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Whitman Avenue, originally called Pear Street, was renamed in memory of Camden's "Good Grey Poet," Walt Whitman. Its addressed section runs east from Mount Ephraim Avenue to Haddon Avenue through the Whitman Park neighborhood.
Arnold Webster pleaded guilty to illegally paying himself $20,000 in school district funds after becoming mayor. Serving as mayor from 1994 to 1997, he faced a potential sentence of 16 months in prison and $250,000 in fines.
Aaron A. Thompson served one term as Mayor of Camden, from 1990 to 1993. He replaced Melvin "Randy" Primas.
A chronological list of Camden's mayors from Samuel Lanning, elected in 1828, to Victor Carstarphen, in office since 2021, with each mayor's term and political party where recorded.
Camden Courier-Post - August 8, 2004 By ERIK SCHWARTZ Arnold W. Webster , 73, a former Camden mayor and schools superintendent who fashioned a long career in education and city politics, died Wednesday.
Camden Courier-Post - October 22, 2000 By CLINT RILEY The brick sewer main running beneath Howard Archie's street is crumbling.
By KEVIN RIORDAN, Courier-Post Staff Camden Courier-Post - May 4, 1993 CAMDEN - A fraternal organization of city firefighters has endorsed Mayor Aaron Thompson's bid for re-election.