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Camden County Weekly News released Feb. 9 |cnbnews.net

Delivering Savings to Towns
The Camden County Division of Shared Services has taken a regional approach to trash disposal that will result in a significant savings to towns and taxpayers.  Camden County organized and facilitated a cooperative bid package for trash disposal for its related agencies and 17 separate municipalities. This bid will leverage economies of scale for many small towns throughout the county and capture a much better price as a group than if they were to individually go out to the marketplace. The participating municipalities are:  Audubon, Audubon Park, Barrington, Bellmawr, Brooklawn, Chesilhurst, Clementon, Gloucester City, Haddonfield, Lawnside, Lindenwold, Mt. Ephraim, Oaklyn, Pennsauken, Pine Hill, Runnemede and Woodlynne.   For more information, visit www.camdencounty.com.

Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority to Implement Groundbreaking Geothermal Project

The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority (CCMUA) was awarded a $1 million grant from PSEG in January 2012 to implement a geothermal project at its wastewater treatment plant in Camden.  The project is expected to save the CCMUA about $80,000 per year in energy expenses by utilizing the natural green energy available from latent geothermal heat in order to reduce the need for conventional heating. 

$7.5 Million Federal Grant for Education Jobs in Camden County

 

Camden, NJ— On Monday, Congressman Andrews joined Camden Mayor Dana Redd to announce a $7.5 million federal grant that will create 115 teaching jobs in Camden County. These teachers will conduct early learning programs and provide child care for 865 children between ages of 3 to 5 from low-income families.  This funding comes from the Department of Health and Human Services and was awarded to the Center for Family Services’ (CFS) Head Start program.

2012 Camden County Freedom Medal Recipients

Fourteen Camden County residents have been chosen to receive the 2012 edition of the Camden County Freedom Medal for their unselfish contributions to improving their community.  The award, created in 2001, is presented to civic leaders who demonstrate the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  
 
Atnre Alleyne                        
From: Camden                                    Nominator: Joshua Lopez
 
Mr. Alleyene is steadfast in his dedication to improve and enhance the educational opportunities for minority students.  Mr. Alleyene and his wife founded Teen SHARP, which is a college prep program for students ages 10 through 17.  The program encourages and empowers students to reach their goals through academic guidance and assistance with college and summer prep programs.  Since 2009, Mr. Alleyene has raised almost $15,000 and invested $5,000 of his own money to take students on tours of colleges from New York to Washington, DC. Mr. Alleyene continues to seek innovative ways to promote greater community involvement in the education of our young students.

An American classic comes alive as Mainstage presents To Kill A Mockingbird

source press release

 Blackwood – Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird soared to the top of the bestseller’s list upon its 1960 release with its groundbreaking portrayal of racial injustice. Its messages of tolerance, justice, dignity, and courage continue to remain important today. Mainstage Center for the Arts will bring a beautiful stage adaption of this timeless tale to life as it presents To Kill A Mockingbird, February 3 -11.

Delivery Personnel Targeted by Robbers

 

January 10, 2012

Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk, Lawnside Public Safety Director John Cunningham and Magnolia Police Chief Robert Doyle are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a group robbing delivery staff in Lawnside and Magnolia.

Ferry Ave. Library Branch to Celebrate Black History with Three Programs

  

Film series, panel discussion and living history enactment featured in February 

 

“Their Eyes Were Watching God” will be one of the titles featured in a special film series at the Riletta L. Cream Ferry Ave. Branch Library in observance of Black History Month.

 

VOORHEES, NJ – Jan. 10, 2012 – The Camden County Library System will observe Black History Month with three programs scheduled at its Riletta L. Cream Ferry Ave. branch in February.

Camden County Weekly News-released 1-11-11

PCFA Collecting E-waste at No Charge to County Residents
The Camden County PCFA will collect electronics for recycling during the months of December, January and February at no charge to county residents.  “To make recycling electronics more convenient for county residents, the PCFA is making this program available to county residents for the next three months,” said Freeholder Jeffrey L. Nash, liaison to the PCFA. 

New Public Safety Radio Communications System for Camden County

Source Camden County Freeholder Board

This year,  the Freeholder Board has made it a priority to install a state-of-the-art Public Safety Radio Communications system in Camden County.  The Board approved the purchase of $14,648,802 in radio equipment that will allow the Camden County Department of Public Safety to meet a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate to utilize a 700MHz platform by January 1, 2013.

Cooper Offers Newest Heart Valve Technology

 

The Cooper Heart Institute at Cooper University Hospital has been selected as one of the initial sites in the United States to implement a groundbreaking cardiovascular technology, the new Sapien Percutaneous Heart Valve.

