Representatives of the Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Services & Empowerment (I-RISE) organization received a $2,000 cash donation and a supply of baby diapers and school supplies collected by the members of the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Vineland. The church raised the money through their Annual Strawberry Festival and a special outdoor concert. Members also donated […]
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The New Jersey Department of Agriculture highlighted National Blueberry Day again this year on Friday afternoon, July 8, with special visits to the shore towns of Wildwood, Atlantic City and Seaside Heights. NJDA marketing staff were on hand to distribute free Jersey Fresh blueberries to beachgoers. “Jersey Fresh fans showed their enthusiasm for blueberries as
If there’s one thing that almost all of us needs more of, it would be sleep. Try as we might, the vast majority of us are walking around tired and sleep-deprived. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that we get seven to nine hours of sleep per night, but that’s not easy. For one thing, we
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My wife and I moved to Port Norris, Cumberland County, in the summer of 1990. I had grown up on the Atlantic coast in Ocean City and was barely aware of New Jersey’s “Forgotten Coast,” the Delaware Bayshore region. However, I was instinctively drawn to the amazing natural wonders to be found all along the
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“Put the ball in play and have fun.” These eight words, consistently repeated by grandfather to grandson for many years suddenly took on critical importance Wednesday, June 15 as minor league baseball player Buddy Kennedy, the grandson, called former major league star Don Money in the middle of the night to say, ”Pop-Pop, they’re sending
Here’s hoping everyone had a terrific 4th of July holiday weekend. The annual Cumberland County Fair is in full swing this week ending on Saturday, July 9. The fairground is located at 3001 Carmel Road, Millville. The Cumberland County Fair is the oldest running county fair in New Jersey that features five days and nights
They don’t call it the Mighty Mississippi for nothing. From Lake Itasca’s trickling overspill in Minnesota, the Mississippi travels the length of the continental U.S., growing as it flows for 2,300 miles until it empties into the Gulf of Mexico with waters added from tributaries in 31 U.S. states. The Mississippi is at the core
Food Truck Festival on The Ave Come hungry as the Food Truck Festival on The Ave returns to downtown Vineland for the fifth year on Sunday, August 21, rain or shine, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Landis Avenue and the Boulevard. This sizzling mega-event, a highlight of the summer calendar, is back. Admission
The fact that 19th century Vineland and Landis Township were part of the temperance movement imposed by founder Charles K. Landis is common knowledge, but an earlier attempt in the region to create a liquor-free environment has been largely forgotten. According to Wilson J. Purvis’ account in the Vineland Historical Magazine, the Sons of Temperance
The Nantkoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey, Inc. received a $50,000 grant through the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Native Institutions. This grant opportunity is intended to help Native cultural institutions to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and provide humanities programming to their communities. Funds were
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