Coaches show they\’re good sports

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Audubon: Local Group Makes History

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High School Football: First-timers nervous at Touchdown Club

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Gloucester City High School Moving On Up!

Media Release

Gloucester City High School has reason to be proud, being listed as an \” on the move\” school.

Since 1994, New Jersey Monthly, a magazine that caters to the needs of the Garden State, has produced a biennial ranking of public and charter schools.

The resulting ranking is part of the most comprehensive education package the magazine has ever produced, including the value of Advanced Placement classes and the dilemma posed by alternative paths to a high school diploma.

The magazine also composed a list of high schools they label \”On the Move,\” giving the top 10 schools \”A\’s\” for improvement.

Gloucester City Junior Senior High School (GHS) made that prestigious list of 10, by earning a significant spike in its ranking as compared to 2006.

GHS improved its ranking by 57 places.

Taken into account was average class size, the average SAT score, number and scores of AP tests taken, graduation rate and number of faculty with advanced degrees.

Significant academic and programmatic progress has been made at GHS, and it is reflected in both its statewide and county ranking.

\”Congratulations to the students, faculty, administration and Board of Education for their fine efforts,\” Spokesperson Lynda Lathrop said.

GHS\’s ranking, in order, compared to other Camden County high schools, is as follows:

Haddonfield (number one) Cherry Hill East, Brimm Medical Arts, Easter Regional, Haddon Township, Cherry Hill West, Haddon Heights, Gloucester City (number eight), Audubon (number nine), and Creative and Performing Arts.

 

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Gloucester City: School District Strategic Planning

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City, tenants must compromise on rent

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O’Donnell’s Restaurant Serving the public 85 Years

By Albert Countryman Jr.

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ Life goes by so quickly – and technology changes so rapidly – it can be a struggle just to keep pace. In our instant gratification society, where hi-speed computers and split second decisions are valued, people tend to forget the simple pleasures of life.

Yet, for 85 years and counting, Gloucester City residents have enjoyed the simple pleasure of a great meal at O\’Donnell\’s Restaurant.

Boxing legend \”KO\” Joe O\’Donnell, onetime light-weight \”Champion of the World,\” first opened the doors of O\’Donnell\’s in 1923.

His legacy of quality food and a family atmosphere has continued.

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Gloucester Mustangs over Lawnside 7-6

caption by Bill:
Where did you put the football? I don\’t know it was here just a couple of minutes ago. Keep looking, its brown with white stripes………….smile….

75lb Teams

Saturday, September 20th

Photos by Bruce Darrow/Album by Jill

The Gloucester Mustang 75 lb game vs. Lawnside. Final Gloucester won 7-6.

 

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Give Them an Inch They Want a Yard

Bill’s Point of View:

Gloucester City:Have you ever notice with some people if you give them an inch they want a yard. Take for example the few hostile tenants at Chatham Square Apartments, Gloucester City.

Just last week there was a photo of one these individuals leaning out his apartment window with a sign vilifying a City Councilman on the front page of the Courier Post . He along with some other tenants complain the City, who purchased the 100 apartments four months ago, are taking too long to make needed repairs to their living quarters.

I never heard a peep out of the tenants at Chatham Square prior to the City purchasing the property. Yet it is common knowledge the previous owner was cited by the municipal court several times over the course of 10 years for housing code violations.

Although there has been no figures released by the City it is possible the repairs to the apartments will cost taxpayers (you and I) $100,000 or more. Then there is the cost for the maintenance man and the managing firm hired to oversee the property. Add those numbers to the $4.1 million that has already been spent to purchase the property; and you have to wonder if the City fathers made the right decision to buy this broken down compound.

In several cases some tenants have now decided to protest further by withholding rent until the conditions are fixed.

That is just wonderful.

Thanks Chatham tenants for being such great neighbors. It is obvious you could care less about the taxpayers/residents of Gloucester City who have footed your free ride and given you a roof over your head.

What thanks do we get from you, none! You continue to make a mockery of our community and city leaders with you unproven allegations and lies. That $4 million should have been used to lower our taxes instead of being spent on unappreciative people like yourselves.

But wait, says City Solicitor John Kearney.

After doing an audit the Solicitor alleges that many of these same individuals have been living in the apartments for free. Thirty-two of the tenants have been asked to produce some sort of payment record. And to show proof that they paid a security deposit. Kearney said so far none have come forward. A court hearing on the matter is scheduled in October.

To the malcontents of Chatham Square: If the living conditions are as bad as you say they are then here is a suggestion. MOVE! The solution to your problem is that simple.

You won’t hurt my feelings!

And I guarantee you I could find a good number of residents in my community of Gloucester City who would agree with me.

Bye! Bye! Adios! So Long! Hate to see go! Just Leave!

Author: Bill Cleary

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