incident Reports 02-05 to 02-07-2010.pdf
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Incident Reports 02-02 to 02-04-2010.pdf
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| 2008-2009 Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees |
President - Ann Langerhans
1st Vice President - BJ Tetlow
2nd Vice President - Stephanie Herz
Treasurer - Harry Koons
Recording Secretary - Lynne Brill
Corresponding Secretary - Lynne Japka
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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Famous Sycamore Tree at Friend's Burying Ground, along side the former site of the Coles Hotel |
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- from the Moorestown Postcards website
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| Sports Legends of Moorestown |
Sports Legends of Moorestown: The new exhibit from the Historical Society of Moorestown
In 1924, England's Olympic 100 Meter Champion, Harold Abrahams (whose real life story was depicted in the Academy Award winning film Chariots of Fire), was anchoring his country's 400-Meter relay team in a race against a team from the United States. As Abrahams took the baton for the final leg he knew that he was in for a fight because the man running the anchor leg for the Americans had himself won a gold medal in that year's Olympic Games in Paris. He was a collegiate All-American, known as the Fastest Man in the East and on this day, Abrahams could not keep up with him, and the Americans won. Running the anchor leg for the United States, that day was Moorestown's own Al LeConey.
LeConey is just one of the many Moorestown sports legends whose story is told in the new exhibit being developed by the Historical Society of Moorestown. The exhibit is open to the public and will run through June at the Smith-Cadbury Mansion on High Street in Moorestown.
The exhibit committee conceived the idea, after a Walter French baseball card from the 1920 s was donated to the Historical Society. French who was born in Moorestown in 1899 was standout football and baseball player. He was an All-American football player at West Point and then played for Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's in the late 1920's, including the World Series winner in 1929. French was one of only 25 men in history to have played Major League baseball and in the National Football League in the same year. In 1925, he played on the Pottsville Maroons during their controversial championship run.
The exhibit includes over 60 athletes and coaches from fourteen different sports from the days of LeConey and French right up to present day standouts like Albert Young and Alyssa Ogle.
The exhibit features numerous rare photos, artifacts, audio and video records of the exploits of Moorestown's greatest athletes. Visitors to the exhibit will learn about how the 1925 NFL Championship was stolen from the Pottsville Maroons, they can listen as Joe Burk wins the 1938 Henley Regatta in England and they are be able to see former Moorestown great Dave Robinson play in the first Super Bowl.
The exhibit is open!
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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| Our Sacred Honor: Moorestonians in Time of War DVD |
Our Sacred Honor: Moorestonians in Time of War DVD's for sale! This DVD is one small town's history of courage, sacrifice and honor. Inspired by The Historical Society of Moorestown's 2007 exhibit of the same name, the film traces the town's residents who have fought and in some cases paid the ultimate sacrifice, from the American Revolution to the present day. They can be purchased at the Smith-Cadbury Mansion Gift Shop, Moorestown Hardware or email Lenny Wagner at lwagner559@comcast.net
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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| Membership is open to all who are interested |
New brick walk leads the visitor to the rear patio which is dedicated to the memory of May Borton. |
By purchasing the very old Cadbury house in 1970, our founding members not only insured the preservation of the Smith-Cadbury Mansion (circa 1738), but laid the groundwork for the collecting of artifacts, furniture, oral histories and other ephemera of the community. As we have inherited the legacy these dedicated men and women, we hope to pay tribute to their efforts by forging new friendships, by being good stewards of the property, by managing the archives and 'stuff' of Moorestown and by growing with the town as it expands.
We are a totally volunteer and not-for-profit 501-3 ( c ) organization. The Society governs with long established by-laws and a Board of Trustees, led by an Executive Committee. Financial support comes from membership dues, fund-raising activities and donations. Members are welcomed and encouraged (but not required) to volunteer. The membership has an Annual Meeting in April and Fall General Meeting, both usually held at the Moorestown Community House, located just a block away from the Smith- Cadbury mansion.
Expansion of our Collections, a community resource, is made possible only through fundraising efforts and donations. Our library offers research material on family and house genealogies, local history, Quaker patterns of life, maps of the area, newspapers (old and new), school yearbooks, city directories, etc., eventually accessible through our Past Perfect Library software. The continually growing collections of local furniture, clocks, accessories, silhouettes, samplers and period clothing are on display.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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| Objectives |
To cultivate friendship among its members: to collect and preserve data and to engage in historical research touching the history of Moorestown Township, Burlington County, New Jersey and the surrounding area.
To collect and preserve articles, specimens, modes, habits, and history of the times in said Moorestown Township and surrounding area.
To perpetuate the memory of those who by their labors and heroism contributed to make the history of said municipality and the surrounding area.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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| Standing Committees |
Members are invited to join our all-volunteer staff on the following committees: Docent/Hostess, House and Grounds, Activities/Special Events, Finance and Grants, Gift Shop, Textile/Costume, Library/Research, Acquisitions.
Events include inviting speakers to our membership gatherings, exhibits in the mansion curated by members of the community about the community, historic home showcases, a contemporary gift shop, historically based crafting for K-6 on 2nd Saturdays. Membership in the Historical Society offers many varied volunteer and donation opportunities for both new and long-time residents of the area.
We welcome new members and appreciate the continued support of present members. We look forward to seeing you at Smith-Cadbury. The Trustees of the Historical Society are pleased to share the history of this important house and its surrounding town with future generations.
Let us know if there are friends or neighbors that might be interested in becoming a member of the Historical Society of Moorestown.
