(Note from Albert Countryman, GCN Editor: Due to poor fact checking on my part, there were inaccuracies in last week\’s article concerning the recent Gloucester City Council meeting.. The Gloucester City News apologizes for these mistakes, and any confusion or misunderstanding they have created.)

By Albert J. Countryman Jr.

Gloucester City Council approved an ordinance on second reading during its March 27 meeting limiting the number of pets per household to three.

Also, all dogs and cats must be on a leash while outside.

Those residents who currently own more than three pets will be grandfathered.

Also, last week\’s article was wrong about proposed four-way stops at various intersections.

The intention of the ordinance, passed on first reading, is to \”both calm traffic and address dangerous intersections,\” Mayor William James said.

The article indicated this as a solution to problems on Market Street, which was incorrect.

The ordinance provides for all-way stops at the following intersections:

North Brown and Middlesex streets; Johnson Boulevard and Chambers Avenue; Essex Street and Collings Road; Park Avenue and Klemm, Station and Reading avenues; Park and Gehrig avenues; King and Essex streets; King and Hudson streets; King and Market streets; King Street, Jersey Avenue and Water Street; Burlington and Middlesex streets; Burlington and Cumberland streets; Sussex and Somerset streets; Lane and Powell streets; Thompson and Harley avenues; Greenwood and Park avenues; and Atlantic Avenue and Cumberland Street.

GARSON / GAWRONSKI WALTER C., Sr.

On April 4, 2008. Age 81. Of Brooklawn. Loving husband of 60 years to Dolores Garson (nee Powell). Beloved father of Walter,Jr. (Lynn), Stephen J. (Cheryl), Lawrence J. (Judith), and Gail T. (John) Garson. Loving Grandfather of 9 and Great-grand father of 10. Walter proudly served in the U.S.Army Air Corp.

 

He was a member of the Brooklawn American Legion Post #72. Walter worked for over 40 years at Westinghouse of Lester, Pa.

 

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Friday evening from 7 to 9 PM and Saturday from 9 to 10 AM at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 AM at St. Mary\’s R.C.Church: 426 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Interment with Military Honors at New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

 

Expressions of Sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Walter C. Garson, Sr.
Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through McCann-Healey Funeral Home: 851 Monmouth St., Gloucester City, N.J. 08030 Phone: 856-456-1142

Funeral services were held for Joseph T. Sexton, 56, of Waco, Texas, who passed away on March 22, 2008, after battling along illness.

Longtime resident of Gloucester City, where he attended Gloucester High and was also an altar boy at Saint Mary\’s Church. A lifetime member of the VFW Post 3620 in Gloucester City. 

Survived by three children, Fawn, Joseph and Howard, four grandchildren, Mallorie, MacKenzie, Joelynn and Addison. Dear friend Cathi (nee Rusk) McCool, formerly of Gloucester City, who is the mother of the named children above. Brother James Culver and nephew Little Jim, both of Gloucester City

 

 

Read more www.rowanathletics.com

Left hander Joe Cichy

Box Score

CAMDEN, NJ – The Rowan University baseball team defeated Rutgers-Camden, 4-2 in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) game on Monday.

Rowan improves to 17-7 overall and 4-4 in the conference. Rutgers-Camden has a 7-16 record and a 1-6 NJAC mark. Left hander Joe Cichy (sr. Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) got the win on the mound for the Profs. Cichy (2-2) went 8.1 innings, allowing two runs on two hits and striking out six batters. Right hander Kevin O’Hara (jr. Clayton, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) pitched the final 0.2 innings to earn his third save of the season. Scarlet Raptors’ lefty Andrew Lihotz (sr. Philadelphia, PA/Northeast) took the loss. Liholtz (2-3) gave up three runs in seven innings.

The Profs were led by third baseman Paul Urbanovich (sr. Rutherford, NJ/St. Peter’s Prep) with three hits (four at bats), three runs scored, one RBI, a double and a triple. Designated hitter Tom Reindel (jr. Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) and catcher Robert Fox (sr. Ocean Twp., NJ/Ocean Twp.) each had two hits (four at bats) and one RBI. Second baseman Joe Franceschini (sr. Toms River, NJ/Toms River E.) scored one run.

For Rutgers-Camden, third baseman Kyle Ballay (so. Delran, NJ/Delran) recorded one hit (four at bats) and two RBIs. Shortstop Shawn Park (sr. West Berlin, NJ/St. Joseph’s (Hammonton)) and pinch runner Dennis Hill (fr. Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) scored one run apiece.

Rowan went ahead 2-0 in the top of the fourth inning. Urbanovich drove in Franceschini with a triple to left center. Reindel followed with a single to right field that plated Urbanovich. The Profs added a run in the seventh. Urbanovich got on base with a double. He move to third on a deep fly to right field and scored on a throwing error. Rowan added an insurance run in the top of the ninth when Fox doubled in Urbanovich, who reached base with a single. In the bottom half, Ballay hit a two run single to left center, bringing home Hill and Park.

