Of this, $1,659,950 is allocated to the municipal purpose.

No member of the audience commented during the public hearing.

Earlier estimates were for the local increase to be set at 7.3 cents per $100 of assessed value, with an average assessed home of $137,000 seeing an increase of $100.01 per year.

Borough officials are looking forward to the start of the painting for the water tower, saying the work will hopefully begin April 28.

Beckett Enterprises, Inc. of New Jersey was awarded the tower paint project for the amount of $243,100.

Press Release:

Third Marking Period Honor Roll:

Mary Bray School

Distinguished Honors

Emily Calhoun, Hunter Capner, Jade Carson, Cassidy Chambers, Jessica Chambers, Maryellen Crain, Samuel Czerski, Jesse Efymow, Amy Guldin, Shannon Hyde, Victoria Klingner, Lindsay Musselman, Natalie Price, Mackenzie Rapa-Slover, Kelsey Vespe

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2011 – Each year, the nation sets aside a week to celebrate America\’s teachers. This year, in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, President Barack Obama hosted a reception for the national and state teachers of the year at the White House yesterday.

Among the honorees was the Defense Department teacher of the year, Angelica L. Jordan, a Spanish teacher from Mannheim Elementary School in Germany.

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2011 – Osama bin Laden was not armed, but did resist an American military team raiding his compound in Pakistan on May 1, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said today.

Initial statements said bin Laden had been armed, and that he used his wife as a shield during the raid that killed him.

The team methodically cleared the one-acre, two-building compound, moving from room to room in an operation lasting nearly 40 minutes, Carney said. \”They were engaged in a firefight throughout the operation, and Osama bin Laden was killed by the assaulting force,\” he added.

On the first floor of bin Laden\’s building, the team killed two al-Qaida couriers. A woman also was killed in crossfire. The team found bin Laden and his family on the second and third floors of the building.

Levins released the following statement, 

\”I am very honored to have been extended the confidence of our Governor to be a commissioner for the Gloucester City Housing Authority. I am proud to be given this opportunity to assist the Board of the GCHA in their continued efforts to provide affordable housing to our City\’s residents in need. I look forward to working with my fellow commissioners and contributing to their honorable mission.
 
I also want to thank Commissioner Charlie Kain, Former Governor Corzine\’s appointee to the Board, for all of his hard work and dedication to the GCHA. Because of the commitment of outstanding individuals like Charlie, Gloucester City is a better community.\” 

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