Wenonah News

The following local students graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. and were among undergraduate students awarded degrees at the college's 174th commencement: PAUL EUGENE SOMMERS of Wenonah, has earned an A.B. in History, magna cum laude; JOSEPH PHILIP BRANOSKY of Woodbury has earned an A.B. in Economics & Business, magna cum laude.

There's nothing more American than celebrating tradition on the Fourth of July. For the thousands of Gloucester County residents who lined the parade routes early Saturday morning, that's just what Independence Day is all about.

Thousands of Deptford residents have another opportunity to unify their mailing addresses under the township name and ZIP code.

Twenty-one avid canoers and kayakers paddled the Mantua Creek on June 14 for the first Mantua Creek Canoe and Kayak Race.

The senior class of Gateway Regional High School took to the football field Tuesday to mark a special moment in time.

Several local districts, however including Deptford, East Greenwich Township, Paulsboro, Mantua Township and Wenonah have no projects planned for the summer, or are scaling back on what they normally would do, because of budgetary concerns.

GLASSBORO As the CSX train chugged in between the Triad Apartments and the large parking lot at the campus of Rowan University, so rolled in the Delaware River Port Authority's fourth and final open house outlining the mass transit expansion project into Gloucester County.

What's in a name?, Shakespeare asked. "A lot," Deptford Township Mayor Paul Medany would say especially if that name is Deptford and it's divided by six different ZIP codes.

CAMDEN As the Delaware River Port Authority kicked off its public information campaign Wednesday for mass transit improvement projects in the area with the first of four public open houses, officials said they most likely would not be able to rely on federal moneys to fund efforts to bring light rail to South Jersey.

Republican leaders in Gloucester County elected a new party chairman this week after a bitter primary splintered the party into several factions.

Delaware River Port Authority officials call the community meetings on the proposed Gloucester County passenger rail expansion open houses.

An incumbent committeeman in Elk Township has filed for re-election as an independent.

The two-car diesel train chugs out of the station at Camden, the end of the southern half of the RiverLine on a weekday afternoon, empty of passengers, but it quickly picks up riders by the time the train leaves the city limits.

WOODBURY -- Nine members of the Cipriani Remodeling Solutions team recently have completed the 10-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration training program on industry safety and health standards.

Visitors will be able to tour many home gardens in Woodbury during the Greater Woodbury Garden Club's Garden Tour and Tea set for June 13.

Each of Gateway Regional High School's four sending district town councils have approved the school's revised budget, allowing the school to move forward in accepting bids for renovations for its track and football field.

The announcement by Gov. Jon Corzine that a light-rail passenger line -- similar to a trolley -- will be coming to Gloucester County has the same feel as that sweater your favorite aunt gives you for Christmas: It is appreciated, colorful and somewhat functional, but not what is really needed.

In a photo caption that ran with the article "Gov vows rail, bus projects" in the May 13 Times , I was singled out and recognized as being opposed to the concept of placing trains on the old tracks to Glassboro.

The Wenonah School's Home and School Association will host its 36th Annual Ice Cream Social from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 18 at the Wenonah Elementary School on Clinton Avenue.

The governor will be in Woodbury City Tuesday for a major announcement concerning transportation and economic development in South Jersey.