Related: Rowan

Bill,

 

The Lion’s for Leon meeting was a great success. We met at OH HARA’S and had about 60 people show up. Everyone met and reminisced. It was a good time with old friends.

We raised enough money to keep a website going for a few years.

 The website is listed and if you could post it with a reminder for all former Gloucester High School football players to sign up we can get together, share old stories and keep up to date with each other in our busy lives.

 Thanks.

 http://www.LionsforLeon.com

 

Tim Tedesco

Union, NJ… For the second straight day, The College of New Jersey softball team swept a New Jersey Athletic Conference opponent on the diamond as the Lions this time took a pair of road games from Kean University on Monday. The Lions won the opening game, 5-2, and then completed the sweep with a 5-0 triumph in the night cap.

TCNJ has now won five straight games and improved to 16-10 on the year and 4-2 in the NJAC. The two losses put the Cougars at 16-4 and 3-3 in the conference.

Game 1: TCNJ 5, Kean 2
The Lions opened the scoring in the third inning as sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) hit her second home run in as many days putting TCNJ in front 2-0. They added another run in the inning as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) singled to get on base and later scored on a base hit by senior Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo).

After the Cougars scored twice in the bottom of the fifth, TCNJ got those two runs back in the top of the seventh increasing the lead to 5-2. Seavers again came through with the big hit plating two runs with a single.

That was enough for sophomore pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) as she tossed a complete game for her ninth win of the season. She allowed a pair of runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.

Seavers and Greeby each finished with two hits, with Seavers driving in four of the team’s five runs.

Game 2: TCNJ 5, Kean 0
Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) had another strong outing on the mound as she went the distance pitching a two-hitter with eight strikeouts. It was her third shutout of the season and put her record at 5-2.

Sietsma also drove in the winning run in the bottom of the second inning with a single to score Lizzi.

TCNJ added two more runs in the third as Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) scored on an error and Kelly Armstrong (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) plated the second run of the inning with a single.

Seavers continued her torrid pace at the plate in the fourth with another two-run homer giving her home run in each of the last three games.

Seavers and senior Lauren Musacchia (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) each finished with two hits.

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CAMDEN (April 5, 2008) – Junior catcher Gerard Russomanno (Totowa, NJ/Passaic Valley) doubled home the tie-breaking run in the top of the 17th inning of the nightcap to lift the Rutgers-Newark baseball team to a 13-4, 8-6 sweep over Rutgers-Camden in a New Jersey Athletic Conference baseball marathon Saturday afternoon and evening at Campbell\’s Field.

The second game lasted 4:48 and the 17 innings made it the longest game in Rutgers-Camden baseball history. The previous record of 12 innings was accomplished eight times, last on April 22, 2007 when the Raptors lost a 6-5 game at The College of New Jersey.
The sweep lifts Rutgers-Newark to 11-11 overall and 4-3 in the NJAC. Rutgers-Camden falls to 7-15 and 1-5.

Game One

In the first game, the Scarlet Raiders ripped 16 hits and took advantage of eight walks and three hit batsmen to defeat the Scarlet Raptors. Newark scored four runs in the sixth inning to break open a tight 3-2 lead.

The Scarlet Raiders scored three runs in the game on bases-loaded walks and one on a hit batsman with the bases loaded. Seven of the Newark runners who scored were put aboard by either a walk or as a hit batsman.

Freshman second baseman Matt Connors (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ/Hasbrouck Heights) paced Newark, going 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBIs and a stolen base from his leadoff spot. Junior right fielder Brian Gill (Manasquan, NJ/Wall), sophomore DH Anthony Yeswita (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ/Hasbrouck Heights), senior first baseman Dan Zika (Kenilworth, NJ/David Brearley), senior left fielder Doug Ford (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) and Russomanno each added two hits.

The first five batters in the Newark lineup – Connors, Gill, Yeswita, Zika and Ford, combined to go 12-for-26 with six runs and 10 RBIs.
Sophomore Dan Nodarse (Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford) worked seven innings, allowing nine hits, four earned runs and two walks. He struck out four while evening his record at 1-1.

For the Raptors, sophomore center fielder Scott Fruits (Turnersville, NJ/Paul VI), senior shortstop Shawn Park (West Berlin, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) and sophomore catcher Paul Painter (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional) each had two hits. Sophomore right fielder Steve Myers (Millville, NJ/Millville) collected three RBIs.

Game Two

The second game lasted five innings longer than the previous Rutgers-Camden record for innings, as the two teams matched scoreless innings from the ninth through the 16th inning. In the top of the 17th, a two-out walk to sophomore shortstop Michael Dennis (Lakewood, NJ/Lakewood) started the Raiders\’ winning rally. Russomanno, who caught all 26 innings on the day for Newark, ripped a double to right-center field to plate Dennis, and then scored on a single up the middle by freshman center fielder Matt Citro (Bloomsbury, NJ/Phillipsburg).

