By Bill Bates

NEWS Correspondent

 

At the start of the November monthly meeting, Mayor and Commissioners asked for a moment of silence for Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy who died in the line of duty early in the day on Thursday, November 1.

 

A mercantile license was approved for the new Bubba Dean\’s Boardwalk Grill which is located at 237 South Black Horse Pike (formerly Tale Gator\’s).

 

Commissioner Andy Gilmore read the following reports for the month of October: Fire Department; 39 calls, 2 drills, 528 man hours for the month. Mount Ephraim Police responded to and assisted with 40 emergency medical services calls and made 18 DWI arrests. There were 2 juvenile arrests along with 43 out of town warrants served for the month.

 

Director of Public Safety Andy Gilmore thanked the Mount Ephraim Emergency Management Zone 5 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for their assistance at the Halloween Parade held on Sunday, October 28 at the Center Avenue Norcross Park. CERT members provided power, lighting, barricades and personnel to control traffic during this succesful event.

 

Commissioner Bruce Greenwald thanked the newly formed Celebrations Committee for all of their hard efforts to improve community involvement in town. Commissioner Greenwald acknowledged a job well done to the committee for organizing and holding a successful Halloween Parade. There were over 75 children that participated and over 7 houses that entered for the best decorated house contest.

 

A concerned resident from Thompson Avenue address the board and inquired about the surfacing of his street as it is in very bad shape with numerous potholes. Mayor Wolk stated that they were aware of the problem and will be looking to make improvements with money from the 2008 budget.

 

Residents were reminded to vote on Tuesday, November 6 from 6 am to 8 pm at the Bell Road Firehouse.

 

Residents were also reminded that the 13th Annual Holiday Parade of Lights will be held this year on Saturday, December 8 commencing at 7 pm from the John D. West Sr. Housing Center, up Kings Highway and then down Davis Avenue where it will end at the Bell Road Firehouse. Pictures with Santa from 4 to 6 pm at the Bell Road Firehouse. Santa will light the town tree in front of the Mary Bray School at the end of the parade. An Open House will be held back the the firehouse after the parade where their will be entertainment, food, beverages and the presentation of awards. All are welcome to attend.

 

The Board of Commissioners on behalf of all of the employees of the borough of Mount Ephraim, wished everyone a Happy & Safe Thanksgiving.

 

The next monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 8 pm at the borough hall.

11/4/2007 4:30:55 PM

Link to complete results

Source Media Release

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey\’s men\’s swimming team hosted Franklin & Marshall College on Sunday afternoon. TCNJ\’s men\’s team tallied a 116-81 win to improve to 2-0, while F & M\’s men fall to 0-2.

Leading the way for the Lion men on Sunday was freshman Tom Medvecky (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway) as he won the 1000 freestyle in 9:57.95, beating a returning All-American and also winning the 200 butterfly (1:59.04).

TCNJ took first place in the 400 medley relay team that recorded a time of 3:37.04 behind the work of senior Kevin Oliver (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North), sophomore Myles O\’Connor (Santa Monica, CA), senior Josh Forsman (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) and senior Liam Gallagher (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan). The Lions also won the 400 freestyle relay to close the meet with their time of 3:17.00 behind the efforts of Forsman, freshman Shawn Kircher (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North), junior Mike Molloy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East), and O\’Connor.

Molloy added a first in the 200 freestyle in 1:46.27, just ahead of Forsman who took second in the race in 1:49.38. Kircher won the 100 freestyle in 48.63 and took second in the 50 freestyle in 22.26. Gallagher was the winner for the Lions in the 200 individual medley in 2:00.43, while junior Thomas Nawrot (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) took first in the 50 freestyle with his time of 22.24.

Junior Mike Heaney (Voorhees, NJ/Bishop Eustace) added a first in the 200 backstroke with his time of 1:59.62, while junior Ted Yoa (Ocean City, NJ/St. Augustine) won the 200 breaststroke for the Lions in 2:14.50.

TCNJ returns to action on November 10 hosting Division II Southern Connecticut State University at 2 p.m..