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Looking Back At 2016, Looking Ahead To Serving You Better
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works
On behalf of the crew of your Public Works Department, I want to begin this article by extending our warmest wishes to our residents, businesses, and their families during this holiday season. It is my experience that family gatherings this time of year lead to a “re-capping” of the past twelve months; remembering those who have passed away, weddings, a birth of a grandchild, perhaps even a summer vacation. As in most businesses, the end of a calendar year is a time where an organization can look back and evaluate its strengths and areas of improvement.
Communicating With Public Works Using Technology
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works
There have been great strides in technology over the past 15 years that have impacted how we communicate. In the late 1990’s, I recall my sister having her own phone line in her room for chatting with her girlfriends. The only thing to interrupt that convenience was the dial-up internet service for the sole family computer. Now, we watch YouTube videos of people walking into telephone poles while glued to their smart phones.
Spring Cleaning In Pennsauken: Hazardous Waste Collection, Shredding, And More
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works
Each year, the County sponsors numerous waste collection events to help its residents properly dispose of various items around our homes, garages, and sheds to protect the environment. It may sound like a nagging chore to do, but the benefit it has on our local bodies of water far outweighs any inconvenience of disposal.
Valentine’s Day At Public Works: Hold The Snow… Take The Chocolates
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works
We’ve seen a lot of weather changes in the past two months: 70 degrees on Christmas to frigid days the third week of January. With the looming winter weather bringing us painfully cold wind, we can only dream of the springtime.
Falling Leaves: To Bag Or Not To Bag?
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works
At the end of my October article, I asked if the dry weather of summer and September would continue into a dry fall, causing leaves to fall early. Hurricane Joaquin answered that question pretty thoroughly! With the news showing devastating flooding down the Jersey Shore and down the East Coast, Pennsauken was spared major damage. There were a couple calls for fallen trees in streets over that weekend, but nothing compared to that storm on June 23 of this year.
Post Storm Township-Wide Cleanup Continues
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works
Fortunately, the quick, powerful and destructive storm of June 23 was not one that our town witnesses on a regular basis. From power lines arcing against and setting trees on fire in Collins Tract, to sidewalks being uprooted all over town, the Pennsauken Department of Public Works has been working all over town to deal with the storm’s aftermath.
Properly Disposing Of E-Waste, Community Clean-ups
By Joe Scavuzzo, Director, Department of Public Works
Finally bought that sleek, space-saving flat-screen TV you’ve had your eye on? Like many of our neighbors going through this transition from tube to flat, you’re ready to ask the strongest person you know to help wrestle the awkward and monster-sized tube TV out of your home. STOP! DO NOT PUT THE TV AT THE CURB! Waste Management, your trash collector, WILL NOT take that TVs or other electronics.
Dealing With Downed Trees In Pennsauken Township
By Bernie Kofoet, Public Works Superintendent
Trees are an important part of our environment. They produce the oxygen we breathe. They provide cool shade from the hot summer sun. For many, they are a source of winter heat. We build our homes with lumber from trees. Chances are, at least part of the paper you are reading is made from trees.
