Year of Treat

With the mild winter that we’ve had, the harbingers of spring may not have the appeal they have had in more frigid, snowy years. Still, the signs of spring’s arrival are always welcome. One of the better outcomes of the pandemic was that it got more of us outside and exploring nature. Happier still, that

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Hundreds of Birds Rescued After Fighting Ring Dismantled in Buena

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story/video: msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundreds-of-birds-rescued-after-fighting-ring-dismantled-in-new-jersey/ar-AA18hR9h The animal activist group Funny Farm Rescue was met with, what members called, “the most horrific and overwhelming experience” they’ve ever had to handle after responding to an animal cruelty case over the past

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Novel Method Will Help Restore Delaware and New Jersey Salt Marshes

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: whyy.org/articles/restoring-salt-marshes-delaware-new-jersey/ Large storms can devastate coastal communities when no buffers exist to protect them. But salt marshes, which are coastal wetlands flooded and drained by salt water from the tides, can shield buildings and homes.

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A Student’s View of NJ’s Amistad Curriculum

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to FULL story: publicsq.org/democracy-politics/5oq0y4z87qcgdqoik2nujslzu5idyq In Public Square Amplified’s previous publication, interviews between reporter, Zoe Van Gelder, and seven fellow students within the Jersey City Public Schools District revealed a very noticeable trend in the small pool of

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Vineland’s Bennett Enjoys Role as Leader of Student-Athletes

After being reappointed last fall, Vineland native Eryca Bennett is in her second year as a McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative (MLI) Future Leader for Villanova Athletics. Bennett became the first MLI Future Leader at the college in 2021. The MLI Initiative is a John McLendon Foundation program that works to provide minorities a jump-start to

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Vineland Municipal Utilities Warns Customers About Door-to-Door Solar Scam

Officials with the Vineland Municipal Utilities (VMU) are warning residents about a door-to-door solar panel scam currently underway in the city. Residents in East Vineland have reported a representative with identification from a company called Invincible City Developments has been approaching them trying to sell “free” solar systems. According to officials, the Invincible representative is

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Free Virtual Expungement Offered by Vineland Firm

The Hoffman Centers PC, a Vineland-based law firm, is teaming up with multi-state cannabis operator TerrAscend to offer free virtual expungement services for non-violent marijuana-related convictions in New Jersey. The new program, which is being sponsored by TerrAscend’s retail banner,The Apothecarium, is part of an ongoing commitment to restorative justice and reversing the historic and

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A Spy’s World

In intelligence work, one-upping the opposition is what it’s all about. And for any spy, the trick is to not be discovered for as long as possible. Novelist John le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is about just that. The novel, which focuses on ferreting out a mole in MI6 working for the Soviets, is

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