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December 2013

Gloucester City Preparing for Layoffs, PBA Local 40 Successful in Winning Grievances, Libertarian Party Files OPRA Request with City

March 08, 2009 The article was originally posted on March 9,2009 CNBNEWS TIPS AND SNIPPETS BY WILLIAM E. CLEARY SR. GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (March 8, 2009)A source told me recently that Mayor and Council have requested all departments to put together a list of names of three people with the less seniority. The list is being formulated in case it is necessary to make cutbacks in the City's workforce because of the lack of money. According to my source department heads have passed the request down to the individual union leaders for the fire, police, highway, and water employees. Officer William Johnson Jr. , president of PBA Local 40 was asked to clear up some of the rumors surrounding the grievances filed by the union. "We have filed over 13 grievances in the past year and a half. These grievances were filed in response to changes in working conditions that... Read more →


VIDEO: Sam Waterston on ProPublica & the Importance of Investigative Journalism

December 2, 2013 Related articles 'Duck Dynasty': Phil Robertson to return to show - Los Angeles Times Adam Lanza's father promised to take his son 'hiking or shooting' - New York Daily News Rescue setback for ice-stranded ship - Sky News Australia Judge rules NSA collection of phone records is legal - CNN Political assassination fuels fear of more instability in Lebanon - Los Angeles Times Read more →


Gloucester City Mayor William James Inaugural Address /January 2007 | cnbnews.net

This article was posted here on January 7, 2007 (Reporter's Note) GLOUCESTER CITY NJ--Mayor William James (photo) delivered his message to the governing body and members of the public at Thursday, January 4, 2007 Reorganization meeting. "It is a great honor to be standing in front of you this evening as your newly elected Mayor. The first thing I think is important for me to do, is to on behalf of myself and the citizens of Gloucester City Thank Former Mayor Thomas Kilcourse for his many years of dedication and service to our community. I’d also like to thank and commend Patrick Keating and Raymond Coxe for their service and further thank the both of them and Ron Pollander for a clean campaign in the past November Election. Next, I’d like to recognize and thank New Jersey State Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts for taking time from his busy schedule to... Read more →


A review of We Are Marshall, Al Carelli, GCHS Alumni Died in that Plane Crash | cnbnews.net

This article was posted here on January 6, 2007 We Are Marshall (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Re: The movie We Are Marshall, Al Carelli, a 1961 graduate of Gloucester Catholic High School, Gloucester City, NJ, died in that airplane crash. Bill, I saw "We Are Marshall" last night. It was really good. The type of resilient spirit and "no quit" mentality that you'd find in Gloucester City, is the same type displayed by the folks of Marshall and the Huntington, WV area. The story was less about the crash and more about how Marshall and the city pulled themselves together after the loss of 75 lives, minutes from the time they were to touch down at the airport on a trip home from East Carolina. It's a hell of a thing to grow up with someone, and go to high school with him, only to later in life to be walking... Read more →