By Anne Forline

Gloucester City News

The Gloucester City Board of Education (BOE) unanimously approved a motion to accept the 2012-13 school budget as presented March 28.

Business Administrator Margaret McDonnell outlined the main points of the $47,467,988 budget, and said that approximately 275 pages of budget information will be submitted to the NJ Department of Education.

McDonnell noted the school district still faces challenges that reflect the \”current economic times in which we now live.\”

Those challenges include contractual salary increases, special education expenses and also rising health and insurance costs.

The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife monitors populations of juvenile fish found in the Delaware River\’s estuary to estimate their abundance and evaluate the success of the their populations.

These assessments provide a means to predict population trends and future harvest potential of monitored species.

A feature article about he 2011 Delaware River Seine Survey, and background on the primary species studied, has been posted on the division\’s website. Visithttp://www.njfishandwildlife.com/artdelstudy12.htm for information about the survey and the fish species it looks at.

 (cnbnews.net)On 4/16/2012, the Gloucester Township Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash involving an ambulance that was transporting a patient. Police officers located the crash at the intersection of Evesham Road and Central Avenue in the Glendora section of the Township.