At its September 30 regional sub fund meeting, the New Jersey School Boards Association Insurance Group (NJSBAIG) awarded Gloucester City Board of Education a safety grant in the amount of $13,557 The grant rewards the district for its commitment to risk management and must be used to invest in further safety and security-related improvements within the district. 

The Gloucester City Board of Education was one of 35 districts presented with a grant check at the Burlington and Camden County Educators Insurance Consortium (BACCEIC) meeting.

Bellmawr NJ

8:00pm 338 E Browning Road

Liquor Mart

A van drove through the front of the Liquor Mart on East Browning Road causing heavy damage to the building, no injuries reported.

The driver of the van was arrested by Bellmawr Police.

Bellmawr Fire Department Rescue 32 and Bellmawr Fire Department EMS Division also responded. Bellmawr police are investigating.

Photo and caption by Steve Skipton

By Lyn Esposito

NEWS Correspondent

The Commission on Higher Education must have been reading the minds of so many good students who dream of a higher education, but do not believe they can afford to go.

In 2006, former Gloucester City Schools Superintendent Dr. Mary Stansky was approached with a chance to partner with Camden County College in College Bound – a grant program begun by the Commission on Higher Education that offers students opportunities at the local level to prepare for higher education.

Stansky said the program offered students a chance to \”focus early\” on their futures, and \”to go out of their communities and be on college campuses.\”

Standing with U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Utilities Rina Cutler, SEPTA General Manager Joe Casey, DRPA Board Chair John H. Estey, Board Vice Chair Jeff Nash and others, DRPA CEO and PATCO President, John J. Matheussen, announced an agreement that will result in Light Rail Service along Market Street between City Hall and the Delaware River Waterfront initially serving Pier 70 to the South and SEPTA’s Route 15 Trolley at Girard Avenue to the North. Locations served would include Independence Mall, the Market East Regional Rail Station, City Hall, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Reading Terminal Market, PATCO and SEPTA’s 8^th and Market Street Station, numerous other transportation facilities, Penn’s Landing and other residential, employment and entertainment destinations along Columbus Boulevard.

Selection of the Route means the project can now advance to the environmental analysis phase. The $500-million dollar project could begin operations in six years.

The decision to select Market Street as the preferred route for the new light rail service is based upon almost two years of analysis, extensive input received at four public open houses session and numerous meetings with community groups and stakeholders.