.....Demolition of the GAF and Vanquard Buildings Is Finished
photo and comment by Bill Cleary
Gloucester City NJ (December 22, 2006)--The clearing of the site for Meadowbrook II is nearing completion. If the weather continues to be favorable it is possible that construction could begin in the spring. Speaking of new construction. The Scarborough project on the grounds of the Holt Corporate Office building (the former Coast Guard property) is still a go according to sources. If you recall the incumbent council candidates announced several weeks before the November election that Scarborough was going to build townhouses on the grounds. The secret was where would Holt move his corporate offices? Holt had a 99 year lease for the site and it seemed like it was just a pipe dream.
But here we are several weeks after the election and it appears the venture is still ago. Where will Holt put his corporate offices?
Well if my sources are correct Scarborough is supposely going to build Holt a new office building on the parking lot across from O'Hara's Tavern, on King Street. Stay tune, more information to come.
Our Gloucester Cityl wasnt even safe now there going to build $300,000 houses where a industrial site use to operate.
And to worry about Holt another joke.... how much does he owe the city in back taxes and bankrupcies?
Then there is the site where the new school is supposed to be built. Guess I should look into getting a job with the EPA because there going to be here for a long while.
The EPA was nice enough to speed things along for the schools that want to build on toxic sites. Last year they raised the allowable particulates in the contaminated soil and ground water so they don't have to dig as deep or filter as much. Wasn't that nice, you really ought to read the EPA web- site of the news releases they put out. They get buried in the back of newpapers like the Asbury Park Press. It was in North Jersey they wanted to build a school on a contaminated site and just couldn't get it clean so the EPA changed the rules and low and behold the school was able to be built. Please watch these people they are, after all, only doing their job. If they like their job as much as the rest of us do, we should be very worried.
i moved here almost 4 yrs ago. the biggest mistake i ever made. and im not planing on being here for a 5th year.
In mid 2004 i became very sick it took my doctor awhile to find the cause. it was a very rare tumor in my pancresas they sent it to a specialist in italy because it was so rare. it almost killed me.
i went down to 73lb no its not a mistake. i have NO DOUBT WHAT SO EVER that it was caused by all the toxins in this death trap we call gloucester city. theres so much down deep in the soil the laws of nature and gravity make it impossable to clean up. thank you again US goverment for allowing radio additive chemicals to kill us when you where well aware of the dangers for over 20yrs but did nothing im sorry you did do something you kept taking the special money instant i feel sorry for the poor saps buying a house here for any amount but worst when paying up to 300,000 poor poor fools
AND THEN THERE WAS THIS LETTER ON THE SAME TOPIC POSTED HERE December 19, 2006
We have a right to know..is Gloucester City a cancer pit?
A RESIDENT WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE LEVELS OF THORIUM, RADON ARE IN THE CITY
GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (December 19, 2006)--In response to Bill’s Opinion, “Yes Bill, we the people of Gloucester City do need to be informed.”
We need to know how high the levels of thorium and radon are in the town.
Gloucester City seems to be surrounded by high levels of radio-active substances.
Here is information on the health effects of thorium: Breathing high levels of Thorium dust increases the chance of lung diseases, liver dis-eases and effects the blood. People who are exposed to cigarette smoke, radon gas and thorium can get cancer of the lung, pancreas, blood can-cer, liver tumors, leukemia, tumors of the bone, kidney, spleen and pancreas.
How many people in this City do you know that has died of cancer? In every house on my street people have died from cancer. I want to know how high the levels of these radioactive substances are.
I have the right to know and so do you. I bet if all the lights went out in Gloucester City, the ground would glow all over our town. Start put-ting pressure on our officials.
In the 1980s, it was known that there were high levels of radon in Gloucester City. Hey folks, it is 2006, almost 2007. Demand to know how high the levels are. I demand to know.
Elizabeth Vizoco, Gloucester City