The Woman’s Club of Vineland Donates to Women’s Shelter

Mina Gruccio, pictured, in charge of assisting victims of domestic violence, collected 88 full-sized toiletries and donated them to the woman’s shelter. This was the club’s target project for February. Every month the club donates to a different community outreach. The March target is called bundle of books. The members collect storybooks for young children […]

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Let’s Be Chilly

Jumping into the bone-chilling water of Union Lake wearing nothing but a Speedo and some flip-flops in the dead of winter may seem crazy to most people, but for these die-hard swimmers, it’s worth the goosebumps. How BRRRave are you? On Saturday, February 25, at 12 noon, the Millville Recreation Department will host its 19th

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Millville Meatcutter Advances to $25,000 Challenge in Dallas

After winning multiple local and regional levels of the National Meat-Cutting Challenge, Millville’s Josefino Rivera, pictured, is one of 30 finalists competing next month in Dallas for the $25,000 grand prize and title of “Meat Cutter of the Year.” “It’s really an art,” says Jason Mennie, Texas Roadhouse senior director of Legendary Food. “We host

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Erasing the Stigma

The times we live in are stressful. People are concerned about everyday things and that anxiety can easily become difficult, if not impossible, to manage. Everyone, it seems, is affected by these issues in either large or small ways. What can we do to cope? We need to pay attention to ourselves—our mood, our worries,

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Meet Robin Adams

New to the board of directors but not new to getting involved with the VDID/Main Street Vineland is Robin Adams. She has been a resident of Vineland all of her life and after graduating from Rowan University, she started a career in her hometown at the Vineland Times Journal, now The Daily Journal/LocaliQ, part of

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A Monument

The monument erected in Wharton State Forest to the Mexican aviator Emilio Carranza, whose plane crashed at the site in 1928, stands as a tribute and reminder of the goodwill mission the 22-year-old pilot conducted on his visit to the U.S. According to the Roadside America website, “The heartbroken children of Mexico contributed pennies to

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Hong Kong Reopens

Millions of people around the world join in as many Asian countries celebrate the arrival of the Lunar or Chinese New Year. This Year of the Rabbit is lucky indeed, as Hong Kong has just recently reopened for travel. Our friends at the Hong Kong Tourism Board have shared the most fortuitous ways to celebrate

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