Trailing by as much as 4-1 early in the game, Rutgers-Camden fought back to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth on an unearned run, setting the stage for a marathon which featured 120 at bats, 27 hits, nine walks, seven errors and six hit batsmen in a game that started at 3:13 p.m. and lasted until 8:01. Two players on each side collected eight at bats apiece, including Fruits and Myers for the Raptors, who broke the old Rutgers-Camden mark of seven at bats in a game held by five players.

Zika collected 19 putouts at first base for the Scarlet Raiders, while Rutgers-Camden sophomore third baseman Kyle Ballay (Delran, NJ/Delran) notched eight assists, two shy of the single-game program record.

Rutgers-Camden sophomore catcher Greg Hunt (Marlton, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) went 4-for-7 on the day, while sophomore left fielder Zach Colgate (Haddon Heights, NJ/Haddon Heights) added three hits.

For Newark, Russomanno paced the attack with three hits, including the game-winning double.

Junior pitcher Christian Diaz (New Milford, NJ/New Milford), the last of four Newark pitchers, picked up the win with two shutout innings. He allowed no hits and one walk. Diaz (1-1) struck out two. Perhaps the best performance on the mound was turned in by Newark junior Robert Falk (Englishtown, NJ/Manalapan), who worked six shutout innings in relief, allowing only two hits. He struck out two and didn\’t walk a batter.

Rutgers-Camden freshman Eric Bosworth (Westford, MA/Westford Academy), the last of six Raptor pitchers, took the loss, allowing two earned runs, one walk and two hits in two innings. Bosworth fell to 1-4.

Rutgers-Camden hosts Rowan University in a NJAC makeup game Monday at 3:30 p.m. That game was postponed by rain on Friday. Rutgers-Newark has a non-conference makeup game Wednesday when it travels to De Sales University for a 3:30 p.m. game.

Read more…….

http://www.tcnjathletics.com

Monday, April 7, 2008 7:00 P.M.

313 Monmouth Street

AGENDA

1. Call to Order:  
2. Pledge of Allegiance:

3. Roll Call:

4. Sunshine Law: This meeting is being held in conformance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the \”Sunshine Law\”. It has been legally noticed in accordance with the law and copies have been given to those requesting the same.

5. Public Comment Period: The Governing Body, in accordance with P.L. 2002, c. 80, have adopted the following guidelines relative to the Public Comment Period (PCP) at Caucus, Worksession, Special and Emergency Meetings of the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester City: The PCP shall occur at the beginning of each meeting; it shall be no longer than one half-hour in length; every person wishing to speak may do so once during the period for no longer than five minutes. No changes have been made for the PCP of the regular monthly meetings.

6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s): February 21, 28, March 3, 20, 24, 27

7. Reports: I. Engineer\’s Report

II. Committees of Council:

1. Celebrations

b) Finance & Administration

c) Fire

1. Housing
2. Licensing
3. Police

g) Public Works

8. Licenses: None

9. Resolutions:

R104 Adopting Emergency Temporary Budget Appropriations

R105 Authorizing Execution of a Professional Services Contract with T & M Associates

R106 Opposing the Governor\’s Proposed State Budget for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year for its Failure to Treat Property Tax Relief as a Priority

R107 Authorizing an Interlocal Services Agreement Between the County of Camden and the City of Gloucester City in Conjunction with the Governor\’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

R108 Proclaiming the City of Gloucester City and the City of Gloucester Board of Education Joint Safe Route to School Project

R109 Authorizing Change Order to the Contract Between H. Barron Works, Inc. and the City of Gloucester City for Water Treatment Plant Security Fencing Replacement

10. Ordinances:  

for second reading and public hearing to be held on April 17, 2008:

O07 Amending Chapter 87 of the Code of Gloucester City Entitled Vehicle and Traffic, Providing for New Section 87-4.1 and 87-9.1 Regarding \”All Way Stop Intersections\”

O08 Amending Fees, Professional Fees, and Escrows for the Gloucester City Combined Planning Board

for adoption at meeting of April 24, 2008

O01 Vacating a Portion of Cumberland Street, Located within the City of Gloucester City, County of Camden and State of New Jersey

11. Old Business:

a)

12. New Business:

a) Denial of Handicapped Parking: 630 & 632 Market Street

13. Communications:

a) From City of Camden Division of Planning and Zoning – Master Plan Re-Examination Report

b) From Camden County Municipal JIF – safety award of $1700 received

c) Welsbach Progress Report

14. Round Table:

15. Closed Session: Resolution #R -2008 to enter into closed session for discussion of:

16. Adjournment