Logan Township Mayor Frank Minor, who used campaign funds to pay for nearly $1,000 in hotel and food costs and then submitted the same expenses for reimbursement through the township, said he will repay township taxpayers after a report by NJ Advance Media brought the issues to light. According to an email Minor sent to Logan…

(August 28, 2015) – The Camden County Health Department has been notified by the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services (NJDHSS) that a skunk removed from a Berlin Township yard has tested positive for rabies.

On July 24, a skunk entered the yard of a Berlin Township home and made contact with the family dog. The Animal Control Officer for the municipality picked up the skunk and arranged for rabies testing at the state Public Health & Environmental Laboratories in Trenton (PHEL). There are no known human exposures to this skunk.

On Aug. 27, the Camden County Health Department was notified by PHEL that the animal was rabid. The dog is current with its rabies vaccination and received a rabies booster shot on Aug. 25. In addition, state regulations dictate that the dog be confined and observed for 45 days from the date of the incident. The NJDHSS has not provided the name or address of the family.

Robbinsville, NJ, August 31, 2015 –It’s that time again. Time to think about reading, writing, and arithmetic. But are you thinking about school lunches? If not, you might want to give it some thought. Lunch represents one third of the food consumed by students each day. And today, one in three children and adolescents, ages 2-19 are overweight or obese. 

\”Childhood obesity can lead to a broad range of health problems that previously weren’t seen until adulthood, including high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and elevated cholesterol levels,\” asserts Dr. Marcus Williams, member of the Northern New Jersey American Heart Association and American Stroke Association board of directors and cardiologist with Cardiac Associates of North Jersey in Oakland, NJ. \”Providing healthy options during lunchtime can set positive patterns and habits for a lifetime to come.\”

Born: April 26, 1938
Died: August 30, 2015

Ralph J. Caione, on August 30, 2015, of Ocean View, formerly of Runnemede. Age 77.

Beloved companion of Barbara Watson. Devoted father of Ralph J. (Susan), Robert, Dolores Ullman (Christopher), and the late Richard. Loving grandfather of Alyssa, Stephen, Brianna, Robert, Connor, and Colin. Dear brother of the late Amedeo, brother-in-law of Marjorie, and step-brother of the late Joseph.

In his free time, Ralph loved restoring vintage cars.

There will be a viewing from 9 to 11am Friday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral service 11am at the funeral home.

Interment St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Chews Landing.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ralph’s name to the American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 or the American Cancer Society, 1851 Old Cuthbert Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034.

via www.gardnerfuneralhome.com

TOWNSEND DELAWARE (Aug. 31, 2015) – DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers arrested two adults Sunday for drug possession and other charges at Blackbird State Forest.

 Alan Cave, 53, of Hartly, was charged with possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, tampering with physical evidence, resisting arrest and hindering prosecution. Cave was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington in default of $2,500 secured bond and a $45 cash bond.

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At approximately 8:00am, Lieutenant Gliniewicz radioed his dispatcher that he was stopping to investigate three suspicious males that he observed near Route 12 and Sayton Road in Fox Lake. Shortly thereafter, he radioed in a foot pursuit. When backup officers arrived, the found Lieutenant mortally wounded. They also discovered that items were missing from his duty belt, including his firearm.

The logistics of drug testing, and the reliance on the competence and thoroughness of each country’s efforts, makes catching cheaters extra difficult.

by David Epstein, ProPublica, and Michael J. Joyner, special to ProPublica, Aug. 31, 2015, 8 a.m.

When athletes take small doses of synthetic hormones, the window during which they might fail a test is very short — often just hours. So it’s critical that athletes don’t know when the tests will occur. To facilitate year-round, unannounced testing of a limited number of top athletes, the World Anti-Doping Agency calls for \”whereabouts requirements.\” Beginning in 2009, potential Olympians had to fill out forms letting anti-doping authorities know where they would be for at least one hour each day — between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. — for the next few months. (An athlete’s whereabouts calendar can be altered, and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency even has a mobile whereabouts app.) Still, athletes can miss three tests in 12 months before they face a sanction. It’s only fair to give some wiggle room — any idea where you’ll be three Tuesdays from now? — but it means athletes can sometimes avoid the testers by claiming to have stepped out briefly or that they didn’t hear the doorbell. Or, as retired professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton — and admitted former doper — once succinctly summarized a low-tech method of chicanery: \”We hid.\”