Swallows Aloft

One of my fondest memories is the time we discovered a barn swallow subletting beneath an osprey’s platform that CU Maurice River constructed on the Maurice River. As we were banding osprey chicks we disturbed a barn swallow, which began zooming about. Osprey and barn swallows have an interesting relationship when the smaller bird chooses

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Food Truck Festival Seeks Non-Food Vendors

The annual Vineland Food Truck Festival is hosted by the Main Street organization. If you are interested in being a non-food vendor, register at events.theave.biz/food-truck-non-food-truck-vendor-registration/ Vendor Rules & Regulations All vendors must be on-site prior to 10 a.m. No exceptions! PLACE: Mini Parks at Landis Ave. and SW Blvd. DATE: Sunday, August 21 EVENT TIME:

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Think Cool (Photo)

It’s still hot, with heat wave after heat wave, but we in Main Street Vineland are already thinking cool. Yes, we have our Food Trucks on The Ave event coming up this month, but we’re also deep into planning our second annual Ole Fashioned Christmas on The Ave, slated for Friday and Saturday, December 2

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The Bone Wars

The 1858 discovery of a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in Haddonfield contributed handsomely to the field of paleontology, but it also sounded the call to arms in the “bone wars,” a term used to describe the ruthlessness that accompanied the prestige being accorded to the profession. And the “first shot” is usually credited as being

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