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8th ANNUAL GLAMSINO ROYALE: Cannes

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Hotel Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Casino Fundraiser to Benefit Action Wellness

PHILADELPHIA, PA

– Kimpton Hotel Palomar welcomes guests to its eighth annual Glamsino Royale event to benefit Action Wellness

on

Thursday, February 20

from

6 – 9 p.m

.

The event is crucial for Action Wellness to raise funds and continue to spread awareness  and provide a wide range of services to people living with HIV and other chronic illnesses throughout Philadelphia.

This year’s event,

Glamsino Royale: Cannes

, transforms the hotel’s top floors into a glamorous Cannes Film Festival inspired casino scene. Guests should practice their best camera-ready pout and get ready to mix, mingle, and vogue like the best of them! Attendees will sip on chilled libations, enjoy morsels created by the talented Chef Mackenson Horebe of

Square 1682

, and play classic casino games.

Winnings can be swapped for raffle tickets to enter for a chance to win a host of prizes from local retailers, theaters and restaurants, as well as stays at various Kimpton properties in fabulous destinations! The fabulous

Bingo-Verifying Divas

will mingle with the crowd, and DJ Sharyn Stone will be spinning the freshest tunes. Glamsino Royale is an event guests look forward to every year.

Tickets for the event include beer from

Yards Brewing Company

, wine, signature cocktails made with

Faber

spirits, and appetizers.

Tickets

go on sale today,

Wednesday, January 8th

via

https://glamsinoroyale.ticketleap.com/cannes

/

.

For more information, go to

ActionWellness.org

. Get event updates by following along on Twitter

@ActionWellPHL,

@Kimpton

, Instagram

@KimptoninPHL

,

@ActionWellnessPHL

, and

Facebook.com/ActionWellnessPHL

, and share using the hashtag

#GlamsinoRoyale

.

About Action Wellness:

Action Wellness

is one of Philadelphia’s largest AIDS service organizations.  It is committed to helping people living with HIV and other chronic illnesses.  Its services include: medical case management, a range of health screenings including HIV testing, treatment as prevention, prevention education, supportive housing and volunteer services. Action Wellness currently serves over 4,000 clients annually through the efforts of over 400 dedicated volunteers and over 100 professional staff working together to sustain and enhance the quality of life for the diverse community it serves. For more information, visit

actionwellness.org

.

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Kevin Graham of

Tumbling Dice

with Action Wellness team Kevin Burns and Sarah DeLaurentis at Glamsino Royale 2018.

Guests enjoying casino games at Glamsino Royale 2019.

The Bingo-Verifying Divas mingling with the crowd at Glamsino Royale 2019.

Det. Paul S. Skill President of Cape May County Chiefs of Police Association

Cape May Court House, New Jerse

y (Feb. 11, 2020)— Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announces the swearing in of Chief of County Detectives Paul S. Skill as the President of the Cape May County Chiefs of Police Association.

The ceremony took place on Saturday evening, February 8th, at La Finestra Ristorante in Sea Isle City.

Chief Skill and the other members of the Executive Board of the Chiefs Association were sworn in by U.S. Congressman Jeff Van Drew.

Chief Robert Regalbuto of the Wildwood Police Department was sworn in as Vice President; Chief Jay Prettyman of the Ocean City Police Department was sworn in as the Treasurer; and Chief Thomas Schutta of the Stone Harbor Police Department was sworn in as the association\’s Secretary.

The Cape May County Chiefs of Police Association includes all of the municipal Police Chiefs within Cape May County along with the County Prosecutor\’s Office, the County Sheriff\’s Department, the County Police Academy, the Station Commander of the Woodbine State Police Barracks, the Troop Commander of the Delaware River and Bay Authority, and Federal partners to include the FBI, DEA, and U.S. Secret Service.

The association meets monthly to coordinate training and law enforcement activities throughout Cape May County.

Chief Skill and the new members of the Executive Board were congratulated by N.J. Senator Michael Testa, Assemblyman Antwan McClellan, Freeholder Director Gerald Thornton, Freeholder Vice-Director Leonard Desiderio, Administrator Beth Bozzelli, Middle Township

Mayor Timothy Donahue

, and Chief Christopher Leusner, the President of the N.J. State Chief\’s Association, along with other local and State dignitaries and former Chiefs of Police.

