Thursday, April 11, 2013
Gloucester County will develop an exhibit on yellow fever and midwifery as well as new signage for the Red Bank battlefield with the funds.
Gloucester County provided the following news release: The Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced Wednesday that the Whitall House at Red Bank Park is the recipient of two state grants totaling $7,380. Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said that the county received a $2,976 grant from the New Jersey Council on the Humanities for a new exhibit and speaker series about Yellow Fever and Midwifery, and a $4,404 grant from the New Jersey Historic Commission to support the researching, writing, and designing of new battlefield signage. “The Whitall House is a treasure in our region for history and education and thecounty is committed to providing programs that help tell the story of the Whitall’s and life during the 18th …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The 12-year-old from Clayton, whose disappearance and death shocked South Jersey, had a passion for biking.
In life, Autumn Pasquale was known for racing around town on her beloved BMX bike. Now Gloucester County plans to honor the murdered 12-year-old’s passion by naming a bike trail for her. Pasquale was killed in October, allegedly by two teen neighbors, after she disappeared while riding her bike. “The tragic event that took place in Clayton affected so many people. Autumn Pasquale loved her bike and as a celebration of her life, I spoke with my colleagues on the freeholder board and we felt it fitting to name the county bike trail that runs through her town in her honor,” Freeholder Director Robert Damminger said in a statement. “Nothing any of us can do can bring her back, but we can all keep her memory alive by honoring what she loved …
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
This much "contiguous land is a rare find," says Gloucester County's freeholder director.
More than 100 acres of West Deptford farmland is on track for permanent preservation through Gloucester County’s Farmland Preservation Program, Freeholder Director Robert Damminger announced today. The 106-acre George H. Urban Farm had been targeted for inclusion in the program since its inception. And the Urban family fought off development offers for years, according to a 2001 Philadelphia Inquirer article. “This property has been in the Urban family since 1938 and has been an active farm every since. It is one of the last large active farm parcels remaining in West Deptford Township and it is adjacent to more than 42-acres of previously preserved open space,” Damminger said in a statement. “We are fortunate to be able to preserve 106 …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Counties in South Jersey are helping to promote economic growth on the home-front.
With dozens of large retail chains nearby, including two Walmarts–both within a five minute drive from each other–small businesses like those in downtown Woodbury need all the help they can get these days. “The backbone of business in Gloucester County is small business,” says Gloucester County Freeholder Heather Simmons–who was the first to sign the county's "Shop, Dine, Go Local" pledge Thursday morning, during a press conference at the Monogram Shoppe on Broad Street in Woodbury. But Gloucester County isn't the only one trying to give local, small businesses a boost during a slow economic recovery, and at a time when competition from online businesses is fiercer than ever. Camden County has its own program to promote shopping at …
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
After having his mailbox bombed Thursday morning, Republican freeholder Larry Wallace says political rhetoric and actions are "out of control."
When Republican Larry Wallace and running mate Vincent Nestore broke the Democratic stranglehold on the Gloucester County freeholder board in their 2010 election win, Wallace had to figure he'd be on one side of more than a few heated arguments. But waking up in the early hours of the morning Thursday to find his mailbox blown apart, with shards of metal scattered about the edge of his property in the aftermath of a bottle bomb wasn't something he envisioned. While he wouldn't lay the blame directly at the feet of his political opponents, a furious Wallace decried the divisiveness in politics driven by "fanatics on both sides," which he said could have precipitated the bomb. “The political discourse in the entire country is just completely…
No injuries or damage beyond the destroyed mailbox were reported in the Thursday morning incident.
Republican freeholder Larry Wallace had his mailbox bombed Thursday morning, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office confirmed. A soda bottle bomb was detonated in Wallace's mailbox some time before 8 a.m., when it was reported to Woolwich Township police, who are currently investigating the incident along with the prosecutor's office. Wallace: “The political discourse in the entire country is just completely out of control.” There were no injuries or other damage resulting from the mailbox explosion, which happened about 100 feet away from Wallace's home. No similar incidents have been reported in the area, Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld said. GCPO Det. Ron Koller, who is a member of Camden County’s …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The $198.7 million budget was passed with a 7-0 vote Wednesday.
A budget that slashes taxes and spending for the third straight year met with unanimous approval from the Gloucester County freeholders Wednesday night. The $198.7 million county budget cuts spending by about 1.6 percent from 2011, a drop of $3.2 million, and cuts the amount raised by taxes by just over $4.1 million. Freeholder Director Robert Damminger called it a “bare bones” budget with an emphasis on shared services wherever possible. “This is an economy where every dollar counts to every family,” Damminger said. “We pledged to cut spending and cut taxes, and it was not easy considering the county faced a reduction in almost every area of revenue and decrease in ratables due to the economy.” That decrease included a nearly $100 million…
Friday, March 23, 2012
Nearly 11,000 tiny fish are being released into retention basins to reduce the potential mosquito population this year.
In the war on mosquitoes, Gloucester County’s soldiers are barely larger than your thumb. Thousands of Gambusia Affinis—otherwise known as the mosquitofish—and fathead minnows are destined for retention ponds around the county, in an effort to knock down a mosquito population that could explode after a mild winter. And in the brackish, leaf-choked water of one off Grove Road in West Deptford Thursday, Freeholder Director Robert Damminger and freeholder Heather Simmons added a few buckets full of the voracious fish to the 10,000-square-foot basin as a kickoff of sorts to the season. “We want to take these measure to minimize the impact,” Simmons said, given the prediction for a worse-than-average year for the bloodsuckers. But even if the …
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The federal grant could go to fund a number of different upgrades in equipment and programs.
A just-announced Homeland Security grant will go to communications equipment and backup systems, Gloucester County officials said Thursday. The $175,399 federal grant is aimed at improving the county's communications infrastructure, county officials said, and will fund equipment and programs designed to be used both in major events, as well as for emergency preparedness and general public safety. “This grant funding allows us to continue to put equipment and protocols into place that are consistent with our regional strategy to respond to any large-scale disaster, whether caused by a terrorist attack, accident or natural disaster,” Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said. The money could go to a number of projects, including updates …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A $15 million settlement could swing a $4 million reduction in the county tax rate to $1 million or less.
Gloucester County's tax levy is going down under the budget introduced by the freeholders Wednesday night—it's just a question of by how much. It could be by $4 million. It might be by just $1 million or less. Or it might be somewhere in between. Eagle Point reared its rusty head once again, throwing confusion into that budget process; while a $15 million settlement between West Deptford and Sunoco could mean about a $3.3 million hit to the county, no one knows exactly the final damage. West Deptford officials haven't released details of the settlement, complicating the county's calculation of the new tax rate, and now a lawsuit against the township is further muddying the waters. “The actual tax rate isn't struck yet, and probably won't …
WestDeptford Green
9:37 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Um, maybe you should get your facts straight before you print stuff that isn't true. Kings Crossing WAS NOT part of the "Urban farm", EVER!!!. The only land they sold was in Mickleton. So before you bash a hard, working, great respectful guy, do your research!!! more ›