Contact our Membership Chair, Lynne Japka at (609)315-6515.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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| Gift Shop |
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The Gift Shop Committee stocks a variety of lovely gifts such as fine jewelry, pottery, handmade baby gifts, note cards, framed original artwork, photo reproductions from the archives, cookbooks, aprons, blankets and local history pamphlets.
The committee decks out the shop for certain holidays and brings in items of interest pertaining to that holiday. This is not your average museum store.
Watch for announcements of our next 'Gift Shop Open House,' usually on a couple of late afternoons that stretch into early evening during the holidays and/or in the Spring.
Pick up your copy of 'Moorestown Old and New, A Local Sketch' by James C. Purdy, recently reprinted by the Society.
This lovely shop helps to raise funds for the Historical Society so stop by and do your part.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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| A Glance at Moorestown's History |
Today, as one walks along Main Street from the Friends School west past the old Town Hall, it is hard to believe that the ridge that the road (formerly The Kings Highway) follows was once occupied with the wigwams of the Lenni Lenape Indians. Two fine springs, one to the west (off Main Street before reaching the Perkins Center for the Arts) and one to the east (off North Stanwick Road) were attractive to Indians and traders alike.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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Although there were property owners as early as 1680 in the present township location, (formerly known as Chester Township), the Village of was 'founded' in 1682 when the first owners built homes and actually lived here. Thomas Hooton and son acquired 600 acres in 1682 and a Roberts family also set up their farmstead in the area. In May of 1686, when Philadelphia was about 3 years old, John Rodman bought 500 acres on the west side of Chester Township, and Thomas Rodman bought 533 acres additional in the same area, where the area soon became known as the Village of Rodmantown. The growing area around the eastern spring was known as the Village of Chestertown.
In 1700, the first Society of Friends Meeting House, built of logs, was erected on The Kings Highway. Originally known as 'Meeting House Lane,' Chester Avenue was laid out in 1720. The Village at that time probably consisted of a few farmhouses along The King's Highway from Stanwick Road to Locust Street.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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Former location of the Coles Hotel is denoted by this marker and Town Clock. In the background, you will find the Friends Burial Grounds. |
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Thomas Moore and his wife Elizabeth settled here in 1722 and in 1732, Moore purchased 33 acres of land on the north side of The King's Highway. The land ran from the west side of the Friends' graveyard on the northwest corner of The Kings Highway and Meeting House Lane on the east and west to Locust Street on the western boundary of his property and north to Second Street. Mr. Moore set up a hotel on the northwest corner of The Kings Highway and Union Streets (currently, a bank). With so much land eventually being owned by Thomas Moore, the name Moorestown gradually replaced Chester informally in what is now the center of town. Finally, Moorestown formerly split off from Chester and became a Township.
The Coles Hotel, east of the corner of Main and Chester, was the scene of great activity prior to the building of the railroad in 1867. Before this time, the stagecoach was the only public conveyance between Moorestown and Philadelphia, and the hotel was a stagecoach stop.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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Cowperthwaite House HAB Survey (Library of Congress) Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer April 12, 1938 EXTERIOR - SW elevation |
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Another landmark on Main Street, east of Chester Avenue, is now the present home of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company. In 1745 John Cox erected a tavern there that was to become famous in the early history of Moorestown. Town Meetings were held in the tavern prior to 1812 when 'Old Town Hall' was then errected.
The home now standing on the northwest corner of Main and Schooley Streets, then the home of Joshua Bispham, was commandeered by Hessian officers during the Revolutionary War as they retreated from Philadelphia in 1778.
The old homestead on the northeast corner of King's Highway and Lenola Road was constructed in 1742 by John Cowperthwaite. Because of its excellent example of an 18th century home, record of its construction was made in 1937 by the U.S. Department of Interior and is now recorded in the Library of Congress.
- from the Historical Society of Moorestown website
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Living Room at Lutheran Home - Briedenhart, Eldridge Johnson's former home |
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- from the Moorestown Postcards website
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Holiday Inn Moorestown (Mt. Laurel Route 73 & Fellowship Road) |
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- from the Moorestown Postcards website
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Holiday Inn Moorestown (Mt. Laurel Route 73 & Fellowship Road) |
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- from the Moorestown Postcards website
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| Open Space Advisory Committee |
Feb 10, 2010 |
| From: 7:00PM
To: 11:00PM |
| The Open Space Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on February 10, 2010 at 7:00pm in the First Floor Meeting Room in the Library, 111 West Second St., Moorestown NJ 08057 |
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| Planning Board Meeting |
Feb 11, 2010 |
| From: 7:30PM
To: 11:00PM |
| The Planning Board will hold a meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 7:30pm in the William Allen Middle School, 801 North Stanwick Rd., Moorestown NJ 08057. |
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| Appearance Committee Meeting |
Feb 16, 2010 |
| From: 7:00PM
To: 9:00PM |
| The annual reorganizational meeting of the Appearance Committee will be held on February 16, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Library, 111 W. Second St. |
| Contact:
tford@moorestown.nj.us |
| Phone: 856-235-0912 |
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| Low & Moderate Income Housing Committee Meeting |
Feb 17, 2010 |
| From: 7:00PM
To: 9:00PM |
| The annual reorganizational meeting of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Oversight Committee will be held on February 17, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Library, 111 W. Second St. |
| Contact:
tford@moorestown.nj.us |
| Phone: 856-235-0912 |
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