press release

On June 25^th 2012 the Bellmawr Fire Department’s Division of EMS offered a FREE CPR training class for Borough Residents. The class filled quickly with 25 participants. The class offering was inspired by the tragic loss of Retired Chief Tom Calhoun’s 5 year old son, Bradley, who drowned in a swimming pool accident July 2, 2011. Tom, who is CPR certified made a promise to educate the public about pool safety in an effort to reduce the number of families that would have to endure what his family has.

Residents of Bellmawr after receiving confirmation from Camden County Deputy Clerk Chris Morris, I will be on the November 6th ballot this year for Council as an Independent after obtaining enough signatures.

By Elizabeth Harrington

On July 5 in Brooklyn, Nicholas G. Garaufis, a Clinton-appointed judge for the Eastern District of New York, issued a ruling that requires two of every five newly hired fireman to be black and one of every five, Hispanic — until the department has fulfilled the court-ordered quota of 186 black and 107 Hispanic hires.

By Chris Concannon

Gloucester City News

(GCN July 12 issue)Several residents from Roberts Avenue converged on the recent Bellmawr Borough Council meeting to voice their concerns over recent alleged suspicious activity.

Reports of squatters, vandalism and possible tent vagrants in the area were given by the very vocal crowd, who also noted incidents of attempted break-ins.

Mayor Frank Filipek read a letter from Police Chief Bill Walsh, who was unable to attend the meeting due to a prior commitment.

Catherine T. Hines on July 17, 2012 of Mt. Ephraim. Age 83.

Catherine was a longtime employee of Campbell Soup. Devoted sister of Rita Barrett and predeceased by 5 siblings. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to acknowledge nephew Donald DiMattia and his wife Barbara for their care, devotion and love to Catherine during her long illness.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Mass Monday, 10 AM at Our Lady of Peace Parish, St Mary’s Church, 32 Carroll Avenue, Williamstown, NJ 08094. Interment Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to The Animal Welfare Association, 509 Centennial Blvd., Voorhees, NJ 08043.

SEMINOLE, Fla. — The flag flap between this city and its firefighters has ended and the American flag will now be properly displayed on fire vehicles.

The flags will likely be mounted on the trucks by the end of this week. Seminole City Manager Frank Edmunds said the city\’s maintenance department is making clamps so the flag can be fixed to the right front fender, as the U.S. Flag Code dictates.

\”We\’ve never taken the position that we do not want flags,\” Edmunds said Monday. But \”if we\’re going to (display them), we\’re going to do it right.\”

A dispute over the flag blew up over the weekend when about 20 protesters, all friends of firefighters, waved flags for about an hour on 113th Street, near one of the city\’s fire stations. They were protesting an order to remove the flag from Seminole fire trucks. It was a dispute, they said, that had been brewing for months.

But Edmunds said that\’s not true.

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