March 2014 UPDATE: The Gloucester City Planning Board at the February 3, 2014 meeting designated an area in the north end of town under the Walt Whitman Bridge as a redevelopment site.  See resolution

(March 2014)On the Philadelphia side of the bridge billboards can be found on either side. The same scenery could be coming soon to Gloucester City NJ

On February 29, 2012. Age 95. (nee Anzideo) Formerly of Oaklyn. Loving wife of 45 years to the late Roy Thaxton. Survived by her son, Richard Lawrence (Dolores), grandson Christopher Lawrence (Dawn) and great granddaughter Tiffany. Funeral services will be private in Locustwood Memorial Park Mausoleum, Cherry Hill. Condolences and Memories may be shared at www.mccannhealey.com under the obituary of Angela A. Thaxton. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Ph: 856-456-1142

 REVISES SPECIES LISTINGS BASED ON LATEST SCIENCE

(12/P15) TRENTON – The Department of Environmental Protection this week adopted revisions to its list of threatened and endangered species, upgrading the status of several species such as the bald eagle and the Cooper’s hawk to reflect improvements in their populations and adding new species to the list such as the red knot and American kestrel to reflect concerns about declines.

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cnbnews.net) EDITORS NOTE: Seventh and eight grade students at Alice Costello Elementary School, Brooklawn NJ, have been writing articles for their school newspaper. When CNBNews discovered that they were doing this, we offered to feature one article from each edition on our website. The Alice Costello staff members were asked to vote for the article they thought was best for this honor. Douglas F.\’s article was chosen for the month of February! As such he will also receive a $10 gift certificate to Gaetano\’s Restaurant, Brooklawn compliments of CNBNews. To read the article click the link below… 

Since 1791, when the Bill of Rights was formally adopted, America has enjoyed the legal protection of religious freedom, enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Today, 221 years later, centuries of progress in the protection of religious and other liberties is at risk of being rolled back in one fell swoop. The culprit: Obamacare.

As we all know, President Obama’s health care law will mandate that religious hospitals, charities, and schools abandon the tenets of their faiths and provide their employees insurance coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, contraception and sterilization. This anti-conscience mandate is but the latest assault on liberty Obamacare has ushered in. Its shock waves are reverberating across the country, waking Americans to the fact that our first freedom — religious liberty — will be the first to fall now that the federal government has unfettered control over the country’s health care system.

Some in Congress are taking action to combat Obamacare’s onslaught. Today, the Senate will consider an amendment introduced by Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) and co-sponsored by Marco Rubio (R-Florida) that would override Obamacare’s anti-conscience mandate, allowing

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