Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The township councilwoman has been selected to run for freeholder on the Democratic ticket.
Councilwoman Michelle Gentek intends to remain on the township Council while she campaigns for a seat on the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders. "I have people to serve. ... There's still work to be done," she said prior to Monday night's Council work session. The Camden County Democratic Committee announced on Saturday that Gentek would be joining incumbent freeholders Jeffrey Nash and Ian Leonard on the party's ticket this November. Monday was the filing deadline for the June 5 primary. Camden County Republicans on Monday announced that Gloucester Township resident Eugene Lawrence will be joined by Ian Gill and Diana Escobar-Wachter on their ticket in this November's freeholder race, Philly.com reported. Lawrence, a former …
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Michelle Gentek joined township council in 2009.
Democratic Councilwoman Michelle Gentek is setting her sights beyond township borders. Camden County Democrats announced Saturday afternoon that they unanimously selected Gentek, 44, to replace Rodney Greco on the ballot for a seat on the county freeholder board. Greco, also a township resident, is not seeking reelection. Gentek joins incumbent county Sheriff Charles "Chuck" Billingham, along with Freeholders Jeffrey Nash and Ian Leonard on this year's Democratic slate. It was not clear Saturday afternoon whether Gentek will immediately step down from her council seat. Neither she nor a spokesman for the county Democratic Committee immediately returned phone messages. Gentek's current term expires in 2013. "Three years ago I was a …
Saturday, December 3, 2011
The Gloucester Township Green Team achieved Sustainable Jersey status in 2011.
Mayor David Mayer recognized the Gloucester Township Green Team for attaining Sustainable Jersey status in 2011 during the Township Council Monday night. The local Green Team qualified the township for bronze-level certification in its first year as a Sustainable Jersey community. "The Sustainable New Jersey program is a program really that was organized to help communities become more sustainable—whether it is economically or through an environmental process," Mayer said. The mayor pointed to the solar panels that were activated atop the municipal building earlier this year and the recently implemented single-stream recycling program as Green Team achievements. Councilwoman Michelle Gentek heads the Green Team. "We were given this …
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
A Sustainable Jersey workshop will be held in Cherry Hill next week.
Gloucester Township Councilwoman Michelle Gentek will sit on a panel aiming to promote green initiatives in South Jersey next week. The Citizens Campaign and Sustainable Jersey have partnered to host a sustainability workshop—Using the Sustainability Toolkit: Building Healthier Communities—at the Camden County Environmental Center, in Cherry Hill, on Tuesday, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Gentek will be joined by several noted sustainability experts for an interactive discussion slated to follow a session aiming to let area residents know what they can do to get green initiatives going in their communities. Also slated to sit on the panel, according to The Citizens Campaign, are Lori Braunstein, of Sustainable Cherry Hill, Cindy Randazzo, director …
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
This week's farmers market will feature time with Mayor Mayer, story time for the kids, flea market items and all the usual yummy, locally grown produce.
Think the Blackwood Farmers Market only has tomatoes and peaches? Think again. This Saturday, the farmers market is the place to be in Blackwood. Starting at 8:30 a.m. stop by for your weekly local Jersey Fresh produce fix, honey, soap, crafts, a flea market, children's story time and time with Gloucester Township Mayor David Mayer. Mayer will be at the market from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to take the public’s questions. This is the first time the market has featured time with the town’s leader, farmers market organizer Dave Chew says, making this the perfect time to ask Mayer anything you want. For your kids, check out story time under the big trees in the back of the Gloucester Township-Blackwood Rotary Public Library parking lot, also from…
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Council President Glen Bianchini hopes so.
During his time as president of Gloucester Township Rotary Club, Glen Bianchini thought it would be great for the township to become home to a baseball field designed for mentally and physically disabled children. He still does. As president of the Township Council, Bianchini is hopeful he can help form a public-private partnership to bring a "Field of Dreams" to Gloucester Township Community Park. Bianchini brought up the ball field Monday night after Timber Birch resident Joanne Carr requested an update for future improvements for the park from Council. Carr asked the governing body about the amphitheater that was to be built in the park located at Hickstown and Peter Cheeseman roads, in the township's Erial section. Bianchini noted …
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Friday, May 27, 2011
A resident affected by what he and neighbors consider excessive noise updated Council on talks with the gun club's property owner, whose son-in-law also spoke at Monday's meeting.
At least one Four Seasons at Forest Meadows resident is encouraged by the initial discussion he and his neighbors had with Iron Horse Rifle and Pistol Club representatives. "Well, we're talking. That's a start," Shelly Street resident Jim Kibelstis said on Thursday. A relatively large contingent of Forest Meadows residents are disgusted by what they consider excessive noise from the Iron Horse firing ranges, which are located behind their 55-and-older development, just off Garwood Road in the township's Erial section. Word that police were summoned May 15 to remove a bullet from a nearby home, on Monticello Drive in the Twin Streams development now has those same residents concerned about their safety. There's no confirmation the bullet …
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Installation is under way at the Chews Landing Road facility.
It should only be a few more weeks before the municipal building is getting its energy directly from that bright yellow ball in the sky. The installation of solar panels on the roof of the Chews Landing Road municipal building recently got under way. "I think we're definitely at the forefront on this. It's always great to be the leader," Councilwoman Michelle Gentek said. Not only are solar panels a part of the so-called "green" movement, government officials point to the savings the solar energy will bring the township. "It's part of our continuing effort to reduce costs in municipal government," Mayor David Mayer said. One estimate shows the township will save $4,900 per year by going to solar energy at the municipal building. But that's…
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Charles
2:09 pm on Sunday, April 1, 2012
The fix is in. The party faithful will follow the instructions from the King and his anointed will be elected. The opposition has neither the money or human resources to fight him. Because the R's are essentially invisible in Camden County, after decades of patronage by the D's, they have NO voice. more ›