Month: January 2011

GLOUCESTER COUNTY 2011 HOUSEHOLD SPECIAL WASTE SCHEDULE

 

(South Harrison Twp, NJ) — Gloucester County Freeholder Deputy Director Robert M. Damminger announced that four drop-off events for the County\’s 2011 Household Special Waste (HSW) Collection Program have been scheduled.

The HSW Program is a series of periodic collection events conducted at specified locations where Gloucester County residents can drop-off their old oil-based paint*, motor oil, antifreeze, rechargeable batteries, CFL bulbs, fluorescent tubes, solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, and similar materials for recycling, reuse, and/or proper disposal. This is a free service for Gloucester County residents. Businesses are not permitted to participate.

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OpenSecrets.org Unveils Personal Financial Disclosure Forms For New Members of Congress

 

By Michael Beckel on January 7, 2011 1:11 PM 


\"capitolCapitol Hill is bustling with new faces. This week, a staggering 96 new House members and a dozen new senators who had no role in the 111th Congress were sworn into office. (Four victorious U.S. Senate candidates in November also vacated U.S. House seats.)

Who are these new political elites? Who\’s bankrolled their ascents to the national stage? And what personal financial holdings do they have? The Center for Responsive Politicshas the answers.

Today, the Center for Responsive Politics has updated itscongressional personal finances database to include .pdf files of the most recent reports from all these new lawmakers, covering their holdings in calendar year 2009. 

This update includes the forms submitted to the Senate by Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), the state\’s former attorney general, who filed delinquent documents in December — seven months late — after questions from OpenSecrets Blog. 

Reports for their personal finances for calendar year 2010 will be due to the House and Senate on May 15.

Researchers at the Center for Responsive Politics have dutifully scanned these latest disclosure files from House and Senate candidates. The Center\’s team now turns to data entry, coding, checking and verifying the information, so we may make Congress\’ personal financial information easily accessible to the public while ensuring it\’s as accurate and understandable as possible. These new profiles will be completed in the coming weeks.

You can also find a list of these new federal lawmakers on our OpenSecrets.org website here — and follow the links to see the complete campaign finance profiles for each new member. 

All campaign finance profiles detail the new members\’ cash raised and spent during the 2010 midterm election, as well as their top contributors, top industries, expenditures, donor geographic breakdown and more.

Happy New Year and Happy New Congress, money-in-politics sleuths! Now start your digging!

 

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Record Attendance at Washington Twp. Reorganization Meeting/ Swearing-In Ceremony

 

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Newly Elected Councilmen 
Chris Del Borrello, Giancarlo D\’Orazio and Daniel Morley, 
Followed By Record Attendance at Luncheon Held at Wedgewood Country Club 

Washington Township, NJ – (January 9, 2011) – With overwhelming attendance at the January 2, 2011 \”Reorganization Meeting and Swearing-in Ceremony\” of Councilmen Chris Del Borrello, Giancarlo D’Orazio and Daniel Morley, the meeting marked the first Council Meeting in public forum for the newly elected majority.

The meeting commenced with a Pledge of Allegiance, followed by an invocation from Father

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Sunshine Activist Weighs In on Gloucester City Council Using Telephone Conference Call to Vote

By CNBNews.Net

 

\"131_49a470d2b8ffb\" Gloucester City Council held a emergency meeting on December 29 in the municipal building. Two members of Council, Mayor William James and Councilman Nick Marchese were not present in person but did vote on a resolution via telephone conference call.

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Since this is a first time that the public was aware of telephone conference call being used at a City Council meeting CNB asked sunshine activist John Paff if this was allowed under the Open Public Meetings Act.

Paff said it was unclear and sent a copy to CNB of a ruling given on a similar question pertaining to telephone conference being used by School Boards in some communities. It reads as follows,

OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT AND TECHNOLOGY 

Over the last few months New Jersey School Boards Association staff have received a number of inquiries regarding the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) and the use of telephone conference calls and e-mail as a means of communication among board members and administration. Attempting to answer those questions has been challenging, primarily because the sunshine law was drafted long before the advent of widespread use of Internet technology. Therefore, it is difficult to provide definitive answers. However, cases from jurisdictions outside New Jersey have begun to provide us some guidance. In addition, the spirit of the sunshine law has aided us in making certain generalizations that we can share with you and your having an understanding of the spirit of the law should assist you in making decisions regarding your own communication with other board members.  

The Open Public Meetings Act

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Leave it to the City of Gloucester City to upset OPRA activists across the state of New Jersey. Gloucester City Acting Clerk Kathy Jentsch issued a notice that her office will only accept two OPRA requests per day. Someone contacted Sunshine meeting activist John Paff who wrote his attorney, Walter Luers about her restrictions. Luers contacted the Executive Director of the Government Records Council to rule on this matter immediately.

 

 

 

Executive Director of the Government Records Council.