This technology is expected to transform the treatment of aortic stenosis and aortic valve disease, which affects nearly 300,000 people annually in the United States. The transcatheter valve provides a non-surgical, catheter-based repair option for patients who are unable to undergo surgery for their aortic disease. The Sapien valve will be one of the advanced therapeutic options available at the new comprehensive, multi-disciplinary Cooper Heart Valve Center.

Cooper is the only site in southern New Jersey that

Gloucester Township Police Arrest Hostile Intoxicated Man

 

On Thursday night, January 5th, 2012 shortly after 10PM, Police Officer Nicholas Aumendo responded to the 500 block of Seneca Court for a disturbance call.

Cherry Hill Fire Dept.: McGeady, Haldemann and Houck Take Oath of Office

On Wednesday evening, January 4, 2012 the Cherry Hill Fire Department held the promotional ceremony for Battalion Chief Timothy McGeady, Battalion Chief Montrell Haldemann and Captain Jason Houck.

 In attendance were family and friends of all three, along with fellow firefighters and fire officers of the Cherry Hill Fire Department.

The evening began with some opening remarks, Chief Robert Giorgio welcomed the family and friends who were in attendance that evening.  Chief Giorgio then spoke on the process these men have worked through to achieve this opportunity and what lies ahead for the newly promoted Battalion Chiefs and Captain.

 

Cooper Air Two Celebrates One Year Anniversary

source http://blogs.cooperhealth.org/

Congratulations to the Cooper Air Two team who recently celebrated their one year anniversary of providing emergency air service for South Jersey residents.

Camden County to Replace Baird Blvd. Bridge

Reconstruction of the Baird Boulevard Bridge is slated to begin sometime in March or April. Structural engineers determined in October that the Baird Boulevard Bridge over the Cooper River in Camden is in need of replacement due to damage caused by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. 

South Camden Theatre Company Opens a Weekend Festival:

 

Tennessee Williams Into The Future

Production Will Feature Williams’s “The Case of the Crushed Petunias”

and “The Glass Menagerie” from January 20 – 22.

 

CAMDEN, NJ  — January 4, 2012 — The South Camden Theatre Company, a nonprofit professional theatre organization located in Camden, New Jersey opens a weekend-long festival starting Friday January 20 at 8p.m.

 

DEPUTY CHIEF DAVID HARKINS GRADUATES FROM FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY

 

On December 16, 2011, Gloucester Township Police Department Deputy Chief David J. Harkins graduated from the 247th Session of The FBI National Academy Program. Deputy Chief Harkins joined Chief Harry Earle as fellow alumnus of this premier law enforcement executive training program. Less than 1 percent of applicants who apply to the FBI National Academy are accepted into the program.

Freeholders: Camden City Residents Need Solutions, Not Rhetoric

December 30, 2011

Freeholders Say Regional Force Will Put More Boots on The Ground to Ensure Public Safety

In a press conference yesterday, members of Camden City’s police union and some city activists once again chose rhetoric over concrete proposals to deal with the public safety issue in Camden City. They said they’re preparing a petition to get a referendum to prevent the formation of a regional police force within the city.

Car vs Building Rescue Assignment ~ Cherry Hill News & Information

Just prior to 1900 hours on Wednesday, December 28, "A" Group's Squrt 1351 and BLS 1392 were dispatched to the intersection of Church Road and North Kings Highway for a motor vehicle accident with injuries.  While en route, additional calls reported that the driver of one of the vehicles was entrapped inside their car. 

Camden County Weekly News released Dec. 28

Happy New Year from the Freeholder Board
Most Camden County offices will be closed on Monday, January 2, 2012.  Please plan any business you may have with the county accordingly.

Fairview homicide investigation continues | courierpostonline.com

CAMDEN — The investigation is continuing into a shooting Monday that killed a 23-year-old city man in one of Camden’s historically peaceful neighborhoods. Darnell Lopez was shot once in the upper torso around 5:30 p.m. outside a convenience store on the south side of Yorkship Square in Camden’s Fairview neighborhood. No information about a possible motive or suspects has been released. In the only other killing in the Fairview section of the city this year, Vernon Hicks, 30, of Camden, was shot while standing outside on the 1500 block of North Collings Avenue on Oct. 6 shortly before midnight.

There have been 52 homicides in the city this year, including three shootings involving the police. Anyone with information please call Inv. Lance Saunders 856 225-8400 or Det. Bob Chew 856 747-7400

 

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by George Mast
Courier Post

WriteStuff: The Grinch Makes Appearance at Camden Christmas Outreach

The Grinch came to Camden this year. But instead of taking Christmas presents away from little children, he brought them.  

