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PATRICK MCDAID

Articles by PATRICK MCDAID

Mayor Rick Miller seeking reelection

Berlin Borough Mayor Rick Miller – in office since 2020 – will seek reelection in the upcoming 2024 mayoral election. Prior to being mayor, Miller was a one-term borough councilman.…

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ARVF turns out for teens with cancer

The Alicia Rose Victorious Foundation held its annual wine and food tasting on March 29 to raise funds for pediatric cancer care while offering donors some of the finest local…

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Cloutier says he’s pleased with tentative Eastern budget

The Eastern Regional High School Board of Education introduced a tentative budget for the 2023-’24 school year at its March 21 meeting. Among important figures in the $49 million plan…

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Gloucester Township police lieutenant retires after 25 years

Longtime Gloucester Township police officer Melissa Capanna will retire Thursday after 25 years of service to the community. She will do so with the rank of lieutenant, a first for…

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Camden County Town Hall

The Voorhees Town Center hosted the latest in a series of Camden County town halls on March 21, a panel discussion with local and federal legislators. On hand were township…

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Uncovering the ‘real’ Cooper River

The Ocean City Maryland Film Festival has awarded Search for the Cooper: A River Hidden in Plain View, a documentary about a group of Camden County teens on a 17-mile…

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Berlin Community School board discusses budget

The Berlin Community School (BCS) Board of Education held a regular meeting this month at which Business Administrator Donna DiLapo introduced a tentative preliminary budget of more than $15 million…

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Shredding for a cause with AWA

The Animal Welfare Association (AWA) is gearing up for a busy spring. The shelter will host an all-you-can-shred event on Saturday, April 1, at The Tap Group. For $40, participants…

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Nothing like a good cannon firing

The Gloucester Township Historic and Scenic Preservation Committee is preparing for spring  events to begin next month at the Gabreil Daveis Tavern House.  Like previous versions, the spring events will…

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Building the community: brick by brick

Husband. Father. Friend. Hero. Those are the words that come to mind when Khadijah Butler describes her father Craig. She was just a small child in 1999, when he was…

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