Link: Shamrock Festival.

The Gloucester City 2008 Shamrock Festival

Welcome to the Gloucester City Shamrock Festival\’s Website. The Gloucester City Irish Society and the City of Gloucester will be hosting the Shamrock Festival on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 11am-7pm. The Shamrock Festival is held at Gloucester City’s historic \”Proprietor’s Park & Marina,\” which is favorably situated along the Delaware Waterfront at 225 South King Street in Gloucester City.

The annual day-long Irish celebration, which attracts thousands of visitors, commemorates the rich Irish community of Gloucester City. The event is co-sponsored by The Gloucester City Irish Society and the Gloucester City Urban Enterprise Zone.

A very good reminder……………….

If you think you \’re unhappy – look at them

If you think your salary is low, how about her?

If you think you don\’t have many friends…

When you feel like giving up, think of this man

If you complain about your transport system, how about them?

If you think you suffer in life, do you suffer as much as he does?

If your society is unfair to you, how about her?

Enjoy life how it is and as it comes

Things are worse for others and is a lot better for us

There are many things in your life that will catch your eye
but only a few will catch your heart….pursue those…

 

Source: Broken Shillelaghs website

Hailing from Brooklawn, NJ, the Broken Shillelaghs are a 5-piece Irish musical group featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass, accordion, tin-whistle, and precussion. We started out with 2 of us on acoustic guitars as musical accompaniment for Gloucester City Pub Crawls. As we continued on, the demand increased for an Irish band so we added our 2nd guitarist and precussionist. As the years passed, we added bass and accordion. We play often at Oh! Hara\’s and Doc & Joe\’s Tavern in Gloucester City, Casey\’s On 3rd in North Wildwood, and Harper\’s Pub in Clementon and we also do various parties, festivals, and charity benefits including several AOH functions.

Our debut CD is out now and can be ordered by mail ($15 – check or money order payable to
Justin Dickerman
341 McClelland Ave
Glassboro, NJ 08028-2015
Or you can send $15 via PayPal ro [email protected]
We also have T-shirts available for $13ppd. They are logo Ts available in med, large & xl.
Allow 7-10 days for delivery.

HERNANDEZ, SANDRA N.

On August 21, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer, (nee Cordona), age 47, of Marlton, formerly of Trenton and Pennsauken NJ.
Beloved wife of Albert Serrano and dear mother of Theresa, Albert Jr., Cynthia, Derrick, Steven and Andrew. Daughter of Miguel and Isabel Rivera and the late Jesus Cordona. Also survived by sister Zulma Bianco, grandchildren Aiyana and Albert III, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.
Relatives and friends of the family are kindly invited to attend her Visitation Sunday 6-9 PM & Monday 9-10:30 AM at the FUNERAL HOME OF INGLESBY & SONS, 2426 Cove Road. Pennsauken NJ 08109. Mass of Christian Burial Monday 11AM St. Cecilia\’s Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Flowers or donations to American Cancer Society, 1851 Old Cuthbert Blvd., Cherry Hill NJ 08034.

Link: – El Paso Times.

McGREGOR RANGE, N.M. — Stretching into the eastern and western horizons, about 3,000 New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers stood in units eight across and as many as 15 deep Friday during a departure ceremony that signaled an end to training and the beginning of a 10-month deployment to Iraq.

It is the largest deployment of New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers since World War II, said Maj. Gen. Mark A. Graham, commander of Division West.

\”Soldiers of the (50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)

Link: HeraldNet:

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Only one team gets a championship banner at the Little League World Series. The swag, well, all of the pint-sized competitors walk off with a slew of goodies.

From bats to caps to collectible pins — even a Little League video game for the Nintendo Wii — players who make it to South Williamsport are rewarded with plenty of cool items for their trip home.

Link: Phil Anastasia: Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/22/2008.

Lloyd, 26, has been a well-known figure in South Jersey soccer circles for 12 years, if not longer. But it\’s one thing to be a star in high school, or even at Rutgers, where she was a four-time all-Big East selection.

It\’s quite another to score the only goal in the Olympic gold-medal game, and in overtime, to boot.

Robert M. Gundle Jr., died on August 20, 2008 at the age 76. A resident of Gloucester City he was cared and loved by his devoted wife of 51 years, Joan Marie (nee Hagan). Devoted father of Joanie (Jim) Heiser, Mary Jane Van Fossen, Robert M. (Debbie) Gundle, III, Edward J. (Carol) Gundle, William C. Gundle, Nancy J. Gundle, Patricia A. (Brian) Buck, John A. (Tina) Gundle and the late Deborah A. Gundle. Loving son of the late Robert M. Gundle, Sr. and the late Mary Elizabeth (nee Remmington). Cherished grandfather of 16. Survived by Pete (Marie) Remmington, many nieces, nephews, cousins and his dog, Mittens.

Robert was a lifelong resident of Gloucester City and proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during Korean War. He was a proud recipient of a Purple Heart Medal and many other medals for exceptional service to our country. Robert was a member of the Townsend C. Young V.F.W Post # 3620 in Gloucester City and Brooklawn American Legion Post 72 for many years.

He worked as a truck driver for Teamsters Local # 676 in Collingswood. Robert was an avid fisherman who loved to fish at the Mini-Hole in Gloucester City. Robert loved to spend time with his family.

Relatives, friends and members of the V.F.W Post and American Legion Post are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Monday Evening from 7 to 9 pm and Tuesday morning from 10 to 11 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Methodist Religious Service 11 am in the funeral home officiated by Dr. Richard Leaver of Trinity United Methodist. Interment with Military Honors in Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly.

Family requests memorial donations in Robert’s memory to the Gloucester City Lakes Association: Children’s Fishing Derby: P.O. Box 358, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Please write in memo: Robert M. Gundle, Jr. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Robert M. Gundle, Jr.

 

Link: – NJ.com.

The pigs have gone hog wild in New Jersey.

As many as 100 feral swine are ripping up golf courses, rooting through flower farms and generally making a mess of things in the swamps, forests and fields of Gloucester County. Thought to be descendants of domestic hogs freed from pens at least a decade ago, the belligerent boars have mentally and physically regressed and are no longer the familiar pink porkers slopping it up on lazy little farms.

Link: NBS.gmnews.com

Renee McCaffrey said that if her brother-in-law, North Brunswick police Lt. Christopher Zerby, had a premonition that he would pass away one week before he actually did, he would have wanted to take his sons, Tyler and Trevor, to Point Pleasant, he would have wanted to attend a family party, he would have wanted to eat clams with friends, and he would have wanted to take Tyler on a bike ride.

North Brunswick Police Lt. Christopher Zerby was described as a \”dedicated son,\” a \”family man\” and a \”cop\’s boss\” during his funeral Mass on Saturday, held at Our Lady of Peace Church in North Brunswick.