Restaurant Closing + Sports Results: Collingswood Today

Get on up, Collingswood! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right.

First, today's weather:

A shower early in the morning. High: 44 Low: 34.

Here are the top stories in Collingswood today:

1. Colonial Conference boys basketball Players of the Week, Dec. 17-Jan. 2 (nj.com)
2. HS wrestling: The Mat Pack's Mean 15 rankings for first week of January (Vineland Daily Journal)
3. Coronavirus surge darkens N.J. stages (NJ.com)
4. Collingswood, New Jersey: Best things to do (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
5. Collingswood BBQ joint closing, chef says biz not 'sustainable' (New Jersey 101.5 FM)
6. Martha Shaw Obituary (Cherry Hill Courier Post)
7. Collingswood Area Events Calendar: Check Out What's Happening This Week (Collingswood Patch)
8. HS Wrestling: Three star selections for South Jersey from December (Cherry Hill Courier Post)
9. Collingswood Jobs: See Who's Hiring In The Area (Collingswood Patch)
10. How Close Are Collingswood Area Hospitals To Capacity? Latest (Collingswood Patch)
11. Collingswood Area Pets Up For Adoption (Collingswood Patch)
12. Collingswood over Salem - Boys basketball - Collingswood Holiday Tournament (nj.com)
13. Boys Basketball: Results, links and featured coverage for Wed., Dec. 29, 2021 (nj.com)

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Today in Collingswood:

• Performing Arts Field Trip - Haddon Township High School (12:00 AM)
• Yearbook Club - Haddon Township High School (2:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• NJ Pen: "Meet Caden Nguyen Tran, South Jersey's first baby of 2022. Born at 12:58 a.m. to Linda Nguyen and her husband, Vankiet Tran, of Pennsauken, Caden (8 pounds, 5 ounces and 20.5 inches long) was welcomed at Jefferson Washington Twp., where ..." (Facebook)
• NJ Pen: "Sad news today from #BBQ spot Macona Macona, which will shut down for good at month's end in the Borough of Collingswood. We spoke with chef-owner Cory Reuss about the difficult decision to close his doors." (Facebook)
• The Retrospect: "A large financial gift left by a #Westmont resident to the #HaddonTownship branch of the Camden County Library injected the children’s area with new life. Read more about the gift and how the library applied the money in this week’s #Ret..." (Facebook)
• NJ Pen: "Spice C opened its third #Ramen location in Downtown Haddonfield earlier this month. It's the first spot in New Jersey for the Philadelphia-based eatery, and features a greatest-hits menu of its most popular dishes. We spoke with co-owne..." (Facebook)
• NJ Pen: "The Parkview at Collingswood apartments has been resold for the fifth time in the last 25 years, this time to Premier Properties of Lakewood, NJ. Borough of Collingswood government officials greenlit the transaction only after the buyer ..." (Facebook)
• Borough of Collingswood: "From our Borough family to yours...Happy New Year Collingswood! May your dreams come true in 2022." (Facebook)
• Borough of Collingswood: "Get vaccinated (or boosted) on Monday, January 3 at Collingswood High School. Extra staff will be on hand for the upcoming walk-in clinic, no appointment needed. For more information on COVID-19 vaccines and other events and vaccine loca..." (Facebook)
• The Retrospect: "#Oaklyn Mayor and Council reorganized last night and swore in a host of appointees. But the main attraction at Monday’s first meeting of #2022 was the appointment and swearing in of new Police Chief Jayne Jones who became the first woman..." (Facebook)
• Collingswood Community Theatre: "Well, in these most covidy of times, schedules have to be adjusted, and the CCT production of "Something Rotten" is one of those things! All of this weeks shows are postponed, and a Sunday matinee is being added the following weekend. Al..." (Facebook)
• NJ Pen: "New Jersey's single-day record total of new #COVID19 infections has led to a spike in hospitalizations unseen since May 2020. Facilities are short-staffed and temporarily stopping selective procedures amid the volume of patients. Governo..." (Facebook)
• Collingswood Community Theatre: "COVID is causing problems with the cast and crew of CCT's Something Rotten so we've decided to err on the side of caution and push back a week. That means NO performances on January 7 and 8. We're still planning for shows on January 14 a..." (Facebook)
• CustomED: "From our #makeadifference family to yours, wishing you a Happy New Year!" (Facebook)
• Collingswood Public Library: "Collingswood Library's Top 5 Young Adult books checked out in 2021. Did your favorite make the list?" (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Collingswood: "Has anyone ordered the free saliva PCR test and received it? - I ordered one on 12/22 and it has not even shipped yet. I have emailed and didn’t hear back. I know they are busy, backed up, etc…." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, West Collingswood: "Hello, folks~ - Holidays can be very tough for people whose hearts have been broken by grief or loss. I will be teaching an 8-wk course called the Grief Recovery Method in Cherry Hill starting on Jan. 15. E-mail me at Marie.CGRS@gmail.co..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Collingswood: "THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS!!!! - HAVE A GREAT NEW YEARS EVE AND A BETTER NEW YEAR!!!! 2022 WILL BE BETTER IF WE MAKE IT BETTER!!! LOVE IS THE ANSWER!!!❤️❤️🍾🍷🥂🍻🍸🍾🍾🥂🍻🌍🌎🌏❤️❤️" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Collingswood: "NEED YOUR GUTTERS CLEANED, FIXED, OR GUTTER GUARDS INSTALLED???? - HELLO NEIGHBORS, my name is Paul Reyes, If your gutters are clogged or not draining properly... I've cleaned/fixed gutters for over 100 customers on this site. (BECAUSE M..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Collingswood: "We have been caring for this 5 month old kitten for over a month now. - He is sweet as can be. We found him as a stray. He has some health ailments that have led us to feel unable to care for him due to the extra love and attention it re..." (Nextdoor)
• Joseph from Nextdoor's Community Team, Nextdoor New Jersey: "Offering and asking for help shoveling snow on Nextdoor - Neighbors, If you would like to lend a hand and shovel out a neighbor in need FOR FREE, or if you need help shoveling you can post to your neighborhood’s newsfeed to offer or ask..." (Nextdoor)

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— Anthony Bellano