Boston, MA… The College of New Jersey women\’s indoor track and field team earned a pair of NCAA qualifying times and host of ECAC standards as the Lions competed at the Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University on Friday.

TCNJ is currently ranked in USTFCCA Division III Coaches Power Rankings poll as the Lions are slotted in the 19th position.

Junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) finished second in the 800 meters as the returning All-American boasted a NCAA automatic time of 2:11.78. Classmate Martine McGrath (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) earned a NCAA Provisional mark in the 5,000 meters as the junior finished fourth with a clocking of 17:28.77.

Junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) advanced to the finals in the long jump and placed in the top 10 as she had an ECAC worthy leap of 5.34 meters.

In the 500 meters, the Lions had a pair of runner earn ECAC time as Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) had a time of 1:19.65 and Meghan Miller (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) finished in 1:21.78.

Senior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) finished the 400 meters in 59.31 seconds, while freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) had a time of 2:19.59 in the 800 meters as both runners met ECAC standards.

In the weight throw, sophomore Ashley Krauss (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) had an ECAC toss of 13.07 meters.

The final ECAC standard for TCNJ came in the 4×400 relay as Tricocci, Bonelli, Spadaccini, and Miller combined for a time of 4:00.96.

Men\’s distance medley relay hits provisional mark…
TCNJ\’s men\’s distance medley relay team was also in action at the Valentine Invitational and the Lion squad made the most of their chance picking up a NCAA provisional time. The team of freshman Dennie Waite (Little Silver, NJ/Red Bank Regional), sophomore DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris), senior Josh Krowicki (Hilltop, NJ/Triton) and senior Galen Johnson (South Plainfield, JN/South Plainfield) finished with a time of 10:06.52.

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Ewing, NJ…On Wednesday, February 13

The College of New Jersey women’s basketball team will sponsor a \”Think Pink Night\” in conjunction with the Lions’ home basketball game with nationally ranked Kean University. \”Think Pink\” is a unified effort created by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) to raise breast cancer awareness across campuses and communities worldwide. This year, over 670 organizations nationwide are participating in the program.

Pink t-shirts will be on sale for $10 during the women’s home game on February 13. All fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game and make donations in lieu of an admission charge.

The fan wearing the most pink gear will win a prize.

There will be raffles and pledges at \”Think Pink Day\” during the game. In lieu of an admission charge, TCNJ is asking for a $2 donation to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Fund. Pink t-shirts will be sold with all proceeds supporting Susan B. Komen Race For the Cure.

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey women’s basketball player Hillary Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) was honored for her efforts both on the hardwood and in the classroom as she earned CoSIDA’s ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division honors.

Klimowicz, who was named All-District II Third Team, is a psychology major and boasts a grade-point-average of 3.318.

On the court, the junior center is having a banner season as she leads the team in a host of categories. She is the team’s top scorer and rebounder averaging 16.1 points and 11.3 boards. Those numbers ranks her second and third, respectively, in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. She also leads the conference in field goal percentage hitting on 63.6 percent of her shots (136-of-214) and blocked shots per game at 4.15 and both of those numbers rank fourth nationally.

So far this season, Klimowicz has received various honors including being named the NJAC Player of the Week five times and ECAC Metro Player of the Week twice. She was named the most valuable player of the Gwynedd-Mercy College Classic and earned a spot on the Marymount University Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team.

She has recorded 16 double-doubles in 20 games this season and has scored in double figures in each game but one.

Klimowicz was a 2006-07 All-NJAC First Team selection after joining the Lions from NCAA Division I St. Joseph’s University where she was selected the 2005-06 Atlantic 10 and Big Five Rookie of the Year.

The Lions are currently 15-5 on the season and are 6-2 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference placing them second in the South Division. TCNJ’s next game is slated for Saturday, February 9 at Ramapo College.

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Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey\’s men\’s and women\’s swimming and diving teams hosted Ramapo College in the final dual meet of the season. Both TCNJ squads came away with impressive wins as TCNJ\’s women\’s squad won 117-73 and the Lions men posted a 103-69 victory. TCNJ\’s women\’s team is now 4-7 overall, while the Ramapo women drop to 2-7. TCNJ\’s men\’s team improves to 7-3 overall, while the Ramapo men fall to 2-5.

