Link: NJ.com

Tragic hit: It was an unremarkable hit during a routine football drill. Cliffside Park High School junior running back Douglas Morales took the ball during practice Friday morning and barreled toward a teammate.

The teammate lunged to tackle him. The teammate sprang to his feet after the collision. Morales did not.

Link:Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/28/2008.

Lincoln U. football back after 48 years

Abanishe attracted several transfer students, including quarterback Kareem Dennis, who played for Lincoln High in the Northeast and at Edward Waters College in Florida.

Many players are like sophomore linebacker Brandon McElwee, who figured his football days were over when he graduated from Gloucester High in South Jersey to attend Lincoln, only to discover the opportunity to resume his career.

\”I felt like I had to be a part of this,\” he said. \”I wanted to be a part of history.\”

Thursday, August 28, 2008

City Hall, 313 MONMOUTH STREET

Agenda

1. Call Meeting to Order:

 

2. Pledge of Allegiance:

 

3. Roll Call:

 

4. Open Public Meetings Act Notice: This meeting is being held in accordance 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. Proclamation: Michael Hainsworth – Gloucester City Board of Health

 

6. Resolutions

R222 Adopting Emergency Temporary Budget Appropriations

 

7. Ordinances: for first reading this evening with second reading and public hearing to be held on September 25, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.

O18 Ordinance Amending Chapter 87, Article III, Section 87-16 of the Code of Gloucester City Entitled Fifteen-Minute Parking 

 

for second reading and public hearing this evening:

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

O17 Ordinance Amending the City Code of Gloucester City Entitled Public Facilities User Fees 

 

8. Old Business/New Business:

a) Bills paid from July 25, 2008 to Aug. 20, 2008 $ 2,207,227.30

 

Bills approved on August 28, 2008 $ 275,970.78

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Total amount being approved $ 2,483,198.08

 

9. Open Forum:

The Governing Body has approved the following rules governing the procedures of the Open (General) Public Forum: Any citizen or taxpayer wishing to address the Governing Body may do so after approaching the rail, stating his or her name and address and being recognized by the chair. Said citizen or taxpayer will then be permitted to address the Governing Body for five minutes. After all persons wishing to address the Governing Body have had the opportunity, persons may approach the rail for a second and final five-minute interval during this session.

 

10. Adjournment:

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As he moved about he briefly chatted with a few members of the growing throng of neighbors spilling out of his yard and into the next and frequently pulled his left wrist out of his shorts pocket to check the time on his gold wristwatch.

\”It has been a long day of waiting,\” he said. \”I hope I can hold it all back.\”

The moment he had been anticipating for more than a year came a short time later when he stepped out onto the street and was embraced in a giant bear hug by his son Edward III.

\”I love you Dad. I love you Dad,\” Lenard III, 38, said as the crowd of about 60 people cheered and clapped.

Sgt. Edward J. Lenard III, a pharmaceutical technician with the U.S. Army, was home from his nine-month deployment in Iraq.

Link: FOXNews.com

A 13-year-old New Jersey football player who collapsed during practice Monday and later died had an undetected heart condition, WNBC is reporting.

The preliminary results of an autopsy on Sean Fisher revealed the heart condition, according to the report.

Fisher\’s death was the first of two youth football-related deaths this week in New Jersey.

Douglas Morales, 17, died Tuesday night at Hackensack Medical Center of a subdural hematoma, or excessive bleeding in the brain. Morales was running a drill last Friday when he was tackled, his helmet striking the defender\’s shoulder pad.

CLEGG
Sean Patrick

Suddenly, On August 25, 2008. Of Tabernacle. 9 Days Before His 15th Birthday. Through his gift of life, Sean has changed the lives of others and has returned home to the Lord His Father. Beloved and Cherished Son of Andrew T. Clegg and Gail Patricia Clegg (nee Roach) of Tabernacle. Best Friend and Loving Brother of Brian F. Clegg at home. Devoted Maternal Grandson of the late Joan M. Roach (nee Ragen) and surviving husband William J. Roach. Loving Paternal Grandson of C. Robert Wells and E. Jane Wells (nee Taylor) and Dana and Sandy Clegg. Dear Nephew of Patricia Ragen.

