A developer has sold nearly 50 acres in Salem County with approvals in place for more than 707,000 square feet of new ground-up industrial space the property includes three vacant parcels at 3 4 and 7 Collins Drive and a 10-acre parcel at 1 Collins Drive that’s home to a vacant 78,000-square-foot office building Plans call for 707,400 square feet of development across three buildings which would benefit from the site’s location just off Interstate 295 three miles from New Jersey Turnpike and four miles from the Delaware Memorial Bridge CBRE’s Brian Fiumara and Brad Ruppel represented the seller which acquired the assemblage just over two years ago “We are thrilled to have completed this transaction as it will advance the development of a Class A modern logistics park in a market with excellent fundamentals,” Fiumara said “The future of the site is in great hands with EQT one of the leading investors in industrial and logistics properties in the nation.” Investor eyes 586,000 sq. ft. warehouse project after buying Salem County parcels has been covering New Jersey commercial real estate for 13 years Many industry leaders view him as the go-to real estate reporter in the state a role he is eager to continue as the editor of Real Estate NJ He is a lifelong New Jersey resident who has spent a decade covering the great Garden State Restaurant chain Bojangles has opened along a major commercial corridor in Piscataway as part of a previously announced deal brokered by The Goldstein Group All RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright 2023 Real Estate NJ 101 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland Our site uses cookies. Learn more about our use of cookies: cookie policy announces the sale of its 707,400 square foot logistics park development site in Carneys Point a leading investor in industrial and logistics properties This transaction underscores D2's commitment to unlocking value through strategic land investments while providing EQT Real Estate with a prime development opportunity in a market poised for growth "We are very excited to partner with Carneys Point Township again for another successful project We would like to thank all of our valued partners that helped us with this transaction Construction & Development at US Industrial EQT Real Estate The 48-acre site purchased by EQT Real Estate will be home to a Class-A modern logistics park which will include a 178,500 square foot building (Building A) a 254,500 square foot building (Building B) and a 274,400 square foot building (Building C) all with ample car and trailer parking and 7 Collins Drive within the Salem Commerce Park The site comprises an assemblage of parcels and a 10-acre parcel at 1 Collins Drive that includes a now-vacant 78,000-square-foot office building D2 acquired the Collins Drive properties from the Delaware River & Bay Authority and also secured an adjacent 3-acre residential outparcel bringing the total developable acreage to 48 acres D2 fully entitled the vacant land for three Class A warehouse buildings totaling 586,000 square feet D2 collaborated with local officials to secure approvals to expand the buildable area to 707,400 square feet by enlarging Building C's footprint – a change made possible by the planned demolition of the vacant office building at 1 Collins Drive The site also benefits from an approved PILOT agreement with the Township ensuring reduced tax obligations and operating costs for the planned buildings "This sale is a testament to our conviction in this sub-market and our team's ability to execute our business plan in an increasingly challenging market to obtain entitlements," said Keith Delaney Salem Commerce Park sits immediately off Exit 4 at the Interstate 295 and Highway 48 interchange in Carneys Point It is just 3 miles from the Interstate 295 and New Jersey Turnpike interchange and 4 miles from the Delaware Memorial Bridge making it a prime logistics hub for both local Philadelphia MSA operations and regional distribution The site is within 30 minutes of the growing markets of Philadelphia and for companies requiring access to New York City and Packer Marine Terminals further enhances its appeal Bulk distribution and cold storage occupiers – including McLane and Rivian – are located within minutes of the site Since 2019 D2 has successfully entitled over 3,000,000 square feet of industrial development projects in Salem County During that time Salem County rents for Class-A industrial space have more than doubled from approximately $5 per square foot to more than $12 per square foot CBRE's National Partners team led by Brian Fiumara represented D2 in the transaction The Southern NJ/Eastern PA MSA has become the 2nd largest big-box region in North America with over 500 million square feet of total inventory Do not sell or share my personal information: 2025) – An injury crash occurred on the southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike near the Delaware Memorial Bridge happened in the afternoon and involved a two-car collision that left at least one person injured the crash occurred when one car lost control and hit another The force of the impact caused significant damage to both cars with one vehicle requiring extraction from the wreckage The Carneys Point Fire Department responded promptly to the scene assisting with the removal of the vehicles and ensuring the safety of all involved Emergency medical crews transported the injured parties to nearby hospitals with one individual reportedly suffering serious injuries The right shoulder of the turnpike was blocked for a period while authorities cleared the scene and investigated the cause of the accident Our thoughts are with those affected by this tragic incident Car accidents in Carneys Point Township can result in a wide range of injuries from minor bruises to life-altering conditions One of the most common injuries is whiplash caused by the sudden jerking motion of the head and neck during a collision which may require long-term medical care and rehabilitation such as concussions or traumatic brain injuries as they can have lasting cognitive and physical effects often caused by impact on the steering wheel or seatbelt can lead to rib fractures or lung contusions Psychological injuries like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety are also common and can significantly impact the recovery process If you or someone close to you has been involved in a car accident in Carneys Point Township, an experienced New Jersey car accident attorney from Metro Law is ready to offer you effective legal representation We take pride in our dedication to 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awareness of these dangers allows our community to take precautions and avoid these accidents This information is not medical or legal advice We wish only the best and quickest recovery to all those involved in the accident The photos depicted in this post are not from the actual accident scene A professional hockey player and his brother have died after being struck by a suspected drunk driver while bicycling Johnny Gaudreau perhaps better known as "Johnny Hockey," and his brother Matthew were hit around 8:30 p.m was charged with two counts of death by auto He was being held pending a pretrial detention hearing Higgins told police he had consumed five or six beers before the accident Charity work: Gaudreau assists with 4th annual golf tournament benefitting Gloucester Catholic Thursday on County Route 551 in Oldmans Township The brothers lived in Salem County at the time of the accident His 29-year-old brother lived in the Pedricktown section of Oldmans Township Johnny Gaudreau was a hockey star at Gloucester Catholic High School in Gloucester City He graduated from the high school in 2011 and was inducted into its hall of fame earlier this year The winger was a fourth-round pick for the Calgary Flames in the NHL's 2011 draft He played nine seasons with Calgary before signing with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2022 Both of the NHL teams posted memorials to Gaudreau at their websites Friday "Johnny was and always will be a member of the Flames family and loved by all of Calgary," said a tribute from the Flames. "He came to Calgary as a young man and grew up here but also a beloved member of our community," the organization added The pain we feel for Johnny’s wife Meredith and the entire Gaudreau family is immense." In its tribute, the Blue Jackets organization said Gaudreau "played the game with great joy which was felt by everyone that saw him on the ice "He brought a genuine love for hockey with him everywhere he played from Boston College to the Calgary Flames to Team USA to the Blue Jackets." played for several years in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League Higgins struck the brothers while trying to pass a sedan and an SUV on northbound Pennsville Auburn Road What happened to Johnny Gaudreau?: Blue Jackets star and his brother Matthew killed while riding bikes in SJ Higgins said he had passed the sedan when the SUV in front of him pulled to the center of the road as it passed the bicyclists Higgins said he thought the SUV's maneuver "was a counter action to prevent him from passing," the statement said He then tried to pass the SUV on the right striking the Gaudreau brothers on the narrow shoulder Witnesses said Higgins' vehicle appeared to be traveling at "a high rate of speed" on the two-lane road in a rural area Higgins "explicitly stated to the effect that his consumption of alcoholic beverages contributed to his impatience and reckless driving," the probable cause statement said 'Johnny Hockey' killed: Following death of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, social media mourns loss of SJ natives Superior Court Judge Silvanio ordered Higgins to remain in Salem County Jail The ruling came after Salem County Assistant Prosecutor Brooke Harley requested Higgins' continued confinement represented by Public Defender Cody Dooley at Friday's hearing told the judge he intends to hire his own attorney Dooley advised Higgins not to speak to anyone at jail about his case and to remember all jail calls are recorded Higgins was charged with seven offenses in municipal court including driving under the influence of liquor or drugs consuming alcoholic beverage or cannabis in a motor vehicle He is also accused of multiple driving violations The charges against Higgins are only accusation Higgins has not been convicted in the case and no additional information is available A heartbreaking article came out Wednesday on intouchweekly.com about one of New Jersey’s most iconic actors Bruce