Local and state officials joined with the Camden County Historical Society this week to unveil the second of three planned historical markers that will mark slave block auctions, officials announced. This marker, unveiled on Monday, marks a site in Camden City where African slaves were sold during the 1700s, according to officials. It is located at the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Federal Street in Camden City.
“We live in an uncertain world where there are serious threats to our country and our democracy, and we must ensure our military has the tools and manpower needed to defend our nation,” Norcross, D-1st of Camden, said after the nearly 21-hour session. “We were able to keep our military fully equipped, meet mission requirements and deter potential adversaries, while ensuring the Department of Defense’s programs are fiscally responsible. Overall, I’m proud to have voted to strengthen and modernize our military to build a strong national defense, support service members and their families, and grow our nation’s workforce.”
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, a leader on retirement security in Congress, voted in favor of the H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act – commonly called “The Butch Lewis Act” – which addresses the nation’s worsening multiemployer pension crisis. The act passed by a vote of 26-18 out of the House Committee on Education and Labor.
As Frances Ward-Green and Teal Corr toured the newly-renovated two-bedroom townhouse Friday morning, they talked about their own decades living in Camden's Cooper Plaza neighborhood.
"It was beautiful," said Corr when asked what the historic townhomes were like when she moved in in December 1994.
During a round-table discussion with Congressman Donald Norcross on Wednesday, Jane Leichner of Haddon Township held up a tiny tube of the prescription cold sore ointment she's been taking for years.
Then she cited its price: $978 for 5 grams at a national pharmacy chain.
"It's been around for decades. It's very effective, but it's a mystery why it costs this much," said Leichner, 74. "The price has been going up and up and up."