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2B COURIER-POST, Thursday, April 12, 2001 SOUTH JERSEY. Burlington County to lower taxes One-time Camden Council hopeful shifts support to Wilson for mayor The tax rate drop is the largest In six years. For the owner of a home assessed at $150,000 the county average Farias said tliis will mean a decrease of about $14 a year to $725 a year for county services. When introducing their budget last month, the freeholders said they will be spending more on three county schools the State aid allows By CAROL COMEGNO Courier-Post Staff MOUNT HOLLY More state aid for police and firefighters' pensions has allowed the Burlington County Board of Freeholders to lower county property taxes this year for some homeowners more than first anticipated. The freeholders unanimously approved these changes Wednesday in their $159 million budget, which is up about four percent from last year.

Though total spending and total taxes levied will rise from List year, the county is reducing the tax rate by about one cent. County Freeholder-Director Vincent Farias said the reduction to 48.3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation was made possi not have the necessary 370 signatures required for nomination. "I'm going to throw my support behind Whip," Garrison said. "He's the one that's willing to put an emphasis on the business community." A former president of the Camden Chamber of Commerce, Garrison is the liaison between the Chamber and the government. Garrison said his brother and Wilson were partners on the police force for six years.

He also said Walker is no longer in the race, and he has not talked with him since "the fiasco with the petitions." Upon learning of Garrison's decision, Walker responded with one word: "Good." Walker said he has not ble by an Increase in new construction and market value of some existing property that enables It to raise millions more in taxes and a $722,510 reduction by the state of the county's mandatory contribution to the fire and police pension fund. Before the $722,510 was forgiven this month, the county had proposed a tax levy of $115.3 million and a tax rate of 48.6 cents Wednesday. The freeholders reduced both figures. The levy dropped to $114.7 million. Farias said the freeholders wanted to pass the $722,510 savings on to taxpayers rather than raise spending.

The change also dropped the total budget from $159.7 million to $159 million. Last year's budget was $151.9 million about $7 million less. scrawled on a bathroom stall at Orchard Valley Middle School. The girl, whose name was withheld, was released into her parents' custody pending a Family Court hearing in Woodbury. The seventh-grad reached a final decision about whether to wage a write-in campaign or to back someone else.

Wilson is running against Mayor Gwendolyn Faison. City Council appointed Faison in December to serve out ex-Mayor Milton Milan's term, which expires June 30. Milan is in federal prison awaiting sentencing on 14 counts of federal corruption. Nine people are running for three City Council seats. Council members Israel Nieves and C.

Louise Dobbs and Dana Redd are running on Fai-son's slate. Wilson is running with Robert "Sarge" Boyer, Daniel Montes and Margaret Red-dick. The independent council candidates are Manuel Jordan, Paul McNair and Habiba Soudan. on grave site Reddish previously told investigators he buried Rosenthal's body under more than 5 feet of mud in a marshy area off Route 130 in Penns Grove, Salem Seventh-grader charged with writing By KIM MAIALETTI Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN A would-be City Council candidate abfindoned Keith A. Walker's ill-fated "Clean Sweep 2001" slate to endorse Gilbert "Whip" Wilson for mayor.

David R. Garrison, owner of Cartun Hardware in East Camden, said Wednesday he will support Wilson in the May 8 election. Garrison originally backed Walker for mayor and planned to run for City Council on his slate, but both men failed to collect enough valid signatures on their nominating petitions to get their names on the ballot. The Rev. Christopher Collins had also intended to run for City Council on Walker's slate, but did Killer gets week By RENEE WINKLER Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN A judge gave convicted murderer and rapist Charles Reddish one more week to fulfill his promise to lead investigators to the place where he buried a Cherry Hill woman's body a decade ago.

Reddish, already serving two life prison terms for a murder and a rape in Burlington Township, admitted March 19 that he smothered Sharon Yeda "Dede" Rosenthal after she found him burglarizing her apartment on Feb. 22, 1991. That plea agreement required Reddish to show authorities the burial spot, which he later refused to do. The guilty plea took the murder case off Camden County's list of capital cases and would have I 1 I IteuiUOllSubmarine veterans meet Continued from Page IB "Japan had to bring everything in by ship," Healey said. "So aircraft carriers and tankers were our number one priority." Healey said the Seahorse was one of the most decorated ships in the Navy and its captain, Slade Cutter, one of the most decorated skippers.

The Becuna was the submarine flagship of the Southwest Pacific Fleet under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The ship won a Presidential Unit Citation and four battle stars for sea combat Addressing the sailors at a luncheon afterward, retired Navy Capt. David McGuigan of Had-donfield reminded the men that their service is not forgotten. "Your World War II submarine service was a key foundation to our victory and a foundation Courier-Post Staff WASHINGTON TWP.

Police on Wednesday charged a 13-year-old student with criminal mischief and making terroristic threats after a violent message was $35 Monthly Access OGEE i Got a minute? Here's 1499 college, special services and tech' nical school as well as devel oping a new county park system, Education spending repre sents almost a quarter of the bud' get. In other business, the freeholders presented a proclamation congratulating 61 Cinna-minson Middle School students for winning a national mock-election contest held last year during the presidential race. threat at school er has been suspended indefinitely. The incident was reported April 5. Additional police officers were stationed in the school earlier this week as a precaution.

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Superior Court Judge Frank M. Lario said Reddish's refusal to disclose the location of the body violated terms of the plea agreement. But the judge set an April 18 deadline for the defendant to cooperate in locating the burial site. XMH'RiERPosrroril i noe.com See our Web site for additional photos upon wnicn toaay suDmarine force rests," he said. McGuigan, himself a former submariner, was the first president of the Home Port Alliance, the South Jersey group that last year helped to win the battleship USS New Jersey for Camden as a museum on the city's Waterfront He told the sailors and their guests that the Becuna and the New Jersey will be linked in history twice: first for their efforts in defeating Japan during World War and second along the Delaware River Waterfront.

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