Camdenbase
CamdenBase contains selected citations of journal, book and newspaper articles about the city of Camden, New Jersey. The documents cover economic, political, and social events in the city from 1945 to June 2003. This website provides bibliographic access to the database of over 6,000 articles.
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Article Title:
Camden's ward plan criticized
Publication Date:
January 6, 1993
Subject:
City Charter, City Council
Abstract:
Community activist James Harris criticizes Ward Commission plan and others criticize his plan
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 8A (U)
Article Title:
New city clerk a 'first' for Camden's City Hall
Publication Date:
January 6, 1993
Subject:
Camden City Clerk, Burley, Dorothy
Abstract:
Dorothy Burley has become the first woman and the first African-American in Camden history to be sworn in as Municipal clerk
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
City Ward Commission to consider 2nd proposal
Publication Date:
January 7, 1993
Subject:
City Charter, City Council
Abstract:
City Ward Commission to consider proposal by community activist James Harris
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Camden loses bid for $1.6M funding
Publication Date:
January 13, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Sheriff, Police
Abstract:
Turf battles and poor planning have killed the city's bid for $1.6M in badly needed federally funded community policing funds.
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
New mercury emission rules proposed for incinerators
Publication Date:
January 14, 1993
Subject:
Mercury
Abstract:
State task force is proposing the world's toughest mercury emission standards, representing a compromise between environmentalists and the incinerator industry
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Tenant groups protest: leaders call for housing authority to resign
Publication Date:
January 16, 1993
Subject:
Housing Authority of the City of Camden (HACC), Public Housing, Quattlebaum
Abstract:
Claiming that millions of federal dollars have been squandered through mismanagement and patronage a group of tenants is call on the entire Camden Housing Authority Board to resign
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Cop politics: State demands end to police feud in Camden County
Publication Date:
January 16, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Sheriff, Police, Pugh, Bob
Abstract:
State Attorney General Robert Del Tufo directs county Prosecutor, Edward F. Borden Jr. to give his attention to resolving the turf wars
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Behind the killings: a matter of life and death
Publication Date:
January 17, 1993
Subject:
Homicide, Urban Renewal
Abstract:
Four part series on Camden's record year of 51 homicides in 1992 and the toll the violence has taken on the city's efforts to rebuild
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 6A (U)
Article Title:
Gang killings spark battle for testimony
Publication Date:
January 18, 1993
Subject:
Gangs, Homicide, Urban Renewal
Abstract:
Four part series on Camden's record year of 51 homicides in 1992 and the toll the violence has taken on the city's efforts to rebuild
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 5A (U)
Article Title:
Safety is seen as key to renewal
Publication Date:
January 19, 1993
Subject:
Crime, Homicide, Urban Renewal
Abstract:
Four part series on Camden's record year of 51 homicides in 1992 and the toll the violence has taken on the city's efforts to rebuild
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 5A (U)
Article Title:
Businessman toughs it out in 'Dodge City'
Publication Date:
January 20, 1993
Subject:
Crime, Homicide, Urban Renewal
Abstract:
Focus on two businessmen who did not abandon Camden
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 6A (U)
Article Title:
Truce sought in turf war: Simon asks Borden to resolve dispute
Publication Date:
January 24, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Sheriff, Police, Pugh, Bob
Abstract:
County Prosecutor, Edward F. Borden Jr. attempts to negotiate a settlement
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 4B (U)
Article Title:
Taking history into his own hands
Publication Date:
January 28, 1993
Subject:
Rutgers University-Camden
Abstract:
Rutgers University-Camden associate professor William Hoffman Jr. has preserved in oils more than 20 historic Camden sites
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1C (U)
Article Title:
Study funded for a Camden clinical campus
Publication Date:
January 28, 1993
Subject:
Cooper Health System, Medical Education
Abstract:
UMDNJ is committing up to $1 million for a fiscal feasibility study of a proposed urban clinical campus and medical library-conference study in the city
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 6A (U)
Article Title:
Anti-drug group accuses city of stalling on grant
Publication Date:
January 29, 1993
Subject:
Drug Abuse
Abstract:
Coordinating Committee for a Drug-Free Life (CCC-DFL) accuses City Hall of withholding funds
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Children's hospital planned for Camden
Publication Date:
January 29, 1993
Subject:
Cooper Health System
