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

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.

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

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County kids visited L’Ouverture Books, Beans & Gifts in Pleasantville, which is run by former Club board member Darren Palmer. The store is an ethnic and general market retail boutique. The young people were able to pick out some books that they liked and tour the shop. For more

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

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

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