Women\’s Highlights
The Lions posted a sweep of the 200 medley relay as they took first through fourth place in the event. Winning the race for the Lions were the foursome of senior Christine Marino (Scotch Plains, NJ/Mt. St. Mary\’s Academy), senior Lauren Pfeifer (Freehold, NJ/Red Bank Catholic), senior Ava Kiss (North Brunswick, NJ/Stuart Country Day) and Kristin Udicious (Cherry Hill, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) in 1:55.17. The Lions also won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:47.71 as Kiss, freshman Jennifer Rashti (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West), senior Meghan Moore (Randolph, NJ/Randolph), and Marino teamed up.
Freshman Jennifer Rashti (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) took first in the 1000 freestyle in 11:22.33, while TCNJ\’s rookie Margaret Molloy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) won the 200 freestyle in 1:57.43, while Kiss finished in second place in 1:59.00. Molloy won the 200 backstroke in 2:19.54. Marino added a second in the 200 breaststroke in 2:40.73 for the Lions.
TCNJ\’s junior Emily Reichard (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional) won 100 backstroke in 1:05.35, while Pfeifer added a second place showing in 1:06.79.
Junior Brittany Collyer (Forked River, NJ/Lacey Township) won the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.01. The Lions added another first place finish as freshman Kristen Prentice (Skillman, NJ/Montgomery) posted a time of 2:21.41, while junior Sara Casciano (Hewitt, NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy) took second in 2:28.39.
Udicious won the 50 freestyle in 26.13, while sophomore Stephanie Seto (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) picked up second in 26.19. Seto also won the 200 individual medley in 2:17.39, while
Freshman Katie Zavoda (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) was the winner of the 100 freestyle race with her time of 56.02, while senior Caitlin Elmendorf (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) won the 100 butterfly in 1:04.85.

Men\’s Highlights
Junior Mike Molloy (Toms River, N/Toms River East) added three first place finishes as the meet. He took first in the 200 backstroke in 2:00.61, the 200 freestyle in 1:49.01, and the 100 freestyle in 48.83.
TCNJ added a first in the 200 medley relay in 1:40.15 and the 200 freestyle relay in 1:28.54. Swimming on the winning medley relay for the Lions was freshman Joe Tseng (East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park), junior Ted Yoa (Ocean City, NJ/St. Augustine), sophomore Herman Chu (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central), and senior Jonaid Lone (Leonia, NJ/Don Bosco Prep). Combining on the freestyle relay were senior Josh Forsman (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial), senior Liam Gallagher (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan), Lone, and senior Kevin Oliver (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North).
Junior Thomas Nawrot (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) won the 1000 freestyle in 10:56.89 and the 50 freestyle in 21.84. Junior Mike Molloy (Toms River, N/Toms River East) added a first in the 200 freestyle in 1:45.20. Senior John Altobelli (Northfield, NJ/Mainland Regional) won the 100 backstroke in 58.55, while sophomore Eric Rohrs (Congers, NY/Clarkstown High North) won the 100 breaststroke in 10:00.78 and the 200 breaststroke in 2:14.85.
Freshman Tim Rauch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) added an impressive time in the 200 butterfly in 2:00.89, while freshman Andrew Hessler (Palmyra, NJ/Palmyra) was next in 2:04.57 and senior R.T. Greeby (Hainesport, NJ/Rancocas Valley) was third in 2:04.77 to help the Lions sweep the event.
Lone added a first for the Lions in the 500 freestyle in 4:56.68, while Gallagher added a first in the 100 butterfly in 54.31. Forsman added a first in the 200 individual medley in 2:03.52 to help the Lions dominate the meet.

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Results in the Abbott districts aren\’t improving, according to David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center.

\”We were making progress up until 2004, and for the last two years they\’ve either gone down and this year they\’re pretty much flat,\” said Sciarra, adding it is troubling in that the new school funding formula limits the aid increases the state\’s poorest districts have received in the past.

Willa Spicer, a deputy education commissioner, said the new funding formula won\’t hinder the progress of past years in the Abbott districts.

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Thursday afternoon demolition crews were securing the properties at 414 Haakon Road and 412 Haakon Road, Brooklawn. No serious injuries were reported. The home at 414 Haakon Road is gutted ; the second home has extensive damage.

The family living at 414 Haakon, a husband and wife and their 4-year-old, was evacuated because of the fire, said Camy Trinidad, executive director of the American Red Cross of Camden County. The Red Cross put the family in a hotel and gave them vouchers, she said.

The family who lived in the other home was out of the country, Trinidad said, and the Red Cross is trying to find a way to contact them.  

PhillyFireNews.com gave the following report: FM-51 arrived to find a two story dwelling with heavy fire 1st floor and extending to the second Floor.

3440 advised all hands were in service and the fire had extended to the D delta exposure and was now threw the roof of the original fire building. Requested the 2nd alarm struck and went to defensive operations.

Command reported they had numerous lines in service as well as Ladder 33 and Ladder 73\’s main along with Squirt 32 with the bulk of the fire knocked down in the original fire building and they had heavy smoke from the attic of the D exposure.

