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🌱 Patch AM: New Independent Bookstore Debuts In Collingswood

And on the Collingswood Patch calendar - Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale

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Hello Collingswood! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • New Haddon Avenue bookstore opens just in time for book festival
  • Collingswood senior's scary neck injury ends with encouraging hospital news
  • How many bullying cases did Collingswood schools confirm last year?

Also on today's calendar: Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Less humid with some sun, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Sunday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 66, low: 59.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 73 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. New Independent Bookstore Debuts In Collingswood (patch.com) — Collingswood book lovers are getting a new destination as Cultura Books opens in a former Pilates studio space on Haddon Avenue, timing its soft launch with the Collingswood Book Festival. Staff from the shop will join the long-running festival on Saturday, when Haddon Avenue closes to traffic for a full day of author talks, book deals, and community activities.
   

2. N.J. football player taken to hospital by ambulance after suffering neck injury (nj.com subscription) — A Collingswood High School football player, senior Isiaha Clement, was taken by ambulance to Cooper Hospital after suffering a neck injury during Thursday night's game at Deptford. His coach says tests looked good, he was conscious and moving, and doctors expect to release him after overnight observation, offering reassurance to worried classmates, families, and fans back in Collingswood.
   

3. Collingswood Parent Questions HIB Investigation after Daught... (theretrospect.com) — Collingswood families are learning that district officials confirmed 17 harassment, intimidation, and bullying cases in the 2025-26 school year, most at the middle school, with 24 additional reports not meeting the state's HIB standard. At the same meeting, a parent of a Collingswood High School graduate with autism questioned why her daughter's injury and alleged social exclusion were not deemed bullying under those rules.
   

4. Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: 10/1/2026 (insidernj.com) — Collingswood gets a brief but notable mention in this statewide political roundup, highlighting that the borough's police chief currently leads the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police. The rest of the briefing surveys major state political stories, local government moves, and policy debates that could indirectly shape funding, public safety priorities, and services affecting Collingswood residents.
   

5. Yesteryear 10-2-26 (theretrospect.com) — A decade ago, Collingswood resident Janett Galloway shared heirloom slave-era clothing from her grandmother with the National Museum of African American History and Culture, connecting the borough to a major national institution. The retrospective also recalls a significant Cuthbert Road repaving project and a Haddon Township school media center dedication honoring a distinguished alumnus.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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