🌱 Patch AM: Could Collingswood’s new ambulance deal be thrown out in court?

Morning Collingswood! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Could Collingswood’s new ambulance deal be thrown out in court?

Also on today's calendar: Aligning Your Vision for 2026: A Vision Board Workshop and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds breaking and breezy, with a high of 35 and low of 23 degrees.
• Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 34, low: 26.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 37 and low of 20 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• N.J. borough faces lawsuit over mayor's conflict of interest in EMS contract (ems1.com) — Collingswood’s EMS future is in flux as a borough commissioner sues to overturn a new ambulance-services contract with Virtua Health, citing a conflict of interest involving the mayor’s husband. The suit challenges a 2–1 commissioners’ vote and asks a judge to nullify the deal, with a court hearing set for January that could affect local emergency response and taxpayer costs.
   

📸 Around Collingswood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Collingswood

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 4

• Aligning Your Vision for 2026: A Vision Board Workshop
  Here and Now Counseling, 210 Haddon Ave, Haddon Township
  1:00 pm

Monday January 5

• ChildrenSong Auditions
  Grace Church in Haddonfield, 19 Kings Hwy E, Haddonfield
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Gift of the Magi, a Family Friendly Opera
  First Presbyterian church of germantown , 700 E Chelten Ave , Philadelphia
  7:00 pm
• MANIA: The ABBA Tribute @ Scottish Rite Auditorium
  Scottish Rite Auditorium , 315 White Horse Pike , Collingswood
  8:00 pm
• MANIA: The ABBA Tribute
  Scottish Rite Auditorium Collingswood, NJ 08108
  8:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Duo Silvio: "The Sirens' Grove"
  Settlement Music School , 416 Queen St , Philadelphia
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• Winter Environmental Day Camp
  Camden County Environmental Center , 1301 Park Blvd , Cherry Hill
  9:30 am
• Borough Reorganization Meeting
  Bellmawr, NJ Calendar , 21 E Browning Road , Bellmawr
  7:00 pm

Sunday January 4

• Wrestling: Girls Varsity vs. Williamstown (Away)
  Williamstown High School
  8:30 am
• Wrestling: G/V
  Williamstown High School
  8:30 am
• Wrestling: Girls Varsity vs. TBA (Away)
  Williamstown High School
  8:30 am

Monday January 5

• Township Committee - 2026 Reorganization Meeting
  Pennsauken Township, NJ Calendar , 3800 Haddonfield Rd. , Pennsauken
  6:30 pm
• Township Council Reorganization Meeting
  Cherry Hill, NJ Calendar Cherry Hill, NJ
  6:30 pm

Tuesday January 6

• OPEN HOUSE & MEMBER ORIENTATION SPONSORED BY THE BLSJ ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE
  Builders League-South Jersey , 114 Haddontowne Ct , Cherry Hill Township
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Snipes posted a job opening for Stock Personnel in Audubon. Apply here.
• LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT INC posted a job opening for Cleaning Staff - Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Collingswood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Haddon

• 122 Years of The Retrospect Now Available at Collingswood, Audubon, Ha... (theretrospect.com)

Audubon

• Girls indoor track Fab 50 for Jan. 1: How did post-holiday meets shake up rankings? (nj.com)
• Arby's Closing Restaurants Across U.S. (eurweb.com)

Camden

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just lost interest.
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