Requested an additional Engine (Chews Landing 821) and ladder (Gloucester City Quint 51) above the 2nd alarm. Used all hands.

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Age 53. Passed Away on February 3, 2008 at Gloucester Manor Nursing Home in Sewell after battling a series of illnesses. Born in Camden, he resided for a long time in the Gloucester County area where he was in the food delivery business and worked for the former Penn Pizza in Woodbury. He was a United States Marine who served during Vietnam, who loved animals and riding motorcycles. Walter is survived by his longtime and loving companion, Kathy Hatfield of Sewell, his sister Elaine (Chris) Antzakas of Deptford and three nieces; Tina Storms, Michelle McGuire and Brenda Reeves and other children that he helped raise during his lifetime. At the request of his family, cremation is private. Methodist Service, U.S. Marine Corps Military Honors and Inurnment will be Saturday at 11 am at the Gloucester County Veterans Cemetery: 240 South Tuckahoe Road, Monroe Township, NJ 08094. Please meet at the Information Center.

Family request memorial donations in Walter\’s memory to the Voorhees Animal Orphanage: P.O. Box 1363, Voorhees, NJ 08043. Please write in the memo: Walter Lee Pope. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Walter Lee Pope. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City, NJ. Phone: 856-456-1142.

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team hosted the Ducks of Stevens Institute of Technology on Wednesday night in non-conference play. Ranked No. 22 in Division III, Stevens posted a 63-52 win to improve to 18-3 overall, while the Lions drops to 6-14 overall.

TCNJ’s junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) poured in a career-high 24 points, including 16 in the second half, but it was not enough as his team was unable to get past the visiting Ducks. The 24 points surpassed his previous best of 20 points in a win over Huntingdon College (11/26/06).

Stevens got 12 points from senior forward Ted Williams (Selden, NY/Newfield) as he added a double-double off the bench with a game-high 10 rebounds. Junior guard Virgil Gray (Elmwood Park, NJ/Bergen Catholic) chipped in 11 points with six rebounds.

Stevens held a 25-20 lead at the break as both teams struggled shooting less than 30.0% from the floor. Stevens hit 28.0% of its shots (7-25), while TCNJ was held to a 25.0% effort on 8-of-32 shooting. Senior guard Waleed Farid (Woodside, NY/Stuyvesant) led the Ducks with his seven points and hit 3-of-4 from the line while junior guard Anthony Passalacqua (Staten Island, NY/Susan E. Wagner) added six points and was 2-for-2 from three-point range. Farid and Passalacqua both finished with nine points, while sophomore guard George Greco (Rockville Centre, NY/Oceanside) also netted nine points with five assists. Farid added six assists with two steals as Stevens finished with a 49-33 edge on the boards and held TCNJ to a 30.6% effort from the floor (19-62).

TCNJ’s Molinelli had eight first half points and finished the night making 10-of-16 shots from the floor. Senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) added 11 points on the night with seven in the first half and added a team-high eight rebounds, Senior Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) added six defensive boards for TCNJ in the half and finished with seven caroms on the game with seven points.

TCNJ returns to action on Saturday, February 9at Ramapo College in a 3:00 p.m. NJAC match-up, while Stevens travels to Hartwick College for an Empire 8 contest on February 10 at 4:00 p.m.

The Gloucester City Tree and Beautification Committee presented a state award to City Council during last week\’s meeting.

The award had been received during the 15^th annual Green Community Achievement Awards Presentation in Cherry Hill October 27. It was part of the 82^nd annual Tree Federation Meeting sponsored by the NJ Tree Foundation.

The Gloucester City Tree and Beautification Committee was the only one in the state to receive this award, under the \”Civic Association Category.\”

The Committee is a volunteer-based group of residents advocating for community trees, and the group works cooperatively with City officials, the Public Works Department, and the residents to improve community safety, enhance neighborhoods through the planting of trees, and educating people about the benefits of their community forestry resources.

Gloucester City became a partner in the Foundation\’s Ten Cities Initiative in the spring 2005, by which City government established the tree committee, cooperatively adopted a five-year Community Forestry Plan, (approved by previous and current Mayor and Council), and hosted community tree planting events.

In two years, the NJ Tree Foundation and the Committee were able to work with hundreds of volunteers, plant more than 100 new shade trees, and provided a $25,000 match in donated items and labor to successfully complete the Initiative\’s requirements.

The initial contact was made in 2005, when Shannon Buckley of the Foundation made contact with the Public Works Supervisor Bowie Johnson and the Community Development Office Project Coordinator Eric Fetterolf. They met with Paul Kain, Clerk/Ad-ministrator, and Gina Dunphy, UEZ Coordinator.

