Tuesday's TIPS AND SNIPPETSl
Two local college players have banner year.
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) - Junior Adam Tussey (Brooklawn, NJ/Gloucester City High School) was named to the NJAC All-Star Baseball Second Team at second base. He boasted a .402 average with 66 hits, including 61 singles, while driving in 28 runs for the Lions as a starter in all 38 games at second. He also leads the team with 158 at bats and has drawn 24 walks and struck out just six times, ranking 20th nationally as the toughest to strikeout.
And TCNJ Junior Vince Mazzaccaro (Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester Catholic High School) batted .346 with 15 extra-base hits including eight doubles and five home runs. He added 42 RBI with a .523 slugging percentage in 38 starts at third. Mazzaccaro was named to the NJAC Honorable mention All-Star squad.
Don't Forget Gloucester City's Environmental Day Saturday
Flagship Charters of Philadelphia will be docking on Saturday at the former Coast Guard Base on King Street and the Delaware River as part of the City's Environmental Day Celebration. The public will be able to board the ship for a ride on the Delaware River for a nominal fee. For more about the ship click http://www.flagshipcharters.net/
New Businesses Coming to Gloucester City
In case you missed my earlier column a Pretzel Factory will be opening a store in one of the former Gloucester Plumbing buildings, at the corner of Broadway and Division Street. Plus in the very near future a new ice cream store will be opening on Johnson Blvd. across from the Little League fields. Tomorrow I will have some information about two more new businesses moving to Gloucester City.
My Book of the week...............
The Soprano State by Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure, excerpt…..Page 26, As a final farewell, Florio billed New Jersey taxpayers for more than a month after leaving office for state troopers who logged in eight hours a day, plus 151 hours of overtime transporting the man who was no longer governor in an unmarked car from his home to a North Jersey law firm halfway across the state.
Chapter 7, excerpt-New Jersey's government authorities are perhaps the biggest boondoggles and burying grounds for deadwood and unemployed relatives. State Inspector General Mary Jane Cooper investigated 45 New Jersey authorities and found perks even overindulged state workers in other officers don't enjoy. Example-Atlantic City Convention Center Authority employees spending up to $125 per person on business dinners.
I highly recommend this book, to purchase it on line go to Amazon.com
Today's Top Blog............Blue Jersey
Lipstick for the Pig
There are ideas that are worthwhile and then there are ideas that are simple windowdressing - designed to make it appear that something is happening when it isn't. This would be one of the latter:
New Jersey's scandal-bruised $8.6 billion public school construction program today announced plans to set up web cams to allow residents to monitor building sites.
Great. We can actually watch paint dry in real time! I bet we manage to save billions of dollars! read more
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If you read the Palmyra tapes provided by the Courier-Post you would get a good feel for the Norcross corruption state wide. It is a family affair. And to think, the Gloucester City political system worships and depends on them. Wouldn't you say Kain Gorman is right about Gloucester City politics? How about you Mr Coxe?
Posted by: | May 07, 2008 at 11:12 AM
I read Soprano State. I came away feeling disgusted with this state even more than I did before. Its amazing to me the corruption that takes place and how everyone knows everyone one way or another. It talks alot about Norcross. Definitely a great read for any NJ resident.
Posted by: | May 07, 2008 at 09:25 AM