BlogsAdler's first year 'fun, thrilling, exhausting and trying'By: Rose Krebs WILLINGBORO - As first years go, U.S. Rep. John Adler's was a doozy. He went to Washington to fight - for senior citizens, for health care reform, for a responsible banking system, and for his constituents back home. The 3rd District Democrat from Cherry Hill discussed those topics with the Burlington County Times' Editorial Board on Friday. "It's been a fun, thrilling, exhausting and trying first year," Adler said. Congressman Adler seeks inspection of buried piping system at Oyster CreekBy: Kirk Moore Rep. John Adler, D-NJ, and two other members of Congress have asked the General Accounting Office to investigate the condition of buried piping systems at nuclear plants, after a leak of water carrying traces of radioactive tritium were detected at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey and a similar problem turned up at the Indian Point reactor in New York. Congressman Adler proposes $250 relief for seniors and vetsBy: Thomas Fitzgerald Rep. John Adler (D.,N.J.) today pressed for legislation he co-wrote that would provide a one-time $250 Social Security payment to senior citizens and disabled veterans to make up for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment in benefits this year. Delayed Benefits For Veterans DecriedBy: ERIK LARSEN There are more veterans living in Ocean County than any other county in New Jersey and more veterans in Ocean County over the age of 65 than any county in the United States. With the global economic crisis having devastated 401Ks and other investments, and the unemployment rate above 10 percent, more veterans are relying on the benefits promised to them for their military service as a lifeboat in these hard times. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors receive heroes’ thanksBy: Ryan Morton, ASA-Dix Public Affairs FORT DIX, N.J., Nov. 26, 2009 -- Escorted by a police and motorcycle brigade, more than 150 Soldiers, Airmen, and Sailors who are currently training at Army Support Activity, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (ASA JB MDL) for ongoing contingency operations were transported by buses to a Thanksgiving feast at America’s Best Value Inn Ballroom in Cherry Hill Nov. 26. |