Fifty-seven affordable apartments for seniors would be built on the site of the long-vacant Evesham Department of Public Works yard on Evesboro-Medford Road under a developer's proposal. Read moreDeveloper plans 57 senior affordable housing rental apartments on former Evesham DPW property.
Twenty years of farm-fresh vegetables and produce will be recognized this Saturday, May 9, as the Burlington County Farmers Market opens for its milestone season. Read moreHappy 20th anniversary for Burlington County Farmers Market on Saturday in Moorestown; 75-plus vendors.
The late singer Christina Grimmie, a Marlton native who attended Cherokee High School, would be recognized with a day of her own on June 10 — the 10th anniversary of her murder — under bipartisan state legislation proposed by Senators Latham … Read moreTwo Burlington County legislators want NJ to name June 10 "Christina Grimmie Day" for the late singer.
Evesham Township is negotiating with the owner of the former Barton Run Swim Club on Lakeside Drive to buy the property for open space and a park. Read moreEvesham Township trying to buy former Barton Run Swim Club property for protected open space.
First came the PDQ chicken restaurant on the narrow strip of land in Evesham near the Target store and facing Route 73 southbound. Read moreMcDonald's restaurant will be squeezed onto a former bank property near Target on Route 73 in Evesham.
Despite residents' objections, a zoning change allowing apartments on a Route 73 property at a busy intersection was approved last week by Evesham Township Council. Read moreEvesham Council votes to change zoning rules to permit apartment construction at Route 73 and Dutch Road.
The New Jersey Conservation Foundation announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to buy 835 acres that it will turn over to Evesham Township to protect from development and add to the neighboring 1,300-acre Black Run Preserve. Read moreNJ Conservation Foundation reaches agreement to buy 835 Evesham acres to add to Black Run Preserve.
Evesham resident Patrick Lind was surprised to learn that the Township was including part of his home's property as a potential site for an apartment complex that would offer affordable housing. Read moreOops — homeowner's property mistakenly in Evesham's affordable housing plan for potential apartments.
Zoning of a nine-acre undeveloped property at Route 73 and Dutch Road, included in Evesham Township's plan for affordable housing, would change to multi-family housing under proposed changes to the Township Master Plan before the Planning Board on Thursday. Read moreEvesham Master Plan: affordable housing at 73 and Dutch Road, tighter zoning rules near Black Run.
If you're a traditional library borrower who wants a physical book in hand, your stacks of books just got a lot longer. Read moreYour county library just expanded: Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, Atlantic recognizing each other's patrons.
Flooring replacement on the clubhouse balcony at the Indian Spring Country Club uncovered serious structural problems that will require a potential million-dollar fix at the facility owned by Evesham Township. Read moreBalcony at Evesham's municipal golf course was in danger of collapse; $1 million in bonds to pay repair bill.
Apartments that will be built on the site of the 39-year-old Marlton Crossing Garden Offices, which will be demolished, will take up to three years to complete and will be done in two phases, according to the developer of the Evesham project. Read moreComplex with 325 apartments in Evesham at Marlton Crossing shopping center complete in three years.
UPDATE: Evesham Township Council on December 10 voted to table the public hearing and second reading/adoption of this ordinance. Language in the proposed law needs to be revised, particularly as it addresses accessibility of e-bikes, Council … Read moreProposed law restricting e-bikes in Black Run Preserve, parks tabled by Evesham Council for a rewrite.
A proposed law to keep electric bikes and other motorized vehicles off natural surface trails in the Black Run Preserve and other Evesham parks goes before Township Council Wednesday evening for a public hearing and final adoption. Read moreNew law banning e-bikes from Evesham park trails goes to Township Council for final vote on Wednesday.
John Volpa, founder of the Black Run Preserve in Evesham, says electric bikes are scarring the permanently protected 1,300 acres of pristine forest and old cranberry bogs in the southern part of town and endangering hikers. Read moreEvesham's proposed ban of e-bikes on park trails would help protect Black Run Preserve land, trees and hikers.
The Burlington County Sheriff's Office, which last year collected more than 6,000 toys and gifts for its Annual Toy Drive, has kicked off this year's drive, in its 30th year. Read moreWhy not add to your holiday shopping list with a toy or two (or more) for Burlington County Sheriff's drive?
When Gregory Fox was growing up in the Woodcrest neighborhood of Cherry Hill he was not allowed to have a dog. Read moreBelly Rubs: a new nonprofit gets approval to open senior dog sanctuary on Taunton Lake Road in Marlton.
The New Jersey Conservation Foundation and governments are at work trying to negotiate a deal to buy 835 acres of privately owned land next to the 1,300-acre Black Run Preserve, owned by Evesham Township and maintained with the help of the Fr… Read moreEfforts to preserve: Drone shows the untouched beauty of the area around the Black Run Preserve in Evesham.
When Robyn Jeney makes one of her regular hikes into the 1,300-acre Black Run Preserve in Evesham she is struck by the solitude provided by such an expanse of undeveloped woodland. Read moreBehind the negotiations to save from development the Evesham woodland south of Black Run Preserve.
Plans to develop some of the 835 acres of the Samost family property into housing may be halted by a deal involving Burlington County, Evesham Township and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation to forever protect the open space in Evesham. Read moreHow collaboration is saving 835 wooded, pristine acres near Black Run Preserve from future development.
A housing project with 325 apartments — some of which are designated as affordable — and a parking garage next to the Marlton Crossing Shopping Center on Thursday night was approved unanimously by the Evesham Planning Board. Read moreEvesham Planning Board unanimously OKs 325 Marlton Crossing apartments over residents' objections.
Several Evesham residents near the Marlton Crossing Shopping Center expressed concerns at the Planning Board meeting last week about traffic and noise that may result from a proposed 325-unit apartment project planned behind the center at Cen… Read moreSome Evesham residents troubled by apartment proposal; continued to next Planning Board meeting.
A public hearing on a proposal for 325 apartments that would replace a 38-year-old low-rise office complex next to the Marlton Crossing Shopping Center will be held this month by the Evesham Planning Board. Read moreProject for 325 apartments behind Marlton Crossing Shopping Plaza in Evesham goes to Planning Board.
