Jes Mastriano scored 14 points and Megan Donelson had a double-double as Rowan defeated Rutgers-Newark, 87-57, in an NJAC women’s basketball matchup this afternoon.
Mastriano shot 5-for-8 from the field and grabbed seven rebounds in 19 minutes of action and was one of five Profs in double figures. Donelson hit 4-of-8 field goal attempts to score 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Natalie Barrera also scored 12 and recorded eight rebounds with Emily Poulas scoring a season-high 11 points.
Rowan (9-7; 5-4 NJAC) was in control from the start. Rutgers-Newark (2-14; 0-9) took its only lead of the game in the opening minutes before Barrera scored four points in a 9-0 run to give Rowan a 12-4 advantage. The Profs closed out the quarter by scoring the final eight points, with four from Poulas, to own a 20-9 lead.
The Scarlet Raiders trimmed their deficit to 28-22 in the final minutes of the quarter but Rowan ended the half with a 15-2 run, including six in a row from Selmer, to enter halftime with a 43-24 lead.
The third quarter was more of the same for the Profs, as they gained a 20-plus margin at the start. Donelson finished off the quarter by scoring five in a row which gave Rowan a 56-30 advantage.
The Profs closed it out in the fourth by hitting 52 percent (13-for-25) from the field with Adriana Santiago and Christina Sikaris draining threes in the final minute.
Rowan will host Montclair State on Wednesday at Esby Gym, with tip-off at 5:30 p.m.
On December 22, 2025, at 12:17 PM, the above depicted vehicle was used in the Homicide that occurred in the 15th District at 4200 Torresdale Avenue. The vehicle was last captured east on 2200 Adams Avenue.
Vehicle Description: 2014-2016, Navy Blue, Jeep Grand Cherokee. At the time of the homicide, the vehicle was bearing a Temp Tag of #4351-125 from an unknown state. The Cherokee has a broken sunroof window and a shattered rear side cabin window on the passenger’s side.
If you see this suspect do not approach, contact 911 immediately.
To submit a tip via telephone, dial 215.686.TIPS (8477)
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If you have any information about this crime or this suspect, please contact: Homicide Unit: 215-686-3334/3335 Det. O’Brien #628 Det. Jang #651 DC 25-15-116894
On July 20, 2022. Age 99. Of Woodbury. Formerly of Gloucester City. Born in Donegal Township, PA, he was the son of the late Patrick J. and Maude (Horr) Kearney. Loving father of Frances X. Kearney (the late Deborah), Catherine E. Palumbo (the late Joseph), Marie Hunter (William), Anne Gross (Michael), Joseph Kearney (Catherine), John E. Kearney (Carol), Clare Kearney, Paul Kearney, Stephen Kearney (Mary Kathryn), Mark Kearney (Jill); many Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren. Brian is also survived by his sister, Florence Reed; daughter-in-law, Rory Kearney; son-in-law, Tony Lentini. Brian was predeceased by his wife of 59 years, Catherine V. (Williams) Kearney, he was also predeceased by his children, Michael Kearney, Patricia Lentini, Brian P. Kearney, Margaret Mary Kearney and Gerald Kearney.
(image Brian and Catherine Kearney)
Brian honored his country during WWII serving in the U.S. Navy as an Electronics Engineer. He went on to work as an Electrical Engineer at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Naval Air Engineering Laboratory, Frankford Arsenal. Brian was employed as a supervisor of ship building for USN, Camden, NJ, and finally the Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA. where he retired on October 27, 1977.
Brian was ordained as a Deacon of the Catholic Diocese of Camden on October 4, 1976, and was assigned to Mary, Mother of the Church, Bellmawr. He also served at St. Vincent Pallotti R.C. Church, Haddon Township and Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Mt. Ephraim. Additionally, he also served in Hospital Ministry from 1976 to 1983.
Relatives, friends, brother Catholic Deacons and Clergy are invited to his viewing on Monday, July 25th, 2022, from 5 to 8 PM at St. Mary’s R.C. Church, 426 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial 10 AM on Tuesday, July 26th in the church. The live-streaming of the Mass can be viewed at 10 AM at https://www.facebook.com/GloucesterSMCChurch Interment with U.S. Navy Military Honors in Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ. There will be No morning viewing.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions in memory of Brian be made to: Cathedral Kitchen, 1514 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08105 or a gift of a Mass Card for his soul.