Willis was born on an Army base in what was then West Germany but moved to Carney’s Point at age 2 when his dad completed his service He grew up around blue-collar people and attended Penns Grove High School He lived with a stutter and joined theater where he found his speech impediment could be controlled He rose to fame from television like “Moonlighting” and films like “Die Hard,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Sixth Sense.” He always had a masculine swagger about him that came naturally and found its way into his roles That might be why it was extra shocking to hear his initial diagnosis of aphasia a few years ago That’s the neurological disorder that steals from you your ability to communicate even more heartbreaking to learn a year later he was stricken with frontotemporal dementia It’s a combination of many brain disorders in one is degenerative and affects a person in many ways a person lives only 7.5 years after diagnosis According to the intouchweekly.com article poor Bruce Willis looks to not even have that much time They say it’s to the point they don’t believe he’ll even make it to his 70th birthday on March 19 They’ve made him feel as safe and comfortable feeling as possible and they talk about the love still being felt between them all Yet he’s a very different person now and no longer even recognizes certain people Wouldn’t you know it would have to take down one of New Jersey’s greats Opinions expressed in the post above are those of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski only Report a correction 👈 He is 69, and his family says he’s failing.\nRead More A heartbreaking article came out Wednesday on intouchweekly.com about one of New Jersey’s most iconic actors According to the intouchweekly.com article - Director: Greg Mottola- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (166K reviews)- Runtime: 107 minutes- Genres: Comedy Report a correction 👈 Get important news about your town as it happens Get the top stories from across our network Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from daily updates Two boys from Salem County were accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in Delaware crashing a stolen car and hospitalizing another driver A 14-year-old from Penns Grove and a 16-year-old from Deepwater were given several felony charges Delaware State Police said in a news release The teens were taken into custody after the chase in New Castle A white 2012 Kia Optima with New Jersey plates was spotted by Delaware troopers near Route 1 South and Christiana Road at around 4:50 p.m A quick computer check revealed the car was reported stolen earlier that day to Carneys Point police Troopers tried to stop the Kia but it sped away tearing across a front lawn on Lanford Road and nearly hitting a pedestrian before crashing into a mailbox The Kia continued leading police on the chase before colliding with a Nissan Maxima at the intersection of North Dupont Highway and School Lane The Penns Grove boy ran away from the crashed car but troopers captured him The Deepwater boy remained in the car and was arrested The Nissan driver was brought to a nearby hospital They were expected to survive their injuries A search of the stolen Kia uncovered screwdrivers and damage to the steering column and ignition The evidence was consistent with a nationwide trend of Kia vehicles stolen using basic tools The Deepwater boy was charged with receiving stolen property He was released to a guardian on a $5,000 unsecured bond The 14-year-old was held at the New Castle County Detention Center on a $21,500 secured bond An NHL star and his brother from Salem County were killed by a suspected drunk driver one day before their sister's wedding Johnny Gaudreau of Carneys Point and Matthew Gaudreau of Pedricktown died on Thursday a state police spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice Troopers responded to the crash near milepost 11.1 on County Route 551 in Oldmans Township at around 8:19 p.m Sean Higgins of Woodstown was accused of driving drunk during the crash The 43-year-old was charged with two counts of death by auto most recently for the Columbus Blue Jackets at left wing "The Columbus Blue Jackets are shocked and devastated by this unimaginable tragedy," the team said in a statement "Johnny was not only a great hockey player Investigators said the Gaudreaus were riding bicycles north close to the fog line on the side of County Route 551 Higgins tried to pass a car and SUV while also traveling north in a Jeep Grand Cherokee Higgins passed the car and tried to get back into the northbound lane when the SUV moved into the middle of the road to pass the Gaudreaus on their bikes Troopers say Higgins tried to pass the SUV on its right side when his Jeep hit the brothers from behind The Gaudreaus were pronounced dead at the scene Higgins was arrested and held in the Salem County Correctional Facility The brothers were expected to attend their sister's wedding in Philadelphia planned on Friday, Aug. 30. A webpage on The Knot listed them as groomsmen Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among the countless hockey fans mourning the brothers' deaths "Johnny Gaudreau may have come up from the States, but hockey fans in Calgary, and across Canada, will remember him as one of our own," Trudeau posted on social media Phil Murphy said he was heartbroken by the deaths of the proud South Jersey natives please know that the people of New Jersey grieve with you," the governor said The Gaudreaus were alumni of Gloucester Catholic High School and Matthew was the Rams' boys hockey coach for the past two seasons "Johnny and Matt were incredible hockey players and students, but even more amazing human beings," principal Thomas lacovone Jr. said in a Facebook post "Their loss will be felt forever by the entire Gloucester Catholic community and by me personally I will continue to pray for them and their families during this unimaginable tragedy." Nicknamed by fans as "Johnny Hockey," the older Gaudreau was born on Friday scoring a goal in the Eagles' 4-1 win over Ferris State in the 2012 national championship game ESPN commentator John Buccigross, known for his college hockey passion, mourned Gaudreau's death in a Twitter post about his third-period goal to put BC up 3-1 He called it a "definitive Johnny Gaudreau forever young hockey moment." Buccigross also compared the 5-foot-9 undersized winger's playing style to NBA star Allen Iverson "Impossibly small and skinny (JG MIGHT be 140 pounds here) yet dominated the game and had GIGANTIC respect from his peers," Buccigross said "Gaudreau was looked at as a freak and a savant who thought and played the game quicker than everyone else because he had to there was always the possibility of a moment like this An electric star who made the sport better by his art yet was grounded in his foundational principle: a big loving family and countless friends is more important than anything." The 2011 fourth-round draft pick for the Calgary Flames also won the 2014 Hobey Baker Award which is given to the NCAA's top hockey player He led the Eagles to another Frozen Four appearance in that season as a senior Boston College said the brothers' deaths "stunned" the school's community "Johnny Gaudreau was not only one of the greatest players in the history of Boston College hockey but one of the nicest as well," BC said in a statement "Matthew was a gifted player who was equally beloved by his teammates and the entire Gaudreau family at this time of unimaginable loss The Eagles hockey team also posted a statement calling the Gaudreaus "shining stars" on and off the ice Johnny Gaudreau found success in the NHL from the beginning of his professional career He scored on his very first shot in a game at the Vancouver Canucks on Apr "Johnny Hockey" went on to play eight seasons for the Flames scoring 210 goals and dishing out 399 assists He won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 2017 The award is given to players who show high performance and sportsmanship "Our hearts are broken by this devastating loss," the Flames said in a statement "Johnny was and always will be a member of the Flames family and loved by all of Calgary It was our privilege to call Johnny our teammate for nine amazing years in Calgary but also a beloved member of our community." he entered free agency and signed a seven-year $68.25 million contract for the Blue Jackets The seven-time all-star had 33 goals and 101 assists in his two seasons with Columbus winning a gold medal at the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championships and bronze at the 2018 IIHF World Championships "He thrilled fans in a way only Johnny Hockey could," the Blue Jackets said "The impact he had on our organization and our sport was profound but pales in comparison to the indelible impression he made on everyone who knew him Johnny embraced our community when he arrived two years ago "We will miss him terribly and do everything that we can to support his family and each other through this tragedy." Matthew Gaudreau played four seasons at BC, including in the 2013-14 season with his brother. Matthew had 16 goals and 47 assists in Chestnut Hill, according to hockeyDB.com Matthew went on to play four minor league seasons in the American Hockey League and ECHL most recently for the Worcester Railers in 2022 The right winger also made appearances for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (now Islanders) The Railers also mourned the brothers' deaths "They represented the sport of hockey and their family at the highest level both on and off the ice," the team posted on social media "Matty will always be remembered as one of the original Railers who helped to guide the organization in our inaugural season We remember his time spent in Worcester fondly." Troopers said the crash remained under investigation Two new warehouses are rising along Route 40 in Salem County under a project by Rockefeller Group that will add more than 1 million square feet to the fast-growing industrial submarket the complex is taking shape on Forest Avenue after the developer broke ground late last year at the 141-acre site which it had assembled starting in late 2019 It’s now on track to deliver the project’s first building in the first quarter of 2025 with the second to follow roughly 60 days later in a location that’s some three miles from both Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike “It took a lot of time to get to where we are today,” said Heath Abramsohn vice president and regional director for Rockefeller Group which is marketing the space alongside brokers with CBRE which will span 