Source http://www.nj.com

In other areas, Asbury Park paid $4,280 for golf shirts and jackets for athletic coaches. Gloucester City paid $6,116 for rain jackets for the football team. 

All of the expenditures, except travel, were flagged by auditors who looked at information from the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years in 27 of the state\’s Abbott Districts, released last week by the Department of Education.

But many of the practices questioned may soon come to an end.

The department used the findings to develop new rules for school districts and to shape the job description of the new executive county superintendents, in an attempt to enhance the accountability of all districts.

The audits of all 31 Abbott districts can be found at www.state.nj.us/education under the finance section. CONTINUE

Note from Bill: I checked the link, and I couldn\’t find the audit on Gloucester City\’s Abbott District. If you find it would you send it to me, [email protected].

What I did find is this link, The DOE Comparative spending guide

PHOTO: Alice Costello School \”Human Ice Cream Sundae Winners\”-From left, Lisa Parry, Jessica Tussey and Danielle Greer. 

 

Friday, May 2nd the Alice Costello School held its annual May Fair Day. The students had lunch outside and then they had an afternoon of fun and games.

Prior to the May Fair 10 teachers volunteered to become \”Human Ice Cream Sundae\’s\”.

The kids voted two weeks prior to the May Fair for the teacher or teachers they wanted to see become a \”Sundae\”.

The top 3 Teachers were the \”Winners\”

They included: Miss Lisa Parry, Miss Jessica Tussey and Miss Danielle Greer.ACES PTA would like to thank all the teachers who volunteered for this event. Jim Cordery, Bob Lee, Elizabeth Schultes, Elanor Bracey, Kathleen McMahon, Dee Wermuth, along with Lisa, Jessica and Danielle.

 

 

http://www.cityofgloucester.org/newshome.php

Note from Bill: The copies of the ordinance (s) can be found on the City of Gloucester City\’s web site. Below is part of the ordinance pertaining to the new stop signs law.

AN ORDINANCE 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\”

 

 

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester City, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, have deemed it necessary to consider the institution of \”All-Way Stop Intersections\” as permitted by N.J.S.A. 39:4-8 b. (1) (c) which states in part: \’A municipality may, without the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation, do the following by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate: (c) designate any intersection as a stop or yield intersection and erect appropriate signs, on streets under municipal jurisdiction which are totally self-contained within that municipality and have no direct connection with any street in any other municipality\’.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Gloucester City that the following intersections shall be known as \’All-Way Stop Intersections\’ and shall be codified in the following sections of the Code of the City of Gloucester City thus:

 

§87-4.1. All-way stop intersections designated.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-8b.(1)(c), the intersections described in Schedule B.1. attached to and made a part of this ordinance are hereby designated as \”all-way stop intersections\”. Stop signs shall be installed on all streets leading into said intersections. (See §87-9.1.)

 

§87-9.1. Schedule B.1.: all-way stop intersections.

In accordance with the provisions of §87-4.1, the following described intersections are hereby designated as all-way stop intersections:

 

1. North Brown Street & Middlesex Street.
2. Johnson Blvd. & Chambers Avenue.
3. Essex Street & Collings Road.
4. Park Avenue & Klemm/Station/Reading Avenues.
5. Park Avenue & Gehrig Avenue.
6. King Street & Essex Street.
7. King Street & Hudson Street.
8. King Street & Market Street.
9. King Street, Jersey Avenue & Water Street.
10. Burlington Street & Middlesex Street.
11. Burlington Street & Cumberland Street.
12. Sussex Street & Somerset Street.
13. Lane Street & Powell Street.
14. Thompson Avenue & Harley Avenue.
15. Greenwood Avenue & Park Avenue.
16. Atlantic Avenue & Cumberland Street.

http://www.cityofgloucester.org/newshome.php

Good Bye …..Charlie Nash, a long time Gloucester City community activist passed away last week at the age of 81.. Charlie was a fighter and if he saw something wrong in our community he didn\’t hesitate to speak his mind and work to correct the problem. Today there are fewer and fewer residents like him who really care what happens to our beloved City. They have either gone to heaven or moved away. Yes we do have the professional complainers but rarely will you see them do anything but complain. Thank you Mr. Nash for all the sacrifices you made to help make Gloucester City a better place to live during your lifetime.. You certainly will be missed by all of us who knew you.

Congratulations to Gateway Diner, in Westville, the South Jersey diner won \’Best Diner\’ and \’Best Breakfast\’ in the 2008 Courier Post\’ Best of South Jersey\’ contest. Read more…….. http://chewru.com/gateway-diner-wins-sjcp/

(www. CourierPostonLine.com May 5^th)………A 20-year-old Gloucester City man pleaded guilty Monday to endangering the welfare of children, admitting he touched the buttocks of seven boys for his sexual gratification. Philip S. Chafe, 3rd, of the 600 block of Division Street, reached a plea agreement that recommends he be sentenced to five years in state prison. Assistant Camden County Prosecutor Donna Spinosi said Chafe is charged with inappropriately touching seven boys, between 10 and 14 years old, between May 23 and June 14, 2007. Chafe did not know any of the boys, but told police after spotting them while he rode his bike, he would dismount, walk up to the boys, and pat them on the buttocks. He then would ride away, Spinosi said. The touching incidents took place in Gloucester City and Brooklawn, she said. continue

Top Blog Pick of the Day…………. http://www.politickernj.com

Democrats divided-When Democrats gathered around U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg at the Trenton Marriott on the last day of March, they thought they were starting another easy reelection campaign. But two days later, U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, a Camden County Democrat, leaped into the June 3 primary against Lautenberg. Ever since, the two men have been acting like a couple of street fighters, and their personal battle is becoming a party-wide rumble.
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The new New Jersey Hall of Fame inducted fifteen men and women–living and deceased–in a ceremony Sunday. They are, in alphabetical order, Buzz Aldrin, Clara Barton, Yogi Berra, Bill Bradley, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Malcolm Forbes, Robert Wood Johnson II, Vince Lombardi, Toni Morrison, Norman Schwarzkopf, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Meryl Streep and Harriet Tubman.continue