Condolences and Memories may be shared at www.mccannhealey.com under the obituary of John Brian Kearney. Funeral Arrangements and Inquires through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME, Gloucester City Ph:856-456-1142
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Jim Nicholson, a Gloucester City resident, was asked by Marilyn Johnson, author of *THE DEAD BEAT, to describe himself. Nicholson replied, \”I don’t do much self-analysis. I’m not a complicated guy. There are not many moving parts here. I’m a pretty simple man.\”
If people only knew the real Jim Nicholson.
A graduate of Gloucester City High School, Class of 1960, Nicholson has lived three lives over a span of 66 years. \”Modest, quiet, and low-keyed you would never know from looking at him that this man has ice water running through his veins,\” said his good friend Bill Tourtual.
Tourtual said Nicholson has been responsible for taking down bad guys for over 35 years and yet rarely if ever talks about his adventures with his friends or family.
Besides raising a family, serving in the Marines and then joining the Army reserves, he has worked a full-time job as an investigative reporter and journalist until his retirement in 2001. And in each life he has excelled without much fanfare.
Tourtual said earlier this summer the 66-year-old, Lt. Colonel James Nicholson (Ret), was asked by the Army to come back to active duty to serve his country one more time.
Nicholson, whose specialty is counterintelligence, accepted the offer and shipped out to the theater of war in the Middle –East last month.
This is nothing new for Col. Jim Nicholson.
Over the course of his Army career he was assigned to a number of covert operations in his 20 plus years in the military. In the 1980’s he spent time running the surveillance on Noriega and preparing for the invasion of Panama. Other counterintelligence adventures included trips to such hot spots of the world as South America, Tajikistan and on the Mexican border.
\”This Simple Man\” also had a remarkable career as an investigative reporter for newspapers in the Philadelphia area. Some of his featured work included stories on murder, the Philly Mob, the riots, and outlaw motorcycle gangs to mention a few. Five of his series led three different Philly-area papers to recommend him for Pulitzers. He also was a radio announcer for a time.
Sean Patrick Griffin, author of *Black Brothers Inc, writes …..Investigative reporter Jim Nicholson was the first journalist to lift the lid on the ‘Black Mafia’. The gang operated a multi-million illegal drug business in North Philadelphia and up and down the east coast. His cover stories for the Philadelphia Magazine and Today revealed a vicious, insidious syndicate that was unknown to the wider population.
He went right to the top, and called Mayor Frank Rizzo. Back in 1970, Nicholson had spent hours at then-Police Commissioner Rizzo’s home and interviewed Rizzo while he watched himself on a national television special called Super Chief. The two hit it off, so much so that Rizzo offered Nicholson a position as public relations officer with thedepartment. Nicholson politely declined, despite the substantial increase in pay the job would have provided. Rizzo was apparently not offended by the rejections, because whenNicholson called him requesting assistance on the proposed Black Mafia project in 1973, Rizzo called Police Commissioner Joseph F. O’Neill and told him to provide Nicholson access to the pertinent information.
In 1982 Jim was tired of investigative reporting and jumped at the chance to take over the obit page for the Philadelphia Daily News. In May 2008, seven years after he retired, Jim won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
*The Dead Beat-Author Marilyn Johnson …In that position Nicholson received national attention when ASNE, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, gave him a Distinguished Writing Award for his richly detailed, colorful obituaries of ordinary Philadelphians. The Daily News let him work an eight-or nine month year on the obits desk, and the rest of the time he threw himself into counterintelligence adventures.
After he retired from the Philadelphia Daily News in 2001 he moved to Washington DC to continue his work in counter-intelligence. At the same time he was taking care of his wife Betty who had Alzheimer. When his wife’s sickness required full-time care they moved back to Gloucester City to be closer to his immediate family and devote more time to her. He became Betty’s primary caregiver working 24/7 at home to make her comfortable. In his spare time he continued to do some part-time consultant work via computer in counterintelligence for a friend whose business was located in the Washington DC/Virginia area.
Asked about his devotion to Betty he told author Johnson, \”I was separated for eight years from this woman, not a good marriage, doesn’t matter whose fault it was, and then she got ill, and I came back to take care of her,\” Jim said. \”I wasn’t doing anything else. I’m not as good as the people I’ve written about in the obits.\”
When the Army called and stressed that his help was needed for this special mission Jim made arrangements to have another family member take care of Betty for the time he will be away.
Most people in their 60’s are looking forward to retirement. Col. Nicholson, who describes himself as just \”A Simple Man\” has no reservations about placing himself in Harm’s Way one more time for his country.