Ms. Starghill:

Please see the attached communication, immediately below, which I believe is self-explanatory. I am also attaching a jpg file of what was posted in the blog below. Before this Acting Clerk\’s \”policy\” causes a raft of lawsuits or GRC complaints (or both), would the GRC (consistent with its statutory duty to educate Records Custodians found in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-7(b)) communicate to this Clerk that she cannot arbitrarily change the dates on which OPRA requests are received? I suppose, that at the very least, the Clerk should be requesting consent for extensions of time to respond to OPRA requests, instead of engaging in the fiction of \”deeming\” requests to be received on arbitrary dates in the future. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Walter Luers, Esquire 


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John William \”Jack\” Harkins, formerly of Brooklawn; Mr. Anthony Wolk of Philadelphia

 

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Long Time resident of Brooklawn; Army Veteran, Active Member of St. Maurice RC Church
HARKINS, John William \”Jack\” A lifelong resident of Brooklawn, NJ and current resident of Ponca City, OK passed away on Dec. 17, 2010 at Via Christi Village in Ponca City, Oklahoma.

A memorial mass will be held at 11am on Friday, January 14, 2011 at St. Maurices Catholic Church in Brooklawn, New Jersey. Inurnment will follow in the New St. Mary\’s Cemetery in Bellmawr, NJ.
John William Harkins, son of Edward Aloyious Harkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Skirby) Harkins, was born on Oct. 27, 1924 in Woodbury, N.J. He attended St. Mary\’s High School in Gloucester, N.J. and graduated in 1942. He entered the United States Army and proudly served our country. He served as a dental technician from June 1943-April 1946. After the war he worked in the Harkins Family Dairy business. He then worked for Mid Atlantic Bank 10 years before his retirement. Jack was active in the church, serving as a Lector and Communion Minister.

Family members include one brother, Edward A. Harkins and his wife Bert of Salisbury, MD; nieces, Mary E. Subramaniam and her husband Baloo of Ponca City, Lorraine Kendrick and husband Matthew of Hoover, AL, Marie Langeler and her husband Greg of Salisbury, MD, Jacqueline Heglin and her husband Robert of Raleigh, NC and Noelle Phillips and her husband Drew of Salisbury, MD and seven great nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memorial contributions made be made to 401 Community Rd. Brooklawn, NJ 08030.

 

Mr. Anthony Wolk , age 86, of Philadelphia

 

Suddenly, on January 5, 2011. Age 86. Of Philadelphia. Loving and devoted husband of 52 years to the late Mary J. (nee Zwolak). Devoted father of Anthony W. Wolk (April) of Medford, NJ and Linda Rotiroti (Joe) of West Chester. Beloved grandfather of Frank and Liz. At the request of the family, Interment at Resurrection Cemetery in Bensalem will be private. Expressions of sympathy: www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Anthony Wolk. McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME, Gloucester City, NJ. Phone: 856-456-1142.


 

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A message from the President

 

Good afternoon,

Friday, we got some good news about the American economy.

113,000 new private sector jobs were created by America’s businesses in December, the twelfth consecutive month of positive job growth in this country. In 2010, 1.3 million private sector jobs were added, the strongest job growth since 2006. And thanks to strong jobs numbers during the fourth quarter of 2010, our unemployment rate has dropped .4 percentage points to 9.4%.

These numbers are encouraging, but the fact remains there are still too many Americans who are out of work and too many families who are struggling to get by in these tough times.

In his weekly address, President Obama discusses the jobs numbers and the importance of working together to grow our economy:

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Growing our economy and creating jobs is President Obama\’s number one priority.

That\’s why the President worked so hard to extend tax cuts for the middle class and unemployment insurance for folks who are looking for work. These measures will help provide a vital boost to help spur stronger economic growth and job creation by America’s businesses in 2011 and provide some relief for families who are still struggling.

Now to the bad news. The new Congress seems more interested in re-hashing the political battles of the past two years than in moving our economy forward.

This week, the new Congress has, as its first act, announced their plans to attempt to repeal the law. While this move isn\’t surprising, it is disappointing, particularly since repealing the health care law would increase costs for families and businesses, hand control back to insurance companies to deny, drop or limit your coverage, and reduce job growth.

In addition, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office found that repealing the law would add more than a trillion dollars to the deficit over two decades.

Our focus in the coming months must be on creating jobs and growing the economy. We simply can\’t afford the symbolic battles and politics as usual in Washington.

Sincerely,

David Axelrod
Senior Advisor to the President

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Appeals court rules against Soledad cross

 

The American Legion – January 4, 2011
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled against the city of San Diego and the U.S. government in the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial case, meaning that unless the Obama administration appeals the case to the U.S. Supreme Court or full Ninth Circuit and seeks a stay, the memorial will have to be torn down.

The case, Jewish War Veterans v. City of San Diego, involves a 29-foot Latin cross that was erected in 1954 to honor U.S. veterans. The plaintiffs want the cross taken down because it stands on public land.

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Linda\’s Broadway Cuts, A Family Hair Care Salon

 

Hours:
Tuesday 9-5, Thursday & Friday 10-7 Saturday 9-3 (Closed Wed.)
 

Walk-ins Welcome 856-456-7117


Established 1988

 

115 New Broadway, Brooklawn 08030


 

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Bellmawr Rescue 32 & Engine 33 Perform Extrication on Route 295

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Companies were dispatched to Route 295 N/B for a reported MVA w/ 1 injury. Rescue 32 arrived to find one vehicle over the guardrail w/ 1 occupant trapped. The assignment was upgraded bringing Engine 332 onto the highway. Crews stabilized the vehicle and performed a side-wall removal to gain access to the trapped driver. The patient was transported by Bellmawr Fire Department EMS.

 
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via www.bellmawrfire.com

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