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Medford’s Closed Session Minutes On Magnify Brewing.
Below are all of the minutes from Medford Township Council regarding Magnify Brewing. None of what you see below was discussed in public. January 21, 2020 (Redacted in Minutes) Mayor Watson stated there is a brewery interested in the former Kirby’s Mill Feed Store. Mayor Watson stated he and Ms. Portocalis met with representatives of the brewery…
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Medford Steps Up Effort’s On Fire Hydrant’s.
Last month several firefighters from Medford broke their silence to the Pine Barren’s Tribune regarding a problem with the Town’s fire hydrant system, which they claimed was not being regularly tested, a task that should be performed at least once a year. The whistleblower’s also claimed that a wrench recently broke while they were trying…
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The Delran Debacle: Part Time Hustle.
When Delran’s township manager, Jeff Hatcher, retired at the end of 2021, Delran was left without a township manager. Jeff had been the Town’s manager since the early 1990’s, and he let the council and Mayor know that he would be retiring in September of last year. Instead of immediately writing an RFP seeking a…
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The Mayhem in Medford. Part 5: Trouble Brewing on Main Street.
Last year when the Medford Municipal Government prepared to move from the old municipal building to the newly constructed one, they began to plan what to do with the old property located at 17-19 North Main Street, a property that the Medford Municipal Government was still occupying until the end of 2021. The over 7600…
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Confusion leads to verbal altercation at Audubon Graduation.
Yesterday I was reading some of the online chatter in a neighboring town when I saw a story about a girl in a wheelchair who had some issues during a graduation ceremony at Audubon High School. The post was kind of vague, stating just how badly the person felt for the girl and her Father,…
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The Mayhem In Medford. Part 4: Strange Brew.
The last time we left off in our saga now known as The Mayhem in Medford, we found out that Mayor Chuck Watson, also known as Beer Drinking Chuck, has a love for the stanky swill, a love that we also recently learned, is extremely well documented. As of today, the Mayor has 2,171 beer…
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Estate of Medford woman killed in house fire prepares to file suit against Township.
In a recent report from the Pine Barrens Tribune(PBT), several whistle blowers from the Medford Fire Department, came forward to claim that the fire hydrants in the Township of Medford are “in dire straits” after being neglected for “five to ten years”. The report went on to describe an incident that recently took place near…
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The Mayhem In Medford. Part 3: The Medford Beer Summit. #BeerDrinkingChuck.
I have made it a little ritual that when I go to speak at council meetings, I find a nice spot to grab a bite to eat, and try and get a sense of the local chatter, which many times, is about my stories. Two nights ago was no different, when just prior to the…
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Woodbury’s Democratic Machine Candidates Pull A Desperate Move.
Woodbury is a small city in NJ with just about 9,700 residents, that since the 1970’s, has lost nearly a quarter of its population. Woodbury’s once bustling downtown, which includes the Gloucester County Court House, now looks more like a ghost town. Like many South Jersey municipalities, Woodbury has been under the thumb of the…