Bill\’s Point of View-Some low life scumbags continue to use the fields across from the $20 million Cold Springs School, Gloucester City as a dumping ground for all kinds of trash. The old carpets in the photo were thrown in the fields within the last 24 hours.

The fields and the patch of nearby woods are the last undeveloped plots of ground in our City. On my daily walks with Lacey and Erica I have seen on several occasions fox, deer, turkeys, skunks and rabbits.

We need to protect this area, not destroy it. If you see anyone dumping trash get the license number of their vehicle and call the police. As for this pile of trash I hope the City will send a truck from the Highway Department to remove it. Otherwise more scumbags will continue to add to the pile.

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Recently, the Mayor and Common Council presented Beth Egan, our library director with a certificate of appreciation.

Beth, with her fuluristic vision has brought our library into the 20^th century with a unanimous Wow! She has re-invented our library by the following steps.

1. She turned a ugly storage room into our reference room that promotes the State of N.J. and the City of Gloucester.

2. By overseeing the installation of approximately forty computers, she has brought the outside world to our doorsteps.

3. Within the library, with past and present books, rental movies and dvds, we try to catch up to her with her thirst for knowledge.

4. The State of the Art microfilm copier enables a person to view our exciting past.

5. The copier machine permits us to copy a picture of the Irish schooner that belongs to us. In case we missed the edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer or the Courier Post, 7-7-2008 with its praise of Ed Walens the Founding Father of our VFW Museum. Also, the many articles in the Gloucester City News, that is a wonderful example of the growing future of Gloucester City.

6. We now have a snack bar and coffee machine in our library so we can cope with our serious issues of homework or gather information to send to friends who are far away with Gloucester roots.

7. The time-out program for our Pre K world introduces our children to books, music and special TV shows.

8. Last but not least Beth has gathered about her, a professional staff, who 95% of the time agree, yes we can do it.

If you appreciate our library, why not drop a thank you note to the library staff. Your conscience will be glad you did it.

Rae Whelan, Gloucester City

By John Schmidt

NEWS Correspondent

 Mayor William P. James said Gloucester City approved an executive order to investigate ideas how the town can conserve energy during last week\’s City Council meeting.

He said the City is investigating the possibility of a four-day work week and zoning in all buildings, and will examine EMS response-apparatus as need-ed.

The City is also implementing the following procedures to conserve energy:

• No idling of vehicles except when it is necessary for K-9 health.
• No use of vehicles on side work without additional compensation from vendors.
• Double up on patrol officers when manpower allows and more bike and foot patrols in high incident areas and business districts.
• No city vehicles will be allowed for personal use.
• No city vehicles to leave town except for emergency situations.
• Turn down thermostats over the weekend during winter and air conditioning off during the summer in all unoccupied buildings and zones.
• Turn lights off when rooms are not occupied.
• Unplug and switch off all electrical appliances overnight and over weekends, and maintain gas logs for all City-owned vehicles to monitor use and mpg for future statistical analysis.

The mayor also said the city is continuing to look for other ideas, and if residents have any to contact the mayor\’s office.

Resident Anthony Parisi, president of the Chatam Square Tenants Association, was upset about the conditions of the Chatam Square Apartments.

\”Properties are so dilapidated, so destroyed, it\’s dangerous and it\’s a hazard. There are health violations. These are circumstances that could lead a person to be physically injured severely or dead,\” he said.

Parisi said the maintenance supervisor hardly shows up, and that inspections were done on April 25 and there has still been no repairs.

Mayor James said that the Housing Department will be heading out there on Monday (July 28).

\”What we hope to do out there is locate the best two buildings and relocate everyone into those locations so that we can start the work on those properties,\” James said. \”It\’s something we realize were responsible to do, and we will be doing it.\”

There was also a presentation by Cool Cities, a state run program that will be planting trees in Gloucester City over the next three years.

It was given by Alexander McCartney of Cool Cities and Adrianne Parent, Vice-Chair of the Gloucester City Tree and Beautification Committee.

The sections that trees will be planted in this fall will be Highland Park, Riverview Heights and from Market down to Jersey, which will also include Broadway.

\”You will get door hangers if you live in the area,\” Parent said.

McCartney said each homeowner will receive a mailing with information.

At the meeting Council approved a $98,500 contract with T&M Associates for engineering services to help develop Freedom Pier and the adjacent areas.

Funds come from a 1996 Federal and State Grant for Economic Development.

Sister Christine from St. Mary\’s Church had a concern about the Parking Enforcement Officer in town.

The situation involved a senior citizen in town who received a parking ticket in the mail.

The resident had stopped her car and got out to help another senior citizen who she was picking up to get into the passenger side of her car, and the driver received a ticket in the mail, Sister Christine said.

The next meeting of City Council will be August 28 at 8 p.m. in City Hall, 313 Monmouth St.