tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68257724785260294482011-11-27T19:52:15.969-05:00The publisher of the Gazette of Atlantic & Cumberland Counties (NJ) posts his thoughts and comments and those of his paper's contributors.Louieonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736426711602578660noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825772478526029448.post-64787320106888746122010-06-14T08:32:00.004-04:002010-10-07T08:17:46.866-04:00

I am sorry to say that this is the last issue of the Gazette for me. April marked the fourth year of publication, and I’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment out of publishing it, but a lot has changed in four years. The Great Recession for example. Like most businesses that has had a dramatic effect on us. When business cut back, the first thing they cut is advertising. But…I’m not going away. Not yet.

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Sufferin’ SuccotashBy Lynn Petrovich Several snowy Sunday’s ago, I settled into a sticky seat in my local multiplex to watch the film, The Blind Side, a warm, fuzzy documentary about class rebellion and civil disobedience. In one scene the main character, Leigh Anne Tuohy, played with sassy soccer mom appeal by Sandra Bullock, warns her adopted black teenage son: “If I find out you got a girl

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Outlandos d’AmourBy “Big Rick” Cahall Ah , St Valentines Day . Hello old friend . How many holidays of yours have I endured and sometimes enjoyed greatly. Some VERY Greatly !! That waitress in Newport Beach … But I digress.For you historians out there , early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. To an Agnostic this means SQUAT. Again I digress … This holiday means as much to us men as to the

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BUENA HISTORICAL SOCIETY……. EARLY SCHOOLS OF BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIPby Gail Benson Several schools, referred to as School Districts, are listed in the first minute book of the Buena Vista Township Clerk.  Buena Vista was formed from Hamilton Township in 1867, and schools are mentioned as early as 1869.  That does not mean they did not exist before that time, but they were not mentioned in the Clerk

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NJ Citizens Donate Voting Equipment to SmithsonianDeclare State a MonarchyBy Lynn Petrovich Late Thursday night NJ residents, in a 7,561,234 to one vote, decided to surrender to its long-time captor, the political party boss.  The news came on the heels of a mass reading of the book, The Soprano State (which has already been blamed for the run on Paxil).  This New York Times bestseller, by

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Inhuman Relations by Dennis Hyer

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Happy New Year! (We hope) By Louis Mascolo Happy New Year! (We hope) I feel like a fighter coming out in the first round when the bell rings and see the opponent is 150 pounds heavier than him, with biceps like logs and fists the size of boulders and a face that would scare Satan. Good luck to us! 2009 was a year the oligarchs revealed their naked power in America. If anyone was entertaining

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Got Democracy? By Lynn Petrovich “In the future: A utopian society ruled by women will emerge, and there will be peace and plenty for all.” George Carlin Late last year, while cleaning out my desk in preparation for tax season, I found one of my father-in-law’s “business” cards:  Got Democracy? Democracy means Power to the People. What Happened? Walter Petrovich died just before midnight on

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BUENA HISTORICAL SOCIETY……. CHRISTMAS 1909 According to Page 1 of the Atlantic County Record by Gail Benson It is December 25, 1909. The Atlantic County Record was a weekly published in May’s Landing.  Front page did a year in review.   Highlights included new looms being installed in the cotton mill.  The next week they reported that several hands were laid off due to installation of

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By Louis Mascolo Congratulations to our local politicians who won their elections last month. Elected to Township Committee were Chuck Chiarello and Theresa Kelly, Freeholder James Curcio and State Representatives Nelson Albano and Matt Milam. We’re proud that all of them contribute to our paper and realize the importance of keeping you informed. Keep up the good work lady and gents. Why is it

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By Lynn Petrovich Here’s a little known fact about me that you probably could live without: I was conceived in New Jersey but born in LA, which means I toured the nation in the fetal position. And of course like most products of conception, I started out likeable enough, endearing (and tolerable despite the occasional noxious fumes) but as time passed, grew larger, more demanding, with an

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By Gail Benson Found this ad in the South Jersey Star of 16 Nov 1917. Call, in this context, must mean knock on your front door. So, how did a piano tuner wind up in rural South Jersey. Piano was the form of entertainment at that time. Folks gathered in the parlor and entertained themselves with the new songs of the day, so there may have been more pianos around than we would believe;

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UNFORTUNATE ENDINGS By Gail Benson A few months ago, I wrote of Dr. Dubler. As usual, I asked if anyone has any additional information about my topic or anything else of interest to the Buena historical community. Thanks to Kathleen Vincents and Kitty Finn’s follow-up research, we find Dr. Dubler in attendance at one of the tragic stories of Buena Vista Township. An article entitled “Poisonous

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An Unpopular War Stockpiling Ammunition (Part 9 in the series on Universal Single Payer Health Care) “I drove past a school with a sign that said ‘WE’RE DRUG-FREE AND GUN-FREE’. Later that day I drove past another school that didn’t have a sign like that. What am I supposed to infer from this about the second school?” George Carlin I’m told that a chicken can easily be led to slaughter if you

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From the October 1st edition of the Gazette of Atlantic & Cumberland Counties      One thing that is always great about a newspaper is its consistency. It arrives regularly and on schedule. We know you like that. Well, we’re bad boys and girls. We are changing the publishing date of the Gazette again. Our publication is back to arriving on the first of the month or quickly thereon. Publishing in

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You know who I am? My husband works for the Government! By Louis Mascolo      Sometimes I think I live in the dumbest country in the world. Of course, there’s Pakistan, Iran and Somalia to contradict that. The healthcare industry is out of control and have been ripping us a new one since they came up with private health insurance and nobody calls them on it. Obama is getting called a Nazi and

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Now that I have quit the teaching business and gotten a considerably more boring but much more lucrative desk job, I find myself with an abundance of downtime throughout the course of my day.  And what do I do with that downtime, you might ask?  Well, allow me to tell you.  I spend time looking for ridiculous things on the internet.  And now, dear readers, I will share a few of my favorites with

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    Not too long ago racial profiling made headlines again recently when police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. A neighbor reported seeing two men forcing their way into the Gates home.  Gates, arriving back from a trip abroad, had his driver help try to force open a broken door.  Gates' arrest came not from this, but for angrily yelling at the

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Q&A from the E-mailbag,  by David M. Petrovich Executive Director SPOCH Q. How many payments can I miss before the lender forecloses?A.  Re-read the section in your loan documents which describe "default" and you may be surprised that missing a single, monthly payment may trigger default, and foreclosure.  In practice, however, since loan servicers make a lot of money by charging late fees...

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BUENA HISTORICAL SOCIETY…….USING THE ONLINE ATLANTIC COUNTY LIBRARY FOR HISTORYBy Gail BensonI have used the Special Collections portion of the Atlantic County Library website for ideas for this column.  As I was doing that this morning, I thought I should probably just tell you about this fine online source.The website is www.atlanticlibrary.org   In the left margin, you can choose Special

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Our cartoonist, Dennis Hyer, who appeared monthly in the Gazette has just published his first book.  The first "Inhuman Relations" comic strip collection, featuring the adventures of an easygoing farmer named Fred, his Slavic sweetheart Maureen, and a host of other creatures.  In this volume, Wilhelmina the WASP gets fed up with her miserable love life and becomes a nun ... for a day; Attorney

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