McKIERNAN

Mary M.

 

On August 15, 2008. Age 83. Of Gloucester City. Loved and cared for by her sister, Claire T. Kain (late Francis I.) and predeceased by her brother Charles McKiernan. Loving aunt of Charles and Michael McKiernan and Joseph Kain, Mary Margaret Campbell, Claire Marie Devereaux, Brian Kain, Bernadette Gruff, Charles Kain, Stephen Kain, and Colleen Piechowski. Also survived by many great-nieces and great-nephews.

Mary was born and raised in Gloucester City. She was a faithful and devoted parishioner of Saint Mary’s R.C. Church in Gloucester City. Mary was a member of the Secular Order Discalced Carmelites of Philadelphia.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Tuesday morning from 8:30 to 10 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 am at Saint Mary’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery, Hainesport. There will be no evening. Family requests memorial donations in Mary’s name to Saint Mary’s R.C. Church Special Fund at the above address. Please write Mary McKiernan in memo.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Mary McKiernan.

 

 

 

 

Link: The Bulletin – Philadelphia\’s Family Newspaper

Yes, the amount of television coverage of the Little League World Series is bad for the athletes involved. Every August, the ESPN and ABC networks provide coverage of the annual baseball tournament. In recent years, however, it hasn\’t been enough to televise only the World Series games. Now we must see the championship games of the regional tournaments, which decide which teams will represent the different regions of the U.S. in Williamsport.

DeSTASIO

Sarah

 

On August 17, 2008. (nee Sabatini) Age 97. Of Clearwater, Florida. Formerly of Gloucester City and South Philadelphia, PA. Loving wife of 62 years to the late Thomas DeStasio. Beloved mother of Henry R. DeStasio and his wife Mickey of Clearwater, Florida. Cherished grandmother of Thomas (Laura) DeStasio and Robert (Theresa) DeStasio. Devoted great-grandmother of Robert, Eric, Thomas and Sarah. Dear Sister of Joseph Sabatini of California. Sarah was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She moved to Gloucester City and later to Clearwater, Florida after her husband passed in 1995.

Sarah was a devoted parishioner of Saint Mary’s R.C. Church in Gloucester City and a former member of the Gloucester City Seniors Citizens Association. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Monday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 am at Saint Mary’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Entombment New Saint Mary’s Mausoleum, Bellmawr. There will be no evening viewing.

Family requests memorial donations in Sarah’s memory to

Hospice of the Florida Sun Coast: 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, Florida 33760. Please write in memo: Sarah DeStasio. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Sarah DeStasio.

 

 

 

Link: Breaking News From New Jersey – NJ.com.

The governing body for high school sports in New Jersey – in an attempt to rework decades of non-sensible conference alignments while tackling the issue of competitive balance – released a proposal today that would create six super conferences involving more than 200 high schools in Central and Northern New Jersey.

The proposal, created by a 34-member Leagues and Conferences Realignment Committee formed by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, will create super conferences based on county lines with divisions based on enrollment.

Bill\’s Point of View:

Date: November 7, 2006 (ClearysNoteBook)-Chatham Square Apartments home to 100 residential units, located on Rte. 130 and Klemm Avenue has been fined $96,000, plus $17,000 per day until the violations are corrected, for numerous housing violations by the Gloucester City Municipal Court. The Municipal Court issued its decision on October 24, 2006.

The court action is the result of the ongoing efforts of the newly formed Property Maintenance Task Force, which involves representatives from the Fire, Police and Housing Departments who meet regularly to formally coordinate enforcement of housing regulations throughout the City. The City Housing Department cited Chatham Square Apartments in violation of various housing issues, primarily dealing with conditions of common areas, failure to obtain certificates of occupancy, interior life hazard issues and code enforcement violations, to name a few. The Housing Department and the Municipal Court is continuing to monitor the complex for full compliance with the violations.

The most important characteristic of our City is its strong family of neighborhoods,” said Mayor “Tut” Kilcourse. “It is the City’s top priority to maintain and improve all housing conditions within the City.”

SEE ARTICLE

December 05, 2007 (ClearysNoteBook) – At last Thursday council meeting a resolution (R276) was passed to allow the City of Gloucester City to enter in to Agreements for the Sale of the Properties known as Chatham Square and Gloucester Terrace. According to Councilman Marchese if an agreement is reached to purchase the property, the apartments would be demolished and single family homes would be built. Both he and Mayor James said that this idea is in the early planning stages.

Chatham Square is located on Rt. 130 and Klemm Avenue in the area where Beazer Construction Company has built 64 new homes.

SEE ARTICLE

Some figures to ponder. According to TReND, who compiles property records for realtors, Chatham Square was purchased in 1976 for $1,131,800. In 1998 the selling price for the property was $1,450,000, and in 2002 the purchase price was $2,800,000. The City paid $4.1 million giving the seller a $1.3 million profit.

According to the August 17th Courier Post, the mayor, said the city plans to have a new, on-site maintenance manager in place. The city also expects \”to consolidate everybody into two or three buildings so they\’re not in scattered sites,\” James said.

Whether the city could sell the land for commercial redevelopment, James said that\’s not a possibility right now, at least in the short term. Nor does the city plan to increase the rent, he said. SEE ARTICLE

Costs for this latest scenario Mayor and Council is following can only end up increasing our taxes. Originally the plans called for demolishing the apartments and putting up single family homes. I still believe that is the best idea.

However the majority of the populace elected these individuals to do what they think is best for the community. If I was in charge I would have spent the $4 million buying up the 1200 rental properties that are spread out throughout the City. Fix those up and sell each as single family homes. But that is me, and I am not in charge. So like everyone else I’ll just have to sit back and watch what becomes of this blunder. Hopefully they prove those who are against this course of action all wrong.

~Bill Cleary

RELATED: All Things Chatham Square …………Related: Bill\’s Point of Viewi

Copy of State Performance Audit of the Gloucester City School District, April 9, 2008

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Link: Press of Atlantic City

BRIDGETON – Kris Brown of Garton\’s Rigging and Chris Rollins of Forest Grove Athletic Association hooked up in a pitchers duel Sunday afternoon that defined the championship game of the 42nd annual Bridgeton Invitational Baseball Tournament.

Both took no-hitters into the fifth inning of the seven-inning game, and that combined with the tournament\’s famed speedup rules to make the contest progress seemingly in double-time.

Hello All,

Trying to save time by emailing you the 2008 sign registration form. For those business\’s and people who have had signs in the past it is only $50 to renew.

Any new companies or people that can help our program/kids out it is $100 for first year than $50 thereafter.

The signs look great!

This sign drive helps us maintain the field and pay for officials for all our games from the 65lbs, 75lbs,90lbs,105lbs, and 125lbs to Jr High (unlimiteds)

It mainly helps us defray the cost of registration for our kids in town. WE HAVE 130 kids Plus again this year!

If you can please help ..

Send a Business card or what you want on the sign to : Gloucester City Mustangs

C/O Mike Kenney

344 Klemm Ave

Gloucester City NJ 08030

 

Link:

Jumper from bridge dies in Gloucester City lot
Cherry Hill Courier Post – Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
GLOUCESTER CITY — A man died Sunday afternoon after jumping from a section of the Walt Whitman Bridge, authorities said. The man, who was not identified, …
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Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/18/2008.

A man jumped from the Walt Whitman Bridge around 4:45 p.m. yesterday and landed in the parking lot of Holt Cargo Systems Inc. on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia, according to a spokesman for the Delaware River Port Authority.

NOTE: The victim died in Gloucester City, not in Philadelphia as was stated in the Philly Inquirer.