MURPHY, DOROTHY ELIZABETH
(nee Maywell), age 90, of Audubon, NJ, formerly of Stratford, NJ. On January 8, 2008 at Kennedy Memorial Hosp., Cherry Hill, NJ.
Beloved Wife of the late Carl J. Murphy. Devoted Mother of Thomas (Veronica) Murphy, Joseph (Margaret) Murphy and Patricia (Christopher) Reichel. Loving Grandmother of eight. Loving Great Grandmother of six.
Family and friends are invited to attend her viewing and visitation with the family on Friday, 8:30 – 9:30am at EUGENE J. ZALE FUNERAL HOME, INC.,712 N. White Horse Pike, Stratford, NJ PH: 856-783-5100
Funeral Mass at 10:00 on Friday at Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church,35 White Horse Pike, Somerdale, NJ.

All isn\’t well among the two factions of the Gloucester City Democrat Club. Ray Coxe Jr., the most recent Club Chairman has move on to become a member of the State Police force. Coxe wanted to appoint former chairman Bowie Johnson to his vacated position without a vote from the membership. When Johnson resigned he appointed Coxe to the post. The \’Old Guard\’ say the by-laws were changed shortly before the \’New Members\’ joined the club, and under the new rules the out going chairman can appoint his successor.

The \’New Members\’ are opposed to the move. Their choice is Dan Spencer. I was told the \’Old Dems\’ originally agreed to support Spencer but at the last minute broke their word. While this is all going on Lynne Bucher is presently acting chair

My suggestion; the New members of City Council should have nothing to do with the Old Guard. When will the \’James Gang\’ learn? Walk way from the Democrat Club altogether. Without Council\’s support the \”Good Old Boys Club\” would fade away into oblivion. In my opinion the \”Old Boys\” (and women) are responsible for all the problems the new administration inherited anyway. Who needs them!

Someone mentioned to me that the registration on the vehicle used by the police for issuing parking tickets had expired.

Lt. George Berglund said, \”The registration is current but the sticker did expire. It was recently taken to the inspection station and it failed. The problem has been fixed and the vehicle will be re-inspected.\”

I asked a confidential source if he knew why council members appointed Parker and McCay at the reorganization meeting to the position of City Bond Council. If you remember this was the former law firm that represented the City in a lawsuit filed by one of the contractor\’s who built the City\’s Marina. The suit was settled for $260,000. Parker and McCay charged the City $300,000 plus.

According to the source Parker and McCay, the former employer of City Solicitor James Maley, was the only law firm to submit a bid for bond council.

My suggestion; put the position out for bid again!

Speaking of Parker, McCay (Maley), in 2006 the law firm billed the City $570,000 to draw up legal notices, ordinances and other documents. This past year the new Solicitor John Kearney only charged $43,000 for basically the same services. A big difference wouldn\’t you agree.

I am flabbergasted that the James administration would even consider talking to Parker and McCay knowing how they (the firm) overcharged the City taxpayers in the past.

It has come to my attention that the Gloucester City Board of Education has been censoring what meetings you and I get to see on the local cable Channel 19.

From what I have learned there was a flare up at a recent Board meeting between several members over the students from the Highland Park Alternative School taking field trips to various sites under the guise of a gym class. Example: busing the 47 students to a ski resort and calling it gym. The video from that meeting never appeared on TV 19. This isn\’t the first time this has happened said my source.

I had hopes that the new Superintendent, Paul Spaventa would do things different than his predecessor. Meaning keeping the public informed on how the school district spends the $40 million budget. No doubt you recall the past superintendent was an expert on keeping the public in the dark.

Also in the wind, pardon the pun, is a study to erect windmills and solar collectors to generate electric in an area of the South Port redevelopment property at the foot of Water Street. From what I learned the idea (s) are being discussed because some paper work was discovered showing that 60 acres of the property contains radon which has been capped underground. As long as the radon remains the City is not allowed to build any residential properties on those 60 acres. There is also talk of building a 9 hole golf course on the property. The bottom line the original projection of 1000 homes being constructed in the South Port section has been reduced to a lower number.

In closing I was asked why the link to ClearysNoteBook was removed from the City of Gloucester City\’s website. The link from the City\’s site to CNB stated \’To read more news about Gloucester City go to ClearysNotebook\’. The reason given by a source for removing the link was that the administration was upset that an anonymous remark was posted on CNB about Paul Kain, the City administrator, which referred to his children. After the remark was brought to my attention the comment was removed.

Ironically the person who posted that comment was a friend of the City Administrator. But that is another story.