Abstract:
Cooper Hospital is ready to move ahead with an eight-story $148.5 million children's hospital (the Southern New Jersey Regional Children's Hospital)
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Coming: more city cops
Publication Date:
January 30, 1993
Subject:
Police
Abstract:
23 recruits to start training and to be on streets by spring
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Overall Economic Development Program, 1993-1994, City of camden, New Jersey
Publication Date:
February 1, 1993
Subject:
Economic Development
Abstract:
Activities and project undertaken for the revitalization of the city
Article Title:
Prenatal clinic offers hope for mothers-to-be
Publication Date:
February 3, 1993
Subject:
Teenage Pregnancy
Abstract:
Prenatal services of the Planned Parenthood of Greater Camden Prenatal Clinic
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Housing Board to meet tenant demands
Publication Date:
February 3, 1993
Subject:
Housing Authority of the City of Camden (HACC)
Abstract:
Camden Housing Authority (CHA) officials have agreed to major demands made by activists at three South Camden apartment complexes. Tenants to be included in plans to renovate Roosevelt Manor
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Camden mayoral race may draw a crowd
Publication Date:
February 4, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Abstract:
City Democratic Committee decided last week to take applications from prospective mayoral candidates
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 8A (U)
Article Title:
City leaders question secret economic plan
Publication Date:
February 5, 1993
Subject:
Camden Initiative
Abstract:
Top state officials will meet next week with community leaders to discuss plan
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Legal windfall from Camden housing panel
Publication Date:
February 7, 1993
Subject:
Bryant, Wayne R., Political Ethics
Abstract:
Law firm of Camden Democratic Assemblyman Wayne R. Bryant has been paid $388,000 over the past three years
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Audit gives Camden school system mixed marks
Publication Date:
February 7, 1993
Subject:
Public Schools
Abstract:
Report by Enterprises for New Directions in Bethesda, MD. praises some programs, calls some resources inadequate and recommends hundreds of changes
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
3B (U)
Article Title:
Contestants try to tame Airport Circle
Publication Date:
February 7, 1993
Subject:
History, Camden, Highways
Abstract:
Possible solutions to traffic problems at the Airport Circle
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
12D (U)
Article Title:
Centerville: a family celebration
Publication Date:
February 8, 1993
Subject:
History, Camden, Centerville, Neighborhoods
Abstract:
Residents of Centerville past and present to hold reunion
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 9B (U)
Article Title:
County Clerk indicted; Keating is charged with bribery
Publication Date:
February 9, 1993
Subject:
Camden County, Corruption, Political
Abstract:
Camden County Clerk Michael S. Keating was indicted Monday on charges he accepted more than $200,000 worth of bribes in return for awarding no-bid printing contracts
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 6A (U)
Article Title:
Camden Chief accepts Sheriff's offer of help
Publication Date:
February 9, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Sheriff, Police
Abstract:
Camden City Police Chief Bob Pugh agrees to accept Sheriff William Simon's offer to help beef up law enforcement. He asks that the Sheriff provide transport for prisoners and provide security for Municipal Court. The Sheriff has previously agreed to the
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 6A (U)
Article Title:
Community leaders feel left out of rebuilding plan
Publication Date:
February 12, 1993
Subject:
Camden Initiative
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Bridging the city's cultural gaps
Publication Date:
February 13, 1993
Subject:
Ethnic Groups, Police
Abstract:
Coalition for Multi-Cultural Understanding members act as liaisons between police, ethnic groups
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Camden council campaign crammed with candidates
Publication Date:
February 13, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Abstract:
Seven incumbents say they are running or considering running for re-election. At least four others acknowledge they hope to run
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Freeholders to consider better auditing of officials
Publication Date:
February 14, 1993
Subject:
Camden County, Corruption, Political
Abstract:
Freeholders to consider changing the way the county audits its officers in reaction to indictment of County Clerk, Michael S. Keating
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
5B (U)
Article Title:
County recycling mall in the works for Camden
Publication Date:
February 16, 1993
Subject:
Recycling
Abstract:
Camden County officials and FCR Inc. of Stratford, Connecticut are planning to set up a $2 million 'recycling mall' at a closed warehouse in Camden. The Harrison Terminal on Ferry Avenue near Mount Ephraim Avenue is now closed.
