GALAIDA

Marian

On March 27, 2009. Age 77. (nee Bozarth) Of Abigail House in Camden. Loving wife of the late John Galaida and the late Ed Clark. Loving mother of Ricky Clark. Dear sister of Dorothy Johnson and Edith Domeraski. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Marian had a loving heart for her son and her family. Cremation will be held privately. Expressions of sympathy www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Marian Galaida. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030.

The Retrospect.

On Tuesday night, Haddon Township officials welcomed Audubon Park’s mayor and three members of council at their regular meeting. The town formally agreed to provide the small borough with police coverage, starting on September 1.

By Bill Bates

Mount Ephraim

The Mount Ephraim Board of Commissioners appointed Anthony Jiles and Steve Palma as Special Police Officers for the borough effective March 6, 2009. The MEPD had vacancies that they both were qualified to fill.

The borough has hired Terry Shannon, who is a Registered Municipal Clerk who is currently appointed to the borough of Barrington and is available to provide the needed services. The Shared Service agreement is on a part-time basis for the period from March 16 through December 21, 2009 for a total cost of $15,466, subject to adjustments as provided during the term of agreement, pursuant to a shared services agreement.

Marie Darlington who previously was Acting Borough Clerk for the past several months will now fill the position of Deputy Borough Clerk to replace Ethel Hartman.

Face of Defense: \’Lady\’ Sniffs Out Explosives in Afghanistan

By Army Spc. Matthew Thompson
Special to American Forces Press Service

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 26, 2009 – She takes a few steps forward and then glances over her shoulder. A few feet up the road she stops and lies down on the ground, a sign of possible danger.

Army Sgt. Stephen Netzley, a K-9 handler with 3rd Squadron, 71st Calvary Regiment, and his German shepherd, Lady, search for explosive devices during a route clearance patrol in Afghanistan\’s Logar province, March 9, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Thompson
(Click photo for screen-resolution image);

Lady is a German shepherd trained to sniff out explosives and their components. Her handler is Army Sgt. Stephen Netzley, a scout with 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment at Forward Operating Base Altimur in Afghanistan\’s Logar province. 

\”I know the discomfort of not knowing if there is an [improvised explosive device] out there while patrolling the roads,\” said Netzley, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the K-9 section at FOB Altimur. \”Now I have a chance to make the roads safer.\” 

Do you have free time during the week and looking for something rewarding to do? If so, we have the perfect project for you! Every year the NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife introduces fishing to thousands of new anglers at the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center. It is only through the efforts of our fishing education volunteers that we can accomplish this great task. 

OPRA REQUEST DATED MARCH 15^TH, 2009:

This request is to review Gloucester City records to determine the work/leave status of City Clerk Paul J. Kain during the 2008 calendar year. This is not a request to review the personnel file of Paul J. Kain.

The 2009 edition of Reef News is now available on the NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife website. Reef News highlights the activities and accomplishments of the NJ Artificial Reef Program and includes information on vessel deployments, reef statistics and locations, species profiles, a reef evaluation survey and much more.

To learn more about the Artificial Reef Program and to view and print Reef News visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/artreef.htm on the DFW website.

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Gloucester City will not lose any state aid this year.

But, Bellmawr, Brooklawn, Mount Ephraim and Westville will all see a 0.5 percent reduction, according to figures released by the state last week.

Some town officials were relieved state aid cuts were not as severe as expected.

Yet, in these difficult economic times, it will still be difficult to figure out the 2009 municipal budgets.

Gloucester City’s state aid will remain the same as last year at $3,186,788.

Bellmawr will receive $1,444,945 in 2009 state aid, a reduction of $7,266 from 2008’s $1,453,211 figure.

Brooklawn will receive $237,370, a reduction of $1,193 from last year’s $238,563 figure.

Mount Ephraim will receive $492,211, a reduction of $2,473 from last year’s $494,684 figure.

Westville will receive $478,759, a reduction of $2,406 from last year’s $481,165 figure.

By Bill Cleary

Several weeks ago John Paff filed an OPRA request with Paul Kain, custodian of records for the City of Gloucester City requesting a number of documents (see here).

In a recent interview Paff said that request was not handled properly as such he filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, March 25 against the City of Gloucester City to obtain those documents.

According to Paff Gloucester City (\”Gloucester\”) has violated the Open Public Records Act (\”OPRA\”) in four respects:

•  (1) Gloucester has denied Mr. Paff access to specific emails requested by him;
•  (2) Gloucester has attempted to charge Mr. Paff a copying charge for documents that were emailed to Mr. Paff;
  
• (3) Gloucester has redacted certain documents without giving the specific, legal basis for those redactions; and
•  (4) Gloucester’s OPRA request form omits information that is required by OPRA.

Paff is Chairman of the New Jersey Libertarian Party\’s Open Government Advocacy Project. He is being represented by attorney Walter M. Luers, LLC of Oxford, New Jersey. The lawsuit was filed on March 25, 2009. To read the entire Paff document click link

 http://www.lpcnj.org/OGTF/GloucesterCityGRC.pdf

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Related: Dear Mayor James

Hi Bill,

Thanks to you we\’re making progress.

Over the past couple of weeks, NJPIRG online activists like you have joined the hundreds of thousands of people across the country who signed petitions, wrote letters and made phone calls urging AIG to withhold big bonuses until it can pay back every cent of the $180 billion in taxpayer bailouts it received.

With your support, U.S. PIRG\’s Ed Mierzwinski and Nicole Tichon were at the Capitol fighting to get the bonuses revoked and — more importantly – working for greater accountability and oversight of the big banks and insurance companies that caused this mess.