Weekly Update: Inspira CEO Addresses Omicron Surge, Staffing Shortages

Excerpted from January 17, 2022 message to the community, inspirahealthnetwork.org/covid19 Hello, so, we hit our highest number ever of COVID patients in the house, as well as total number of patients. That means that our three facilities were very, very busy. I know that that has created a lot of stress for many of you. […]

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More Track History

Tuckahoe Station was once a mainstay of the railroad lines linking Winslow with Sea Isle City and Cape May during the early 20th century era of passenger trains that allowed workers, tourists and visitors to traverse southern New Jersey prior to the mass production of automobiles. Today it bookends the routes of two Cape May

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Winter Blush

If you feed birds and provide suet you are probably familiar with this feathered resident. Whenever I talk about red-headed woodpeckers and their endangered status, someone in a group of newbie birders usually exclaims, “I have a red-headed woodpecker; it comes to my suet.” I raise an eyebrow in skepticism since they are a rarity.

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Active Listening

Active listening is one of the most effective communication tools we have. To actively listen requires not only to hear but to respond in ways that assure others are heard. That form of active listening is exactly the approach Frances and Donald Sykes took back in 1992 when they decided to invest family resources to

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Pick a Team

As I mentioned last week, Main Street Vineland has our quarterly meeting of our four teams this month on Thursdays, at 12 noon at the Main Street Vineland office, 603 E. Landis Avenue. The Organization and Design Teams met the past two weeks, the Promotions Team meets on the 20th, and the Economic Vitality Team

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Set Your Goals

The New Year offers the perfect time for a fresh start and a renewed commitment to getting finances back on track after a season of spending—one where many Americans felt the effects of the pandemic on their wallets even before the onset of the holidays. In fact, COVID-19 has already prompted consumers to start thinking

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Gateway Seeks Literacy Volunteers, Offers Tutor Training

Gateway Community Action Partnership literacy services department will conduct two online literacy volunteers tutor training sessions in 2022. Pre-registration is required, Trained tutors will work one-on-one with adult learners who need help reading, writing or speaking English. The training courses will be held online from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays beginning January 20 and

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