Dane Barse Elementary School Adds Interactive Board to Playground

Dane Barse Elementary School students in Vineland have a colorful new addition to their playground—an innovative communication board. The new tool, introduced by speech therapist Montana Jacobs, will allow nonverbal students to communicate by pointing to pictures to express their thoughts and feelings. “We had seen a couple of local parks that had these boards,

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OPINION: Small Business Owners Gain Bigger Slice of the Pie as New Jersey Lifts Ban on Selling Home-Baked Goods Giving

People move to New Jersey for many reasons—beaches and boardwalks, diverse culture, family friendly atmosphere, great schools and of course fabulous food. But until recently, New Jersey has been making noise for all the wrong reasons as the only state in the nation that prohibits small business owners from making and selling baked goods using

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Dr. Copare, Bridgeton Native, is Medical Director for Angelic Health Hospice

Fiore J. Copare, MD is a family man, who treats his patients as he would his own. “In treating my patients my recommendations are not only medically sound, but also are based on what I’d do for my own family,” he says. A 1973 Bridgeton High School graduate, after college and medical school. Dr. Copare

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Kirk and Kathleen Maven Honored as “Volunteers of the Year”

Main Street Vineland honored two of its lead volunteers as well as giving out “Community Partner” and “Media Partner” awards at its recent 10th A Taste of Vineland & Volunteer Recognition Event at the Greenview Inn at Eastlyn Golf Course. 4049 Italia Ave., Vineland. The event, in addition to recognizing Main Street Vineland, brought Vineland’s

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Gun Buyback Program Nets 391 Firesarms in County

The State Attorney General’s Office is pretty happy about the gun buyback events held across the state. Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck says October events at 10 locations resulted in the buyback of almost three thousand weapons. Buyback programs were held in Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Salem, Somerset, and Union counties. In

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Vineland, Millville, Bridgeton Win Municipal Aid Grants

Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti announced $161.25 million in Fiscal Year 2022 Municipal Aid grants, with 541 cities and towns across the state receiving funds to advance road, bridge, safety, and quality-of-life improvements, demonstrating the Murphy Administration’s Commitment to Communities. The competitive Municipal Aid grant program

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Funnels of Death

Our subject creature today is the antlion or doodlebug. University of Florida entomologists inform us that there are 22 species in the Eastern United States, while worldwide there are evidently about 2,000 species in the family. The lacewings, antlions, owlflies, and their relatives comprise the insect order known as Neuroptera, which have evolved likely from

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