2nd Annual Veteran’s Day Service

THE SECOND ANNUAL VETERAN’S DAY SERVICE was held at the Veterans, Police, Fire and EMS Memorial located at the entrance to Lake Park Cemetery in Swedesboro on Nov. 11. The event was organized by the Woolwich/Harrison Township VFW. Guest speaker was local veteran and fire fighter Edward Johnson. — Photo by Karen E. Viereck, Editor/Publisher

BLOOD DRIVE, DEC. 17

SWEDESBORO — The Greater Swedesboro Business Association is sponsoring a special Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, Dec. 17 from noon to 5 p.m. at St. Clare’s Parish House, Broad Street, Swedesboro. Sign up at www.rcblood.org and use sponsor code: GSBA.

Holiday Fireworks In The Park, Dec. 5

WOOLWICH TWP. – The annual Christmas Parades in the area may be cancelled, but holiday fun isn’t. Holiday Fireworks will be held on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Locke Avenue Park. This is a drive-in event so everyone must stay in their cars. Rain date is Dec. 6. Entrances to parking lots at […]

OLD STONE CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE CANCELLED

WOOLWICH TWP. — The Old Stone Christmas Eve service, usually Christmas Eve at 3 p.m., will be cancelled this year due to COVID-19 regulations. We hope to be able to gather in 2021. Please contact the Bethesda United Methodist Church with any questions at (856)-467-0127.

Christmas songs and Christmas desserts share a connection

There’s a children’s song that teaches counting via Santa seeing a pie and eating it, then seeing another so he eats two, and so on. It never quite caught on when I was growing up and I don’t know if kids still sing it but it definitely comes to mind when I or a sister […]

Kingsway Finishes An Undefeated Campaign

The Kingsway field hockey team has a tremendous tradition and, under the guidance of Head Coach Dana Ott, has flirted with undefeated seasons in recent years. The last two years, the field hockey took an undefeated record into the South Jersey Group 4 championship game where they ultimately fell to perennial national powerhouse Eastern each […]

Kings’s Things Christmas Food Drive Schedule

SWEDESBORO – It’s time to start getting volunteer help together for King’s Things Christmas food and present drive. Despite COVID restrictions, volunteers came together and put together a successful Thanksgiving food drive. And with the help from Acme Market, Logan Township, Thanksgiving dinners were enjoyed by many. But Christmas meals and presents are next on […]

December 2020

(Due to the Covid-19 Crisis, please call the organization to verify if the meetings are cancelled or being held online.) AGED TO PERFECTION: If you are over 55 years of age and reside in Woolwich or Swedesboro, join us. We are an active senior group enjoying common interests, games, and outings. Meetings are held the […]