Holiday Sides

Some part of my Saturday is usually spent watchng the PBS cooking shows. My favorite time of year is autumn and every year there are more and more intriguing recipes to try. One of my favorite fall dishes to make is pasta with butternut squash. Just roast the squash until tender, mash with butter and

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Pumpkin Patch Success

Although the Pumpkin Patch Party has ended for this year, the euphoria hasn’t. I just thought it was appropriate to share with you how a community can come together and have fun, despite of all the negative things we hear in the news every day. This event was, pardon the baseball pun, a homerun. This

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Plot Thickens…

For Ezekiel Hand, a Cumberland County mariner who had just captained an expedition to the West Indies aboard the schooner Charming Nancy, Christmas 1772 must have been a welcome relief from the previous weeks. According to Elena Darling’s research for an article in a 1950 issue of the Vineland Historical Magazine, Hand and his crew

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Some Holiday Magic

One of the best ways to celebrate the holidays is to browse the Christmas markets and join in with the festive traditions different countries have to offer. These five Christmas markets are some of the most magical spots to celebrate the festive season, so start planning your holiday travel now: 1. Dresden, Germany (pictured): Dresden’s

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Reader’s Treat

Available Now… …on Lulu as well as Amazon and other major booksellers. For updates on book signings, visit marytreat.com. * * * Readers flock to read the works of accomplished novelist Barbara Kingsolver; I especially enjoy those with an environmental component. Often her protagonist has naturalist leanings. In 2018, when it was announced that she

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Holiday Planning

The holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving will soon be here and hopefully we will be spending the day with family and friends as we did prior to 2020. While planning for family activities of our own, I’m busy putting the finishing touches on Holidays in Millville’s Glasstown Arts District. Holiday discounts and free drawing

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Cumberland County Schools in Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

As part of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s continuing efforts to improve nutritional opportunities for school children, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher has announced that a record-high 210 New Jersey schools are participating in the 2022-2023 school year’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated $5.6

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