Saturday, May 25, 2013
What's open in the township?
All West Deptford Township Offices will be closed Monday, May 27, 2013, in observance of Memorial Day. According to a note from Acting Public Works Manager Edward Coates, trash and recyclables usually collected on Monday will be collected on Wednesday, May 29. If your waste goes curbside on a different day of the week, don't change a thing. A Monday morning veterans memorial ceremony will close Grove Rd. from Fire House Lane to Crown Point Road for a few minutes at 9 a.m. Then the township Memorial Day parade kicks off 10 a.m., which will close Hessian Ave from Lincoln Avenue to Red Bank in West Deptford. The parade route continues through National Park and ends with a ceremony on the Red Bank battlefield. You can still get in a workout …
This year's ceremonies include a dedication of five monuments at the Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
The official Gloucester County Memorial Day Ceremony will be held 1 p.m. Sunday at the Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Monroe Twp. "Wreaths will be placed to honor fallen comrades during the hour-long ceremony that will conclude with a rifle salute and TAPS," according to a press release from the county freeholders. Five Veteran Organization Monuments will be dedicated along Memorial Walk on Sunday. West Deptford resident and New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney is among those scheduled to deliver remarks at the event. The rain-or-shine event is free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs. Parking is available onsite.
The New Jersey commissioners of the Departments of Health and Environmental Protection offer a status update on the condition of the summer vacation spots.
Memorial Day, the traditional start to summer, is once again upon us. Less than seven months removed from Superstorm Sandy, this holiday weekend is certain to be marked by mixed emotions across the shore region – awe in the power of nature, sadness over the tremendous losses we experienced, pride in our resolve to recover. The Jersey shore is indeed coming back strong. Yes, we have many challenges ahead, but our hardest hit communities are starting to rebuild. And in parts of the shore, most signs of Sandy are already gone. Boardwalks are humming with early-season visitors. Hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops, mini-golf courses, and so much more are back in business. In fact, we have both been down to the shore for work and pleasure and …
Also, a dog-walker wasn't just taking pooches out for a walk, police say.
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold around the region. Here’s what went on last week for “OMG PD.” Poaching with pooches: A Marlton dog-walker wasn’t just taking pups for a stroll, according to Evesham Township Police. Jewelry also had a way of walking off with Kyle E. Zimniuch, 22, who has been charged with stealing $600 worth from a client, police said. You’ve got scams: The top three signs the guys trying to fix your computer aren’t on the up-and-up: One—they claim to be from a major company, but they called you. Two—they tell you they’re from “Microsoft Windows.” Three—they install malware to your machine and try to scam you out of …
Plus: West Deptford police are commended for their efforts—and the results of their work are evident in a number of drug-related arrests.
Did you miss any of the top stories from West Deptford this week? Click any headline below to read more. Twenty-four people, including 11 family members of first responders, are listed as plaintiffs in a lawsuit that alleges wrongdoing by Conrail, Norfolk Southern and CSX. The trade printing shop plans to bring 125 new jobs to West Deptford within the next six months, says plant manager Jeff Bentz. Det. Sgt. Michael Cramer, Investigator John Craig, Investigator Jason Sherman and Investigator Jeffrey Pallies all received certificates of commendable performance. Police have not determined a motive in the incident. Warren Christopher Davis learned his fate Monday for holding up a Deptford bank in 2011 with a Uzi-style weapon, terrorizing …
As our armed forces come home from the Middle East, the local Veterans Affairs benefits office is being stretched.
Returning veterans are now facing a new enemy at home—long wait times for their disability claims. The waiting times started increasing in 2010 when U.S. troops were withdrawn from Iraq, causing a dramatic uptick in first-time filers, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. The data found that in most regional VA offices, not only did waiting times increase, but they vary dramatically with location: about a year and five months in Baltimore, MD, compared to four months in Fargo, ND. The national average now stands at about a year and one month, which is dramatically higher than in 2009 when it was four months. Veterans wait 321.2 days on average (or about 10 and a half months) as of May 13 for a response to their disability …
Friday, May 24, 2013
From Memorial Day parades to holiday fender benders, this live map shows delays and diversions on area roads right now.
If you're on a mobile device, click here. When you're done getting gas and packing the car, check out the live results from MapQuest (above) to see what's standing between you and the start of your three-day weekend. Mapquest scans for parade routes, ongoing construction, block parties and traffic jams. If your route is green, you're good. If it's red, you may be headed into a line of rubbernecking fools. Good luck!
Planning a vacation or just a day trip? Patch has all the information on the Shore's best beaches
More than six months after Superstorm Sandy caused unprecedented damage to the Jersey Shore region, the beaches will be opening Memorial Day Weekend. Certain access points and facilities might be closed as municipalities continue to work on restoration, but for the most part, the beaches will be operational. The only beach that remains off-limits to the public is Mantoloking. The borough was home to a breach that split Ocean County's northern barrier island in half and was one of the hardest hit communities in New Jersey during the storm. So as you prepare to stick your toes in the sand, are you wondering what will be accessible after Sandy? How much it will cost to buy badges to your favorite beach? Where to park? If your dog is allowed …
The late Sabol, a Moorestown resident, co-founded NFL Films and is credited for changing how fans watch and understand football.
New Jersey is one step closer to memorializing a Moorestown man who changed the way America watches football. The state Senate approved a resolution naming Oct. 2 "Steve Sabol Day." Sabol is the late president and co-founder of the Mt. Laurel-based NFL Films. He in September 2012 after an 18-month battle with brain cancer. Sabol’s NFL Films captured football action on and off the field as no other had. Sabol helped humanize football, and its players, to the nation. His footage used dramatic techniques—slow motion, extreme close-ups—that viewers previously hadn’t seen employed in sports coverage, but Sabol’s storytelling was at the heart of his clips. For more on Sabol's life and work, read Remembering Steve Sabol, President of NFL Films …
Looking for something other than a Camry from one of the world's largest automakers.
My car’s rear seats don’t fold down. They did on my previous car, which was a coupe version of my current car, but my car’s first owner didn’t pony up the money for the cold-weather package … so now I’m stuck with a small trunk and no headlamp washers. First world problems, I know. And because my seats don’t fold down, whenever I want to go skiing, or surfing, or just carry a long stick in my vehicle, I’ve got to run to my mother. She drives a 2001 Toyota RAV4. It’s cavernous, can plow through 2 feet of snow with its gas-guzzling, always-on 4-wheel drive system and 70-series tires, and is probably the slowest vehicle I’ve ever driven. I’m always welcome to drive it when I need to take a tortuous trip to Ikea and I love it. But, being a …
Occupant
6:59 am on Saturday, May 25, 2013
I will have to agree with you on this one Matt, After analyzing Mr. Cato's recent posts, I will have to say he comes off as an extremely angry person. Most if not all of his posts were negative and sarcastic as was this one. I never heard of Steve Sabol, but if the legislators want to do a civic duty and name a day after him... So what. How about making today "Brutus Cato Day". Happy now Brutus… more ›