Afterwards, Mayor and Council and recommended that the City proceed with developing the five-year Community Forestry Management Plan (CFMP).

Fetterolf contacted Mic-key Riggins, certified tree expert, who was already familiar with Gloucester City and its efforts.

Back in 1999, Riggins and Fetterolf worked together in the \”Gloucester Green\” program where a number of trees were purchased and planted on public lands (Proprietor\’s Park, Martins Lake, and the Fort Nassau/Jogging Track).

An additional 32 trees were purchased, delivered and planted by residents in their yards with additional being started by the Water Works Department.

The CFMP was approved by the state in April 2007.

The Tree and Beautification Committee was form-ed and initial active participants included members from the community, the City government and school officials. The people who had initial input on the CFMP and various tree events included residents Karen McKinney, Kate Sheridan, Dot Evans, Marylou Furfari, Kathy Brandt, and Carol Mahan, Cathy George, Joan Chal-mers, Maureen Knipp, Linda Lord, Louisa Llewellyn, Tom Gurick, Alison Maloney, Meghan O\’-Connor, Dorothy Stanitis, Charles Kain, James \”Bow-ie\” Johnson, Fred Schin-dler, Paul Kain, Gina Dunphy and Thomas Kilcourse.

Later, more people came to the meetings to help, including Frank Wunsch, Tisa Batchelor, Christie Cooper, Dave Stallwood, Susan Hathcock, and Patrick Keating.

In January 2006, the committee selected Chairperson Frank Wunsch, Vice Chairperson Marylou Furfari, Treasurer Dot Evans, PR/Marketing Tisa Batchelor and Acting Secretary Eric Fetterolf.

In January 2007, the committee selected Chairperson Tisa Batchelor, Vice Chairperson Marylou Furfari, Treasurer Karen McKinney, PR/Marketing Susan Hathcock and Acting Secretary Eric Fetterolf. Other members include residents Adrienne Scheick, Dori Wakso, Kathy Hauckes, Mike Sheridan, Bruce Marks, Jesse and Harriet Torres, and John Schmidt.

The Committee currently has six members who completed the initial NJ Department of Forestry and Shade Tree Federation Core Training: Eric Fetterolf, Dot Evans, Frank Wuncsh, Marylou Fufari, Adrienne Scheick and Kat-hy Hauckes. Three Public Works employees, Dylan Moore, Alex Tedesco and William Rusk, also completed the initial training.

Committee member Ad-rienne Scheick and Gabe Parent (representing City Engineer Remington & Vernick) are working on completing a Tree Inventory for the City of all street trees. Tisa Batchelor, and others are putting together a plan for an Arboretum at Proprietor\’s Park.

Karen McKinney and others are planning a workshop in the Spring. Adrienne is also putting together a brochure and a list of optimum tree specials.

The Committee, planted some beautiful mums at the Lady Statue at the Proprietor\’s Park. The flowers came from the Gloucester City Water Works Plant.

The committee is also raising funds for the restoration of the iron lady and received their first $51.00 in donations during a recent park festival.

The Committee worked with the local Cub and Boy Scouts in remulching trees at Proprietor\’s Park and planting trees in various parts of the City. Unfortunately, in May 2007, vandals broke branches and damaged some of the new trees on Nicholson Road and most of the new trees on Broadway. The committee is offering a $100 reward for information that will lead to an arrest of an individual(s) that damaged those trees.

One recent accomplishment was that members judged decorations provided by organizations for the 12 spruce trees near the Municipal Complex during the holiday festival. The Committee has made recommendations for hanging baskets, more benches, and black wrought-iron fencing for the Broadway and Monmouth area.

Finally, at last week\’s Council meeting, the committee presented a letter to Mayor and Council asking the city to contact PSEG and their subcontractor(s) to temporarily cease pruning trees by the utility wires in the city until the city and committee can meet with PSEG and/or their subcontractor to go over the pruning techniques and standards that are supposed to be used.

There is a real need for additional volunteers to serve on the Committee.

Those with a green thumb, or who enjoy beautifying the City, contact Eric Fetterolf at 456-7105 or [email protected]. information can be viewed on the city website, www.cityofgloucester.org.

The committee meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at 313 Monmouth St. The next meeting is February 14.

 

 

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BROOKLAWN WATER MAIN BREAK – Last Tuesday\’s rush hour traffic was snarled a little bit when officials from NJ Department of Transportation and the Brooklawn Department of Public Works had to shut down two lanes of Route 130 South. This all happened in front of The Glassman Incorporated late Tuesday afternoon just as the rush hour traffic was about to begin. Worker\’s from Westville DPW assisted in the repairs which reopened all lanes of traffic several hours later.