‘Patriotism’, Thomas Paine observed, is not best measured in times of national comfort and quiet. It is in times of crisis, when the summer soldiers and sunshine patriots have retreated to the safety of official talking points and unquestioning loyalty that those who truly understand the meaning and merit of the American experiment come to its defense.
Thomas Paine no doubt had men like Jim Nicholson in mind when he spoke those words so many years ago. Tonight offer up an extra prayer for Jim and for all soldiers who go beyond the call of duty to protect our country in these terrible and dangerous times.
*THE DEAD BEAT, Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries. The so-called egalitarian obituary was pioneered, Ms. Johnson argues, by a reporter named Jim Nicholson, who worked at The Philadelphia Daily News. During the early 1980’s, Mr. Nicholson started writing obits in which \”people whose lives had been considered dull as linoleum to the general public were offered up as heroes of their neighborhood and characters of consequence.\”Author Marilynn Johnson, HarperCollins Publishers
* BLACK BROTHERS Inc., a true story about The Black Mafia one of the bloodiest crime syndicates in modern US history. From its roots in Philadelphia’s ghettos in the 1960’s, it grew from a rabble of street toughs to a disciplined, ruthless organization based on fear and intimidation. Known in its \”legitimate\” guise as Black Brothers, Inc., it held regular, minute meetings, appointed investigators, treasurers and enforcers, and controlled drug dealing, loan sharking, numbers rackets, armed robbery and extortion. Author Sean Patrick Griffin, Milo Books Publishers
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Many people think great healthcare is all about fancy equipment and shiny floors. Those things help, but they do not greet you with a smile or notice when something feels “off.” The real magic comes from the people. Nurses, doctors, techs, and support staff keep everything moving. Without enough of them, even the nicest hospital can feel like a very expensive waiting room. Good staffing keeps the whole system steady. Without it, patient care gets wobbly fast.
The Right Staff at the Right Time Makes Everything Better
Healthcare does not follow a schedule. Patients show up whenever they need help, not when the schedule looks convenient. A quiet morning can turn into a busy afternoon with no warning at all. This is why staffing matters so much. When enough staff are working, patients get seen quickly. Teams work smoothly. The mood stays calm. When staffing is short, things slow down, stress rises, and everyone wonders why the day suddenly feels like a medical version of a traffic jam. Having the right number of professionals on each shift, with help from a healthcare staffing agency, keeps care safe and steady.
Rested Staff Give Better Care (No Surprise There)
Clinicians are not superheroes, even if they often act like they are. They need rest, good schedules, and time to breathe. When they work too much, burnout shows up fast. Burnout leads to mistakes, frustration, and a lot of tired eyes behind those masks. Effective staffing helps prevent this. It spreads the workload and gives people time to recover. A rested nurse can catch small changes in a patient that a tired one might miss. A well-supported doctor can think more clearly and calmly. When staff feel good, patients feel it, too.
Consistency Helps Patients Feel Safe and Seen
Most patients feel nervous when they are sick or in pain. Seeing familiar faces makes it easier. Good staffing creates that kind of consistency. When teams stay stable, patients build trust. They open up more. They follow instructions better. Staff also benefit because they learn each patient’s normal patterns. That makes it easier to spot problems early. Consistency reduces confusion and builds confidence—for both the patient and the care team. And let’s be honest, nothing is more comforting during a hospital stay than a nurse who already knows how you like your pillows.
Flexibility Saves the Day When Things Get Wild
Healthcare is full of surprises that can cause a staffing shortage. Flu season arrives early. A storm sends extra patients to the ER. A few staff members call out sick on the same day. Things happen. Flexible staffing solutions help facilities stay ready. Travel nurses, per diem workers, and locum tenens providers can fill gaps quickly. Staffing partners can send help before problems grow. This flexibility keeps patient care strong even when the day decides to be unpredictable. It is like having a Plan B, Plan C, and Plan D all ready to go.
A facility can buy the latest gadgets, remodel its hallways, and upgrade every computer. But none of that matters without the right people in place. Effective staffing takes all those tools and turns them into actual care. It reduces burnout, improves morale, boosts patient safety, and supports better outcomes. It lets clinicians do the job they trained for without feeling overwhelmed. Quality patient care starts with people—supported, rested, skilled people. When staffing is strong, everything else becomes easier. Patients feel cared for. Teams work better. And the entire healthcare system runs with much less chaos and far more confidence.
GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (Cleary’s Notebook News)(January 10,2023)–In early January, I underwent a medical procedure at Cooper University Hospital in Camden City. I was administered sedation, and the next thing I remember, I was waking up in the recovery room. Once the sedation wore off, I was released.
