Pledge so Shop Local over the next 14 weeks leading up to the ‘Big One’

(Woodbury, NJ) – Gloucester County Freeholder Director Robert Damminger and Freeholder Heather Simmons today announced a new initiative to promote local businesses over the next fourteen weeks leading up to the busiest shopping weekend of the year – Thanksgiving weekend.

Cherry Hill Municipal Bldg, Room 208, Mercer St, Cherry Hill, NJ

Please join us in honoring Montford Point Marine, Arthur Carmichael, when he receives the Congressional Gold Medal for his historic role as one of the original Montford Point Marines.

This is the highest civilian honor for one of the trailblazing African American recruits that trained in a segregated facility at Camp Lejuene, NC between 1942-1949.

Powering through prejudice and with courage and determination, Arthur Carmichael and the other Montford Point Marines served our country with pride and unbridled patriotism. 

On June 27, 2012, the Montford Point Marines were guests of honor at a parade hosted by the Commandant of the Marine Corps at the Washington Marine Barracks and presented with Congressional Gold Medals. Of the 19,000 Montford Point Marines, only 430 are still alive and around 370 of these men attended the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The ones that could not make it to the Ceremony are having their Medals brought to them.

Help us honor this LEGEND OF THE CORPS.

** If anyone would like to go over to the Ceremony with the Legion, meet at American Legion Post 372, 1532 Martin Ave.,. Cherry Hill, NJ at 12:15pm. We will leave for the Municipal Bldg at 12:40 – any questions, email [email protected] or call 856-495-7270 **

(Aug. 18) The Music that Made Tony Mart\’s Famous from the 50\’s to the 80\’s performed by local professional musicians, 8 p.m. at the Music Pier, tickets $20 call (609) 653-6069.

Hello.

We have a neighbor who has 5 cats. She lets 4 of them run during the day, which gets into everybodys flower garden and use\’s them like litter box\’s. They catch and kill baby bunnys and birds. She takes them in at night, then lets out another one durning the night because one of the 4 fights with it. None were register. with the city. I went to the clerks office and complained, all they did was send her a letter and in return, she got 2 register, She still lets them run. We are only aloud 3 pets per home. I went back and complained again, they said they would turn it over to housing. Nothing still was done.

for immediate release August 15

Unless the House of Representatives takes action before January 1, 2013, taxes will go up on 114 million middle-class families. Nearly everyone in Washington agrees that’s a bad idea. That’s why President Obama is calling for — and the Senate has already passed– legislation that will keep the middle class from paying thousands of extra dollars next year.

Delaware Bay (Photo credit: ewan traveler)

August 15, 2012