PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle women\’s track squad made a big statement on the opening night of Penn Relays at Franklin Field last night, as the Explorers saw school and personal records fall.

The distance medley relay squad of Wendy Hutchinson (Dover, Pa./Dover), Lolita Thomas(Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast), Tori Pisco (Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck) and Caitlin Storbeck(Eagleville, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) broke the school record with a time of 11:40.05. They smashed the old record of 11:44.20, set in 2002. The squad also finished second in the race out of 14 teams.

Meghan McGlinchey (West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford) bested her personal 5K record, running a 16:20.76 to beat her personal best of 16:27.76. She also finished fourth in the race out of 25 competitors.

Meghan Lutz (Langhorne, Pa./Nazareth Academy) also ran a strong race on Thursday night, finishing third in the 10K with a 35:27.27. That marked a personal record for Lutz, as her previous best 10K time was a 35:40.87 set two years ago at the Penn Relays.

Samantha Gallagher (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) ran a season-best 3K steeplechase time of 11:00.66, besting her previous season best of 11:02.44 at the Larry Ellis Invitational two weeks ago. She finished 14th out of 23 runners.

\”The La Salle women had a great day at Penn Relays today,\” Head Coach Dan Ireland said. \”The school record in the DMR was fantastic! As were the races of McGlinchey in the 5k and Lutz in the 10k. Both were [personal records] and should qualify them for the NCAA Regionals.\”

 Gloucester Township (Camden), NJ – April 25th, 2012 – South Jersey Citizens

(SJC), a non-partisan \”good government\” local watchdog group, has filed a
two-count complaint against Gloucester Township\’s Clerk for violations of
the Faulkner Act and for violating resident\’s civil rights by unjustly
blocking a citizen-led initiative petition for a pay to play reform
ordinance. This suit seeks to reverse an earlier decision by the Township
Clerk not to certify a valid petition pursuant to New Jersey\’s initiative
and referendum laws.

By Chris Concannon

Gloucester City News

The Bellmawr Board of Education (BOE) approved the proposed $14.5 million 2012-13 school budget, which has a local tax levy of $7.9 million, during its recent meeting.

Recent legislation enacted by Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ), allows for municipalities who normally hold their School Board Elections in April, to move alongside the mainstream General Elections on November 6, and each November thereafter for the foreseeable future.

If the BOE can hold that budget under the 2 percent cap limit set forth by law, the proposal will not need to go to voters for public approval.

Yet, residents will still vote on School Board candidates.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – As U.S. policymakers continue to discuss the role of the corporation in American society, Rutgers University continues to bring together top scholars to participate in the world’s most comprehensive fellowship program to analyze all aspects of employee ownership and profit sharing.

Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR), a recognized world leader in this emerging area, has appointed 22 fellows to study broad-based employee stock ownership and profit sharing in corporations, the U.S. economy and society. See the complete list of fellows below.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rutgers Day, Rutgers University’s annual welcome to the people of New Jersey, is coming, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. 

DATE: April 26, 2012
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LAKEWOOD, N.J. – – The record setting 2012 season came to a close on Thursday for the Wilmington University softball team as it dropped back-to-back games on the first day of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament on Thursday afternoon on the campus of Georgian Court University.

Compared to the economy and gas prices, and such, I’m not sure how many voters really are motivated by pledges about lobbyists… but I suppose we’re about to find out.

by BRUCE DARROW

(cnbnews.net)Gloucester City was once described by a South Jersey newspaper as \”a Beer drinking, Church going City\” where Saturday was for partying and Sunday was for church and family. Another referred to Gloucester City as a community where \”families looked after each other friend or foe.\” 

Regardless of the many views or opinions which surround the City, one thing it can never be criticizes for is its lack of caring. Every child who has ever participated in any sport in Gloucester City or travelled to another town to play witnessed the caravan of supporters. Win or lose parents, friends and neighbors showed their support for the youth of Gloucester.

by Marian Wang
ProPublica, April 23, 2012, 2 p.m