Route 40, the U.S. highway that spans the country with its easternmost portion stretching 64 miles across three South Jersey counties from the Delaware River to Atlantic City, is known locally as Harding Highway. However, it wasn’t the only name ever bestowed on this roadway. In its early incarnations, beginning in 1923 in the wake […]
Over the past year and half, there has been much discussion about exactly who is essential and who is not. When it comes to workers, jobs previously viewed as entry level for the unskilled and the semi-educated, now rank as “essential.” It wasn’t always this way. Pre-pandemic, we thought of “essential workers” in terms of
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher encourages organizations to help provide nutritious meals to children during the summer months through the Department’s Summer Food Service Program. The Summer Food Program began in 1976 as an outgrowth of the National School Lunch Program. The Summer Food Service Program is designed to reach those age
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On Friday, January 21, the Vineland Education Association—through a PRIDE grant—hosted the 6th annual Snowball Dance, both in person at Dallago Early Childhood Center and virtually. There were 308 students, families and Vineland Education Association member volunteers who participated. All families received pre-packed bags with crafts, snacks, and promotional items. A virtual dance party link
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The Alliance to Save Energy partnered with AMSA at Johnstone School in Vineland through the New Jersey EmPowered Schools program. The EmPowered Schools program educates students about energy efficiency through a project-based curriculum, saves energy in schools, and builds pathways to green jobs. Mrs. Piccione’s fifth grade STEM students spent their second marking period implementing
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As a child, I played in the snow until my feet felt like they were going to turn to popsicles. My mother dressed me with such bulk that if someone were to push me at the top of a hill I would have rolled into the next county. Most of us kids in the neighborhood
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The Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ) will award 41 nonprofit organizations $210,000 in Round Six grants from its COVID-19 Response Fund. To date, 153 grants totaling $1,068,500 have been distributed from the Fund to organizations serving Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, and Salem counties negatively affected by the pandemic and related
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While there has been a significant and encouraging response to the dire need for blood across the nation, the American Red Cross needs more people to give in the weeks ahead to recover from its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. Those interested in helping are urged to schedule the earliest available blood
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Even Cupid has trouble keeping his distance during a worldwide pandemic. Ladies and gentlemen, let the second annual Covid-19 Valentine’s Day planning begin. Oh, Covid, schmovid. Wash your hands, grab your mask and booster card, and take Your Person out for a romantic dinner for two. Okay, so a few things upfront: • This year,
Excerpted from January 24, 2022 message to the community, inspirahealthnetwork.org/covid19 Hello. It’s hard to imagine January went just like that and February is now upon us. We really have had a rough January and I want to thank all of you for the tremendous support, whether I’m in the ShopRite, in church, you know, you
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