Gloucester City Online Auction – Tax Sale

January 15, 2026 8 am

The City of Gloucester City announces the sale of 2025 and prior year delinquent taxes and other municipal charges through an online auction on January 15, 2026 at 8am.

For a listing of all parcels, delinquencies and costs, along with bidding instructions please visit     https://gloucestercity.newjerseytaxsale.com

**information can be viewed free of charge**

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Holistic Care Options for Pets You Should Know About

A growing number of people are looking for natural, whole-body approaches to their health. At the same time, they’re growing ever more interested in finding the same types of solutions for their pets. Many people want to do everything they can to help their pets live longer, healthier, and more comfortable lives without relying solely on synthetic drugs and traditional treatments.

Holistic care focuses on supporting the mind, body, and spirit of your pet for a more balanced approach to their health. This type of care for your pets is a safe, natural, and effective way to keep them healthy and happy. Whether your fur baby is young and energetic or aging and needing extra support, exploring these options can be incredibly beneficial.

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Innovative Recruitment Approaches for Medical Practices

As they say, the struggle is real. Your practice needs talented physicians, but the traditional job posting and waiting game isn’t cutting it anymore. The healthcare landscape has shifted dramatically, and your recruitment methods need to evolve too. Today’s physicians want more than just competitive salaries—they’re looking for practices that understand their values, lifestyle needs, and career aspirations.

The old approach? Post a listing, sift through resumes, conduct interviews, and hope for the best. The new reality? You need to be proactive, creative, and genuinely different if you want to attract top talent.

Building Your Digital Presence

Your online reputation matters more than you think. Before physicians even apply, they’re researching you. They’re checking your website, reading reviews, and looking at your social media presence. What story are your digital channels telling?

Start by authentically showcasing your practice culture. Share day-in-the-life content from your current physicians. Post about continuing education opportunities, team celebrations, and community involvement. When you’re transparent about what makes your practice unique, you’ll attract candidates who align with your values. Smart physician hiring strategies now include social media campaigns, targeted LinkedIn outreach, and even video content that gives candidates a genuine feel for your work environment.

Leverage Your Current Team

Your best recruiters are already on staff. Your current physicians have networks, connections, and credibility that no job board can match. Create a referral program that actually motivates them to reach out to qualified colleagues.

Consider these approaches:

  • Offer meaningful referral bonuses that reflect the value of a great hire
  • Ask your physicians to share opportunities within their professional networks
  • Encourage them to speak at conferences where potential candidates gather
  • Have them participate in virtual meet-and-greets with interested candidates

When physicians hear about your practice from a trusted colleague, they’re already halfway to saying yes.

Rethink Your Compensation Packages

Money talks, but it’s not the only language physicians speak anymore. Yes, competitive base salaries matter. But you need to think bigger. What about flexible scheduling that actually respects work-life balance? Student loan repayment assistance? Professional development budgets? Partnership tracks that make sense?

Consider offering tiered benefit packages where physicians can choose what matters most to them. Some might prioritize extra PTO. Others want CME allowances or relocation assistance. Give them options, and you’ll stand out from practices offering cookie-cutter packages.

Partner With Medical Schools And Residency Programs

Don’t wait until physicians are job-hunting. Build relationships with them earlier. Connect with local medical schools and residency programs. Offer preceptorships, shadowing opportunities, and mentorship programs.

These early connections serve multiple purposes. You’re contributing to medical education while simultaneously creating a pipeline of potential hires who already know your practice. When residents have positive experiences with your team, they remember. When they’re ready to commit to a practice, yours will be top of mind.

The Future Is Flexible

Remote medicine and hybrid roles aren’t going away. If your practice can accommodate telehealth positions or flexible scheduling, you’ve just expanded your candidate pool exponentially. You’re no longer limited to physicians within commuting distance. You can recruit talent from across regions while offering them lifestyle flexibility that traditional practices can’t match.

The practices thriving in recruitment aren’t necessarily the biggest or most prestigious. They’re the ones willing to adapt, innovate, and truly consider what today’s physicians need to thrive.

CCPD and FOP donate funds to MD Anderson

Camden County Police Department officers, including Chief Gabriel Rodriguez, and the family of the late Officer Matthew Sviben donated $5,200 they raised during “No Shave November” toward cancer research during a short outdoor check presentation ceremony.

