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.

 

Link: ramscrosscountry:

Erin Donohue\’s hometown of Haddonfield New Jersey gave the Sign in front of Haddonfield High25 year old South Jersey Olympian a powerful sendoff less than a week before she leaves for Beijing for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. The festivities included a parade through Haddonfield for Erin with a parade route mobbed with enthusiastic Haddonfield residents.

Erin, her family and coaches rode in the parade and were proceeded with bands, a color guard and local running club South Jersey AC holding a Erin addresses crowd ….click link to read more and view photos

Monday, August 4, 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): June 19, 2008, June 26, 2008 (distributed previously but require action); July 7, 17, 24 (pending)

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:

R206 Authorizing Refund of Property Sale Money

R207 Authorizing an Agreement with Interstate Mobile Care

R208 Certifying Annual Audit

R209 Designating Handicapped Parking Spaces: Adding 319 Mercer Street, 953 Somerset Street;

R210 Authorizing Subordination of Mortgage Held by the City of Gloucester City to Secure Housing Rehabilitation Loan

10. Ordinances:  

for first reading this evening with second reading and public hearing to be held on August 28, 2008:

O16 Granting Renewal of Municipal Consent to Comcast of Wildwood, LLC to Construct, Connect, Operate and Maintain a Cable Television and Communications System in the City of Gloucester City, New Jersey

 

for adoption this evening:

O12 Amending Chapter 58 of the City Code of Gloucester City Entitled Junk Dealers

 

for second reading and public hearing to be held on August 21, 2008

O13 Amending the Gloucester City Development Ordinance to Provide for Guidelines for Various Maintenance, Improvements and Historic

11. Old Business:

a)

12. New Business:

a) Handicapped Parking Spaces: 317 Morris St., 718 Division St., 304 Hunter St., 16 E. Thompson Ave. 236 Third St.

13. Communications:

a) Welsbach Progress Report

b) From Sevenson – residential flyer for Holt Vault Remediation Work

c) From Camden City Planning and Zoning – public hearing North Camden Neighborhood Plan August 14^th 6 p.m.

d) From Division of ABC – Gerald F. Dooley, Inc.

14. Round Table:

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

16. Adjournment

1st woman: Hi! My name is Wanda. 2nd woman: Hi! I\’m Kelly. How\’d you die? 1st woman: I Froze to Death. 2nd woman: How Horrible! 1st woman: It wasn\’t so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm and sleepy, and finally died a peaceful death. What about you? 2nd woman: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was cheating, so I came home early to catch him in the act. But instead, found him all by himself in the den watching TV. 1st woman: So, what happened? 2nd woman: I was so sure there was another woman there somewhere that I started running all over the house looking. I ran up into the attic and searched, and down into the basement. Then I went through every closet and checked under all the beds. I kept this up until I had looked everyw here, and finally I became so exhausted that I just keeled over with a heart attack and died. 1st woman: Too bad you didn\’t look in the freezer—we\’d both still be alive more chuckles .

Link: DefenseLink News Release:

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 1 in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

Killed were:

Pfc. David J. Badie, 23, of Rockford, Ill., who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

2nd Lt. Michael R. Girdano, 23, of Pennsylvania, who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Spc. William J. Mulvihill, 20, of Leavenworth, Kan., who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Pvt. Jair De Jesus Garcia, 29, of Chatsworth, Calif., who was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Link: DefenseLink News Article:

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2008 – Coalition and Afghan forces killed more than a dozen militants and detained two during operations in Afghanistan over the past few days, military officials said.

A militant was killed and two were detained during a coalition forces operation yesterday in Ghazni province targeting a militant who officials said planned roadside bomb attacks and conducted indirect-fire attacks against coalition forces.

In an Aug. 1 operation in Farah province, coalition forces killed several militants. Officials said intelligence reports helped to pinpoint the militants’ location in a remote area known to be a safe haven for Taliban and foreign fighters.

After the militants were positively identified and U.S. forces determined there were no noncombatants in the area, officials said, coalition aircraft carried out an air strike.

Elsewhere, coalition and Afghan forces killed more than a dozen militants during a security patrol in the Shaheed Hasas district of Oruzgan province Aug. 1, officials reported.

While coalition and Afghan forces were conducting a mounted patrol, a roadside bomb detonated, striking a coalition vehicle. Militants then attacked the patrol with small arms and indirect fire. Coalition and Afghan forces responded with small-arms fire and close-air support, killing more a dozen militants, officials said.

No coalition forces, Afghan forces or civilian casualties were reported.

(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)
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