Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Overall (Blog # 5)

Researching a lot about my home town really opened my eyes as to what's going on there, and when it all started. From the books, to the online article searches and newspapers, it really brought new resources to my attention that I can use. Scholarly vs. Non-Scholarly and the way we can search on Google in get good information was something new to me.
Most of the things that were presented to me in this class I already knew.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Camparing The Gang Issues From Camden , New Jersey (Blog #4)

The crime rate in Bridgeton, New Jersey is much, much less than the crime rate in Camden, New Jersey. It's hard to believe that these towns are within minutes of each other can have so much violence between the two. Camden, is at in all time high with its Gang violence in drug trafficking. Over the past decade, there has been so many death and arrest all over the Tri-State area. With Philadelphia being so close to Camden, you'd think there was competition over which city is more violent.
In this article, Camden police made thirteen arrests on different men from all over South Camden and Cherry Hill, New Jersey. All these arrest for made from allegations of Drug Trafficking and Gang Related violence. Allegedly these men were dealing large quantities of cocaine, heroin and PCP all for a little more than a year and finally the police and enough evidence to bring them down. All of this crime is outrageous and people still don't realize who it is effecting our Youth and us as human beings.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

The Crime rate in Bridgeton, New Jersey (Blog # 3)

McCullen,S . (2010) Bridgeton residents discuss crime solutions
Bridgeton, New Jersey
http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2010/09/bridgeton_residents_discuss_cr.html

The city of Bridgeton, New Jersey has sky rocketed with crime related issues more than ever in the past decade. The small town that people usually pass through for its historical views has been talked more about its unsafe violent ways. Gang violence to murders and rapes. Bridgeton is an all-out crime scene.
In this article, the author talks about the recent activities the city has done in order to keep the violence off the streets. “We can talk about problems all night long. But I want this to be about solutions.” Mayor Albert Kelly said at the event. The resident give ideas about some solutions that could help solve the problems.
Playgrounds where kids can come and play safe and after school related activities for the kids whose parents work late hours to give them something constructive to do other than be on the streets. These were some of the solutions the resident people had about the violence situation. People are doing all they can the “STOP THE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE THE PEACE” all throughout the Tri-State area. (South Jersey, Philadelphia, and Delaware)

Friday, November 4, 2011

History of Bridgeton ! (Blog # 2)

Bridgeton, New Jersey is a very old town. Formally called Bridgeton City then changed to Bridgeton Township on March 1,1865. Located in the southern part of the state of New Jersey Known as a Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area along with Milliville and Vineland New Jersey. Unlike those cities, Bridgeton lies along the Cohansey River which is near the Delaware Bay in the Tri-State area.
Bridgeton has the largest historic district in the state of New Jersey. The first people to settle In Bridgeton where European. Bridgeton was made by 1686 when Richard Hancock established a sawmill here. The other settlers established iron-works in 1814. Today, Bridgeton is the home of different factories and metal machine works.