This pony-tailed Grinch was actually Tommy Williams, the head of Street Ministries, who hosts an annual bike, clothes, toy and food distribution for Camden families every Christmas Eve.

Tommy sported a pair of boxer shorts emblazoned with the phrase “Merry Grinchmas” that he wore over his tan khakis. Tommy laughed about the boxer shorts and said, “I used to be a Grinch until I let Jesus in my heart. Now, I’m a Grinch no more!”

read via anneforline.blogspot.com

by Anne Forline

Cappelli :Area Newspaper Supports County Wide Police Force

Dear Neighbor,
 
Today the Courier-Post published an editorial supporting the State, County and City’s plan to dramatically increase police presence in Camden City.

Camden County Weekly News

Potter and Ellis Street Construction Completed
The Camden County Department of Public Works has completed roadway and streetscape improvements at the intersection of Potter (CR 644) and Ellis (CR 561) Streets in Haddonfield.  “We are proud that this project was completed early and under budget,” said Freeholder Ian Leonard, liaison to the Camden County Department of Public Works.  “This project benefits residents in both Haddonfield Borough and Cherry Hill Township due to its location at the border of the two municipalities.”  The $2.3 million project included the

Freeholders Urge Immediate Action on County Wide Police Force Proposal

press release

Consensus Reached on New Law Enforcement Agency to Confront  Camden’s Public Safety Emergency Police Presence on City’s Streets Could Double. 

Assembly and Senate might be voting on this issue in near future.
 
CAMDEN, NJ (Dec. 20, 2012) A plan designed to double the number of police officers on the streets of Camden is urgently needed to meet Camden’s public safety crisis and should be implemented as soon as possible, a coalition of political, community and corporate leaders said today.

John Paff: School board member cleared of ethics charges

In a September 28, 2011 decision, theNew Jersey School Ethics Commissionheld that a Winslow Township (Camden County) Board of Education member did not violate the Code of Ethics for School Board Members by audiotaping a board executive session "without asking permission to do so" and by not informing his fellow Board members "of his intentions prior to taking action."  

28 Charged in First-Degree Racketeering Indictment; Target Camden Drug Network

Division of Criminal Justice secures indictment in Operation Jumpstart conducted by NJ State Police, Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, U.S. DEA & HIDTA Task Force
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TRENTON – Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that the Division of Criminal Justice has obtained a state grand jury indictment charging 28 people with first-degree racketeering in connection with a drug distribution network that distributed cocaine and heroin in the Camden area.

Stratford Mayor Gentless files defamation suit against former Council members

by John Paff, Chair
New Jersey Libertarian Party's
Open Government Advocacy Project

On March 25, 2010, John Gentless, Mayor of Stratford Borough
(Camden County) filed an eight-count civil complaint against
the Stratford Republican Club, Club president Joan Trexler,
former Stratford Council members William Grover and Steven
Venuto and Stuart A. Platt, Esq. of the firm of Marrazzo &
Platt, P.C. who served as Stratford's "Conflict Solicitor."

SJ Port Beckett Street Terminal to be Renamed

 

The South Jersey Port Corporation will rename its Beckett Street Marine Terminal in Camden, New Jersey, the “Joseph A. Balzano Marine Terminal,” in honor of its legendary executive director who died in October with more than 60 years of service with the port. The terminal is located at 2nd and Beckett Streets.

The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, December 14 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. EST.

Invited dignateries  include Congressman Robert E. Andrews, State Senator Donald Norcross, Camden Mayor Dana Redd, South Jersey Port Corporation Chairman Richard Alaimo and Acting Executive Director Kevin Castagnola and Monsignor Michael Doyle.

State Police Head to Camden City NJ

Governor Chris Christie Deploys State Police Resources to Aid Law Enforcement Efforts in Camden

Administration to Send Additional Law Enforcement Assets and Personnel to Camden to Target Crime Hot Spots

Bancroft Butterfly Ball draws record attendance and donations -cnbnews.net

Caption: At the recent Bancroft Butterfly Ball are Phillies announcer Tom McCarthy (from left), honoree Lawrence Goren, M.D., CEO of OnSite Innovations; Bancroft President and CEO Toni Pergolin; and honoree William Graham IV, CEO of The Graham Company.

•  Phillies announcer Tom McCarthy chaired the dinner, which raised $340,000 to help people with autism, brain injuries and other challenges

 

•  A novel addition: guests made extra donations by text message, adding 9% to the fundraising total

 

Haddonfield, NJ – A local charity gala scored big recently, drawing record attendance and donations.