530,000 and 596,443 square feet will each have 40-foot clear ceiling heights 10,000 square feet of office space and other modern features while there will be a combined 245 dock doors and parking for 658 cars and 328 trailers across the full property Abramsohn noted that “inquiries are starting to come in” as market participants see the walls going up for both buildings That’s likely to continue for a submarket that’s still on the rise thanks in large part to its labor pool and highway network “The employers within this region are attracting from South Jersey which is commutable for the right job,” he said whether it be the workers for the warehouse or management you do have a strong labor pool in that region Rockefeller Group Logistics Center at Carneys Point will be the firm’s southernmost project in New Jersey to date Abramsohn said the assemblage comprises 13 parcels that it acquired from 11 different sellers with the help of broker Ryan Curran of Curran Commercial in an area that local officials had targeted for redevelopment during which Rockefeller sought to be flexible as those residents looked for their next homes Yet it was clear that the area “was rapidly changing,” with a new 1.25 million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center directly to the west and a separate 1.75 million-square-foot industrial project set to rise to the east on Route 40 The projects have come with major infrastructure updates sewer and power upgrades at the Rockefeller Group site in addition to significant traffic improvements that extend across the highway “They’re looking to redevelop that entire corridor,” Abramsohn said adding: “Carneys Point has been supportive of development They recognize that it will help them in the long term from a job creation and a ratable perspective.” Salem County had more than 2.3 million square feet of industrial space under construction through the first quarter of this year That represents a nearly 30 percent increase from the existing supply of 7.7 million square feet while vacancy heading into the second quarter was about 12 percent asking rents for high-end space in Salem County and in neighboring Gloucester County have increased in recent years to more than $12 per square foot With construction for the Rockefeller project well underway Abramsohn hopes the firm can find a sweet spot for users in the 500,000-square-foot range Buildings of that size are not as abundant as smaller warehouses while those that are closer to 1 million square feet have seen more tepid demand as the market has normalized after record highs during the pandemic you don’t have many that you are competing against,” he said these buildings are designed to be demised appropriately.” Larry Schiffenhaus and Brian Golden lead the leasing team for the speculative project which Abramsohn expects will appeal to a wide range of users especially given the site’s access to the Port of Philadelphia and other key destinations “We’re confident in the future of the market especially as we deliver into ’25,” he said but we have a strategy and we’re comfortable with that strategy and confident in our decision.” Advocates claim links between illness and chemical contamination as companies feud over who would pay to clean soil and water Jon Hurdle, Inside Climate News | July 29, 2019 | Energy & Environment Credit: Jon HurdleDuPont boundary gateIn the South Jersey town of Carneys Point Mohamed Salem recalled a patient who came to him about a year ago with unexplained symptoms of fatigue and depression and turned out to have high levels of PFAS chemicals in his blood was a long-term employee of Chambers Works a 127-year-old chemical factory bordering the town where Salem runs his primary-care practice and where the toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals once used in Teflon and other consumer products have been found in many private wells who has been practicing in the town since 1985 and has seen an increasing number of patients presenting with fatigue and lethargy over the past five years He attributed the symptoms to chemical contamination in the water and soil after more than a century of production at the plant where DuPont made Teflon and which is now owned by Chemours “We have more patients now with depression and unexplained fatigue and lethargy than ever,” he said “It used to be that high blood pressure was the number-one reason that people came to the office the number-one reason is non-specific fatigue symptoms.” Mohamed SalemSalem blames the malaise on environmental contamination by PFAS or other chemicals whether or not his patients have worked at the plant which for decades was the town’s biggest employer they drank the water that is contaminated by the plant everything is just contaminated by what they have dumped into the atmosphere Salem hasn’t tested for PFAS in the blood of his other patients that report the same symptoms because the test is expensive and their insurance may not cover it as residents of Carneys Point or surrounding communities like Pennsville they are likely to be affected by the same environmental contamination He said he doesn’t know how to treat people with PFAS in their blood but advises them not to drink water from private wells and to buy bottled water if they can afford it He said there should be an epidemiological study of illnesses such as bladder cancer in the Chambers Works area but said he was unaware that any had been done Data from the New Jersey Department of Health for Salem County as a whole shows the age-adjusted death rate for all cancers — 219.1 per 100,000 population in 2017 — was far higher than the statewide rate of 144.6 Questions to the Salem County division of environmental health seeking statistics on the Chambers Works area were referred to the Department of Environmental Protection Salem’s patients offer a glimpse into a legacy of pollution and ill health that has hung over the community since the plant opened and which for decades was accepted by local people as the condition for having a dominant local employer that paid generous salaries and pensions But with a recent decline in the plant’s workforce the passing of an older generation of workers whose loyalty to “DuPont’s” was unquestioned and increasing evidence of a legacy of environmental contamination Carneys Point is fighting back and demanding recompense The clearest sign of a more assertive community is a 2017 lawsuit brought by the township against DuPont and Chemours holding them responsible for dumping some 100 million pounds of chemical waste in the land and water over the plant’s long history and for a cleanup that would cost an estimated $1.1 billion Click to expand/closeThe suit called the contamination a “disaster worse than the Exxon Valdez” which spilled 88 million pounds of oil in Alaska in 1989 and resulted in more than $1 billion in civil and criminal penalties The legal action would have been unthinkable a generation ago when hardly anyone spoke out against the company a former mayor and four-term town councilman “In 1970 in this town if you ran for election to the town council and in your campaigning you said anything bad about DuPont you wouldn’t get three votes,” Brandt said in an interview in his book-lined office on the town’s main street the legal challenge shows that Carneys Point and is waking up to the price it paid for more than a century of doing the company’s bidding The suit edged closer to a win in February this year when a judge entered a tentative order for summary judgement in the town’s favor on the question of whether DuPont violated a New Jersey law that requires the owner of an industrial site to clean it up before selling it said he expects the order to be finalized late this summer it will require DuPont to post money to clean up the site but how much is actually payable will then be subject to further legal argument The prospects of an agreement on who should pay for the cleanup dimmed when Chemours accused DuPont of “systematically and spectacularly” understating the liabilities it was transferring to Chemours when spinning it off in 2015 Chemours asked a Delaware court to stop DuPont indemnifying itself against the liabilities “Chemours was created as a captive subsidiary of DuPont to be stuffed like a goose with all of Dupont’s environmental liabilities,” Telsey said “And then Chemours was to be tossed to the world to live or die on its own.” a code of silence that deterred many townspeople from speaking out is disappearing as old-time DuPont employees die off and residents consider that the legal system may after all provide them with redress said the township's current lawsuit against DuPont would have been unthinkable a generation ago.“It’s probably the first effort on the part of those who have been concerned about DuPont’s negligence among many efforts for years and years,” Brandt said of the suit is that because of DuPont or other issues?” whose parents and grandfather all worked at the plant holds out little hope that anyone will forge a legally provable link between DuPont’s pollution and the community’s many cases of cancer to make because so many other things could have caused the same cancer,” he said But even if a link doesn’t hold up in a court of law it’s more likely to do so in the court of public opinion “Common sense demands that there’s a probable connection “If you have something that’s toxic in this one acre and you have people living in the acre next door you got to say that the bad stuff affected the people in the other area even though it’s possible that they could have died from 85 other reasons Unlike many of his peers who spent much of their working lives in the DuPont plant spent only a month there in the late 1950s and he got out quickly because he feared for his health “It was like Tales from the Crypt,” he said referring to the faux-horror TV series from the 1990s He said he was responsible for emptying powdered dye into 55-gallon containers an operation in which “you probably breathed enough to kill an elephant.” Brandt recalled that one of the dyes was “crystal violet,” the base pigment in Bic pens which would not come out of your shirt if it leaked in your pocket the people from ‘grind and mix’ had to shower,” he said “It was a big open shower room to accommodate You’d watch a swirling torrent of multicolored liquid rush to a drain in the center Most of it went by open ditch to the Delaware River He said he decided to leave because “I watched the bad effects that it had on people Even after DuPont started reducing its local workforce in the 1970s and 1980s people clung to the old idea of the paternalistic company despite dwindling evidence