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 3B (U)
Article Title:
Hispanic principal files discrimination lawsuit
Publication Date:
February 17, 1993
Subject:
Board of Education, Hispanic Americans
Abstract:
Frances Colon Gibson files a lawsuit charging that the school superintendent and Board of education discriminated against her by refusing to appoint her to a position as Assistant Superintendent
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Cancer center is dedicated in Camden
Publication Date:
February 17, 1993
Subject:
Cancer, Cooper Health System
Abstract:
The state's newest 'cancer center without walls' was officially dedicated at Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center. The many cancer treatment and research programs at Cooper have been fused together into the Cancer Center of Southern New Jersey
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Bill would phase in some property tax increases
Publication Date:
February 18, 1993
Subject:
Budget, Municipal, Real Property, Taxation
Abstract:
Bill to be voted on by the NJ Senate would allow Camden and other communities to enact a three-year phase in of residential property tax increases for those whose increases exceed the average
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
3B (U)
Article Title:
Steam generator test 'booms' heard over three counties; weather intensified sound
Publication Date:
February 18, 1993
Subject:
Cogen Technologies, Power Plants
Abstract:
Residents of the three county area were startled Tuesday night by a series of booms which turned out to be test steam pressure releases at the Cogen Technologies plant
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Mayor should be... Some of the qualities a mayor of Camden ought to have
Publication Date:
February 21, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Abstract:
Wish List- Camden Residents list qualities they wish to see in their mayor. Lists 11 candidates who have expressed interest in mayor's post
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Proposed supermarket boosts Camden's hopes
Publication Date:
February 25, 1993
Subject:
North Camden, Supermarkets
Abstract:
Camden Redevelopment Agency will choose next week between the competing proposals to construct a supermarket and shopping center at North 7th and Linden streets in North Camden.
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 6A (U)
Article Title:
Court order may resolve budget fight; a court order could force the Sheriff to surrender financial data the freeholders want
Publication Date:
February 26, 1993
Subject:
Camden County, Camden County Sheriff
Abstract:
Freeholders locked in nasty budget battle with Sheriff William Simon over what they say is his refusal to cut 12.5% from his budget request
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
For Aquarium, a big splash of success
Publication Date:
February 28, 1993
Subject:
New Jersey State Aquarium, Economic Development
Abstract:
Since it opened a year ago, 1.2 million people have visited and image of city is improving.
Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer
Page/Section Location:
B1 & B2 (U)
Article Title:
Aquarium reeled in tourists; merchants fishing for clients
Publication Date:
February 28, 1993
Subject:
New Jersey State Aquarium, Economic Development
Abstract:
Officials are calling the Aquarium's first year a huge success, but some merchants and residents question whether the benefits will ever reach the rest of the troubled city
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Camden County public transportation plan
Publication Date:
March 1, 1993
Subject:
Transportation - Planning
Abstract:
'examines operations and planning issues surrounding public transit services provided by NJ Transit, Amtrak, and PATCO...non-traditional services such as the Echelon Shuttle bus and the Cross County Connection TMA were also explored
Article Title:
Findings of the 1992 Scenic Rivers Water Quality Monitoring Program: report no. 15 DRBC/NPS Cooperative Monitoring Program
Publication Date:
March 1, 1993
Subject:
Delaware River
Article Title:
Commissioner's report to the Education Committees of the Senate and General Assembly on Violence, Vandalism, & Substance Abuse in New Jersey's Schools, 1991-1992
Publication Date:
March 1, 1993
Subject:
Drug Abuse, Education - Statistics, Public Schools, Vandalism
Article Title:
Project Leap: leadership, education and partnership. Rutgers University - City of Camden Urban Education Initiative
Publication Date:
March 1, 1993
Subject:
North Camden, Public Schools
Abstract:
Narrative description of Project Leap - purpose of project to enhance North Camden community (1) adoption of two North Camden schools, the Molina Elementary and the Pyne Poynt Middle School; and (2) the development of a Rutgers Camden Laboratory School
Article Title:
Camden keeps vision alive for redevelopment of 'Block N'
Publication Date:
March 2, 1993
Subject:
Business Districts
Abstract:
City is refusing to give up 'Block N' as the hub of downtown redevelopment; Camden Redevelopment Agency recently turned down three proposals including one from Rally's Hamburgers
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Housing plan may triple output
Publication Date:
March 2, 1993
Subject:
Camden Community-Based Housing Association, Housing
Abstract:
Eight private, non-profit groups which have provided most of Camden's affordable housing for more than a decade are collaborating to form the Camden Community-Based Housing Association and hopes to triple their output by the turn of the century. Included
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