The Camden County Police Department and FOP Lodge 218 are donating $5,200 raised by officers during “No Shave November” to The Cooper Foundation, to support colon cancer research at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. 

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Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied and Underfunded. It’s Time for a Change

By Alana Serota 

For millions of women, TikTok has become a doctor’s office: Scroll through the app and you’ll see endless videos about menopause, joint pain, hormone therapy – featuring no small amount of pseudoscience. Though misguided, this digital quest for medical knowledge is only a symptom of a larger issue: Medicine has left women with too few answers to far too many questions about their health.

While women make up half of the U.S. population, female-specific conditions account for just 5% of all biopharmaceutical research spending. And only 1% of that goes toward non-cancer female conditions, such as menopause and infertility. Chronic underinvestment has left glaring gaps in our understanding of women’s health – with real consequences for the quality of pain assessment, diagnosis and treatment. 

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House Republicans Vote to Protect Children and Prevent Taxpayer Funding of Harmful Gender Procedures

WASHINGTON— House Republicans voted last week to protect America’s children and safeguard taxpayer dollars by advancing legislation that prohibits harmful gender-transition procedures on minors and blocks Medicaid funds from being used to pay for them.

“Gender-transition procedures are putting our kids at risk, and those who normalize them are enabling this harm,” said House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.). “Radicals are pushing dangerous, life-altering medical procedures on children who are still developing and cannot fully understand the long-term consequences. Republicans are stepping in to protect kids and ensure taxpayer dollars support real medical care, not radical social experiments.”

H.R. 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars to fund gender-transition procedures for children under the age of 18.

H.R. 3492, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, establishes strict federal prohibitions and penalties for medical professionals who perform genital mutilation or administer chemical castration procedures on minors. 

GTPD Community Bulletin: Protect Your Holiday Gifts – Snap a Photo of Those Serial Numbers! 

Tis the season for joy, family, and generous gifts – from new laptops and tablets to gaming consoles, electric scooters, and other electronics under the Christmas tree. But did you know that burglaries often spike during the holidays, with thieves targeting homes full of shiny new valuables.

Take one simple step today to safeguard your presents: Photograph the serial numbers on all expensive gifts, especially electronics! Why? If stolen, serial numbers help police identify and return your items!

It’s quick: Just flip the device over, find the serial number (often on the back, bottom, or in settings), and snap a clear photo. Store them securely in the cloud or email them to yourself!

Philadelphia School of Circus Arts Winter Break Camps and New Year’s Noon Celebration

Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is ending 2025 on a high-flying note with Kid’s Day Off Circus Camps for Winter Break Week and a New Year’s Eve Day Circus Workshop and Noon Countdown. Head to the Philadelphia region’s big top for circus fun between Christmas and New Year for two new programs. First, for Winter Break, children are invited to turn those long winter days into high-flying, energy-burning, joy-filled adventures with new Kid’s Day Off Circus Camps – the perfect break-week solution for children in Kindergarten through 7th grade. Camps run from 9:00am to 3:00pm on December 24, 26, 29, 30, 31 and January 2. Kids will spend the day learning circus skills such as aerial sling, static trapeze, wire walking, juggling, plate spinning, rolling globe, tumbling, clowning and more. No prior experience is needed.

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TSA prepares for holiday travel season to cap record year

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is gearing up for a busy end-of-year holiday travel season, one that may reach record passenger levels. TSA is fully staffed and ready to screen a projected 44.3 million travelers at the nation’s airport security checkpoints between Friday, Dec 19, 2025, through Sunday, Jan 4, 2026. The agency expects the heaviest traveler volume will be about 2.86 million on Sunday, Dec 28, followed by Dec 19, 20, 21, 27, and 29. The busiest day last year was Friday, Dec. 27, when TSA screened just under 2.85 million travelers.

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Why January Sees a Spike in Rehab Admissions—and What That Tells Us About Recovery

The calls start coming the week after New Year’s. Treatment centers across the country report the same pattern: phones light up in January like no other month. It’s not a coincidence.

The holiday season creates a perfect pressure cooker. Family gatherings where old wounds resurface. Office parties with open bars. The expectation that everyone should feel joyful when many feel anything but. For people already struggling with substance use, November and December become a white-knuckle exercise in just getting through.

Then comes January 2nd. The decorations look tired. The credit card bills arrive. The hangovers blur together. And somewhere in that bleak first week, something shifts. The same denial that held through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve suddenly cracks.

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