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Women's Flag Football Coming to Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland

Women’s Flag Football Coming to RCSJ-Cumberland

A new women’s athletic opportunity is coming to Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ), Cumberland campus. The Dukes are proud to announce its inaugural women’s flag football season starting in the spring of 2027. This summer, RCSJ-Cumberland was awarded a $5,000 grant from the NJCAA Foundation, NFL Flag, and Reigning

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Two Earn ‘Good Kid’ Awards

Good Kid Awards were presented to Gerlon-Sincere Hilton-Pressley, left, and Paola Perez-Miguel. Millville Woman’s Club (MWC) shows support for education in many ways and also focuses on good citizenship. MWC’s Irene Decker “Good Kid” Award demonstrates this. Recipients of this award are students who have been selected based on their

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An Ancient Life Form

BY ANTHONY KLOCK, CU Maurice River Trustee The moniker “ebony” spleenwort refers to the lustrous dark brown stem, more specifically called a rachis or axis. Photos by TONY KLOCK Visiting Cumberland County’s numerous and diverse woodlands, one may take notice of the variety of fern species found here. Ferns and

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Family-Friendly Friday: Summertime Sky with Local Astronomers

Friday, July 25Belleplain State Forest, Lake Nummy Day Use Area, Champion Rd., Woodbine. 7 p.m. In partnership with the South Jersey Astronomy Club and Belleplain State Forest, this event gives visitors a chance to explore celestial objects through high-quality telescopes and learn directly from local astronomers. Attendees will learn about

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Seabrook Group Honors Board Members, Graduates

JACL Executive Board installed by Paul Uyehara EDC Governor for 2025-26. Back row, from left: Paul Uyehara, Yukiye Tamm, Kelly Kuwabara, Sharon Yoshida, Stefanie Pierce, Louise Ogata. Front: Julie Yamasaki, Susan Jacques, Misono Miller, Lenore Wurtzel, Linda Ono, Wendy Mitsui, Darlene Mukoda. Approximately 50 people attended the recent gathering of

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Purple Mattress Review

Purple Mattress Review 2025: Features, Price, and Warranty

If you’re hoping to get a good night’s sleep, the Purple mattress brand has mattresses that feature a unique, comfortable design. It promises superior performance in areas like pressure relief, temperature regulation, and motion isolation. But is it right for you? Stick around as we explore its pros and cons,

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They Dream It, Then Build It

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County teens visited STEAMWorks in Bridgeton as part of its Summer Enrichment Program. STEAMWorks is a creative DIY facility where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. If you can dream it, they can help you build it! A big thanks to the

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Ace Tennis Coach

BY LORINDA JARVIS Coach Harry Silverstein advises Kierstyn Fenimore, far left, and Sophia Pasquale. Photo: Courtesy Stockton University Click. It was that fast. One moment, Harry Silverstein, a Vineland seventh-grader, was into baseball. The next, thanks to a family friend, he was holding a tennis racket. And that was it.

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Cochran Advances to 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games

JioVanni Cochran, a 13-year-old track and field athlete from Millville, is headed to Houston, TX, to compete in the 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games, taking place July 26–August 3. Representing both his hometown and the broader South Jersey community, JioVanni earned his place at the Junior Olympics by qualifying in

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Testa Proposes Renaming of Delaware Bay

Republican State Sen. Michael Testa of Vineland, who represents the state’s first district, introduced a bill late last month proposing that the name of the Delaware Bay be changed to the Bay of New Jersey. He introduced a second bill suggesting that New Jersey should reclaim a slice of land

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All Academic Honor for Lacrosse Player

Drew Coyle of Vineland, who plays women’s lacrosse at Kean University, was recently named to the 2024-25 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-Academic Team. The sophomore physical education major was one of 147 honorees from Kean. Coyle was an outstanding student-athlete at Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Newfield. The

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Summer Enrichment in Full Swing

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County’s Summer Enrichment Program is in full swing and is keeping youth busy with fun and interesting activities. Summer campers played a version of The Price Is Right game called “Plinko,” and club members learned about different eras from the 1970s until the present

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‘Jersey Summer’ Closing Reception /Third Friday Art Crawl

DC Gallery & Studio was thrilled to present its first-ever juried exhibition, “Jersey Summer,” highlighting an outstanding group of New Jersey-based visual artists. If you missed the opening party, be sure to visit DC Gallery & Studio (508 N. High St., Millville) for the closing reception of “Jersey Summer” on

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New Jersey American Water Grant Supports NJ Audubon With $10,000 for Conservation

New Jersey American Water Grant Helps NJ Audubon Conserve

In support of their ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship, New Jersey American Water and the American Water Charitable Foundation are proud to name New Jersey Audubon Society a recipient of the Foundation’s 2025 Water and Environmental Grant Program. “Thank you to the American Water Charitable Foundation for supporting conservation programs

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Career Club Grads May Work as Junior Counselors

From left: Angeli; Club Unit Director Taryn Allison; Club CEO Chris Volker; and Madison. Two Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County members recently completed the Cumberland County Custom Career Club (C5) training and are now eligible to work as junior counselors. Congratulations to Angeli C. and Madison G. for

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Wind Phone Dedication

Angelic Health will dedicate its Wind Phone on July 16 at 10:30 a.m. at the Cornerstone Church, 1875 Janvier Road in Williamstown.  A “wind phone” is a disconnected telephone used as a place for grieving individuals to symbolically “call” and communicate with deceased loved ones.   Angelic Health’s Wind Phone

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