Day: November 12, 2012

Major Progress Made in Containing and Cleaning Up Arthur Kill Fuel Spill

November 12, 2012, Trenton, NJ – Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin today praised the well-coordinated response by a dedicated team of public and private groups to a major diesel fuel spill in the Arthur Kill caused by Hurricane Sandy, saying it limited what could have been major environmental damage to the waterway and surrounding areas.

 

A record tidal surge caused by the storm dislodged and at least one massive bulk fuel tank belonging to the Motiva Oil Tank Facility in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township, spilling some 378,000 gallons of low sulfur diesel fuel – including approximately 277,000 gallons that escaped a containment area and entered the Arthur Kill, which is the tidal strait and navigational channel that separates New Jersey and Staten Island.

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Report Finds Catholics Active In Social Media, Room To Grow For Church’s Online Presence

Over 80 percent of Catholics under 30 use social media

Nearly 3 million follow Catholic-themed blogs

Half of Catholics unaware of Church’s online presence

BALTIMORE, Nov. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Sixty-two percent of adult U.S. Catholics, representing an estimated 36.2 million people, have a profile on Facebook; 58 percent of Catholics age 30 and under share content such as pictures, articles and comments at least once a week on social media; and nearly a third of all surveyed said they would like their pastors and bishops to blog, according to a newly-released study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.

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Op-Ed: The Reign of Obama, the Great Divider, Continues | cnbnews.net

 

BY DAN WEBER\"\" –

From the moment you assumed power- you began to divide the people. Instead of uniting us- you chose to divide us.

When you ran for office you made many promises, which is not unusual for politicians, but soon it became evident that your promises were falsehoods.

You said you would work with the opposition party- but you insulted them, several times, in person, in public. Your tactic was to cut them out of any decision making, as you did with Obamacare.

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Gloucester Township Police Dept. Receives Excellent in Traffic Safety Award

 

GTPD Receives the Excellence In Traffic Safety Award from the Rutgers Center For Advanced Infrastructure And Transportation. An increase of 122% in the issuance of speeding summons is achieved as a result of the program – deploying officers where speeding is most likely occurring.
On October 24, 2012, The Gloucester Township Police Department was awarded the Traffic Safety Excellence Award by the Rutgers University Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation for the its approach to traffic enforcement.

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Field Hockey Wins ECAC Mid-Atlantic Title with 3-0 Shutout of FDU – Florham

Traub Named MOP

 

ANNVILLE, Pa. (November 11, 2012) – The Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team won its first-ever Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Mid-Atlantic title with a 3-0 shutout of Fairleigh Dickinson University – Florham Saturday afternoon at Lebanon Valley College. The Ducks, who were the tournament’s third seed, finish the year 16-7 overall.

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