Members of the Gloucester County Commission for Women Sworn In

(Deptford, NJ) –Freeholder Jim Jefferson attended the swearing in ceremony of four members of the Gloucester County Commission for Women (CFW) who were confirmed for new terms.

Marguerite Stubbs, Gail Slimm, Lisa Cerny, and Beverly Wellons took the oath to continue serving the CFW, a fact-finding and advisory group who work to suggest and urge identified reforms in regards to treatment of women.

Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said, “Thanks to the continued work of individuals like these four women and the Commission for Women as a whole that our county is able to promote reforms in regards to the treatment of women.”

Freeholder Jefferson, who serves as liaison to the commission, said, “The work done by this commissions will always carry a lot of weight and we have so much respect for the members who work tirelessly to help support other women.  This is an appropriate time in our world to highlight the inequity women have faced in every facet of our culture, and change it for the better.”

Pictured: Marguerite Stubbs, Gail Slimm, Freeholder Jim Jefferson, Lisa Cerny, and Beverly Wellons

GCAS’s My Furry Valentine Adoption Event

Fall in love with a new pet

(Clayton, NJ) This Valentine’s Day residents have the opportunity to fall in love with a new furry friend during the Gloucester County Animal Shelter’s (GCAS) My Furry Valentine adoption event taking place on Feb. 14.

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Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said, “Even our animals are looking for their special someone on Valentine’s Day. We have plenty of great animals looking for their forever homes and we’re hoping this event helps connect some residents with animals that just need a little extra love this Valentine’s Day.”

Freeholder Deputy Director Frank J. DiMarco, who oversees the GCAS said, “This one-day adoption event features reduced-price and waived fees for dogs and cats. We’re hoping that this reduced cost event can help our animals find great homes and help residents who were on the fence about getting a furry companion use this opportunity to adopt.”

On Friday, Feb. 14 from noon to 4 p.m., dogs and cats five years old and younger will have their adoption fees reduced to $35 while dogs and cats six years and older will have their adoption fees waived.

“On a day made to celebrate loved ones and promote love, we encourage residents to extend that love to the animals in our shelter who have plenty of love to give,” added Freeholder Deputy Director DiMarco.

Residents must have their adoption applications approved by Feb. 14 to participate. Applications can be found at

http://www.co.gloucester.nj.us/depts/a/shelter/peradoptapp.asp

and can be completed online or mailed to the GCAS.

The Gloucester County Animal Shelter is located at 1200 North Delsea Drive in Clayton.

For more information call (856) 881-2828.

Food Waste Recycling Pilot in Camden County

(Gloucester Township, NJ) – Cafeterias and kitchens in county buildings will soon begin filling recycling containers instead of dumpsters thanks to a pilot program approved by the Freeholder Board. Proposals are currently being accepted to find a vendor who will collect food waste generated during meal preparation and transport it to local composting and food recycling sites.

Mass production kitchens, like the ones at Camden County College and the Camden County Correctional Facility, produce thousands of pounds of food waste during preparation. However, the skin of potatoes, peels of bananas, and other excess organic materials currently being carted away to the incinerator or landfill along with the rest of Camden County’s trash, can be recycled and reused just like paper and plastics.

The pilot program is one more way the Freeholder Board hopes to lessen the environmental impact of facilities owned and operated by the county.

“We’re looking at thousands of pounds of organic material that has an environmentally-friendly, cost-effective use, and we are currently throwing it away with all of our other trash,” said Freeholder Jonathan Young, liaison to the Camden County Office of Sustainability. “By reducing the tonnage we’re sending to the incinerator we can save the taxpayer money, while also taking the county one-step further towards environmental sustainability.”

To implement the program, the county is looking for a vendor to supply 55-gallon bins that can store food waste generated in kitchens at county facilities. That vendor will then collect the recyclable material and deliver it to sites where it can be reused as animal feed or recycled via composting or anaerobic digestion.

Composting involves mixing food waste with browns like leaves and dirt to create a nutrient rich soil conditioner. Once the organic material has broken down, the mixture can be combined with soil used to grow plants, fruits, and vegetables.

Alternatively, anaerobic digestion uses microorganisms to break down the food waste, which then releases methane. This methane can be converted into usable gas which generates electricity, heat, or other fuels.

Collected materials for the pilot program are to come solely from kitchen preparation, where the majority of waste is generated. Cooked ingredients and food that has been handled by customers or patrons will continue to be thrown in the trash to avoid contamination.