that it remained so having grown up through two or three generations of a good regular paycheck those people didn’t pay attention to that,” he said referring to the company’s local downsizing “They’d rather believe in what was there yesterday who worked as an environmental scientist for DuPont from 1985 to 1998 was responsible for identifying and disposing of chemical waste at Chambers Works and watched the company curb its chemical discharges starting in the 1970s in response to tighter environmental laws But he said DuPont and its competitors cut their chemical waste only because they were required to “Industries like DuPont would only do what they were forced to do because they were driven by return on investment,” he said “If they can get rid of something by dumping it in the river they would comply with the law when there was no other alternative.” A DuPont spokesman referred a request for comment to Chemours “as the information and expertise on this matter reside with them.” Credit: Jon Hurdledupont chemours main entranceIn May this year Chemours said it’s committed to cleaning up Chambers Works and other former DuPont sites in New Jersey that were contaminated by the parent company “We are living up to the commitments we have made with real indisputable actions and we will continue our ongoing cleanup efforts where more work needs to be done,” the company said in a statement to residents It said it has spent almost $100 million on cleanup in New Jersey since 2015 not including payments to the Department of Environmental Protection The company said its cleanup would not be affected by the state’s “recent action” — apparently a reference to a DEP “directive” in March to five chemical companies to investigate and clean up PFAS contamination around the state — but said it would defend itself against “any misconceptions” about the company the DEP said 168 of 341 private water wells sampled within five miles of Chambers Works exceeded screening criteria for the PFAS chemicals PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and PFNA (perfluorononanoic acid) or PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid) a chemical that has been introduced by some manufacturers as a substitute for PFOA but which scientists say may be just as toxic as the chemical it is intended to replace The DEP accused Chemours of continuing to discharge some PFAS chemicals at Chambers Works of knowing when it took over the plant that the site was contaminated with PFAS chemicals Chemours and the other companies said at the time that the directive was too broad to be effective and would be “wildly expensive” to comply with A DEP spokeswoman said in early July that talks are continuing with the companies over how to resolve the dispute Chemours said it voluntarily started testing for fluorinated compounds in June 2016 and has now extended the program to a radius of seven miles from the plant’s perimeter the company said it tested 440 private water wells and installed granular activated filters on 150 of those with “elevated” levels of the chemicals The company also found GenX in about five wells near the plant “The site has low-level GenX emissions and the company recently installed additional emission control technology at the site to further reduce GenX emission levels beyond the already low levels,” it said in a statement Growing concern over the health risks of PFAS chemicals in drinking water near many industrial sites including Chambers Works has led New Jersey to set strict limits on three of them — PFNA and PFOS — in drinking water in the past five years Some other states have set their own limits but the federal government has refused to commit to a timetable for regulating the chemicals The chemicals were used in consumer products such as nonstick cookware and flame-retardant fabrics and in firefighting foam which was used by the U.S resulting in widespread contamination of military bases including New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst The substances persist in many locations because they don’t break down in the environment and so have become known as “forever chemicals.” While more residents of the Carneys Point area are now seeking compensation from DuPont and Chemours many are still reluctant to talk about their illnesses and possible causes said she has Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (an autoimmune disease); elevated liver enzymes; and symptoms including nausea and reduced bone density because of her conditions and the medicines she is taking for them She doesn’t know whether her illnesses were caused by drinking water from her private well for decades until finding out in 2017 that it contained some PFAS chemicals and she has been speaking out about it in the hope of building public support for a cleanup has found little support from her neighbors even those who have conditions such as bladder cancer that are linked to PFAS contamination After being alerted to the chemicals’ presence in her well by a contractor testing water for Chemours she intensively researched the subject and became alarmed by the data on health impacts and then discouraged by an apparent lack of interest in her community Her well water is now clear after being fitted with granular activated-carbon filters at Chemours’ expense “I quit researching because I was very disheartened by the fact that there were so many people who would not join me or support any kind of effort to get anything done,” she said and it was getting to the point where I could not sleep at all Andrews has no proof that the PFAS contamination in her well came from Chambers Works but argues that there’s strong circumstantial evidence to support the view that it does “If you know a lot about the company’s history you know that they pretty much just dumped stuff,” she said “They washed their equipment and let the wastewater go into the ground The company “could have been a wonderful institution if only they took care of disposing of these things properly,” she said Some long-time residents say there’s just too much evidence linking local illness to environmental contamination even if that idea has not been legally or scientifically confirmed who was born in Pennsville and lived there until she moved to Florida in 2010 blames the chemicals for her 27-year-old son’s lymphoma (a cancer of the immune system) and fears that her own health will eventually break down because of decades living near the plant positively attribute everything to DuPont because everything is contaminated,” she said I feel like a ticking time bomb after breathing it in for all those years.” also includes her father’s death from liver cancer after working 35 years at the plant; her non-smoking mother’s lung disease; and the green cloud she recalls seeing over the community during her childhood “I remember breathing in funny smells and everyone would say It’s easy to understand why no-one spoke out at the time “It was a high-paying job that put food on the table,” she said “They didn’t know all the detrimental effects that it was doing to them it’s obvious that that place has killed so many people.” The concern is shared by the environmental group Delaware Riverkeeper Network which began a long-running campaign for tougher limits on PFAS in New Jersey by focusing on the Chambers Works plant starting in 2005 While Chemours and Dupont wrangle over who should pay the massive cleanup bill and regulators move slowly on finalizing statewide health standards for PFOA and PFOS there’s a risk that people in the Chambers Works area are still drinking tainted water “As other locations have discovered that their water supplies contain PFAS attention has shifted away from the original epicenter of New Jersey’s PFAS problems,” she wrote in an email Even after the state adopts maximum contaminant limits for the two chemicals it will be important for private well owners who are not part of a sampling program to have their wells tested so they can have filtration systems installed and inform the authorities if the chemicals are found “DRN considers the site to be an environmental menace because of the ongoing pollution as well as the legacy of pollution caused by activities there,” Carluccio said Donna Jenkins said she can’t blame DuPont for her cancer of the bone marrow because she doesn’t know whether it’s linked to chemical contamination But whether or not DuPont’s chemicals were the root cause she’s tempted to believe her illness can be traced to the drinking water worked for a long time in medical records at a local hospital so didn’t come into occupational contact with the chemicals that could have caused her illness But when she read an article about contaminated drinking water on an activist Facebook page called “WTFDupont,” she began to wonder if that was the cause “I’m sure the chemicals leached into the water and that’s the problem in this area,” she said Jon Hurdle is a freelance writer who regularly reports on water and other environmental issues Jon can be contacted by email at jonhurdle@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE NJ Spotlight is part of The WNET Group and is operated by WNET a non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 2025 – As party leaders travel across the country on the campaign hustings the Liberal plane appears to have more lift than those of their political rivals New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds the Liberals’ turnaround continues to climb in elevation boosting the party to an eight-point lead (46% to 38%) over the Conservatives The governing party’s rise has been driven by the collapse of the NDP vote – now standing at seven per cent Half (50%) of 2021 NDP voters plan on voting for the Liberals if the election were today The Liberals have also benefitted from a renewed popularity in Quebec – half (49%) of Quebecers say they plan to vote Liberal – and especially in Montreal where they garner two-thirds (64%) support This has come at the expense of the Bloc Québécois who find their support nearly halved from December (11% to 6%) and suffering from a flight of 2021 voters (23% intend to vote Liberal) There is also no doubt that the switch from the tremendously unpopular leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the much-more liked Mark Carney has played a significant role in the Liberals’ rise from their support ditch Approaching half (46%) of Canadians say their opinion of Carney has improved in recent weeks He is also the only national party leader who has a net positive rating on both those metrics The Conservatives continue to hold an advantage in voter commitment Three-quarters (72%) of those who