City to open talks with firm to build supermarket
Publication Date:
March 4, 1993
Subject:
North Camden, Supermarkets
Abstract:
Proposal from Saul Associates of Jenkintown, Pa. to build supermarket in North Camden accepted
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Education chief praises Camden's 'major miracle'
Publication Date:
March 10, 1993
Subject:
Public Schools
Abstract:
Education Commissioner Mary Lee Fitzgerald, credits Camden Superintendent Dr. Arnold Webster and his staff with bringing the city to the brink of full certification (hope is that state monitoring will end this year)
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
3A (U)
Article Title:
City to award funds to boost housing
Publication Date:
March 10, 1993
Subject:
Camden Community-Based Housing Association, Camden Initiative, Housing
Abstract:
A week after eight non-profit groups announced a joint effort to boost the production of affordable housing in Camden, the city council has unveiled an initiative to do much the same thing. Officials said the money would be used to establish a 'Camden Ho
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
5B (U)
Article Title:
Power struggle in Camden County: efforts to diminish Sheriff's political empire stir controversy
Publication Date:
March 11, 1993
Subject:
Camden County, Camden County Sheriff
Abstract:
County Sheriff, William J. Simon is being attacked by forces under Democratic Chairman, George Norcross
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
9A (U)
Article Title:
Camden set to take action on Fairview property funds
Publication Date:
March 11, 1993
Subject:
Fairview, Housing Rehabilitation
Abstract:
Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money to be used to pay for major repairs to owner occupied housing in Fairview
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
City housing plan angers groups
Publication Date:
March 12, 1993
Subject:
Camden Community-Based Housing Association, Camden Initiative, Housing
Abstract:
Housing groups charged the city with wasting resources to duplicate their own recently announced plans
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Simon to drop waterfront patrols
Publication Date:
March 12, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Sheriff, Waterfront
Abstract:
County Sheriff, William J. Simon announced that beginning next month, he will no longer patrol the waterfront
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
6A (U)
Article Title:
Few handguns sold on N.J. streets originate in state
Publication Date:
March 14, 1993
Subject:
Firearms, Homicide
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
14B (U)
Article Title:
Street guns of Camden
Publication Date:
March 14, 1993
Subject:
Firearms, Homicide
Abstract:
Debates about the legality of firearms are moot on Camden's streets, where guns are easy to buy cheap -- where they were the overwhelming weapon of choice in most of last year's record 51 homicides
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
12B & 14B (U)
Article Title:
Giving of the green: Aquarium nets $2.25
Publication Date:
March 18, 1993
Subject:
New Jersey State Aquarium
Abstract:
Fund raising for Aquarium
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
City police hit the streets
Publication Date:
March 19, 1993
Subject:
Police
Abstract:
Work of foot patrol on Admiral Wilson Boulevard described
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Camden is 5th on poverty list
Publication Date:
March 19, 1993
Subject:
Economic Conditions, Poverty
Abstract:
Greater Washington Research Center study says many medium-sized cities have disproportionate numbers of poor people; Camden has fifth worst poverty rate in nation
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A (U)
Article Title:
Mayoral race in Camden may be over before it starts
Publication Date:
March 21, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Abstract:
Analysis of 1993 Mayoral election and possible candidates
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 6A (U)
Article Title:
ECRA blamed for cities with empty buildings
Publication Date:
March 22, 1993
Subject:
Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act (ECRA)
Abstract:
Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act (ECRA) and its effect on the economy and on Camden
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
5A (U)
Article Title:
Cleanup law topic of hot debate
Publication Date:
March 22, 1993
Subject:
Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act (ECRA)
Abstract:
Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act (ECRA) and its effect on the economy and on Camden
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
5A (U)
Article Title:
Camden to apply for housing grant
Publication Date:
March 24, 1993
Subject:
Public Housing, Housing Rehabilitation
Abstract:
Camden Housing Authority announced it will apply for a federal 'Urban Revitalization Demonstration Grant' to rehabilitate one of the city's Housing Projects
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Rangers on the march: youths will act as town watch
Publication Date:
March 25, 1993
Subject:
Community Organizations, Police
Abstract:
Urban Rangers corps - teens are taking courses to prepare them for summer jobs or careers in law enforcement and community service
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
State moves to up patrols of city streets
Publication Date:
March 26, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Sheriff, Police
Abstract:
Plan marks agreement between feuding police agencies but one Camden community leader questions its effectiveness
