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County To Receive Grant for Recreational Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) recently announced the award of $585,000 in grants to five counties and 35 municipalities through the Recreational Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities (ROID) program. The FY2024 ROID grant recipients and projects include the following: Cumberland County’s grant in the amount of $10,000 will go toward implementing the […]

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First Harvest Credit Union Scholarship Applications Available

Community Update / Editorial

Applications are now being accepted for First Harvest Credit Union’s 2024 Scholarship awards. Scholarships in the amount of $2,000 will be awarded to graduating high school seniors who plan to continue their education at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, trade, technical, or business school. Scholarship winners will be chosen based on academic performance,

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Pittsgrove Farmer Selected One of Four Finalists in National Contest

Faces in the news / Editorial

New Jersey’s 2024 Outstanding Young Farmer Byron DuBois, of Salem County (featured in last week’s issue), was selected as a national winner at the 2024 National Outstanding Young Farmers Awards Congress held last week in Ferndale, Washington. DuBois, with the support of his wife Karen, co-owns and operates Spring Brook Farms in Pittsgrove along with

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Seeing Red—on National Wear Red Day

Faces in the news / Editorial

February is Heart Health Month and earlier this month on National Wear Red Day, members of the Millville Woman’s Club were spotted at Cumberland Mall dressed in red for their Heart Walk to support the American Heart Association (AHA). According to AHA, heart disease is the biggest killer worldwide, and stroke ranks second. On National

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Farming by Robot

Cover Story, Archives / Editorial

The founder of Vineland, Charles K. Landis, promoted his town widely 160 years ago as a location with excellent farming conditions: favorable climate, good soil, and affordable land. The message reverberated in Europe, especially Italy, and thousands relocated to start the farms and the town we enjoy today. History is repeating now on a smaller

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World Premiere of Seabrook Film Coming to The Levoy

Community Update, Archives / Editorial

Last year in April and May, SNJ Today featured front page stories of Seabrook on Film: A documentary about past Seabrook communities in the works. The film is finished and will have a world premiere at Levoy Theatre on Saturday, March 16 at 11 a.m. The idea for the film was inspired by a Vineland

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Lake Lily: A Duck Haven

The Great Outdoors, Archives / Editorial

On Cape May Point, there’s a small 13-acre lake that’s a favorite stop of mine, and I’m far from the only one. Lake Lily has a storied past that makes for great reading. A third of a mile long and a tenth mile wide at its widest spot, the lake is ringed today by Lake

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Grant Supports Under-Resourced Students in RCSJ–VHS Partnership

Archives / Editorial

Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) and Vineland Public Schools (VPS) were joined by the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, and the City of Vineland, to participate in the Celebrate Innovation in Education ceremony. At this special event, which took place at Vineland High School South (VHS) on February 21, came an announcement—the awarding of

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Cape May–Lewes Ferry Fare Structure is Altered

News In Brief / Editorial

The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) Commission approved a new fare schedule for the Cape May–Lewes Ferry (CMLF) at its monthly meeting held recently. Effective April 1, the new ferry rate schedule is designed to improve farebox recovery, decrease the cost for families over time, and offer preferential fare treatment for multi-trip customers. Based

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Bridgeton Library Teen Poetry Competition