By Timothy J. Carroll - PolitickerNJ - September 3rd, 2010

"In a dream, I saw a city invincible." That's Camden's motto, lifted from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and engraved at City Hall.

Unfortunately, Camden isn't there yet, still a governmental mare's nest: probable layoffs, potential library closures, and an ongoing
budget hell.

But this isn't the same budget hell Camden's seen before. It's the budget hell that's raging statewide; the budget hell that's a byproduct of economic depression. This isn't the same Camden where three mayors were indicted in two decades. This isn't the runaway government historic to the waterfront city, not since Mayor Dana L. Redd gave up her state Senate seat to come home.

(VOORHEES)— Assemblyman Louis Greenwald and Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (both D-6th) today announced their legislative office has moved to a new location in Voorhees Township.

The new office is located at 1101 Laurel Oak Road, Suite 150, Voorhees, NJ 08043. Sixth District constituents are invited to stop by the new location, where the experienced staff will be available to listen to their concerns and to assist residents with questions or concerns on a variety of State issues including, but not limited to, unemployment, taxation, utility assistance, financial aid and veterans’ affairs.

The contact information for the legislative office of Assemblyman Greenwald and Assemblywoman Lampitt will remain the same. Residents can contact the office via phone at (856) 435-1247, via email at AsmGreenwald@njleg.org or AswLampitt@njleg.org, or via Facebook at www.facebook.com/lougreenwald or www.facebook.com/pamlampitt.

By Christina Paciolla - Gloucester County Times - September 2, 2010

WOODBURY-- Colonial Park apartments here will receive a $1.88 million affordable housing grant to help finance the rehabilitation of the 200-unit Evergreen Avenue senior living complex.

U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews, D-1st Dist., of Haddon Heights, visited the complex Wednesday afternoon to announce the grant and others totaling $4.8 million that went to four other housing complexes.

"This grant helps create good and safe homes for the men and women of our community," Andrews said.

This presentation, scheduled several weeks ago at the Woodbury apartment building, comes more than a week after a fire broke out on a fourth-floor apartment Aug. 22. According to Samuel Hudman, executive director of the Gloucester County Housing Authority, 56 residents have yet to return to their homes Ð 30 are staying in area motels and 26 are living with family or friends. There were no fatalities.

By DEBORAH HIRSCH • Courier-Post Staff • September 2, 2010

CAMDEN — The cash-strapped Camden Free Public Library board Wednesday held off on scheduling a closure date for the Centerville or downtown branch at the request of city officials, who said the move could hamper negotiations to save the local libraries by merging with the county system.

City Attorney Marc Riondino said he couldn't comment on specifics because the plan was still under negotiation, but stressed that he, like the board, didn't want Camden to lose either of its remaining branches.

"We're looking to make it better than we had before," Riondino said. "We have to find a way."

Faced with only a third of the city funding that had been provided in past years, board members in July began planning to shut down the entire system by the end of the year.