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The Gloucester County Nature Club invites people of all ages to participate in the 16th annual Gloucester County Bird Quest. Novices and experienced birders are welcome. Bird Quest is family and child friendly.

Bird Quest 2015 is Saturday, May 2, from 7 a.m. to 12 noon, and will take place throughout the county.

Bird Quest starts with a morning of birding. The rules are simple: Identify as many different bird species as you can — by sight or sound — between 7 a.m. and 12 noon, staying in Gloucester County.

You can participate by forming a team of your own, riding on buses led by a bird expert or joining any or all of three guided walks led by a bird experts who will help identify bird species. 


At 12:30 p.m. all participants gather at Scotland Run Park, 980 East Academy St., Clayton, NJ, 08322 to report results, and for free lunch, t-shirts and prizes.

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WOODBURY — Gabriel Moran, 20, of Williamstown was sentenced Friday to serve 14 years in state prison for armed robbery and assault.

Moran pleaded guilty to the Sept. 6, 2013 robbery, admitting he hit the female victim, waiting for a ride at Monroe Township’s Pfeiffer Community Center with a handgun and took her pocketbook.

Moran was also sentenced to a concurrent nine-year prison term for a knifepoint robbery at a Monroe service station on Jan. 31, 2013.

The nine-year term was part of a plea agreement. Moran pleaded guilty as he was about to face trial.

Under the state No Early Release Act, Moran must serve 85 percent of his 14-year sentence before he’s eligible for parole. He will have to serve five years of supervised parole when he is released.

Moran has been in jail since his arrest in 2013. He will receive 670 days credit for time served for the 14-year sentence and 578 days on the nine-year term.

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PITMAN — On Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m., the Pitman Town Watch will launch Dog Walker Watch (DWW), a new crime awareness program in Pitman. Clayton Crime Watch members have been invited and will be attending.

“There are hundreds of dog walkers throughout Pitman,” said Town Watch President Cynthia Ventura. “Through Dog Walker Watch, we hope to convert many of those walkers to extra eyes and ears for the police department as part of Pitman's ongoing crime prevention efforts. Dog walkers can be a valuable resource in helping to make our community safer. Dog walkers know their routes well and can easily note what is normal and what is out of place.”

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WEST DEPTFORD TWP.

— On April 1, there was a report of a male entering several parked vehicles in the area of Lincoln Avenue/ An investigation led to the arrest of Stanley A. Betters, 29, of West Deptford, who was charged with burglary, theft and criminal attempt. He was lodged in the Salem County Jail in lieu of an unspecified amount of bail.

— Michael A. Burns, 43, of West Deptford was arrested April 3 on Route 130 on outstanding warrants and was charged with possession of a prescription legend drug. He satisfied his bail requirements and was issued a complaint summons.

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WOODBURY — A Gloucester County grand jury the week of April 5 indicted the following people:

— John Ricci, 47, of Turnersville, for possession of CDS in Washington Township on Jan. 20.

— Alfred Ricci, 71, of Philadelphia, for possession of CDS in Washington Township on Jan. 20.

— Edward T. Hollenden, 68, of Glassboro, for possession of CDS in Glassboro on Nov, 22.

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The Easter holiday had me looking at a couple of old photographs of me as a very small boy.

One was of me, smiling like I knew some secret, sitting on the lap of the Easter Bunny. Or at least some skinny dude in a skeevy Easter Bunny suit, topped off by a cardboard or, given the year, more likely papier mache rabbit head with eye holes big enough to see the guy inside.

Most people of my era have similar photographs — for many years back then, the Easter Bunny was absolutely creepy and perhaps even frightening.

The other Easter-time photo I have is me wearing a trenchcoat, sharply creased trousers, shined shoes and an incredibly spiffy fedora. No, not some childish imitation of a fedora, a real fedora. (I can’t tell what’s under the trenchcoat, but there’s a good chance it was a two-toned sport coat, which was a fashion rage for men of all ages back in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s.)

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GLASSBORO — Three EMTs and a registered nurse were presented with Meritorious Service Awards Wednesday for helping to save a man’s life.

The awards were presented by the Gloucester County Hero Scholarship Fund to RN Stephanie Brown, who works at the Rowan University Wellness Center, and to the three EMTs, who are students: senior Jessica Postorivo and juniors Ben Dafilou and Paul Comber.

According to GCHSF member, Andrew Halter, on Sept. 13, some men were testing a Katana-style sword purchased at a flea market when the blade broke, Part of the blade became lodged in the chest of one of the men, Halter said.

His friends, trying to help, pulled the blade from his chest and got him into a vehicle for a trip to a hospital, said Halter.

The patient’s condition started to deteriorate rapidly, causing him to have difficulty breathing. The vehicle was near the Wellness Center, so they pulled over and a friend ran inside to seek help, Halter said.

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WOODBURY — Since Gloucester County police officers started being able to administer doses of Narcan to people having an opiate overdose in September of last year, 41 lives have been saved.

In a little more than six months, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office has been able to plan and oversee the training and certifications of police officers throughout the county, according to Prosector Sean Dalton.

Now the GCPO has partnered with Kennedy Health and Inspira Medical to make sure what was a pilot program can continue.

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