CAMDEN Shaneka Boucher isn t shy about telling people why she s on Camden s City Council. I experience all the same things, she said, as the residents she represents. That s the reason I do the work I do, because we experience it like everyone else.
And in Camden s First Ward, which includes Fairview, Bergen Square, Morgan Village and South Camden, it means the noise, trucks, smells and air pollution that come from all the heavy industry concentrated in and around those neighborhoods.
On the morning of Jan. 29, that also meant a smoky, smelly fire at EMR Recycling that forced residents to either shelter in place or to leave their homes.