It has been suggested once before that I require people to sign their names. I view a lot of blogs and not one requires a name to be given. My policy is to delete comments that I feel are nasty remarks. The one in question happened to get by me.

Even so the \”Powers\” in charge thought it was best not to link the City\’s website with ClearysNoteBook.

A passing note ClearysNoteBook is reaching the 200,000 visitor mark. And I am proud to say it is listed now on BlogNetNews as one of the top 20 most influential blogs in New Jersey. To see the top 20 list Click here.

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Traverse City Record-Eagle……….Northern Michigan\’s newspaper

www.record-eagle.com

BY DAVE RICHEY
Local columnist

I enjoyed being alone. Even the travel was fine, and the long hours on the road allowed me to write stories in my head. Stories would be fleshed out on paper before bed, but people often asked how it was possible to write so many stories, and the answer was always the same.

\”I write while driving,\” I\’d say. \”I also write things in my mind while glassing distant alpine meadows for elk or rocky tundra for caribou. If a good fish was caught, it\’s memory is captured in my mind, and recorded on paper later on for an article.\”

What are the benefits of fishing or hunting alone? The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages of spending time with another person.

The advantages of aloneness are many. Solitary sportsmen never have to consider another\’s opinion when making decisions. They just act.

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ALBRIGHT SURVIVES SCARE WITH 71-67 OT VICTORY

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team hosted the Lions of Albright College on Wednesday night. Albright College would triumph 71-67 in overtime to improve to 9-2 on the year, while TCNJ drops to 4-7 on the season.

The game would end in a 58-58 tie at the end of regulation and Albright would lead by as many as five in overtime, 65-60 (2:06), before the Lions would claw back and pull within one, 68-67 with 25 seconds left to play. Sophomore guard Andre Murphy (Philadelphia, PA/Engineering and Science) would sink a pair of free throws at 19.2 second left before senior guard Taylor Steltz (Womelsdorf, PA/Conrad Weiser) would make the first of two free throws with 7.2 seconds left and provide the edge in Albright’s fourth straight win, snapping TCNJ’s two-game win streak.

By game’s end, Albright had three players finish in double-digit scoring as freshman guard Zac Shaeffer (Lampeter, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) led the way with 14 points, while senior forward Albert Medoro (Exton, PA/West Chester) and freshman forward Andrew Pomager (Philadelphia, PA/North Catholic) each added 11 points.
TCNJ led 27-25 at the break after sophomore guard Aaron Syvertsen (Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park) came off the bench to hit a three-point basket with only 28 seconds left in the half to break a 24-24 tie. Albright’s Steltz would hit only one of two free throws with 2.5 second left as the Lions of TCNJ took a 27-25 lead into the locker room.

TCNJ’s junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 10 of his 13 points in the first half. Albright’s Shaeffer had eight points in the first stanza for his team as he was a perfect 2-2 from three-point range in only eight minutes of play off the bench.

At the end of regulation, TCNJ’s senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) had a layup with 3.0 seconds left to tie the contest and finished the night with a game-high 20 points. Molinelli was the team’s second leading scorer with 13 points, while sophomore guard Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) added 11 points as he made his first start of the season.

TCNJ returns to Packer Hall on Saturday, January 12 hosting Montclair State University in a 3 p.m. NJAC match-up, while Albright College travels to Penn State-Berks for a 3 p.m. match-up.

Official Basketball Box Score
Albright vs The College of New Jersey
1/9/08 7 pm at Ewing, NJ (Packer Hall)

VISITORS: Albright 9-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
23 Jeff Sparrow…….. * 2-6 1-3 0-2 1 3 4 1 5 3 2 0 0 25
32 Andre Murphy…….. * 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 0 2 32
33 Phil Hall……….. * 2-8 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 14
44 Tom Murphy………. * 3-8 2-4 0-0 0 6 6 2 8 4 1 0 0 33
45 Albert Medoro……. * 4-8 2-2 1-2 3 5 8 2 11 3 2 0 0 32
3 Taylor Steltz……. 0-3 0-2 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 13
30 Zac Schaffer…….. 4-7 4-7 2-4 0 1 1 1 14 1 1 0 0 26
42 Andrew Pomager…… 5-9 1-2 0-1 2 6 8 0 11 1 3 2 1 21
5 Kyle Brudvig…….. 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 14
50 Matt Bazsika…….. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 15
TEAM……………. 1 1 2
Totals………….. 27-66 10-24 7-15 9 32 41 10 71 20 10 3 4 225

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd Half: 14-32 43.8% OT: 4-6 66.7% Game: 40.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% OT: 2-3 66.7% Game: 41.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% OT: 3-5 60.0% Game: 46.7% 3,1

