Area Organizations Join Together to Fight Food Insecurity

Statistics show that one in nine homes in Cumberland County experiences food insecurity. Recognizing the need to help alleviate this issue, the Vineland Rotary Club recently provided 340 spaghetti dinners to people in need. Donna Bennett, Club president, explained, “Providing community service is an essential aspect of what we do as Rotarians. During a time […]

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Veterans Sought To Serve as Diversion Program Peer Mentors

The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office Veterans Diversion Program (VDP) is designed to assist individuals who have served in the U.S. Military and now have come into contact with the criminal justice system. If an individual is accepted into and successfully completes the program, it is possible for the individual to avoid a criminal conviction. The

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Market Strategies

Part one, published two weeks ago in this space, discussed online marketing possibilities along with creative and unique traditional marketing. Part two of Ways to Market Your Small Business will focus on local awareness and promotions. Marketing your small business may sound tough on the outside, but technology allows small businesses to efficiently budget, advertise,

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Springtime Allergy Sufferers May Expect Average Early Season Here, Pollen Count Jumps Mid-Summer

AccuWeather meteorologists are predicting another challenging year for allergy sufferers in America. Experts claim climate change leads to higher pollen counts. The latter part of winter has been brutally cold across much of the United States, and March has brought typical wild swings in the weather. So, it’s no wonder that many Americans may be

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Hindsight

To better understand the people and events that helped shape us, a reexamination of historical moments usually centers on significant pockets of time. So it’s curious that a March 1917 meeting of the Princeton chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution chose a period in American history that is not often revisited. The meeting,

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Limited Time: Red Cross Testing Donations for COVID-19 Antibodies

For a limited time, the American Red Cross has resumed testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies. Plasma from routine donations that have high levels of COVID-19 antibodies may be used as convalescent plasma to help meet the needs of COVID-19 patients with weakened immune systems. At the same time, the Red

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Tech Center Jobs Saved

Congress has rejected a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reorganization request that would have downsized the William J. Hughes Technical Center and eliminated local jobs, Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-2) recently announced. Excluded from the appropriations package passed by the House last week to fund the government through September, the proposal would have adversely affected the

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Vinelander Donates Time, Expertise to Restoration of Church Organ

Richard Carroll of Vineland recently finished renovating the original Mason & Hamlin “Sankey” model pump organ at the Olde Bunker Hill Church in Olde Stone House Village in Washington Township. He did the job at cost, donating his time and expertise. A member of the Rowan University faculty of the College of the Performing Arts,

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