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 18A (U)
Article Title:
University adopts N. Camden school
Publication Date:
March 27, 1993
Subject:
Rutgers University-Camden, Public Schools
Abstract:
Rutgers Camden formally adopted the Rafael Cordero Molina Elementary School in North Camden
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Study: suburbs face same woes as city
Publication Date:
March 27, 1993
Subject:
Lutz, William E., Real Property, Valuation
Abstract:
Report by William E. Lutz and city business administrator Patrick Keating analyzes Camden County property values
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Coriell's work just beginning
Publication Date:
March 28, 1993
Subject:
Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Abstract:
Description of the Coriell Institute & its founder, Lewis L. Coriell
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1C & 2C (U)
Article Title:
More than race at issue in election
Publication Date:
March 28, 1993
Subject:
Board of Education, Elections, Public Schools
Abstract:
Information on candidates for Board of Education election, April 20, 1993 and issues
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Battling crime in the city: critics debate program as raids draw praise
Publication Date:
April 19, 1993
Subject:
Crime, Gangs, Narcotics and Crime, Police
Abstract:
Describes work of Camden City Violent Crimes Task Force, a cooperative effort of city, county, state and federal agencies, in actions against drug dealers, other criminals, and gangs such as the Sons of Malcolm X
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
City gets preliminary plan for Haddon Ave. redevelopment
Publication Date:
April 21, 1993
Subject:
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Urban Renewal
Abstract:
Preliminary redevelopment plan by the Camden County Improvement Authority for the area surrounding the proposed Urban Clinical Campus, across from Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, was presented to City Council
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Freeholder caucus votes jail takeover
Publication Date:
April 21, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Correctional Facility, Camden County Sheriff, Camden County Jail
Abstract:
After months of speculation, the county freeholders voted to take control of the Camden County Correctional Facility from Sheriff William Simon
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Drug dealers; hooked on money and power
Publication Date:
April 25, 1993
Subject:
Narcotics and Crime
Abstract:
Description of young drug dealers
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
For ex-homeless, Casa Rainbow is a dream come true
Publication Date:
April 25, 1993
Subject:
Homeless Persons, Leavenhouse
Abstract:
Casa Rainbow, a full-time, low-income house, reconstructed on State Street in North Camden by Leavenhouse and the North Camden Land Trust as a group home for homeless persons living in shelters
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
5B (U)
Article Title:
Sky may be the limit in downtown Camden as building plans soar
Publication Date:
April 26, 1993
Subject:
Business Districts, Broadway Avenue, Urban Renewal, Cooper Health System, Cooper Street
Abstract:
Description of downtown Camden projects: Cooper Street renewal, Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center, and Broadway
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Mayor says he's victim of politicians
Publication Date:
April 26, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral, Thompson, Aaron
Abstract:
'Mayor Aaron Thompson says he was dumped by the city Democrats because he wouldn't play ball' with party leaders
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 3B (U)
Article Title:
City unveils blueprint for development
Publication Date:
April 28, 1993
Subject:
East Camden, Public Housing, McGuire Gardens, Urban Renewal
Abstract:
City Housing Authority (CHA) unveils proposal to transform McGuire Gardens in East Camden. Effort to be presented to HUD to compete for funds in the Urban Revitalization Demonstration (URD) Program
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Indicted official's hiring defended; Mayor cites political pressure
Publication Date:
May 2, 1993
Subject:
Corruption, Political
Abstract:
Camden Housing Authority officials are defending a controversial decision to hire an indicted former employee, Wilbert C. Fountain, who faces charges of bribery, loan sharking and conspiracy
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Federal funds go to city coal plant; supporters say the plant is 'extremely clean' and 'friendly' to the environment
Publication Date:
May 5, 1993
Subject:
Duke Energy Corporation, Power Plants
Abstract:
A North Carolina firm, Duke Energy Corp., is planning to build the plant on 40 vacant acres of city-owned land on the site of the former Harrison Avenue landfill
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Federal funding of coal plant forces groups into long siege
Publication Date:
May 6, 1993
Subject:
Duke Energy Corporation, Power Plants
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Talks to begin on port merger
Publication Date:
May 7, 1993
Subject:
Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC)
Abstract:
If port operations in Camden and Philadelphia are combined, advocates believe it would make the port more competitive. The South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) and the Philadelphia Regional Port Corp. would be a part of the Delaware River Port Corp.