Sean was to start his Sophomore Year at Seneca High School in Tabernacle, NJ. He loved to play the guitar, enjoyed reading, tremendous Philadelphia Eagles Fan, socializing with all his friends and cousins and going to the shore.

Relatives, friends and classmates are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Thursday Evening from 5 to 9 pm and Friday morning from 9 am to 11 am at Holy Eucharist R.C. Church: 520 Medford Lakes Road, Tabernacle. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 am in the church. Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. Family strongly requests in lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Sean Patrick Clegg’s memory to Sharing Network: 841 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081, www.sharenj.org, 1-800-SHARE-NJ or to Cooper Childlife Fund: 2476 Cooper University Hospital: 1 Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Sean Patrick Clegg. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Phone: 856-456-1142

 

 

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CAMDEN — Gloucester City, a stone\’s throw from the Broadway marine terminal of the South Jersey Port Corp., joined Camden residents Tuesday in opposing placement of a methadone clinic within the port.\”Just do the math,\” Gloucester City Councilman Nicholas F. Marchese Jr. told the board of directors at its meeting Tuesday.

\”We spend millions to revitalize our downtown and riverfront then you want to flood the area with drug addicts,\” Marchese said. \”This will kill Gloucester. We\’d like you and the state to look at alternate sites.\”

Related: Methadone Clinic

• Gloucester City Shamrock Festival September 13

• Gloucester City Planning Board Meeting Postponed Due To Lack Of A Quorum

• Westville Council Passes Ordinance Limiting Use Of Eminent Domain

• Brooklawn Council Hears Presentation On Organization That Helps Pay Utility Bills

• Mount Ephraim Commissioners Appoint Marie Darlington As Deputy Borough Clerk

• Brooklawn BOE Members Will Not Attend School Board Convention Due To Costs, New State Law

• Alice Costello School Announces Class Lists For Upcoming School Year

• Mount Ephraim Schools Will Open September 3

• Labor Day Deadline – Thursday at 5 p.m.

Link: NJ.com.

Joseph L. Pratt on August 24, 2008 of Woolwich Twp., formerly of Deptford. Age 48. Husband of Cindy (nee Watkins). Brother of Edward Pratt of Bellmawr, Richard Pratt of Sewell, John Pratt of Fl., Elizabeth Johnston of Glassboro, Clara Hughes of Alabama and the late Robert Pratt.

Joe worked as an advertising manager for Area Auto Racing News in Trenton. He was an avid stock car driver and fan.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a viewing Thursday 6pm to 8:30pm at BOUCHER FUNERAL HOME, 1757 Delsea Dr., Deptford. Funeral service 8:30pm Thursday at the funeral home. Interment private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Gift of Life Transplant Foundation, 401 N. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19123. Directions and guest book can be found at www.boucherfuneralhome.com.

By Albert J.Countryman Jr.

 

Gloucester City officials met with members of the Chatham Square Tenants Association last week to discuss chronic maintenance problems and safety issues at the apartments, which had been purchased by Gloucester City this April.

Mayor William James, City Councilmen Bruce Parry, Jay Brophy, Nick Marchese and John Hutchinson, and William Daly, president of Community Investment Strategy (CIS) Management, discussed many issues with some 35 tenants.

The Association was formed six weeks ago because of difficulties in getting CIS to do maintenance work at the apartment. CIS was hired by Gloucester City to manage the eight buildings.

\”Chatham Square has 100 total units, of which 44 are occupied and in need of serious repair,\” said Anthony Parisi, founder of the Association.

Mayor James and Daly said that due to the problems at the complex, new maintenance staff and a new manager will be hired.

\”We now have hope and light that things will change,\” Parisi said.

Problems that were brought up included no electricity, no working washers and dryers, leaking propane tanks (which have been corrected), no leases, no record of security deposits, and no Certificate of Occupancies for any of the units, he said.

\”The Chatham Square residents finally feel as though they are being listened to, and appreciated the City officials attending the meeting,\” Parisi said, which was outside the manager\’s office.

The mayor said the existing tenants will be consolidated into three best structural buildings on the complex.

The City\’s short term plan is to renovate the units where the families will live. Future plans are uncertain.

 

Source Gloucester City News