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 Schools open Tuesday, Sept. 3

Summer vacations for Gloucester City families are over as parents and students scrambled around last week to get ready for the new school year. On...

Linda Baile becomes Queen Lion

The Gloucester City Lions Club reached another historic milestone on Aug. 6, as the first woman to join the organization eight years ago is...

Committee plans Pack the Park

On a warm summer night Thursday, July 11, members of the Gloucester City Celebrations Committee were already planning for the Pack the Park Autumn...

For the last time after 20 years

On May 10, 2004, Gloucester City lost a good man – James “Zonk” Rodgers – at the young age of 44. It was especially...

Hundreds of residents enjoy Chicken BBQ dinners from Lions Club

For 25 years the Gloucester City Lions Club, with help from the Gloucester City High School Leo Club, have been preparing delicious chicken dinners...

‘I think I found a bone’

On the morning of October 22, 1777, some 2,000 Hessian troops marched 10 miles from Haddonfield to Fort Mercer, along the Delaware River in...