ALBERT J. COUNTRYMAN Jr.

Albert Countryman Jr. joined the Donnelly.Media team in 2019 after owning the Gloucester City News for 17 years. Albert's history and connection to the places he covers allow him to connect with people and groups worth celebrating in our communities. His favorite pieces to share involve people who have overcome great odds to achieve success, high school teams winning state championships, and volunteers working at food pantries or other charitable organizations. Albert can be reached at acountryman@donnelly.media for stories pertaining to Cinnaminson, Delran, Gloucester City and Palmyra.

Gloucester City St. Patrick’s Parade March 1

After two weeks of sub-freezing temperatures the snow and ice from Winter Storm Fern is finally melting and Gloucester City residents are getting ready...

‘Functional zero’ in 2030

The cold, harsh winter so far this season – full of snow and ice – has made life difficult as people struggle to shovel...

Gloucester City welcomes four new police officers

Despite freezing temperatures outside, there was a festive and warm atmosphere in City Council chambers on Thursday, Jan. 29, as family and friends filled...

‘Plowing, scraping and salting

As residents scrambled to get food and supplies for the much-anticipated storm dubbed Fern, the hardest thing to find was rock salt. Area stores sold...

‘It feels like coming home’

After serving on the Gloucester County Board of Commissioners for 13 years and in the state Senate for 20 – both New Jersey records...

‘Mission work comes first’

The oldest house in Palmyra faces the Delaware River at the foot of Cinnaminson Avenue, a few hundred yards from Berkley’s Pier, where supply...