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AUGUST 20, 2010 VOL. 7, NO. 16
Absecon Council turned off by Comcast’s refusal to meet in public
By
STEVE PRISAMENT
Staff Writer ABSECON – City Councilman Drew Fishman and cable and Internet provider Comcast are definitely not on the same channel. “I want them to come to a council meeting and explain their services and pricing,” Fishman said. “They say they’ll cooperate. They’ll meet with us. But they won’t come to a public council
R.J. Liberatore Jr.
Officials Officials dig into a mound of dirt during groundbreaking ceremonies at the Village at St. Peter’s.
meeting.” And speaking to the public, he said, is what he wants Comcast to do. “That’s how this all started,” Fishman said. “People were asking me about Comcast’s switch to all-digital service that they said was being done at no additional cost to users.” Fishman asked Comcast to send a representative to address the public at a council meeting.
“I got a letter dated July 28,” he said. “It looked like they were right on top of things and making sure the public is aware of their actions. I thought, ‘This is great. They’re being responsible.’ The letter included several sources for information and a number to call with further questions.” Along with finding out that Comcast would not send someone to a council See COMCAST on Page 6
In new project officials see hope rising for seniors, Pleasantville’s future
By
R.J. LIBERATORE
Jr. Staff Writer PLEASANTVILLE – Describing it as a “long-awaited step toward compassionate care for our seniors,” officials from the county, Camden Diocese and the city celebrated a ceremonial groundbreaking for a \$19 million, low-income senior citizen apartment building here. More than 20 dignitaries and diocesan officials were among the approximately 100 people who attended the ceremony held Thursday, Aug. 12 at the St. Peter Courtyard. Construction began last month on the 74-unit, six-story Village at St. Peter’s that will be centered where the parish convent once stood. “Today is a good day to say, ‘Thank God we finally got here’,” said Diocesan Housing Services Mission Board President Peter J. O’Connor. Curtis H. Johnson Jr., executive director of the Diocesan Housing Services Corporation of the Diocese of Camden, first proposed the project to city officials in 2006. The project was approved last year. However, the 2009 worldwide economic recession and the resulting credit crunch delayed the project’s start until this year. Construction should be completed by the fall of 2011, he said. Residents will pay 30 percent of their income to rent space in the facility, he said. “This will give seniors the quality of living they deserve in their senior years,” said the Rev. Patrick Brady, Pastor of St. Gianna Beretta Molla Parish of Northfield. The complex will be See FUTURE on Page 6
Grant application seeks funds for amphitheater, athletic fields
By
R.J. LIBERATORE
Jr. Staff Writer PLEASANTVILLE – A proposal for a 200-seat amphitheater moved once step closer to reality on Monday, Aug. 16 when City Council held a required public hearing on a Green Acres grant application. The city is seeking a 50 percent grant and a 50 percent no-interest loan award from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Acres program. The city is hoping for about \$900,000 in funds to pay for the project, said Charles Sabatini of Remington, Vernick and Walberg, the city’s engineering consultants. Half of the funds would come in the form of a grant, he said. The rest would be in the form of a 30-year, nointerest loan. The money would pay for construction of the amphitheater, parking lots and for the installation of two combination soccer/football fields with lighting, Sabatini said. The amphitheatre would be located on the site of the former Pleasantville Jokers football field and running track, he said, behind the area where the former Pleasantville High School once stood. “This will compliment the See FUNDS on Page 6
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