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HOME TEAM: The College of New Jersey 4-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Jay Frank……….. * 5-12 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 11 3 0 0 1 38
20 Jeff Molinelli…… * 5-12 3-6 0-0 1 4 5 2 13 0 1 0 0 40-
22 Mark Aziz……….. * 9-19 0-1 2-2 3 3 6 2 20 2 3 1 0 36
23 Jeff Warner……… * 1-8 0-6 2-2 1 7 8 4 4 6 2 0 1 36
30 William Jett…….. * 4-9 0-3 0-0 1 6 7 2 8 3 3 0 1 35
34 Eric Hayes………. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 19
35 Adam Gonzalez……. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 11
42 Aaron Syvertsen….. 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 10
TEAM……………. 2 4 6
Totals………….. 29-71 5-23 4-4 9 34 43 16 67 17 10 1 3 225

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% OT: 4-11 36.4% Game: 40.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% OT: 1-3 33.3% Game: 21.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 2-2 100 % OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 100 % 0,1

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Officials: Bryan Scipio, Chris Jennings and Peter McGuire
Technical fouls: Albright-None. The College of New Jersey-None.
Attendance: 200
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
Albright…………………. 25 33 13 – 71
The College of New Jersey….. 27 31 9 – 67

 

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VOLLARO, RALPH J.
On January 5th, 2008, age 91, of Gloucester City, N.J.
Beloved husband of the late Antoinette. Devoted father of Robert (Karen) Vollaro and Rose-mary (John) Shields. Loving grand-father of Heather, Erica, Rachel and Taylor. Soon-to-be great grandfather. Also his four-legged sidekick \’Buddy.\’
Mr. Vollaro was a WW II Army Veteran receiving several medals including a Purple Heart.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his visitation Tuesday from 9:15 to 10:15 AM at the Church of the Holy Family, 226 Hurffville Rd., Sewell, N.J. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday 10:30 AM at the church. Entombment New St. Mary\’s Mausoleum, Bellmawr, N.J.
Arrangements by MAHAFFEY-MILANO FUNERAL HOME,Mt. Ephraim, NJ

By Dry Creek
Published: Friday, January 4, 2008 11:09 AM CST

www.prattribune.com

As the guys brought four dogs, two bird and two retrievers, with only the retrievers getting any action, our next stop was a CRP field. Once again a picture perfect hunt. We slipped into the grass through a milo field and caught the birds from behind. With the cold bunching the birds, the next two hours was like a box of marbles dropped down the stairs. You never knew what or which way one was coming out and just as you thought it was finished the second row popped out.

Counting up, after the hunt, the four of us with major-major help from the dogs ended up with a \”brought to the game bag rooster\” every seven minutes until we\’d hunted two hours and had 16 roosters. Not once during this hunt did we ever have two roosters within gun range at the same time nor any hunter shooting a double. It was here, there, behind, to the side and in front about every fifty steps. I\’ll tell you, those guys from Missouri were a pleasure to hunt with. Even with all the excitement not a single gun was ever pointed in an unsafe manner.
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By: John P. Schmidt

NEWS Correspondent

Gloucester City Councilman Jay Brophy informed the public at the reorganization meeting held Thursday, Jan. 3 of Mayor and Council that the city did not spend $670,000 that was appropriated in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 budget and that it will be carried over in FY 2008, for revenues purposes.

Photo: James Gang, from left, Councilman Bill Hagan, Councilman Jay Brophy, Mayor Bill James, Councilman Nick Marchese

Councilman Nick Marchese added \”We saved close to a million dollars from FY 2007. He explained the City saved over $500,000 on legal fees as a result of hiring a new City Solicitor, John Kearney.

Marchese explained, \”For fiscal year 2006 the law firm of Parker and McCay, who employed City Solicitor James Maley charged the City $570,000 for legal fees. In comparison the present City Solicitor John Kearney billed the City $43,000 for legal fees in 2007.

Marchese also mentioned that there is $335,084 in the Urban Development Grant (UDAG), and when they came into office last year it was $3,783.

Before the 139^th Annual Reorganization meeting was held a brief Sine Die meeting of the outgoing council took place.

Present in the audience were U.S. Representative Rob Andrews (D-NJ), Camden County Surrogate Patricia Egan Jones, and Former Camden County Freeholder Tom Gurick, and Former Mayor Bob Bevan.

Outgoing Council Members Elsie Loebell, Jean Kaye, and Rocky Kormann, all thanked the residents of their wards and the people of Gloucester City for their support.

In an emotional farewell address Loebell recognized and thanked her son Ted, who was in attendance as well as the employees of the City and second ward residents.