would support Pierre Poilievre’s party say they are firmly committed to that choice compared to the half (51%) of Liberal voters who say the same While support for the Conservatives has certainly fallen from its peak seen in December the above data is perhaps evident that the party has a high floor while Liberal support may or may not be at the crest of the wave The Angus Reid Institute (ARI) was founded in October 2014 by pollster and sociologist non-partisan public opinion research foundation established to advance education by commissioning conducting and disseminating to the public accessible and impartial statistical data domestic and international affairs and other socio-economic issues of importance to Canada and its world Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit Sunday to Governor General Mary Simon was the starting gun for a whirlwind, 37-day election campaign – one day longer than the minimum possible required by the Elections Act Carney had good reason both to call an election and shorten the campaign period: his Liberal party has seen a remarkable turnaround in electoral fortunes that began with the resignation of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and has continued after Carney was elected by his party to replace the embattled PM Carney and the Liberals enter with a growing advantage between them and the rival Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre There are now eight points separating the Liberals The Liberals’ rise has coincided with the downfall of the NDP led by Jagmeet Singh who has seen their December support of 21 per cent evaporate to seven per cent currently The Bloc Québécois led by Yves-François Blanchet have also suffered as support for the Liberals has grown Support for the Quebec-only party has nearly halved from December to six per cent: The Liberals under Carney have built a broad base of support that crosses age and gender lines At least two-in-five of every demographic say they would vote Liberal if the election were today including three-in-five (58%) of women older than 54 The CPC perform best among men older than 34 a plurality of whom say they support Poilievre’s party: Declining support for the Bloc Québécois has put the Liberals in pole position in Quebec with half (49%) of vote intention in that province The Liberals also hold a seven-point lead over the Conservatives in Ontario The picture in Atlantic Canada is similar to historical results in that part of the country for the Liberals the Liberals have captured between 24 and all 32 of the seats available in the Atlantic region the collapse of the NDP vote has turned B.C into a head-to-head contest between the Conservatives and the Liberals The Conservatives perform best in Alberta and Saskatchewan The remarkable reversal of fortune for the Liberals is perhaps most evident in the country’s biggest cities: Vancouver the Liberals would capture at least half of the vote in all three In both the 416 and 905 area codes of Toronto Carney’s Liberals have doubled their vote compared to the nadir of support seen in December under Trudeau the Liberals’ likely vote share has grown from one-third (34%) to two-thirds (64%) in three months the Liberals have a 20-point lead (50% to 30%) over the Conservatives: The NDP’s bus is more than leaking oil – the engine might have fallen out. While part of the story of the Liberals’ rise has been estranged 2021 voters returning to the party after the departure of Trudeau – in December just two-in-five (41%) said they were intending to repeat their vote for the Liberals – it has also been fueled by the flight of 2021 NDP supporters Just one-third (35%) of 2021 NDP voters say they will vote for the party again this election while half (50%) say they intend to support the Liberals The Carney Liberals have also pulled a small fraction of 2021 Conservative voters – one-in-eight (12%) – putting a dent in the Conservative vote retention, which had stood at 89 per cent in December the Liberals’ current success in Quebec is partially driven by one-quarter (23%) of those who voted Bloc in 2021 saying they intend to vote for the incumbent Liberals in this election: The Liberals under Carney have trimmed away at the edges of Conservative support, but vote intention for Poilievre’s party is in line with the 37 per cent seen in September 2022 when the Conservatives first took a lead over the Liberals under Trudeau This is perhaps evidence of the solidity of the base and the party’s high floor Case in point: three-quarters (72%) of current CPC voters say they are “very committed” to supporting the party this election Half (51%) of Liberal supporters say the same the NDP’s small portion of remaining voters are the least committed of all party groups with one-third (32%) saying they plan to follow through on their current intention to vote for Singh’s party It is worth noting, too, that half (47%) of current Liberal voters say their second choice is the NDP, while one-in-ten (10%) say it is the Conservatives. This suggest that the Liberals may suffer if voters change their minds, but the Conservatives may not benefit. For current Conservative supporters, three-in-five (57%) say they have no second choice (see detailed tables) The existential threat both to Canada’s economy and sovereignty posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, his tariffs and repeated “51st state” musings is evidently not lost on Canadians Three-quarters (72%) say this election is “way more important’ than the 2021 campaign While typically Canadians are more likely to view the current election as more important than the former these data represent a much stronger opinion that this election is of high import when compared to data taken in 2019 and 2021: The support woes of the NDP and the Bloc Québécois are perhaps tied to this sense of import Overwhelming majorities of CPC (76%) and Liberal (79%) supporters believe this election is “way more important” than the 2021 edition while there is less urgency among likely NDP (58%) and BQ (63%) voters: 55 per cent had a negative view of Poilievre; 58 per cent had a negative one of Singh Although Blanchet has a positive net rating in Quebec, he trails in his province to Carney, who is viewed favourably by three-in-five (61%, see detailed tables) Views of Carney are also on the upswing. Approaching half (46%) of Canadians say their opinion of Carney has improved in recent weeks, including one-in-five (20%) 2021 Conservative voters, a majority (56%) of past NDP voters, and half (47%) of those who voted for the Bloc last election (see detailed tables) The top five issues as the election campaign begins are the same as they were three weeks ago prior to Carney winning the Liberal leadership race which has become the third most chosen priority relations are related issues as tariffs have increased the price for many goods The Conservatives are currently working at a deficit to the Liberals when it comes to convincing Canadian voters that they are the best choice to address these top issues Carney continues to be viewed as the best leader to handle Canadians’ top concerns and has in fact widened his lead over Poilievre across the board it is notable that Carney’s perceived advantage is lowest relative to other areas: The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from March 21-24, 2025 among a representative randomized sample of 2,400 Canadian adults who are members of Angus Reid Forum a probability sample of this size would carry a margin of error of +/- 2 percentage points Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding The survey was self-commissioned and paid for by ARI For detailed results by age, gender, region, education, and other demographics, click here For PDF of full release, click here For the questionnaire, click here Shachi Kurl, President: 604.908.1693 shachi.kurl@angusreid.org @shachikurl Jon Roe, Research Associate: 825.437.1147 jon.roe@angusreid.org Route 295 Northbound through Carney’s Point reopened earlier this morning (Friday) but the Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road bridge over Route 295 remains closed in both directions We reported yesterday that I-295 Northbound was closed in this area due to a truck carrying a large piece of construction equipment was too high to pass under the overpass To ensure safe passage of cars passing underneath Route 295 an NJDOT contractor removed two steel girders and a portion of the roadway decking the removal was almost the entire shoulder on the impact side of the bridge side concrete barrier and protective fencing (Trenton) – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced I-295 northbound reopened at approximately 4:15 a.m The Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road Bridge over I-295 remains closed in both directions I-295 northbound was reopened after NJDOT’s contractor completed the removal of two girders and a portion of the deck on the Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road Bridge over I-295 that were damaged when a truck carrying construction equipment struck the bridge on Tuesday evening NJDOT is evaluating what repairs may be needed to safely reopen and restore traffic on the Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road Bridge over I-295. Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road eastbound is closed at Route 130 with access maintained for local traffic Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road westbound is closed at the bridge with traffic diverted onto I-295 northbound The following detours remain in place until further notice: Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road westbound detour: Route 140/Hawks Bridge Road eastbound detour: Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT’s traffic information website www.511nj.org for real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on Twitter @NJDOT_info or on the NJDOT Facebook page Categories Roads Sweet Talk Cafe is Open in Washington Township Resident Owned Dessert Bakery (with Coffee) Warehouse Developer Claims Approval Due To Lack Of Timely Decision From Gloucester Twp Planning Board Lawyers prepare ‘dozens’ more lawsuits alleging birth defects Jon Hurdle, Inside Climate News | May 24, 2021 | Energy & Environment A local battle against toxic chemicals polluting water soil and air in parts of South Jersey is going to federal court as multiple lawsuits are being prepared alleging that chemicals emitted by two industrial plants caused birth defects cancers and other illnesses in dozens of people Four of the suits against a total of five companies have been filed in federal court for the District of New Jersey over the last year “You really have a witches’ brew exposing a population for years and decades It’s a public health catastrophe,” said attorney Steven Phillips in an interview with NJ Spotlight News The plaintiffs are families in Carneys Point and nearby in Salem County who have claimed that their illnesses are the result of environmental contamination from the plants that include heavy metals like arsenic Targeted too are PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) also known as “forever chemicals,” which are linked to a range of serious illnesses and are increasingly subject to state oversight which operated the Chambers Works plant at Carneys Point in Salem County from 1891 to 2015; Chemours a DuPont spinoff which took over the plant in 2015; Solvay a Belgium-based chemical company whose New Jersey plant is at West Deptford in Gloucester County; Arkema its predecessor at that site; and Minnesota-based 3M a leading manufacturer of PFAS chemicals that are among those blamed for the contamination using and disposing of PFAS chemicals and of being responsible for their contamination of air water and soil around the Carneys Point and West Deptford plants Lawyers for the defendants have denied the claims and said the companies are not liable READ: NJ state sues chemical companies READ: Federal PFAS regulation in cards with Biden win? Residents living near the DuPont plant were previously reluctant to blame their illnesses on the company because of Carneys Point’s history as a company town economically dependent on a firm that was its largest employer for more than a century But with the passing of an older generation of workers and with increasing knowledge of links between the chemicals and serious health conditions it’s now more likely that the company’s record will be challenged Residents may also have been exposed to PFAS via contamination of groundwater from Solvay’s plant even though it is some 14 miles from the Carneys Point/Pedricktown area where some plaintiffs live “The migration of pollution from West Deptford could easily extend beyond the immediate facility,” Phillips said Solvay is already being sued by New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection which alleges the company contaminated soil and water around its site for years a spokeswoman for Solvay said the company does not comment on active litigation whose “profound and permanent personal injuries” include cognitive developmental delays; an inability to control her limbs; digestive conditions including chronic vomiting; breaks to several limbs because of a lack of coordination and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder A suit filed in January by Carly and her mother says the daughter was exposed to contaminants including three types of PFAS chemicals; heavy metals; industrial alcohols and solvents dyes and fuels through a variety of media including drinking water in which contaminated water seeps into basements and then its vapor rises into private homes where Bond has lived since she was born in 1962 passed the chemicals to her daughter when she was pregnant Because of the mother’s long-term exposure to the chemicals it says Carly’s exposures of “greatest significance” were her period in utero and during her infancy and early childhood Her injuries were “foreseeably caused by Defendants’ misconduct,” the suit says It argues that there are no safe levels of exposure to the toxins that are blamed for the plaintiffs’ health conditions Even “vanishingly small” quantities of some of the substances have the potential to cause illness and were “more than sufficient” to have caused Carly’s injuries Concern about the toxicity of tiny quantities of PFAS chemicals underlies New Jersey’s recent regulation of three of them — PFNA All three are now subject to enforceable health limits in drinking water which are much stricter than a “health advisory limit” for PFOA and PFOS recommended Many scientists say the federal limit is too high to adequately protect public health Bond says she too suffers from “profound and permanent personal injuries” including several cardiac conditions all because of her exposure to chemicals from the DuPont/Chemours plant She says she was exposed to the toxins via air dispersion soil contamination and vapor intrusion at two addresses in Pedricktown where she has lived all her life using and discharging some 1,200 chemicals into the environment from the Chambers Works plant It says the company also accepted large quantities of waste containing PFOA from off-site facilities and discharged that and other toxic waste through its wastewater treatment plant The suit quoted a study by the DEP which said that DuPont “knowingly concealed the true nature of the chemicals it discharged,” and that both DuPont and 3M “put their profits above the public health safety and the environment of New Jersey.” 3M denied its products were responsible for the plaintiffs’ injuries “The weight of scientific evidence does not show PFOA or PFOS causes harm in people at current or past levels found in the environment,” the company said in a statement “3M acted responsibly in connection with products containing PFAS and will vigorously defend our record of environmental stewardship.” DuPont did not respond to a request for comment Chemours said the claims in the suits lack merit “Chemours is aware of these complaints and will be responding in court The claims alleged by plaintiffs’ counsel lack factual We will defend ourselves against these allegations,” the company said in a statement motor deficits and “profound mental anguish” as a result of being exposed to the defendants’ chemicals The Slussers argue that Alexander’s injuries were “foreseeably caused by Defendants’ misconduct” and that they are entitled to recover damages Alexander is among about 50 plaintiffs who suffer from birth defects as a result of the chemical exposure “These are kids born with profound intellectual some are quadriplegic; some are paralyzed on one side of their body — they are just God-awful injuries,” he said Another major category of injury suffered by plaintiffs is cancer particularly blood cancers such as lymphomas as well as endocrine-disrupting cancers such as uterine Phillips said his team is examining “about 100” potential personal injury suits stemming from the chemical exposure He said he won’t necessarily file all of them if he finds that a lung cancer sufferer But he’s confident that many will be filed with the court “We already know that there are dozens of cases that we’re already quite sure are going to be filed,” he said Asked why the suits are being filed now after decades of unproven allegations about links between the chemicals and illness among local people Phillips said there’s now growing evidence for those ties and that is being acted on by the legal community and publicized by the media “Heightened scrutiny has identified these clusters more than was true in the past,” he said “A person who had the misfortune of having a kid with a severe birth defect wasn’t necessarily hearing what caused it and that is a very hard question for people to cope with.” Even though the plaintiffs may have been suffering from their injuries for the last 20 or 25 years the law allows them to bring suit against the companies now “If the defendants hid what they were doing and the man or woman on the street couldn’t figure it out they can bring a lawsuit when the facts come to light,” he said Tracy Carluccio of the environmental group Delaware Riverkeeper Network and a longtime campaigner for PFAS regulation said the suits are the only available redress for people who have been harmed by the chemicals “People who were exposed to these highly toxic compounds have a right to try to make DuPont and other responsible parties accountable Those who were personally harmed rightfully need to have their injuries recognized and addressed through legal redress How else are they going to pursue justice for what has been done to them?” she said READ: Rutgers to study health effects of PFAS in Gloucester County READ: Solvay says no more to replacements for ‘forever chemicals’ at South Jersey plant South Jersey’s brightest hockey star is holding a charity golf tournament on Friday with proceeds benefiting his alma mater It’s the second annual event for the Carneys Point native who has been an All-Star in each of his first three years in the NHL The high-scoring winger for the Calgary Flames drafted in the fourth round of the 2011 draft talked over several topics with Flyers beat reporter Dave Isaac More: Gaudreau giving back to Gloucester Catholic with golf tournament Flyers: Nolan Patrick signs, but bigger test is yet to come More: With big prospects on wing, Flyers could be physical force in future Offseason: Flyers sign their restricted free agents DI: What was your biggest takeaway this season with the Flames Coming around Thanksgiving we were out of a playoff spot The statistics of when you’re out of a playoff position at Thanksgiving is really high (to miss the playoffs) It’s difficult to fight your way into a playoff spot We had a great second half of the season and we played some good hockey in the playoffs but I think we could have won a game or two there and the series could have been a little different young leaders on our team and some older leaders that us young guys get to learn from We’re pretty fortunate with the group we have in Calgary We had some pretty big signings this offseason (including Union College star Spencer Foo and trading for defenseman Travis Hamonic and goalies Mike Smith and Eddie Lack) I’m really looking forward to next season What can you tell Flyers fans about Brian Elliott 12 games there in our season he stood tall in net there and helped us get back into playoff position our goalies really helped us get into the playoffs after our slow start It’s unfortunate I only got to spend one year with him He’s a great team guy and spectacular goalie I think Flyers fans will really enjoy having him there DI: Another thing that happened last season was that your dad Guy stopped coaching at Gloucester Catholic Is he going to be around Calgary more and up in Bridgeport where your brother Matty signed with the Sound Tigers I think he wanted to keep coaching at times but he realized with all the coaching he’s been doing it’s been taking away from time seeing me and my brother play You practice every day with your Gloucester Catholic teams and you’ve got games during the week You’re traveling up and down New Jersey and he’s trying to catch the games on TV and sometimes he can’t even catch those but at the same time he’s pretty excited he’s going to get to