Obit Rae Riviello of Westville

RIVIELLO, RAE E.
On April 3, 2007,(nee Brown), of Westville, NJ. Age 87 years.
Beloved wife of the lateAlbert J. Riviello. Loving mother of Albert J. Riviello Jr. of Mullica Hill. Dear sister of Nancy Weatherly of Gloucester City and also survived by many dear nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Riviello was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.
Relatives and friends are invited to meet Monday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 pm and again Tuesday morning from 9:00 to 10:00 am at St. Anne\’s RC Church, Rt. 130 and Woodbine Aves., Westville,NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, 10:00 am. Interment to follow New St. Mary\’s Church, Bellmawr. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be made in Mrs. Riviello\’s name to St. John of God School, 1145 Delsea Drive, Westville Grove, NJ 08096 or the Charity of Your choice. Funeral arrange -ments have been entrustedto the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, Gloucester City.

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Obit Joseph Karvois of Audubon

KARVOIS, JOSEPH E.
Age 51 years. On April 3, 2007, of Audubon. Father of Edwin J. Karvois (Courtney) of Washington Twp. Brother of Cindy A. Karvois, Evans, GA., and Pamela Shinkle of Martinez, GA. Also surviving are two nieces and two nephews.
Mr. Karvois was a self employed roofing contractor and a lifetime South Jersey resident.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend his memorial gathering. Saturday, April 7, 2007, starting 12:00 Noon – 1PM at
MAHAFFEY-MILANO
FUNERAL HOME
11 E. Kings Highway
Mt. Ephraim, NJ 08059
856-931-1628
In lieu of flowers donations in Joseph\’s name to The American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing Center, P.O. Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 13057, are strongly preferred.

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The Reward for Missing Police Dog Increased to $6,200

Lt. George Berglund of the Gloucester City Police Department announced today that the reward for information leading to the return of the Department\’s K-9 dog has increased from $5,700 to $6,200!

The 80-pound, midnight-black German shepherd has been missing since the early morning of March 18 after the roof of his kennel collapsed under the weight of snow and ice from a winter storm.

The kennel is in Patrolman Stephen Burkhardt\’s back yard. Burkhardt is Scotty\’s handler.

Berglund said the department is hopeful that a citizen took Scotty into his home without having seen television reports or reading about the missing dog in the newspaper. Several law enforcement agencies in the area have been helping local police in the search.

The 3-year-old German Shepherd is black, with some brown on his tail, is wearing a silver choke chain. The dog is friendly with people, however police warn that if you put him in your car, then try to take him out, he could become aggressive because he thinks that he\’s working.

If you spot Scotty, you\’re asked to call Gloucester City dispatchers at (856)456-0900.

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RutgersWomens Basketball Season……Simply Unpredictable

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McAllister Moving its Delaware River Tug Boat Fleet to the Gloucester Marine Terminal

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Gloucester City and Bellmawr Fire Companies Respond to Reported Fuel Leak

By ED CHRISTINZIO JR

1st Responder Network

In the afternoon hours of Tuesday April 3rd. Companies from Bellmawr & Gloucester City responded to a reported fuel leak from a vehicle on Routte 76 Northbound by Market St.

Engine 331 arrived to an suv leaking gasoline. Squad 51 and Batallion 504 arrived shortly thereafter. Engine 331 stretched a line and stood by while Squad 51\’s crew secured the leak from the tank. This made the afternoon traffic a mess. Crews picked up with no injuries.

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Len Wisniewski, Musician, Bartender, WW II Army Veteran; Services Monday

Leonard A. Wisniewski, of Gloucester City passed away on April 1 at the age of 86. Mr. Wisniewski was born and raised in the Polish section of Camden. A former resident of Cherry Hill, Leonard lived in Gloucester City since 1986.

He graduated from Camden Catholic High School in 1939. He proudly served our country in the Army during World War II and was a 19 year present member of the Brooklawn American Legion Post # 72. Leonard was an established musician and bartender at many local clubs including the Rickshaw Inn, Latin Casino and Churchill Downs. He was a member of the Hotel and Bartenders Local # 170, # 267 and # 54. Len was a classically trained violinist and also played the trumpet – music was his passion.

Loving father of Christine, Andrea and Leonard Wisniewski. Survived by his former wife Victoria. Dear Brother of Theodore and wife Betty and sister-in-law Marguerite Wisniewski and his late brother, Eugene and late sister Jeri Rogers.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Monday from 9 a.m. to 11 am at McCann-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME, 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:30 am at Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church, 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City.

Interment with Military Honors, Saint Joseph\’s Cemetery, Chews Landing. There will be no viewing on Easter Sunday Night. Family requests that memorial donations be made in Leonard\’s memory to Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church, Memorial Fund: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through the funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Leonard A. Wisniewski.

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Fires, Fights and Benjamin Franklin: Philadelphia\’s Volunteer Firemen, Part One

The PhillyHistoryBlog
\”The alarm of fire being given
Onward we did go
Their house we broke, and their engine took
And beat their members also.\”

(From \”The Franklin Hose Song,\” c. 1850)

Tracing their roots back to a proud roster of founding fathers and fires fought, he volunteer fire companies that preceded the establishment of the Philadelphia Fire Department combined the best and worst traits of the city they served. Community-minded, innovative and tough, Philadelphia\’s amateur firemen also earned a reputation for brawling, boozing and bitter rivalry equal to anything ever reported to have happened in the parking lot after an Eagles game.

A rapidly growing city of \”about 700 dwelling houses,\” Philadelphia had no fire service to speak of in the early 18th century. Though bucket brigades had existed in New England since the 1690\’s, it would be decades before anyone took an organized approach to colonial emergency services. Meanwhile, Philadelphians doubtless looked nervously at the eminently combustible wooden warehouses along the Delaware waterfront, the boiling pitch-cauldrons and glowing forges of nearby shipyards and the pitiful resources the city could muster to protect its citizens.

During a fire, the victim depended on civically-minded neighbors with their own buckets, ladders, rope and hooks, the latter being used both to pull valuables from burning structures and to tear down buildings in the fire\’s path to keep it from spreading An English fire engine was purchased for the city around 1718 – partly funded through fines collected from a colonial smoking ban enacted against those \”presuming to smoke tobacco in the Streets of Philadelphia either by day or night\” – but wasn\’t much of a help; clumsy water-tanks on wheels, engines had to be hauled to the site of the fire, pumped by hand and continuously refilled by bucket chains.

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