She said that people may not have always agreed with her but that she only wanted the best for Gloucester City. Loebell left office after 19 years, which is the longest tenure of a member of Council in City history.

The Re-organization meeting began with an invocation by Fr. Michael Goyette of St. Mary\’s Church.

Andrews administered the oath of office to three new council members: John Hutchinson (First Ward), Bruce Parry (Second Ward), and Kellie Ferry (Third Ward).

see photos by Karen Jackson

Andrews spoke briefly thanking the outgoing members of council and welcomed the new members of council. He spoke about Gloucester City and mentioned how the basics are always at the front of people\’s minds, and that it is a close nit community. He said he was humbled to represent the people of Gloucester in Washington D.C.

The Council and mayor then proceeded to pass the first 35 resolutions of 2008 by a unanimous vote. They appointed Bowman & Company, LLP, as Auditor, John B. Kearney as City Solicitor, Edward Vernick as City Engineer, Paul Dougherty as Prosecutor, Charles Wigginton as Public Defender, The Waetzman Planning Group as the City Planner, T & M Associates as the Redevelopment Engineer, Parker McCay, P.A., as Bond Counsel, and Paul J. Kain, City Administrator all for a one year term.

Also on the agenda for the evening were Appointments to the Board of Health. Bernadette Gorman, Eleanor Kain, and Anna Marie Smith were all appointed to a three-year term, Joseph Hartzel was appointed for a one-year unexpired term, which he has held since Effie Hagan resigned earlier this year.

Bruce Marks was appointed as the first alternate for a two-year term, and Dan Dobleman was appointed to the second alternate unexpired term for one year.

Mayor appointments to various boards included: Tim Carpenter (Mayor\’s Designee), Robert Bevan, Michael Smollock, Patrick Cerrone, Steve Martarano, and Lynn Bucher were appointed to the Planning Board. Councilman Nicholas Marchese was re-appointed by mayor and council to be the Councilmanic Member of the Planning Board.

Dave Townsend, Rae Whelan and Louisa Llewellyn were appointed to the Gloucester City Historic Preservation Commission. Jean McLaughlin, and Joanne B. Gurick were appointed to the Gloucester City Library Board of Trustees.

In the public section of the meeting Gurick spoke about the new members of council, and he also mentioned how nice it was to see a lot of young adults present in the audience.

Following the public sector Mayor James gave his state of the city address to the residents of Gloucester City (see below). He said that accountability would be the word in 2008. Read State of the City Address

In other news Councilman Jay Brophy told people that student Rory Gallagher had asked him to ask the citizens of Gloucester to pick up the trash in front of there houses to make Gloucester cleaner.

 

Perfect records on line for locals
Today\’s Sunbeam – NJ.com – Salem,NJ,USA

Only four local high school swim teams remain undefeated the Gloucester Catholic and Woodstown boys and the Washington Township and Clearview girls. …

Cape Cod, MA (1/8/08) – With the release of the 2007 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southeast Football All-Star Team, The College’s New Jersey’s senior defensive tackle, Joe King (Mountainside, NJ/Governor Livingston) has captured another honor for his outstanding play for the Lions.

King was named the 2007 ECAC Southeast Division III Player of the Year, while a total of four Lions were named to the All-Star Team. King finished the season tied for second in the nation with 28 tackles for a loss (2.4 per game). He also finished third in the nation in sacks with 15 (1.3 per game) for total losses of 125 yards. King received the New Jersey Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honor for his efforts. TCNJ, which had been picked seventh in the NJAC preseason coaches’ poll, finished the season with a 6-1 NJAC record and a share of the 2007 championship crown. The Lions advanced to the second round of the 2007 NCAA playoff before closing the year with a 9-3 record.

Joining King on the team were senior offensive lineman, Robert Keyes (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central), senior defensive back Andrew Larkin (Hamilton Square, NJ/Notre Dame), and senior punter Jeff Struble (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Township).

Source FoxNews.com

HOUSTON — A tracking dog apparently stepped on a loaded shotgun in the bed of his owner\’s pickup truck, firing a fatal blast into the man\’s thigh during a goose hunt, officials said.

Chambers County sheriff\’s investigators said Price, 46, was hunting on a lease near Stowell, about 60 miles east of Houston, when he shot down a goose.

Price then set the gun in the back of his truck and was about to open the tailgate to release his tracking dog when the shotgun fired, investigators said. The blast penetrated the truck\’s tailgate before hitting Price.

Paw prints from the dog, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Arthur, were found on the muddy shotgun, Sheriff Joe LaRive said. Daniel Groberg, Price\’s hunting partner, said he tried to stop the bleeding with clothing before driving him to seek help.

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