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Program Allows Women Veterans to Receive Business Training & Low Interest Loans

TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Jon S. Corzine today lauded the announcement by Department of Community Affairs Commissioner (DCA) Acting Commissioner Charles A. Richman of DCA’s new collaborative initiative with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs’ (DMAVA) New Jersey Commission on the Status of Women Veterans that will provide assistance to New Jersey’s women veterans. The partnership will afford women veterans the opportunity to receive business training and apply for a loan of up to $5,000 to become an entrepreneur through DCA’s New Jersey Women’s Micro-Business Credit Program at an amended interest rate of a half of a percent versus the current three percent rate.

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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

(live-PR.com) – Bellmawr, NJ, August 18, 2009 — Already Hear LLC, and Emsyne, announced today the formation of a strategic partnership to market the product Reminiscence. The product, currently sold abroad, is being used to improve the quality of life of Alzheimer’s patients. While Emsyne is making no claim that Reminiscence cures or eliminates the disease, they are advocating that continued use

of the product will assist in the increased quality of life for those that utilize it.
Reminiscence is currently marketed in Europe and is endorsed by the National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People (NAPA).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public meeting Tuesday, August 18, at 7 p.m. in Gloucester City Hall, 313 Monmouth St., to discuss the upcoming clean-up of the ball fields.

  (New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be holding a public meeting to discuss the start of the next round of the cleanup already underway at the Welsbach/Gas Mantle Superfund site in Camden County, New Jersey. The next properties EPA plans on cleaning up are the recreational areas along Johnson Boulevard. The properties include the Gloucester City Land Preserve, as well as two ball fields in Gloucester City. The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 7pm at the Courthouse in Gloucester City Hall, located at 313 Monmouth Street.

EPA will be excavating and safely disposing of radiologically-contaminated soil at the Gloucester City Land Preserve, as well as the North Fields, located just north of the Gloucester City Water Works, and the South Fields, located just south of Nicholson Road. To better understand how the community uses these ball fields, EPA has been working closely with Gloucester City officials and the local sports teams. By working with and involving community members, EPA has adjusted its workplans to better accommodate the needs of the community. For example, EPA plans on working between the hours of 7:30am and 5:30pm, so that cleanup activities do not take place during practice and game times.

So Hot and Humid…cool off by watching the video of playing in the snow taken in March 2009…

Video:Playing in the Snow
March 2, 2009-With the day off from school the fun place to be was Martins Lake in Gloucester City NJ. Gloucester City and the South Jersey area received between 8 and 10 inches of the white stuff. Temperatures were in the 20\’s most of the day. Somebody answer that phone! Related Category Film

J. B. Kasper\’s article \”Shad and Herring Regs Won\’t Make a Difference,\” which was sent to all of you today, has elicited insightful emails. I believe that the response from Mr. Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, should be shared with all of you. I asked if he was agreeable and he has graciously given permission. 

Thanks to both Mr. Kasper and Mr. Furlong for their insights.

Bill Bates

Mount Ephraim NEWS Correspondent

At the Mount Ephraim Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting on August 6, the BOC announced that they had purchased an ambulance that is no longer needed by the borough of Oaklyn for $1.00. The ambulance that is several years old is low in miles and will be used by Mount Ephraim EMS to replace an older ambulance this is in need of some costly repairs. Several minor things have to be completed to meet state requirements and also to change the lettering from Oaklyn to Mount Ephraim, but that is all minor cosmetics.

Commissioner of Public Safety Andy Gilmore said \”It was a great, great opportunity to make this purchase at such a fantastic price.\” \”This effort saved the taxpayers approximately $150,000 and will be a great asset for the community\” Commissioner Gilmore further added. The life expectance on an ambulance is approximately eight to ten years.