BORO - LOCAL NEWS -- Sean Fitzgerald, center, was sworn in this evening (5/14) by Mayor Ted Brennan, left, as a member of the Merchantville Borough Council. He fills the seat left vacant by the resignation of Katherine Erhard Swann. With him are his children Scarlett and Lucy and his wife Kristen. In other business, the Council approved a 2018 municipal budget of $4.75 million. "This is the best budget we can deliver without compromising services," said Councilman Anthony Perno, ways and means chairman.

The next drive-through household Electronics Recycling Collection sponsored by the Camden County Board of Freeholders will take place on Saturday, June 9. Drop off your outdated and unused items from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the Camden County College parking lot pff of Peter Cheeseman Road in Gloucester Township. Items accepted at no charge include TVs and monitors, computers, keyboards, VCRs, scanners, DVD players, tape players, stereo equipment, typewriters, printers, laptops, modems, telecommunication equipment, fax machines, radios, answering machines and telephones.

Camden County’s drive-through program provides one of the easiest and most convenient ways for all Camden County residents to chip in when it comes to creating a better environment for us all. It is a priority of the Freeholder Board to provide this service to residents. By disposing of this material properly we keep it out of our waste stream and prevent it from making its way to our waterways

An informational meeting will be held on Monday, May 14, 2018 at 5:30 pm at Wellwood Park on Merchantville’s Sidewalk Replacement Program. Phase One is designed to help make sidewalk replacement more affordable and less cumbersome for property owners. It will be for residential sidewalks located along public streets, in the area between West End Avenue and Browning Road. We are taking program applications now. Construction is anticipated to occur in the summer of 2018. Snacks will be provided. HOW: It is anticipated that the sidewalk program will work as follows:  Property owner signs up for program by sending an e-mail with the attached completed form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or drops off the completed form to the Construction Office in the Borough Hall Annex;  The Borough, in consultation with the Merchantville Shade Tree Commission, will make a decision to keep, remove, or modify certain abutting street trees; The cost for tree removal will be borne by the Borough; if a tree is removed based upon property owner request, the owner may be required to plant an approved tree elsewhere on the resident’s property;  Property owner enters into agreement with Borough for sidewalk replacement;  Borough goes out to bid for pricing on sidewalk replacement services;  Sidewalk program will occur on a priority basis, with those properties previously identified as in violation of existing code receiving priority, and thereafter on a first come first serve basis;  After sidewalk installation, the property is issued a special assessment bill, payable over a period of years (the time period will depend on the amount of costs). Only those residents participating in the program will be responsible for their individual costs, including administrative and low interest loan costs. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call Denise Brouse at Borough Hall (856) 662-2474 x 303.  http://merchantvillenj.gov/images/documents/local_gov/INFORMATION-SHEET.pdf

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in Merchantville is on Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Residents can drop off their old/unused prescriptions at Merchantville Borough Hall, 1st Floor, 1 West Maple Avenue, Merchantville, NJ 08109, and Pennsauken residents at Pennsauken Police Department, 2400 Bethel Avenue, Pennsauken, N.J. 08109. National Take-Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs. Last fall's Take-Back Day event collected a record-setting 912,305 pounds of prescription drugs. The Drug Enforcement Administration first launched its Take-Back Day in 2010, and since then has collected more than 9 million pounds of medicine from the public. 

The MPWC's second round of Hydrant Flushing for 2017 is set for Sunday, September the 24th thru the 28th and Sunday October the 1st through the 5th. If you know anyone who would like to be kept up to date on which streets will be flushed on what night, please like and share our Facebook page!

Trash and Recycle collection for the first week of September will be on Saturday, September 9th due to the Labor Day Holiday. Cans may be brought to the curb after 3:00PM on Friday. Borough offices will be closed on Monday, September 4th in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.