5 Things You Need to Know This Week

1. Township Council will meet tonight, Nov. 14 at 7:30 at the on Chews Landing Road. View the full agenda here. Agenda items include a vote on rejecting bids for a solar power project and re-advertising the bids, and a mayor’s report on Gloucester Township e-Gov Access.

2. Leaf collection starts in Gloucester Township Monday. If you’re in the first pickup area, better get cracking. The township recommends raking your leaves curbside the weekend before pickup.

Up this week: Autumn Court, Ballantree, Broadmoor, Catalina Hills, Chews Wyck, Eyers Place, Fernwood, Glendora on the East Side of the Black Horse Pike, All Streets off Somerdale Rd., Somer Hill Place, Timberline, White Birch, Wilson Tract, Morgan Estates and Sterling Estates. See the .

3. Get your school pride on at the semi-final round of the football playoffs this week. Timber Creek hosts Woodrow Wilson on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. The Chargers bested Woodrow Wilson, 34-13, during their Oct. 14 meeting. Triton plays an away game at Pennsauken on Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. Pennsauken won the teams’ last meeting, 33-13, on Sept. 24.

4. The Board of Education for will hold a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the administration building. The agenda was not posted as of Sunday. The school board for the also will meet this week, on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in the ’s library media center. No agenda was posted online.

5. Don’t forget to put a needy child on your holiday shopping list. The town’s runs Nov. 21-Dec. 12. New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at the mayor’s office in the municipal building.