“The United States generates more than 100 billion pounds of mostly edible food waste each year,” Young said. “If we can find a way to reduce our contribution to that total, while also saving the taxpayer money and reducing the amount of material entering our waste stream, then we are going to pursue it.”

Bids for the program will be opened on Feb. 11. The chosen vendor will be awarded a one-year contract for food waste collection services, with the opportunity to renew the program twice.

The program will be administered by Camden County’s Office of Sustainability, the first-of-its-kind in New Jersey, which also runs several county-wide sustainability programs and initiatives and serves as a central hub for all of the county’s 37 municipalities. The office runs the Hydroponic Greenhouse Program, started in 2016, which grows fruits and vegetables year-round to use in lunches for senior programs and to generate revenue by partnering with local restaurants.

$8,698 LIHEAP Grant for Gloucester County

(Woodbury, NJ) – Gloucester County is the recipient of a Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) CWA Administration grant of $8,698.

LIHEAP is federally funded program administered by the Department of Community Affairs. The program helps low-income households pay for heating costs including electric, natural gas, oil and other deliverable fuels, even if heat is included in rent costs. LIHEAP grants are also available for medically necessary cooling costs.

Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said, “The Home Energy Assistance grant will help us in assisting low-income residents with their heating and cooling bills by offsetting the administrative costs associated with these services.”

The award granted to Gloucester County will provide funds to administer the intake and eligibility determination of prospective beneficiaries of the LIHEAP program, including the accurate input of verified client information into the Family Assistance Management Information System.

Freeholder Jim Jefferson, Liaison to the Department of Social Services, said, “This grant helps us assist our residents have access to basic essentials such as food, heat, and a home, especially during the colder months.”

Gloucester County residents who feel they may qualify for LIHEA may contact (856) 423-0040.

The First in 2020: A $202 Million Jackpot

Trenton (Feb. 12, 2020) – New Jersey Lottery Executive Director James A Carey, Jr. announced this morning that the only Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket from last night’s drawing was sold in New Jersey. “We are thrilled that the winning ticket was sold in Middlesex County. I’m happy to congratulate Quick Stop Food Store on 940 Inman Ave. in Edison, the retailer that sold this winning ticket,” said

Carey.

The winning numbers for the Feb. 11, 2020 drawing are: 04, 06, 32, 52, and 64. The Gold Mega Ball is 06 and the Megaplier is 02. The jackpot winner will receive an estimated prize of $202,000,000 annuity ($142,200,000 cash).

“Congratulations, too, to the winner of this multi-million dollar jackpot! We encourage the winner to sign the back of the ticket, make a copy of both sides and put it in a safe place, and contact Lottery Headquarters at 609-599-5875 to arrange to file a claim for this “MEGA” jackpot prize,” Carey continued.

The winner has one year from the date of the drawing to file a claim.

In addition, 18 other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500. One of those tickets was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $1,000. Moreover 36,782 other New Jersey players took home $139,414 in prizes ranging from $2 to $400, according to Carey.

The Mega Millions jackpot resets to $40,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Friday, Feb. 14 at 10:59 pm. All New Jersey Lottery Mega Millions tickets must be purchased before 10:45 pm to participate in the drawing. Mega Millions tickets cost just two dollars; by adding the Megaplier option for an extra dollar per play, players can increase their non-jackpot winnings up to five times. Mega Millions tickets are sold in 46 participating jurisdictions. Drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Long-Time Gloucester City Resident and Vietnam War Veteran Needs Our Help

By CNBNews Staff

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (February 11, 2020)(CNBNewsnet)

—Bob Kotter, who was born and raised in Gloucester City, needs some help from his friends and residents of the community. Bob is battling stage 4 prostate cancer. A U.S. Marine, Bob fought in the Vietnam War. He believes his cancer was caused by Agent Orange which was dropped on the jungles of Vietnam by U.S. planes and helicopters to kill the heavy vegetation.

Bob Kotter (2018 CNBNews photo)

Recently his chemotherapy was increased to four times a week as cancer has spread to his bones.

For a decade or more Bob lived in the family home in the 400 block of Market Street taking care of his elderly parents. He cooked their meals, kept them and the house cleaned, and made sure they got to the doctors and received their medications. After his mother died the house was sold and he was left without a roof over his head.