Calgary a little bit more get to Bridgeport to see Matty play a little bit more and my older sister Kristen has a niece so he can spend some more time with her He’s trying to take a little more in with the family and stuff traveling up and down the East Coast helping your sons going to games and stuff and he’s been doing it since me and Matty were 3 or 4 He’ll enjoy some time away from the rink After playing at Boston College he signed a contract with the Sound Tigers the Islanders’ AHL affiliate where he’ll play with John Stevens (son of ex-Flyers coach John Stevens) Throughout his whole career he’s had a shadow a little bit because of playing with me at BC Last season he made a name for himself and he had a great year I talked to the coaches at Boston College and they said he was one of the top players for them last season and helped them get to where they were at throughout the season He needs to gain a little weight (5-foot-9 but he’s a smart player and I think he’s really gonna be able help Bridgeport out a little bit He’ll get stronger throughout the years and hopefully he gets the chance to play in the NHL someday I don’t think it’s that his hockey IQ or his playmaking won’t get him there I just think he needs to gain a little weight He deserves a contract and I’m really happy for him DI: One of the things you probably weren’t pleased about this season was the decision for the NHL to not go to the Olympics in 2018 I’m sure that was probably something you were hoping for Obviously everyone wants to represent their country and I’ve had the chance to do that three or four times (the World Junior Championship in 2013 and the World Championships in 2014 and 2017) but I don’t think anything compares to the Olympics Being part of the Olympic Village and everything like that and watching other athletes compete for your country it’s just a really cool experience from what I’ve heard from a lot of other players It’s unfortunate that we won’t be able to do that but I think it gives some of those college kids and some kids in the AHL a chance to do something that a lot of players won’t get the chance to do at some point in their careers I know when I was in college I was watching TJ Oshie four years ago watching that and something you wanted to be a part of Gotta move past it and worry about your season with your NHL teams DI: USA Hockey has told some reporters about looking at some of the pros playing overseas in Europe Have they reached out to Matty at all since he is on an AHL contract I haven’t really paid too much attention after they said they would have an All-Star Game (in the NHL) and that’s right when the Olympic break is I don’t know if they’d invite AHL guys Hopefully they give a chance to any player that’s going to help Team USA become a better team Obviously I’m probably not gonna be a part of it but you still want to see your country succeed and win that Gold medal DI: I bet your phone was blowing up recently after your interview on 94.1 WIP They asked you about coming to the Flyers someday and you said it would be great Did that small spark set off your Twitter account “It would be sweet to play in your hometown.” I think if you ask any player in the NHL if they’d like to play in their hometown at some point they’d all say it would be pretty sweet you’ve got kids you went to school with You’ve got people that will be supporting you I’m just really fortunate they follow me up in Calgary It’s a great city and they’re so passionate about our team but I think if you ask any player if he wants to play in his hometown they’d say it would be pretty cool to do that I’ve still got five more years on my contract and who knows…if we’re playing well up here in Calgary I could end up staying another four or five years there because I love the city so much It’s tough to have all those articles come out when it’s something so small but that’s the way it goes sometimes the same thing has happened for years with Bobby Ryan because Cherry Hill is so close Any time he was within two years of free agency it seemed like everyone would go nuts for him JG: Growing up in South Jersey I could see how passionate the Flyers fans are about their team Growing up I remember when the Flyers were going through those playoff runs and there wasn’t a seat that wasn’t orange My dad would take me to games and I’d watch and say ‘It would be cool to play for these guys someday.’ Then I get drafted by Calgary and there’s not a single seat that isn’t red every game I kind of get the best of both worlds there I get to play in a passionate city that loves our team and our players and then I know how passionate the Flyers fans are down here I get a lot of support down here in South Jersey I’m really fortunate with the way people follow me down here Dave Isaac; 856-486-2479; disaac@gannettnj.com and 7 Collins Drive at Salem Commerce Park in Carneys Point The assemblage is located at what was formerly known as the Salem Business Center and includes three vacant parcels totaling 35-acres (3 and 7 Collins Drive) and one 10-acre parcel that includes a 78,000 square foot office building (1 Collins Drive).  D2 purchased the Collins Drive properties from the Delaware River & Bay Authority.  American Dream Realty represented D2 in the transaction D2 also purchased an adjacent 3-acre residential outparcel bringing the total developable acreage to 48-acres D2 fully entitled the vacant land for three class-A warehouse buildings which will total 586,000 square feet upon completion with ample car and trailer parking Miami-based BridgeInvest provided $16,100,000 in financing towards acquisition and pre-development costs The debt was arranged through D2's affiliated capital advisory group Salem Commerce Park is located immediately off Exit 4 at the Interstate 295 and Highway 48 interchange in Carneys Point NJ.  It is just 3-miles from the Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike interchange and 4-miles from the Delaware Memorial Bridge making it a prime logistics location to fulfill both local Philadelphia MSA operations and greater regional distribution.  The site is within 30 minutes of the burgeoning Philadelphia and Northern DE markets.  For companies that require access to New York City Since 2019 D2 has successfully entitled over 2,750,000 square feet of industrial development projects in Salem County NJ alone.  During that time Salem County rents for Class-A industrial space have more than doubled from approximately $5 per square foot to more than $11 per square foot The Southern NJ/Eastern PA MSA has become the 2nd largest big-box region in North America with approximately 500 million square feet of total inventory.  Tenant demand remains strong with an overall vacancy rate of less than 2% in New Jersey D2 Organization is a privately owned opportunistic investment group focused on acquiring and repositioning land for new development and excess or obsolete industrial facilities Our mission is to transform overlooked properties into developable assets that spur economic activity and enhance the quality of life for their surrounding communities D2 Capital Advisors is the transaction advisory affiliate of the D2 Organization For more information, please visit www.d2organization.com announces the sale of its 707,400 square foot logistics park development site in Carneys.. Real Estate Banking & Financial Services Real Estate Transactions Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers 2022A tanker truck crashed and burst into flames on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carneys Point New Jersey (WPVI) -- Injuries have been reported after a tractor-trailer carrying furniture crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike Salem County near the Delaware Memorial Bridge Authorities say the driver of a truck lost control and hit a toll booth there is no word on the severity of injuries or the number of those hurt The Turnpike Authority says the toll booth was not staffed CARNEYS POINT -  A former Catholic high school here is preparing to bounce back as a private school for basketball players Olympus Sports expects to occupy the long-vacant site of St. James High School in September with about 80 students splitting time between the classroom and the basketball court The school would serve boys in grades 8 through 12 along with “post-grad” students participating in a gap-year program told the township's planning board Wednesday “Our main thing is to give them the tools they need to go to college” as students and basketball players More: Deptford woman wins round in 'Silent Skate' dispute with roller rink More: Charge: Gibbstown man, 68, accused of using vehicle for Paulsboro murder “Every student in this school does take classes,” said Beaman adding post-grad students could pursue studies at Salem Community College The youths also would participate in night basketball games would live in apartments with adult supervision the school’s business development director Vans would shuttle the youths to and from school where a cafeteria would offer lunch and dinner “It’s not like your traditional school … where everyone lives in the town and the families and the parents come out (for games),” he said who unanimously approved the application also heard from a current post-grad student Kanoute said he's spending a year at the school in an effort to improve his appeal to college recruiters "I had some offers (last year) that I wasn't really happy with," said Kanoute "I've been approached (this year) by a lot of Ivy Leagues The phone's ringing and we're still doing the process of it." launched its school one year later with a dozen post-grad students It expanded to 55 students within two years while outgrowing facilities in Williamstown "We’ve been on the hunt for a campus,” said Beaman James High School from a previous career running basketball camps He said the Georgetown Road school would offer basketball camps during its summer break with a capacity for 500 tuition-paying students in Carneys Point hopes to expand in the next few years with baseball and football programs “We’d like to have other sports but we have to find the right people to build that,” said Beaman The former high school closed in 2000 as part of cutbacks by the Diocese of Camden Olympus Sports is leasing the building from Georgetown NJ LLC which acquired the property last year for $775,000 from St economic development and other beats for the Courier-Post Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal Support local journalism with a subscription .