Lavinia DeCastro @laviniadecastro ?

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  • Lavinia DeCastro wrote a new blog post: Camden divided on fire injuries


    A short-staffed city fire department continues to lead South Jersey in firefighter injuries.
    And top fire officials there have different opinions on what can be done, if anything, to stop that trend.
    Camden, the region’s busiest fire department, reported the second-most firefighter injuries in the state last year with 49 [...]

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  • Lavinia DeCastro wrote a new blog post: Police training assists cases of mental illness


    Officers Jared Bradley and Kristen Cassario-Smith took the call Thursday for a frantic woman standing in the middle of Haddon Avenue in Collingswood.
    The duo coaxed and pleaded, trying to calm the hysterical woman. The woman was determined to stop traffic because she thought motorists were driving in [...]

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  • Lavinia DeCastro wrote a new blog post: Police hand out 728 tickets to drivers for failing to yield to pedestrians

    Careless motorists racked up fines and lectures in the past month as area cops went undercover to enforce crosswalk laws.
    And while the state’s Division of Highway Traffic Safety initiative ended on Monday, some area police departments that participated say they will continue visiting the crosswalks in the future.
    “We are going to continue [...]

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  • Lavinia DeCastro wrote a new blog post: Band Bash 2009

    Marching bands from all over the Delaware Valley will invade Collingswood on Saturday for the high school’s 6th annual Band Bash.
    Band Bash is a high school marching band competition and it starts at 10 a.m. at the high school.
    For more information, contact Karen Hartung, Band Booster President, at karenjean2@hotmail.com

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  • Lavinia DeCastro wrote a new blog post: Gear Up for Restaurant Week!

    Restaurant Week starts on Monday, with various participating eateries offering multiple courses for $30.
    Restaurants participating in Restaurant Week are Bistro AmericanA, Bistro DiMarino, Blackbird, Cafe Antonio, Casona, IndeBlue, Joe Pesce, LoBianco, Nunzio’s, Sapori, Thai Basil, The POP Shop, Tortilla Press, Woksabi and Word of Mouth. Check out Restaurant Week specials below.
    Call your favorite restaurant and [...]

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  • Lavinia DeCastro and Naeem Callaway are now friends   2 years, 6 months ago · View

  • Lavinia DeCastro and Julia Hays are now friends   2 years, 6 months ago · View

  • Lavinia DeCastro wrote a new blog post: Nunzio’s In the Running for Top Chef

    Nunzio’s has advanced to the second round of South Jersey Magazine’s Top Chef Contest.
    The Haddon Avenue restaurant gathered enough votes in June to move forward in the contest by featuring a dish with blueberries.
    Restaurants receiving the most online votes on the magazine’s website are invited to the next round until the final two [...]
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  • Lavinia DeCastro wrote a new blog post: Community Garden Meeting

    Title: Community Garden Meeting
    Location: Library
    Link out: Click here
    Description: Community Gardens meeting. Master Gardener John Wiberg of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County will give a talk on vegetable gardening which will be followed by a question/answer session. Also get an update on the development existing open spaces into community gardens.
    The Community Garden club is [...]
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  • Adam Smeltz and Lavinia DeCastro are now friends   2 years, 7 months ago · View

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  • Margarita Venegas and Lavinia DeCastro are now friends   2 years, 7 months ago · View

  • Lavinia DeCastro and W. Rhodes are now friends   2 years, 7 months ago · View