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Woodcrest Auction Bid Approved by Camden County Freeholders

Calling it a vital move to help preserve the 155-acre, 84-year-old golf club as green space, freeholder Jeffrey Nash, a Cherry Hill resident himself, said the county stands with township officials in working to keep the club either as parkland or a public golf course.

Norcross Announces Bid for Woodcrest Country Club

An investment group headed up by George E. Norcross III, the longtime head of the county Democratic Party and executive chairman of insurance company Connor Strong and Buckelew, and high-profile Pennsylvania investor Ira Lubert is one of the registered bidders in Monday's auction for the club, Norcross announced Saturday morning.

Kilmer Principal Named to Succeed Meloche at Cherry Hill West

Kwame Morton Sr., who previously worked as a school principal in Philadelphia and as an assistant principal in New York City, said it was huge even to just have the chance to be considered for the position at West, let alone to get it after just five years in the district, where he's served as Joyce Kilmer Elementary's principal.

Jon D. Padula, 22, of the unit block of Willis Avenue in Pennsauken, was trying to leave a home in the unit block of St. Davids Road when the homeowner confronted him, police said, leading to a fight, during which Padula allegedly threatened to stab the homeowner with a screwdriver.

A tip from a caller in Cherry Hill led Haddonfield officers, along with the Camden County emergency tactical unit and at least one Cherry Hill police officer, to a home in Woodcrest where Caleb Lawrence McGillvary was reportedly staying, according to Haddonfield commissioner Ed Borden, the outgoing director of public safety.

Caitlin Delaney scored four goals in the first half—including her 200th with 12:28 left—and added two more in the second, but Cherokee five unanswered goals to pull away in the final seven minutes to oust the Cougars Friday, 12-9.

West Softball Tops East in Strike Out Cancer Game

Cherry Hill West's Jamie Robertson tossed a three-hitter and the Lions' Kelly Brining hit a double and a triple to lead West to a 4-0 victory over Cherry Hill East in the rivals' Strike Out Cancer fundraiser game Tuesday.

A lawsuit to try to block a planned 152-apartment complex at the former Haddonfield Lumber site can proceed, albeit against the zoning board and not Cherry Hill's township council, as originally filed, a state Superior Court judge ruled Thursday morning.

Camden Catholic Girls Lacrosse Edges Collingswood in OT

The Irish had to stage two late comebacks to tie the game in regulation and the first overtime, before Shannon McCormick’s game-winner found the back of the net with just three seconds left in the second overtime.

Cherry Hill West Baseball Crushes Buena in Diamond Classic Opener

Starting against Buena in the opening round of the Diamond Classic Saturday, Brad Machinski was nearly untouchable, only giving up a single hit—and with two outs in the fifth, no less—and striking out four in a complete-game, five-inning shutout victory over Buena at Deptford, 11-0.

The Lions didn't have as much luck in the quarterfinal round against Vineland, losing 1-0.

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