Building a Gloucester City Champion

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (CNBNewsnet)–Recently early on a Saturday morning, Gloucester Lions Coach Liam James gathered his Defending South Jersey Group I Champions varsity basketball team to instruct a clinic for future stars. Led by Senior 1,000 points scorers Aydan Hagan and Liam Gorman, these five y/o kindergarteners listened intensely and work through fundamental drills. This…

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Gloucester City Announces 1st Round of UEZ Business Revitalization Investment Program Awards Wednesday, February 01, 2023

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (February 1, 2023)(CNBNewsnet)–0Mayor Baile and City Council are pleased to announce the first round of 2023 UEZ Business Revitalization Investment Program awards.  Solutions in Warehousing Inc., Sunshine Florist, and Art’s Deli have made building upgrades to improve their structures and thus can grow their customer base.  This program also provides for signage, building facade…

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Peyton and Me Meandering Through Gcity and Beyond…BARNARD AVE WORK DISGRACEFUL Monday, January 30, 2023

  By William E. Cleary Sr. | CNBNewsnet                                              Barnard Avenue top and bottom photos. CNBNews photo credit (January 30, 2023) DOES ANYONE KNOW? Why has it taken over six months to repave Barnard Avenue…

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*Gcity’s Mayor Community Prayer Breakfast Tickets $15 Friday, January 27, 2023

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (January 2, 2023)–The Mayor’s Community Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by the Gloucester City Ministerium and the Gloucester City 400th Celebration Committee, will be held on Saturday, January 28. The event is being held at Elizabeth’s Ballroom, Highland Blvd., and Sylvan Avenue starting at 9 AM. Tickets are $15.

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Law Enforcement Conducts Drug Raid in Gloucester City

Gloucestercitynews file  photo (July 2021) JANUARY 26, 2023–Authorities conducted a drug raid in the 300-unit block of Essex Street on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. Across the street from the residences is a used car dealer.  The occupant of the home, Jacques Davis, 25, was arrested and charged with multiple drug offenses. On July 11, 2021,…

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GLOUCESTER CITY SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS The City of Gloucester has appropriated $250,000 of its federal Community Development Block Grant CARES Funds (CDBG-CV1) for the COVID-19 Small Business Assistance Program. This program is being established to provide working capital funds to the community’s small businesses that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted. A. PROGRAM…

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New Gloucester City Ordinance Will Allow ‘Pot’ Businesses To Operate In Southport Area

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (January 23, 2023)(CNBNews)–The City of Gloucester City’s mayor and the council is expected to pass on first reading an ordinance amending the City’s Land Development ordinance tonight at 7 PM to provide for marijuana businesses. The meeting is scheduled for council chambers, 313 Monmouth Street.  The public hearing and final adoption of…

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COMMENTARY: How The City of Gloucester City Has Changed

by DOROTHY PHILBIN | CNBNewsNet While reading some old newspaper articles last night I came across one particular article about the BLM protest/march almost three years ago.  The article from the Courier Post, was dated June 8, 2020.  In that article a man from Camden City, Isaiah Conteh, said “It shows this town is changing.” …

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Gloucester City Mayor/Council Amending Land Development to Provide for Cannabis Business; Exact Location Forthcoming

CORRECTION   GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (January 23, 2023)(CNBNewsnet)–The Gloucester City mayor and council monthly meeting will be held on Monday, January 23 at 7 PM in council chambers, 313 Monmouth Street. Scheduled on the agenda  Monday evening is an ordinance on first reading amending the Gloucester City Land Development law to provide for a Cannabis…

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Gloucester City Town Watch Meeting, Thursday, Feb. 2

  The Gloucester City Town Watch will meet on Thursday, February 2, at the Gloucester City Civic Association building, 827 Jersey Avenue (formerly Pine Grove Fire Dept.), at 6:30 PM.  Cheryl Sheets, the spokesperson for the organization, said, “This meeting is for new members who would like to join us, residents who aren’t sure they…

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