This photo of a aquarium test kit was sent in today to CNB by a Gloucester City resident. She writes, \”I just washed my face and felt a burning sensation on my skin. There was a strong smell of ammonia. I grabbed the test kit and filled it with water from my faucet. The gauge, calculated in parts per million or milligrams per liter, reads between 2.0 and 4.0\”.

Recently the Gloucester City Water Department released a statement to residents about the water being responsible for killing pond and aquarium fish. A number of people have posted comments recently complaining about the quality of the City\’s water.

It reads as follows,

Construction continues at the Water Department. To date 300 pilings have been set with 100 more left to do.

The Gloucester City Utilities Department has also made required modifications to the treatment and operations of the plant. These changes have had minimal impact on water quality or quantity, although interruptions were anticipated.

Recently on or about the third week of June to the first week of July, possible water problems have been reported concerning loss of aquarium and pond fish. Resulting from our investigations, we believe that the combination of chlorine and associated by-products had an acute affect on fish. This situation in no way suggests that there is a health concern to the residents of the City.

The Gloucester City Utility Department continues its promise to deliver proper water quality and quantity in accordance with all state and federal regulations. We welcome any questions or comments you may have and are sorry for any inconvenience this project may cause. Please feel free to call us at 456-0169. This is a 24 hour active line.

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In this 3-hour hands-on session, participants will learn to identify monarch butterflies in the field, explore its life-cycle and habitat requirements, observe and collect one of New Jersey\’s native butterfly species, and learn to raise and care for caterpillars.
There is limited space available for this workshop and registration is required. The workshop is open to ages 10 years old and up. Bring a snack. Rain cancels the program.

POHLIG,Helenmay Eileen Patricia (Nee Ryan), on July 13, 2009 surrounded by family at her home, age 88 of Bellmawr, New Jersey, formerly of Colwyn, Pennsylvania; born February 18, 1921; devoted daughter of the late Leo Michael Ryan and Helen Isabelle Ryan (nee Mercer); pre-deceased by her loving husband Frederick Walter Pohlig; beloved sister of Beatrice Warren (Albert), the late Leonia Greenleaf, and the late Mildred Frazier; loving mother of Suzanne M. Belmont (Albert) and Frederick L. Pohlig; loving grandmother to Jeannette M. Taulman (Joseph), Claudia I. Pohlig, Frederick L. Pohlig, Jr. and Albert M. Belmont, III (Marie); also survived by 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Worked in the trust department for Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia for more than 25 years. She lived much of her life in Darby and Colwyn, Pennsylvania until she moved to Bellmawer, NJ. A loving mother and grandmother, she helped raise three generations of Pohligs. She will be remembered for her abiding love, caring and thoughtfulness for her family, her devotion to her husband Frederick, her junkets to neighborhood flea markets and her hospitality at her wonderfully and carefully furnished homes. Family and friends are invited to her Viewing July 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. St. Agnes Church, 701 Little Gloucester Rd., Blackwood, NJ 08012 followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St. Agnes Church 11:00 a.m. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ. In lieu of flowers, contributions to John Tracy Clinic, 806 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Funeral under the direction of EUGENE J. ZALE FUNERAL HOME, INC. of STRATFORD, NJ PH: 856-783-5100.

The Police Department’s Budget:

In the past, our City has hired a new Police Department recruit, trained him at the Police Academy and had him ready to work the job before a retiring officer left the department. This was done to avoid a shortage of man power. Officer Craig Reinhardt retired from the GCPD in April of 2008. If our City government had followed the described pattern, a recruit should have been hired towards the end of 2007 or early 2008. That being said…

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a minute to vote for us! We are listed under the Ladies 8-ball Finalists and our team name is \’8 is Enough\’.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote and pass it on to AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW! It only takes a second!!!

Jennifer Smith, GLOUCESTER CITY