Christmas in July

It’s Christmas in July in the Glasstown Arts District! All month, there are 15 businesses offering specials and discounts when you shop in their stores. You may also enter a free drawing giving you a chance to win Downtown Dollars. First-place prize is $500, second is $250, and third is $100. You may enter as […]

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland and Salem Counties Receives $55,500 Grant

Impact100 South Jersey recently awarded a $55,500 general operating grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland and Salem Counties at the group’s annual meeting. Since launching in 2017, Impact100 South Jersey has awarded $1,035,365 to 15 South Jersey nonprofits. For more information about Impact100 South Jersey, visit impact100sj.org.

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An Honorable Man

I’m writing this a week after the passing of a great man, mentor, and friend. (By time you read this, it will be closer to three weeks.) In fact, I would say his actions likely enabled me to define my life’s work. That man is the Honorable Senator James “Jim” Hurley. In the mid-’80s, as

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NJ Department of Agriculture Names Local Nursery Owner to Board

Cumberland County nursery owner/manager Robert Blew and Hunterdon County nursery owner David DeFrange II were sworn in to their terms on the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture during the monthly meeting of the Board in Trenton recently. The session also included the annual officer reorganization where Burlington County’s Paul Hlubik was elected president and

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Millville Woman’s Club Awards Scholarships

Donna Pio and Barbara Westog, of Millville Woman’s Club (MWC) Education Committee, presented scholarships to three graduating seniors from Millville High School recently. Novalee Bybel has worked with children in latchkey programs as well as summer camp and is currently working with Door Dash delivering orders of various types. In addition to her studies, Novalee

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Campbell Earns Scholarship

Miss Gloucester County 2023 Ashley Campbell received the Florence Paparone Memorial Scholarship awarded through the Miss New Jersey Scholarship, part of the Miss America Opportunity competition for community service. She was able to share what Cumberland County is doing for mental health services in schools. Because of the support in the communities she serves, Campbell

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Fisher Retires as State Agiculture Secretary, Atchison III to Lead Department

Gov. Phil Murphy recently marked the retirement of Department of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher (on right in photo), who has served as Secretary for 14 years. Assistant Secretary Joe Atchison III (left in photo) will direct the department, assuming the responsibilities of Secretary. “Since 2009, Secretary Fisher has been a steadfast advocate for the Garden

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