\”A community activist,

I first met Bob in 2006-07 when he was trying to get the City of Gloucester City to clean up their parking lot at Fifth and Powell Street,\” said Bill Cleary Sr., editor of CNBNews. \”The lot was being used by junkies to shoot up. Empty needles and glassine bags were thrown around the lot in plain view. It was also an eyesore as a result of the trash and broken down cars on the lot.\”

From the 2007 article:

The city property was once the site of the Quaker Food store and the former Sand Bar. The City tore down the properties in the 1980s, paved it with asphalt, and put up an 8-foot high cyclone fence.

Kotter said during the interview,“that was the last time we saw the City. The fence has been decaying for the past several years. People used the vacant property to store their unlicensed vehicles and for changing the oil in their cars.”

RELATED:

Gloucester City Public Parking Lot is an Eyesore & \”Drug Den\”

In 2016 Bob fought against the terrible odor that was coming from the Blueknight Energy Partners asphalt plant on Water Street, home to eight million barrels of asphalt. Kotter told the Philadelphia Inquirer, \”Sometimes the fumes burn your eyes,\” he said. \”My elderly parents who lived four blocks from the plant have been putting up with it for years. But nobody does anything about it even though I have complained to numerous environmental agencies.\”

Related:

Gloucester City Residents are Fuming Over Fumes

Bob loved to walk through the city. He wore a wide brim light green hat with a US Marine emblem.  You could tell by his walk he was military. He would start from his parent\’s home on Market Street head west to the riverfront and cover the entire city ending back at Market and Powell Streets. When he saw that the old GAF power plant was being demolished he was concerned that the property wasn\’t properly sealed, and,  was worried the asbestos inside would spread to the nearby residential neighborhood.

\”As a result of his tip, we discovered some interesting history about the GAF power plant that we and the public would never have known if it wasn\’t for him,\” said Cleary.

RELATED:

Demolition Work on the 111-Year-Old GAF Power Plant

He loved Gloucester City and it upset him to see what was happening to certain neighborhoods in the community. He was quick to point out faults in the hopes by doing so improvements would be made. Take for example in 2018 when he wrote a letter to CNBNews about the condition of the entrance to the city on South Broadway, along with the pot holes on Jersey Avenue, two main highways coming in and out of the city.

\”I have attached some photos showing the deplorable road conditions on South Broadway when you enter Gloucester City from Brooklawn and the pot holes on Jersey Avenue from South Broadway to King Street,\” said Kotter.

\”These streets are so bad that if you hit some of the bumps doing the speed limit it will throw you right out of your vehicle\’s seat.  I can\’t imagine what it does to the front end of your car/truck. Year in and year out these conditions have been allowed to exist.  It is a disgrace. I give the person a thumbs up for the nice job he/she did in painting the new yellow lines on the street. However, painting dividing lines in the street before you repair the potholes is just plain stupid. \”

RELATED:

Deplorable Streets Need to be Repaired

\”Bob\’s heart was always in the right place\”, said Cleary.

\”He had no ulterior motive. He wasn\’t running for any political office. Nor did he have an ax to grind. If he saw something wrong he tried his best to fix it because of his love for Gloucester City. Please keep him in your prayers as he needs our help now both spiritually and financially.\”

Send your check to Runnemede VFW,

℅ Tim Salamatin, 13 East Sixth Street, Runnemede, NJ 08087. Make the check payable to Bob Kotter.

You can also send a Get Well card to Bob at the same address.

(published Feb. 11, 2020) https://www.gloucestercitynews.net

)

Free Kid’s Dental Clinic at Camden County College

BLACKWOOD, NJ–Camden County College’s dental hygiene and dental assisting students and staff – joined by area dentists –  provided free cleanings, other preventive care and oral health education to area children aged 12 and younger for Give-Kids-a-Smile Day.

“We are proud to provide these free services to children who might not otherwise have access to dental care. In addition to cleanings and screenings, the children will be taught about good dental health,” said Freeholder Jonathan Young. “Dental appointments can cost in excess of $100 per child per visit, and many families without insurance cannot afford this vital attention.”

Give-Kids-a-Smile Day is a national event that has been held on the first Friday in February for more than 15 years. It is intended for children with little or no dental insurance, and its aim is to provide a day of dental care to youngsters who would otherwise not have access to these services.

