Brooklawn NJ-The photos were taken today (April 16) by Doreen Wentzell, of Brooklawn. Check out the ducks swimming in the \”pond\” that has formed in the backyard of a house on Third Street because of the heavy rains.

Kudos to the Brooklawn Volunteer Fire Department for their help to the residents of the community during this terrible storm.

If you have any photos of the storm damage you like to share, forward them to [email protected].

\”Thank you Doreen, I appreciate your help.\” Bill

6abc.com UPDATE ON STORM New Jersey was placed under a state of emergency Monday as more than 1,400 residents were evacuated due to flooding from over a day of heavy rains and strong winds from a potent nor\’easter. One person died after being trapped in their car.

With several major rivers and streams overflowing their banks, acting Gov. Richard Codey declared the emergency, giving him extra powers to handle storm-related problems. Codey urged residents to stay home from work and off the roads, if possible.

However, the number of evacuations due to flooding was growing by the hour, Codey said, and up to 40,000 people were without power.

Transportation officials said travelers should expect clogged roads and closures around the state, flight delays and cancellations, and behind-schedule mass transit.

More than 50 roads were closed or partially closed throughout the state, transportation officials said. Among the blocked highways were the main routes into Camden, Routes 30 and 130. Access to other urban areas, such as Hoboken and Jersey City, was also hampered because of flooding.

 

A Great Candidate for School Board

I am writing this letter in support of Patrick Hagan for a continued term of school board. I have known Patrick since he was a seventh grader at Gloucester City Junior Senior High School. He has always been committed, responsible and active young man in our community. He has been involved and interested in the community sports games and has been a positive role model for the young men and women of our community. Patrick is a paid Firefighter/EMT, contributing his time and commitment to the safety and welfare of our community.

As a personal friend, Patrick possesses a wonderful personality; he is respectful, positive, responsible and a good leader.

Deborah Sheehan, Gloucester City

Patrick Hagan Seeks Support for Election

Hello, my name is Patrick, \”Pat\” Hagan and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the citizens of Gloucester City. I am currently seeking election to the Gloucester City School Board, a position I was appointed to this past November. As with the four generations of my family before me, I have been a lifelong resident of Gloucester City.

After graduating from Gloucester High in 2002, I became a professional firefighter for the city. As an active Union member, I became the youngest in the state to achieve lifetime state membership to the Firemen\’s Mutual Benevolent Association. The position of Vice President of the local FMBA recently held by me gave me much valued and needed experience in the bargaining process and the language of contracts.

As a volunteer member of the Gloucester Heights Fire Association since 1999, I now hold the position of Secretary of the Gloucester City Firemen\’s Relief Board. Also, after attending classes at Burlington County College, I recently became a licensed Fire Inspector.

Many in town believe that the future of Gloucester City depends on new businesses and redevelopment. Although I realize the benefits in this; Gloucester City\’s strengths historically has always been its sense of community and its citizens. I strongly believe that the \”future\” of Gloucester sits in our classrooms. I am asking for your support and help in making our \”futures\” educational experience a promising one.

I request that if any of you have a question, concern, or solution to any issue, please seek me out. I pledge that I will listen to you and act accordingly. If I can\’t give you an immediate response, I will pursue that matter until I can.

Thank you for your time, and please vote on April 17^th.

Patrick R. Hagan, Gloucester City

VOTE FOR BOB BENNETT SR.

I am asking the good people of Gloucester City to support me in the School Board Election on April 17.

I am Robert H. Bennett Sr., and have already served as a school board member for 18 years. I lost in the last two years when you chose not to re-elect me. I was also denied two times by the School Board when two members had resigned. I thought, with 18 years experience, I would have made a good choice. I learned that was not so.

I took great pride in being a school board member. I always put what was best for our students first, and still do.

The Board has its work cut out for itself, with the upcoming budget cuts. I fell the state has let us down.

I hate to see people lose their jobs and programs be cut. We were a school district that was improving every year and now we have to cut back. It will hurt us a lot. As a board member, I would fight to get us back the funding that we need from the state.

I am a person who is independent. I have no group, organization, or party backing me. I vote according to what I feel is right. I have served on the many of the committees of the school board, including Policy Negotiation, Finance, and Property.

I work as a crossing guard at Broadway and Monmouth Street, wave to those going to work or taking their kids to school. It is the best job that I have ever had. I enjoy talking to the students and listening to their problems.

I am very involved in churches in our city. I am a member of Trinity Methodist Church. I also go to Highland Park Methodist Church, where the pastor is Joyce Mooney. I go to the Baptist Church on Wednesday night. Their pastor is John Hill. Monsignor Curran even allows me to come to his beautiful church, Saint Mary\’s. I attend their 9 a.m. mass and their 5 p.m. mass on Saturday night.

I like to wish the other candidates good luck in this election. They are all good people.

There are five candidates running for three, three-year terms. Please vote for Bob Bennett on April 17.

Bob Bennett, Gloucester City

 

Storm photos submitted by Rick Gonzales taken in the area of Charles Street, Gloucester City.

Rick writes, \”This is the area behind 890 Grove St. It is immediately adjacent to the area designated for redevelopment. Please ask the LAME–DUCKS if each condo gets a personal small boat with the purchase? Some of the water in these photos is more than two feet deep. I couldn\’t get down Water St. to take pictures of the area as it was flooded all the way up to King Street.\”

Thanks Rick for the help, Bill
If you have any storm photos to share send them to [email protected].

New Jersey\’s Weather Forecast for Gloucester City on Tuesday calls for a possible 50 % chance of rain or snow showers in the morning. Then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40\’s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. If you can hold for a couple more days the weather forecast for the weekend calls for temperatures in the mid-sixties. 

Please help save the GAF Power Plant, which put out power for 116 years from 1868 to 1984 and supported the major industries in Gloucester City, including Pusey and Jones and the New York Shipbuilding Company.

Between them, they produced many great ships, including in 1911 the USS Arkansas, the oldest attack battleship in WWII.

Also, the USS Indianapolis, the last ship sunk in WWII, which also delivered the atomic bomb to the Enola Gay.

Also, the USS Savanna in 1958, the first nuclear powered cruiser ship, and the USS Kitty Hawk in 1963, which is still in the Navy today.

The power plant also helped to fuel the paper industry and the smokestack industry along the Delaware River waterfront.

To help save the GAF Power Plant, write to Norman Hill at 14 A North Sussex St., Gloucester City, NJ 08030.

Thanks for your support.

Norman Hill, Gloucester City