Online voting has begun for the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s first ever “I Love Classic Towns” photo contest. The public can vote for their favorite images by visiting the Classic Towns website at www.classictowns.org. The deadline to vote is May 14th.

In addition to approval of the 2012 Municipal Budget, items on the agenda for the Monday, April 9th Council meeting include the awarding of two contracts, rejection of two bids and a resolution to restore energy tax funds. A contract to replace the Community Center roof

Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit their best images from the DRVPA Cassic Towns in seven different categories including: community, local history, main street, parks and recreation, people, residential, and seasonal. The deadline for the contest is April 14. Online voting will begin on April 15.

Due to a problem with the existing web site domain registration Grace Church is moving their web site to www.GraceChurchMerchantville.org They will no longer use the old site, called gracechurchmerchantville.com but hope to eventually regain use of that domain name in the future, and use it to refer people to the new site. Unfortunately, the change is beyond their control and it will take a week to get the new location set up.

Merchantville will celebrate Arbor Day on Saturday, April 28th. The Merchantville Shade Tree Commission will be planting a tree to honor Vern Collins at 11:00 a.m. on the Merchantville Circle. All residents and friends are invited to attend. Vern was a devoted member of the committee for more that 35 years and was responsible for many of the beautiful trees that borough residents enjoy to this day.

The MPWC will begin the Spring fire hydrant flushing initiative at the end of the month. The MPWC Commissioners Spring Flushing Program will take place between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 25th through Thursday, March 29th and again on Sunday, April 1st through Thursday, April 5th.