Each child was given an oral exam and offered services such as cleanings, x-rays, dental hygiene education, fluoride treatments, restorations and simple extractions. Gentle dental care was provided by volunteer dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, Camden County College staff and students of the dental programs. The “Tooth Fairy” offered attendees support, prizes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and a friendly smile.

Free Kid’s Dental Clinic at Camden County College

CNB Business: How to Choose Quality Cannabis

CBD OILS

or marijuana

(CNBNewsnet)(February 17, 2018)–On January 23, 2018, New Jersey

Governor Murphy issued Executive Order #6

, which calls on the Department of Health to “undertake a review of all aspects of New Jersey’s medical marijuana program, with a focus on ways to expand access to marijuana for medical purposes” and to reduce barriers that patients face when they are seeking access to medical

marijuana

. It will also include a review of regulations.

Additionally,

the recommendations issued by the Medicinal Marijuana Review Panel

concerning the addition of debilitating medical conditions that qualify for the medical marijuana program are also under review. The State of New Jersey\’s medical marijuana law was passed in 2010. Presently there are 15,000 residents enrolled in the program, over 5,000 of those individuals signed on in the past year.

Nearby Pennsylvania began its medical marijuana program on February 15, 2018.  According to the Pennsylvania Health Department when fully implemented, the Medical Marijuana Program will provide access to medical marijuana for patients with a serious medical condition through a safe and effective method of delivery that balances the patient need for access to the latest treatments with patient care and safety.

Many of those enrolled in these programs have no idea about the different marijuana strains. In the hope of clearing up this problem

cannaporium.ca/

released the following information.

So, perhaps you have learned the visual differences between marijuana strains and how to properly store your weed, but you still fail to tell the visual differences between poor and top-notch marijuana? At our website, we constantly receive many questions from our puffing community on choosing quality cannabis-based only on photos or the strain’s appearance alone. And while there is not and cannot be an exact study for selecting potent cannabis (most of the deal seems to come down to personal opinion), there is still quite a number of visual cues you can and MUST search for when scanning the proposed buds at the dispensary and figuring out if the stuff is good quality cannabis or just Nah.

How to choose the best marijuana: Low-Quality Buds

Low-quality weed is usually transported in the form of compact bricks, which in its turn results in a whole mass of shaken, heapy, and compressed herbs. Typically, such products can only be found on the black market or from unscrupulous suppliers. Concerning the color, such trashy stuff appears to be less colorful than the medium-quality marijuana, often having more brown than green color (thus it was given a nickname Bobby Brown). Its aroma is quite dry and earthy with a taste that can be both harsh and spicy as opposed to the sweeter and more like floral notes of the high-grade pot.

When the product is not compacted into the brick crap, those low-quality buds turn out to be light, leafy, and really thin. Logically, the concentration of cannabinoids in such stuff is likely to be extremely low due to poor environmental conditions, like, for instance, high temperatures and some other variables.

Finally, the effects from low-quality weed when consumed tend to be quite mellow, relaxing even lazy, and intensively sleep-inducing (because of the CBN). It is not so uncommon for a user to experience strong headaches and a range of other side effects from poorly cultivated and cared-for marijuana.

How to choose the best cannabis: Medium-Quality Buds

Now medium-quality kush is exactly where the bigger deal of domestically-grown cannabis strains lie. Mediocre cannabis might be identified by its spectrum of green hues and the obvious presence of bright pistils. Such product showcases purple tone, moderate flavor qualities and sugary aftertaste. Experiencing a smoking session with medium-quality cannabis may definitely vary, but oftentimes if the genetics are pretty strong, the effects turn out to be potent enough and enjoyable.

How to choose quality cannabis: High-Quality Buds

Well, we’ve finally got to some good quality weed! Every provider claims to possess only high-grade products in stock, yet how can you confirm it yourself? First of all, the most essential thing you certainly need to know is that top-shelf marijuana will stand out in its sea of green. Apart from the diverse range of colors that premier genetics tend to show, truly awesome quality and sophisticated flavors of really dank weed will be screaming “choose me!” Moreover, you need to understand that truly outstanding weed has no price cap – you can probably come across some luxury items like old French wine and, thus, prices may reach extreme levels. The high-quality herb should be quite sticky still without being moisturized or anyhow wet. When grounded, the buds must break apart without turning into a pile of dust and if burnt, those should leave white ash behind.

Source:

https://cannaporium.ca/

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