p>One thing this Pop Pop enjoyed was searching yard sales for toys. He¹d get them working, spruce them up and enjoy the grandkids¹ smiles. He married Bette Jane in 1956 and settled in Swedesboro, except for winters when he fled the cold to Florida. He and Bette Jane attended all grandkids¹ baseball and soccer events, rooting for the home team. Dom was a NASCAR fanatic especially for #24, Jeff Gordon. He served three years in the Marines and was a maintenance superintendent for DuPont in Deepwater. In addition to his wife of 51 years, Bette Jane (nee Bratton), Dominic is survived by his children, Michael (Susan), of Mullica Hill, Donna McDowell (Jeffrey) of State College, Pa., and Joseph (Julie) of Bellefonte, Pa.; a brother, Steven of West Deptford Township, two sisters: Rosemarie Edl, of Swedesboro and Diane McClintock of Pitman; and grandchildren Megan and Matthew McDowell, Stephen, Paige, Jordan, Joseph, and Jina Dellaquilla. He was predeceased by a son, Dominic Jr. Come celebrate 71 mechanically inquisitive years Thurs. 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at DALEY LIFE CELEBRATION STUDIO, 1518 Kings Hwy., Swedesboro. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m., St. Joseph¹s Church, Swedesboro. Interment in Lake Park Cemetery. Donations to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 1415 Rte. 70 East, Suite 502, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 in lieu of flowers will be appreciated. Published in the Gloucester County Times from 1/15/2008 – 1/16/2008.

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Gloucester City (May 5, 2005) – Gloucester City School District celebrated a project kickoff today for construction for an addition and major renovation of Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School as part of a district-wide expansion program. Students, parents, officials and community members were on hand for the ceremony.

The $25 million project includes a 27,000-square-foot addition to the one-story high school on Market Street. It will accommodate an auxiliary gym, a media center accessible to students and the community, locker rooms, science labs, classrooms and other instructional areas. In all, there will be 51 classrooms for 900 students. Work is being done in phases, including upgrades to the heating, ventilation and air-condition system, window replacement and restrooms. Also, replacement of the entire roof, doors, boiler, auditorium seating, electrical and fire alarm system upgrades, and asbestos abatement. The addition and renovation project is planned for completion in September 2006.

District Superintendent Mary T. Stansky said, \”The Gloucester City Board of Education and the community are very pleased that the construction project at

Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School is now proceeding. The renovations and additions will offer our students enhanced opportunities through the creation of a wonderful environment for learning. This project also expands the occasions for the community to engage in life long learning experiences. Gloucester City is grateful to the many people who have tirelessly worked to assure that this project could be realized.\”

The high school project is part of an extensive upgrade of Gloucester City school facilities. Other work includes a new Early Childhood Center that opened last spring at Cold Springs Elementary School, and a new elementary/middle school. All districts schools have been renovated, including the Mary Ethel Costello Elementary School and Highland Park School of Success.

The work is being fully funded and managed by New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation through the State\’s $8.6 billion school construction program.

Gloucester City High School Choir performs at the ground breaking ceremony

 

 

 

January 16, 2008

Hi Bill,

This Gloucester City Board of Education member would like to set the record straight. The Board of Education has no control over what meetings are shown on the Local cable Channel 19.

When the meeting starts so does the camera. So we are all under the impression that what we say and do is being seen by the people of Gloucester City when aired.

There was a debate among the members and administration as to whether or not we were going to record our meetings beginning with the January meeting. After a long discussion it was decided that we would air the meetings.

Yes the majority of the School Board wanted to dump it but then there were the one\’s that didn\’t want to lose it.

So for better or worst the meetings are back on the local cable channel for now.

We just need to fix the bugs, and maybe now that the meetings will be held at the high school it might get better,

\”A Concerned\”

Gloucester City School Board Member

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Union, NJ…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team tallied their first NJAC win of the season and for interim head coach Matt Hunter as the Lions beat Kean University on Wednesday night, 65-63 at Harwood Arena. With the win, TCNJ is now 5-8 overall and 1-2 in the NJAC, while Kean drops to 5-10 overall and 1-3 in the league.

Pacing the Lions on the night was senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) as he led all scorers with his 21 points and added seven rebounds. Aziz would hit 10-of-12 shots from the line, while shooting 5-8 from the floor to help the Lions to the conference win.

Kean led 31-29 at the break, but TCNJ made the most of their shots, hitting 56.5% from the floor (13-23), while holding Kean to just 36.7% from the floor (11-30). Kean committed 13 turnovers as the Lions held a 39-35 edge on the boards in the win.

TCNJ’s junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) and 11 points for the Lions, while senior guard Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) just missed a double-double adding nine points with nine rebounds. Senior co-captain Corey Gilmore (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) added nine points as well for the Lions.

Kean had four players finish in double-digits on the night led by Lamar Wright who had 16 points, while Jonathan Jones added 12 points. Reserves Sean Carter and William Floyd added 11 and 10 points, respectively for the Cougars.

TCNJ returns to action on Saturday, January 19 hosting Richard Stockton College in a 1 p.m. NJAC contest.

 

By WYATT EMMERICH

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Henry Flautt shakes his head in disbelief when I ask him how many duck hunting camps there are around Greenwood.

\”Hundreds,\” he says. He then explains to me how duck hunting has driven land values around the Delta to record levels. \”It\’s unbelievable.\”

It wasn\’t always so. We are sitting in a duck blind that Kenneth Thompson\’s family bought for 50 cents an acre in the \’30s so their son could have a place to hunt. The land had been cut over and nobody wanted to pay the taxes on it. So it sold for pennies at a tax sale.

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