Gloucester County Voices

Local South Jersey opinions, conversation, columns, and more

“It’s a pretty amazing thing they’re doing and I can’t really put my feelings into words,”  says Trevor Haverluk of a fund-raising event his former college fraternity is holding in his mother’s memory. Beta Theta Pi, an international social fraternity at West Chester University, will host and sponsor the first Eileen Haverluk Victorious Memorial, a 5K Run/Walk, March 28... Full story »

Sometimes I run into questions without satisfactory answers. Full story »

To the Editor: I wrote a letter some time ago to the Times about abuse and failure to care for animals. Recent articles on an alleged “puppy mill” in Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, where some 80-plus dogs were seized March 6, are a perfect example of what I had written about.  Full story »

To the Editor: I would like to respond to the March 9 Times’ article “(Gloucester) County workers face furlough days.”  This is something that should have been done last year — and it is my understanding that state workers have been required to do it since last year.  Full story »

To the Editor: Congratulations to Gov. Chris Christie. At a time when President Barack Obama is trying to figure out how everyone can get health care, he has managed to scare a select group of people that it might be cut back or taken away.  Full story »

To the Editor: In reference to Milton Hinton’s News & Views column, “Budget cut zealots will also take a hit,” on March 7:  Full story »

To the Editor: I am for the deepening of the Delaware River shipping channel that has just begun.  Full story »

C’mon, Spring. I’m rooting for you. Sunday, I went out into the Wilderness. Well, it’s really my backyard, but I have an incredibly fantastic backyard. Compared to the row-house neighborhood in which I grew up, my backyard is most certainly the Wilderness. I like to go out and sit in the Wilderness when it’s sunny and cool. You rarely... Full story »

This is a case of one story leading to another. In last Thursday’s “People” profile, it was mentioned that longtime Gloucester County family practice doc Bill Holdcraft wrote in his memoirs that he was born in the former Haffey Private Hospital of Swedesboro in 1921. Coincidentally, Woodbury resident Kay Mooney Pierson, who also was born there, Jan. 23, 1936,... Full story »

To the Editor: Last week marked a full year in which President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hijacked our Congress during the worst recession since 1929, with millions of Americans out of work and our economy falling off a cliff.  Full story »

To the Editor: New Jersey needs to cut its budget much more than it is doing. All programs should be under major scrutiny.  Full story »

To the Editor: In a letter published on Feb. 28, (”Another liberal will poison our students”) Len Testa deplored the appointment of Van Jones to a teaching fellowship at Princeton. Before falling victim to a classic right-wing smear campaign (over disparaging statements he made about Republicans), Jones briefly served in the Obama administration as Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise... Full story »

To the Editor: Let’s make one thing very clear as to any federal funding for health care: Keep the Republicans as far away from the money as possible!  Full story »

To the Editor: I would like to thank some of our elected officials — state Sen. Stephen Sweeney, U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblywoman Celeste Riley — for opposing the dumping of the dredged spoils in National Park from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ deepening of the Delaware River shipping channel.  Full story »

To the Editor: We, the people of Gloucester County, have a right to proper representation by our elected officials. I do not feel the current positions held by many in our county government are in the best interests of “We, the People.”  Full story »