Last week, when I went out to Un-Dark the Park, a curious thing happened. Someone walked up and told me, “I love the blog. All the voices. And it’s ok when you write too,” (or something like that). I went out to Gallery Eleven One for Third Thursdays and the same thing happened. In fact, … Continue reading Reintroducing the Local Knowledge Blog…
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Inky beat reporter Julia Terruso’s (@juliaterruso) excellent article on police and overtime at the waterfront has been making the rounds. Julia focuses, in part, on evasion of public record requests and effects on the police budget. Our own PhD Candidate, Christopher Wheeler, picked up some of the chatter on social media about inappropriate use of police … Continue reading Turning Around a Story (and NIMBYism)…
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“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden Ph.D. Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Share it!
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Here’s an email sent to me by a reader (who asked to remain anonymous, but allowed me to reprint here) explaining what goes on behind the scenes when it comes to simple things like lights in Camden City: I was reading your post and saw the mention of the fire hydrants. :) it is a … Continue reading Community Voice: More Lights (Literal and Metaphorical)…
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One thing I often hear during my trips to neighborhood meetings is an adopted and adapted version of Broken Windows Theory. Most interpretations of James Q. Wilson and Kelling’s theory apply it to crime; they focus on eliminating small disorder. Neighborhoods often take it another direction. They focus on the physical; making Broken Windows Theory … Continue reading Broken (Lights) Theory…
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