Sights Set on Parade

Our office has been busy preparing for our annual Main Street Vineland Christmas Parade—on Saturday, November 26. It’ll start at 5 p.m. and, if it rains, it’ll be held the next day at the same time. This year’s theme is “A Firefighter’s Christmas.” Main Street Vineland will be honoring the City of Vineland’s fire department

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Which State?

It’s not visible to the naked eye. In fact, there isn’t even any hint anywhere on the westernmost edge of Salem County that two areas in this region have belonged to and are still the property of the State of Delaware, which happens to sit across a body of water that separates it from its

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Animals and Inmates

While utilizing inmates to help with the challenge of trying to figure out what to do with hard-to-adopt dogs might be new in our area, it’s not a new idea. Several states including Washington State, Kentucky, and Florida have programs. The Florida Department of Corrections has a program called “TAILS” (Teaching Animals and Inmates Life

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Some Family Lore

Each family seems to have its traditional holiday stories, and for me the quintessential tale is one my mother used to tell about her childhood on Thanksgiving Day. She was the youngest of four children and the only one in her entire family not born in Spain. Yet she too made the voyage across the

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Two New Monkeypox Vaccination Sites Open

Two new additional monkeypox (hMPXV) vaccination sites with community partners have opened locally as vaccinations continue under expanded eligibility, New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) officials reported. New Jersey DOH has received monkeypox vaccines from the federal government and provides them at no cost to individuals. The new sites, which join other community partner vaccination

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Moody’s Assigns Vineland Outlooks Rating

On November 9, Moody’s Investors Service assigned a MIG 1 rating to Vineland’s $26.6 million Bond Anticipation Note (Non-Callable). Concurrently, Moody’s has affirmed the city’s Aa3 issuer and general obligation unlimited tax (GOULT) ratings. The issuer rating reflects the city’s ability to repay debt and debt-like obligations without consideration of any pledge, security or structural

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