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 20A (U)
Article Title:
Philadelphia-Camden port unification plan launched
Publication Date:
May 8, 1993
Subject:
Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC)
Abstract:
New agency would manage ports on both sides of the Delaware River
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
10C (U)
Article Title:
New breed' of clergy takes on city's problems
Publication Date:
May 10, 1993
Subject:
Churches
Abstract:
Description of activist clergy
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 4A (U)
Article Title:
Don't push Camden out of port operations
Publication Date:
May 10, 1993
Subject:
Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC)
Abstract:
Concern on fate of SJPC and its leader, Joseph Balzano
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
6A (U)
Article Title:
Historic homes may fall to delays
Publication Date:
May 11, 1993
Subject:
Housing Rehabilitation
Abstract:
Homes on the 400 block of N. 2nd Street may have to be demolished because of condition. City claims this is the fault of the owners, Lazovitz, Inc. of Cherry Hill. The company claims they are not speculators and the city is at fault because of delays
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Whitman arts center making a comeback
Publication Date:
May 11, 1993
Subject:
Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center
Abstract:
Whitman Arts Center is attempting to raise funds for the Center's programs
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Animal shelter advocates urge action
Publication Date:
May 13, 1993
Subject:
Animal Welfare
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
4B (U)
Article Title:
Sons of Malcolm X member indicted on murder charge
Publication Date:
May 15, 1993
Subject:
Gangs
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Looking for signs of corruption in Camden
Publication Date:
May 16, 1993
Subject:
Corruption, Political
Abstract:
State investigators are asking city officials about political fund raising in the city and the county and political chain of command
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1A & 12A (U)
Article Title:
Opposition could roll over Democratic 'machine'
Publication Date:
May 23, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral, Elections, City Council
Abstract:
Analysis of 1993 primary
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Hispanic commission abolished
Publication Date:
May 23, 1993
Subject:
Hispanic Americans
Abstract:
Citing a statutory requirement that 10% of the population must be Hispanic before a commission can be set up (Hispanics make up 7.2% of the population of the county), the freeholder board has abolished the Camden County Commission for Hispanic Affairs and
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 4B (U)
Article Title:
Ashley sees a need to reorganize, revamp
Publication Date:
May 26, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Abstract:
Charles Ashley once served as executive assistant to Mayor Thompson, and is running as an independent Democrat
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Carroll fighting Democratic regime
Publication Date:
May 27, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Abstract:
Joseph Carroll, former Camden County freeholder, is running as an independent Democrat in the June 8 primary
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Activists blast city's redevelopment plan
Publication Date:
May 28, 1993
Subject:
Camden Initiative
Abstract:
A group led by activist Jim Harris demand that the community be allowed to lay the groundwork for citywide redevelopment plans
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
5B (U)
Article Title:
Political neophyte confident of abilities
Publication Date:
May 28, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Abstract:
Dwayne Davis, one of five Democratic mayoral candidates, is running an independent grassroots campaign
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 2B (U)
Article Title:
Borden asked to quit Simon probe
Publication Date:
May 28, 1993
Subject:
Corruption, Political, Camden County Sheriff
Abstract:
Freeholder-Director says Sheriff and prosecutor are too closely tied
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B (U)
Article Title:
Landfill trash may be burned; County incinerator may mine garbage
Publication Date:
May 30, 1993
Subject:
Camden County Trash-To-Steam Incinerator, Trash Disposal
Abstract:
The Camden County Resource Recovery Facility is considering digging up some of the Pennsauken landfill to provide more trash for the burner during the winter
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
2B (U)
Article Title:
Political flier stirs debate
Publication Date:
May 30, 1993
Subject:
Elections, Mayoral
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
1B & 3B (U)
Article Title:
Record crop of candidates runs in council primary
Publication Date:
May 30, 1993
Subject:
Elections, City Council
Abstract:
Candidates listed with their backgrounds and Ward they are running in
Source:
Courier-Post
Page/Section Location:
4B & 5B (U)