On May 6, 2011, (nee Hand) of Gloucester City, NJ, age 81 yrs. She is the wife of the late Casey Garner, loving mother of Donna O\’Brien (Pat), Sandy Stetser and Bob Garner (Ruthann) and cherished grandmother of 9 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. 

Relatives and friends are invited to meet Wednesday morning from 9:00 to 11:00am at ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, 700 POWELL ST., GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ. Funeral services will be held 11:00am at the Funeral Home. Interment to follow Bethel Memorial Park, Pennsauken. There will be no evening viewing. www.ethering tonfh.com

 

By Sara Martino

Gloucester City News

Gloucester City Council approved the $17.84 million 2011 Municipal Budget during its meeting last week that will raise taxes $38.16 per year.

No one from the audience spoke during the public hearing prior to the budget vote.

\”We kept the tax rate to a $38.16 increase on the average property assessed at 

$72, 000,\” Councilman Nicholas Marchese said.

Marchese and Councilmen Jay Brophy and Daniel Spencer of the Finance Committee, worked on the budget for months, he said.

\”This budget is $1.3 million less than last year. We used 77 percent of the city’s surplus towards the budget, paid our pensions payments, and gave a 2 percent raise to the employees,\” Marchese said.

The surplus amount that was used towards the general budget was $1.58 million.

by Robert A. Hall