Marika, a holistic body practitioner professional, has established herself at her waterfront location and looks forward to continued improvements in the area. \”I love being here and am excited to be part of the revitalization of the city,\” said Marika, who came to America some 20 years ago from New Zealand.

According to the engaging gentle young lady, sometimes people are not even aware of the stresses on their whole body.

November 18, 2009

The box was transmitted around 0835 hrs for Penn & Greenleaf Streets for the address 903 N. Penn Street for a house fire. Engines 6, 4 (reserve E5), 9, 11 (acting Ladder 2), 10 (RIT) and Battalion 4 (Grim) respond on the box. Engine 6 arrives and reports heavy fire in a 3-story M/O/R. Crews stretch a hand line and find fire on all floors of the house. BC 4 strikes the second alarm. Engines 14, 13, air 1 and Cars 40, 46, 47, 48 respond. 

The fire spread to the \’Delta\’ exposure on the third floor of 901 Penn Street, which is the End of Row (E/O/R). Chief 40 struck the third alarm, bringing in Engine 11 (reserve E8) and Truck 1. A may-day was called for a downed firefighter on the second floor of the original fire building around 0954 hrs activating the R.I.T. The firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the fire was declared under control at 1100 hrs by BC 4.

Diane Fisher and Bill Fisher, owners of the florist shop, grew up in Gloucester City, and attended Gloucester Catholic High School. They intend to keep the business open in Gloucester that they have been operating since 1988.

The building was originally built in 1892 by a Mr. Gorley, the first Postmaster of Gloucester City. A set of beautiful stained glass door panels in the main foyer that came from the Lutheran Church on Fourth Street were installed there by the previous owner, Mr. Funk.

If readers want a unique flower arrangement, Linda Lord will design and personalize the flowers.

She presently is preparing an electric guitar made from flowers for a funeral arrangement.

Eagle football team helmets and logos have been fashioned from flowers, as well as Notre Dame helmets, flowers arranged to look like a birthday cake, and other works of art that are some of the special designs created at Sunshine Flowers & Gifts.

He learned everything he could in the field of automobile repair, body work and painting. Those lessons prepared him for the successful business he now operates. Cook at times employs Gloucester City residents who adhere to his demands of providing the best service to the customers. Tom McMullin (photo, right) of Gloucester City is one of those employees who share Cook’s respectable work ethics.

\”People who have presented damage claims to their insurance company do not have to settle for the repair shops that the company recommends. A lot of people do not know that they are free to chose the repair shop on their own and then submit the estimates to the insurance company,\” he said.

• Lady Rams Of Gloucester Catholic High School Win Sixth State Soccer Championship

• Gloucester City Planning Board OKs Plans To Renovate And Expand Business

• Gloucester City Christmas Tree Lighting Will Be Saturday, December 5

• Brooklawn Mayor John Soubasis Upset With State Cap For Towns

• Gloucester City School Board Listens To Students From All Four Schools

• Mount Ephraim School Board Discusses Cost Cutting Options At Public Forum

The time has come to open a debate about Gloucester City’s Ward system. As I have written in previous articles over this past year, I believe our Wards are outdated and no longer serve the best interests of a City that has 12,000 residents living in a mere 2.2 square mile area. The Wards prohibit full participation in our electoral process and segregate voters from expressing their will.

Many of our residents and City leaders have expressed similar frustrations with Gloucester City’s governing/voter divisions. Former and current Mayors and Council members have cited the difficulty in finding residents who have an interest in serving in our City government, from all three Wards, as well as the alienation of voters from choosing their full leadership.

Though I am an outspoken advocate for nonpartisan and ward-free governance, I would like to encourage a debate for all residents to weigh in on. I encourage your comments, insights, questions, experiences and knowledge of our City’s Ward system. Hopefully, with your input, a clear consensus and resolution can be achieved.

To start the dialogue I would like to list one \”pro\” and one \”con\” of the Ward system:

PRO: The Ward system prevents one area of the City from having too much influence.

CON: The Ward system limits residents from voting for or against Council candidates who, if elected, will be appointed to committees that are responsible for the entire City.

Sophomore Cliff Kipper (Hayes, Va.) and freshman Joseph O’Connell (St. Augustine, Fla.) hit their first two attempts for CNU, and junior Nolan Sandberg (Round Lake Park, Ill.) and sophomore Pete Bednarsky (Hackettstown, N.J.) converted on the first two Duck chances to make it 2-2 heading into the third and fourth rounds.

CNU converted its third chance and Duck freshman Zach Adler (McKinney, Texas) was denied so the President’s went into the fourth round up, 3-2. Junior goalkeeper Zach Carr (Carmel, Ind.) made the stop on the next Christopher Newport shot, but Stevens was unable to tie things up at 3-all with its attempt in the fourth round.

Needing a goal to seal it for the Captains, sophomore Winston Mattheisen (Norfolk, Va.) was able to convert his chance to send CNU into the round of eight.

Each team had chances in regulation and the two overtimes but either just missed, hit crossbars, or the goalkeepers made saves. Carr was credited with four stops for the Ducks, and sophomore Justin Wolfe (Williamsburg, Va.) made nine for Christopher Newport.

Stevens ended the contest with a 16-15 edge in shots but the Captains had a 10-2 advantage in corners. Adler (4) and senior Terrence Johnson (New Orleans, La.) (3) led Stevens in shots on goal.

CNU (19-2-3) will play in Sunday’s Sectional final against Williams College who advanced over host York College (Pa.) in penalty kicks in the first game of the day. Stevens ends its season with a record of 17-3-2 as 2008’s national runner-up fell just shy of a return trip to the round of four in 2009.

TCNJ WRESTLERS WIN ONEONTA STATE INVITATIONAL

Oneonta, NY…Led by four individual champions, The College of New Jersey wrestling team won the 2009 Oneonta State Invitational on Saturday racking up 152 team points on Saturday.

TCNJ ran away with the title with SUNY Cortland finishing a distant second place with 105-.5 points in the 122-team field. .

The Lions excelled in the upper weight winning titles at 174, 184, and 197 pounds, with the fourth top finish coming at 141. Sophomore Jim Somma (Colts Neck, NJ/Colts Neck) earned that title at 141 giving him his second tournament crown in as many weeks. Last week he won his weight class at the Ursinus College Fall Brawl. Saturday he won all four of his matches as the top seed in his weight class.