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Brittany M. Wehner | For NJ.comCARNEYS POINT TWP — Dunn's Park holds memories for many Carneys Point residents and officials hope to keep them alive by continuing revitalization of the site off Shell Road The park — established in 1933 — is a focal point of the town and has been in dire need of a facelift for years. Officials have made headway on the project since the demolition of the park's original gazebo back in July "The old gazebo was falling apart and we had to have it fenced off for safety the rest of the project got started," Carneys Point Mayor Richard Gatanis said Friday and should be constructed between the end of September to early October Officials have received one bid for the purchase of a gazebo and are waiting for two more quotes to come in Movement on the park's rejuvenation kicked off with planning in January after a woman standing in the gazebo reportedly fell through Deputy Mayor Charles Newton also said Friday that he was excited to finally see work being done in the park that sits next to the YMCA of Salem County "I've been trying to get this done for at least three years," the deputy mayor said pointing to the site where the gazebo once sat in the heart of the park With assistance from grant writer Maggie Maxwell-Mood and community efforts Carneys Point has received $13,000 in donations "All this work I do is because I was born and raised in Carneys Point and it's just one of the things you stop and think about when you were growing up," she said Maxwell-Mood reminisced of when she saw couples walking hand-in-hand when the park was in good condition She added that her involvement was out of love for her hometown Dunn's Park was established after it was given to the township by DuPont Co however maintenance of the park has not been effective over the years Other park improvements to come in the near future include sensor lighting upgrades to provide a safer environment and landscaping improvements Atlantic City Electric offered to provide advisement for proper lighting technology while "J" Boys landscaping will assist with grass reseeding Funding for the project is possible through donations and sponsors For all of the planned upgrades to the park Maxwell-Mood will not be paid out of the donations only any future grants the township receives you look at recreational meeting places and that puts a park in the center of view The community park can become the nucleus of a revitalization," Maxwell-Mood said people take a personal interest and this can help get the park where it needs to be for 2015," she continued ACE has also pledged $10,000 for the new year that will be used for the park's renovations officials will concentrate on the 1933 fountain that has been out of order for at least five years "We're going to look at this next it'll be a continuous process — it's something to be proud of You have to take a positive step when you see something has been let go People will come into our community and this raises the value of our town," Gatanis said Officials are looking for volunteers to help with the project including the construction of the new gazebo please contact 856-885-0623 or 856-237-4121 Brittany Wehner may be reached at bwehner@southjerseymedia.com. 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state moves aggressively to adopt clean energy policies Starwood Energy demolished the former Logan Generating Plant and announced plans for a new $1 billion venture on the site where batteries will be deployed to store power from renewable energy sources The 225 MW Logan plant is one of two former coal-fired plants that the company decided in March to shutter and tear down under an agreement with the state and a local utility The other is the former Chambers Cogeneration Plant in Carneys Point They were the last two coal-fired plants operating in the state until they closed three months ago Connecticut-based private equity investment firm specializing in energy infrastructure projects located on the banks of the Delaware River in the Philadelphia suburbs of southern New Jersey It was a weekend of multiple celebrations Sept as Bishop Dennis Sullivan formally installed Father Jerold C as pastors of their respective parish communities the pastors signed their names and took oaths to lead their flocks At Saint Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Carneys Point after the installation of Father Mariastanislaus the Bishop blessed the parish’s grotto and its statue of Our Blessed Mother outside Corpus Christi Church those in the pews included a busload of parishioners from Father Szamocki’s former parish to support the priest and wish him well on his new assignment © All Rights Reserved | May 06, 2025 | Catholic Star Herald of the Diocese of Camden Add the Catholic Star Herald to your home screen For Android users(Chrome) tap the at the top right vertical 3 dots then tap “Add to Home Screen” For iPhone tap:at the bottom and then tap “Add to Home Screen” If you need assistance with submitting your subscription, please call Neal Cullen at 856-583-6139, or email Neal.Cullen@camdendiocese.org © All Rights Reserved | May 06, 2025 | Catholic Star Herald of the Diocese of Camden A New Jersey town has filed a $1.1 billion lawsuit against DuPont alleging the company spun off the Chambers Works facility to avoid environmental cleanup costs that could exceed a billion dollars That facility is now owned and operated by Wilmington-based Chemours which could end up footing remediation costs if DuPont seeks indemnification filed the lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court is polluted because of a toxic chemical used in the product's manufacturing has been linked to kidney and testicular cancers Teflon was invented at Chambers Works in 1938 Carneys Point sits about five miles south of Chambers Works just across the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Deepwater the town alleges DuPont released over 100 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the water and ground from the late 19th century to the mid-1970s synthetic plastic and rubber as well as lead for no-knock gasoline were produced at the site The lawsuit claims toxins from these products which generated billions of dollars in sales for DuPont impacted residents as far as two miles away from the plant benzene and ethyl chloride were all used at the plant BACKGROUND: DuPont: Toxic Legacy STORY: Jury orders DuPont to pay $8M in C-8 case The lawsuit claims DuPont has dumped over 100 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the water and ground since the plant opened in 1892 "The Chambers Works site is a disaster worse than the Exxon Valdez which spilled 88 million pounds of crude oil in Alaska resulting in over $1 billion in civil and criminal penalties," said the township's attorneys in the lawsuit director of DuPont's corporate remediation group The town is asking the court to calculate the penalties due under the Industrial Site Recovery Act which requires companies to clean up a site before it is sold or transferred It has asked the court to award tens of thousands of dollars per day multiplied by the number of years the site produced toxic chemicals Plaintiff attorneys calculated the total cost to be around $1.126 billion Carneys Point has also asked the court to compel DuPont to establish a remediation trust Under the spinoff agreement, DuPont can seek indemnification from Chemours for environmental remediation costs said the company is reviewing the lawsuit's allegations but he could not comment further because of pending litigation "Chemours is currently operating under a U.S with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to remediate the Chambers Works site," Turner said "This is a long-standing project to which DuPont along with the federal and state agencies have invested considerable time and effort." A Chemours spokeswoman declined to comment The merger is expected to be approved in early 2017 DuPont needed to shed 100 years of accumulated environmental liability to become a more attractive merger partner," the lawsuit charges would go bankrupt under the massive cleanup costs leaving Chambers Works a "rusting industrial nightmare the residents of New Jersey will be left to clean up without the funds to do so." Hamermesh teaches corporate law at Widener University Delaware Law School He said DuPont cannot escape the environmental liability for Chambers Works simply by transferring it to another company a company cannot escape remediation responsibilities by transferring or selling a contaminated site "It is hard for me to see how the spinoff has any bearing on the plaintiffs," he said "It's not the kind of stuff DuPont can simply walk away from by virtue of the spinoff." a Dover attorney who has represented both public and private clients in environmental litigation the action is usually initiated by the state He said Carneys Point will have to prove the lack of remediation has caused health issues among its residents "The town has to prove they have some ailment or injury," Parkowski said "All the town is claiming is that there needs to be an environmental cleanup Thousands of New Jersey residents have sued DuPont over drinking water contamination at Chambers Works One case settled in 1993 for $40 million and two more class-action suits were settled in 2011 with DuPont paying $800 to each household or installing an in-home water filtration system Multiple remediation attempts have occurred at the site including a major one involving the Department of Energy in 1996 saying Chambers Works has a "long history of polluting the environment." "We need to make sure polluters pay all the costs to adequately clean up this pollution," he said "We cannot allow DuPont to walk away from their mess and leave polluters on the hook for millions of dollars at the expense of the community and the environment The people nearby this facility are already suffering from DuPont's pollution and they deserve a real cleanup that protects public health." Earlier this week, an Ohio jury ordered DuPont to pay $2 million to a Washington County resident who claimed his testicular cancer was caused by C-8 exposure from the company's Washington Works plant which since has been transferred to Chemours It was the third straight lawsuit DuPont has lost over mid-Ohio Valley residents who have pursued litigation against the company alleging C-8 exposure is responsible for their illnesses including a $5.6 million verdict to David Freeman an Ohio resident who alleged C-8 released from the Washington Works plant into the region's ground A jury ordered both punitive and compensatory damages for his suffering Contact Jeff Mordock at (302) 324-2786, on Twitter @JeffMordockTNJ or jmordock@delawareonline.com.