Schools Preview Menu for 2023-24 School Year at USDA Foods Conference

School officials from around New Jersey previewed the newest lunch and breakfast offerings available from food manufacturers for the 2023-24 school year during the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foods Conference at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center last week. The conference had more than 350 school food service directors, superintendents, and business […]

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Broadband Expansion in Hopewell Announced

Hopewell Township Committee last week announced a public-private partnership to expand Comcast’s network into unserved areas of Hopewell Township, ensuring high speed broadband is available to every resident, farm and small business throughout the community. This expansion will bring Comcast’s fast, reliable and fiber-rich network along with its innovative suite of Xfinity products and services,

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Millville​​​​​​​​ Volunteers Send Christmas Joy to Children Overseas

Millville​​​​​​​​​-area volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will go to children around the world. Thousands have contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse by packing shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items, which are then delivered to children in need. Although drop-off locations have closed, there is

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Holly Jolly

Southern New Jersey residents get to enjoy holly year-round in our wooded areas, but at Christmastime I’m especially appreciative of it as it adds color to what otherwise would be a more barren landscape. For centuries holly has been synonymous with the Christmas holiday, if for no better reason than its deep green leaves and

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Farmland Preservation Program Taps Roohr for Deputy Executive Director

The New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) has named Charles “Chuck” Roohr as its new Deputy Executive Director. Roohr has been with the SADC since 2000 and has worked extensively in all aspects of the Farmland Preservation Program (FPP), including the Right To Farm program, acquiring easements and the purchase and resale of farms

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Inspira Health Adds Salem Medical Center

Last week, Inspira Health announced it has added Salem Medical Center to its organization and acquired its hospital building, ambulatory surgery center and physician offices, effective immediately. The transaction enables Salem Medical Center—which will now be referred to as Salem Medical Center, an affiliate of Inspira Health—to join the network by way of a membership

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Murphine Marks 50 Years of Dedication to Cumberland County 4-H

Joanne Murphine of Millville was recognized for 50 years of service and dedication, at the Cumberland County 4-H Achievement Night program held on November 21 at the 4-H Extension Center on Morton Avenue in Rosenhayn. Murphine was a leader of the Millville Trailblazers 4-H Club and has been an active member of the 4-H Horse

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Millville Native Aboard USS Ronald Reagan

PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 13, 2022) Interior Communications Electrician 2nd Class Dominick Wolf, from Millville, rewires a television cable aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States,

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