Season of Planning

While farmers and gardeners are looking forward to the planting season, Main Street Vineland is already in the planning season—and we’re hard at work. With the weather being too cold and unpredictable during the first two or three months of the year, we’re taking the time to roll up our sleeves and plan our events […]

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Bustling Bridgeton

William C. Mulford’s account of Bridgeton in 1850, which was published in a 1937 booklet and later excerpted in South Jersey Magazine, transports the modern-day reader to a time when the Cumberland Iron and Nail Works, the Cohansey Glass Works and the East Lake Woolen Mills were the city’s three leading industries and transportation was

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Set to Get Back on Track

In January we present our annual report on the programs and activities that take place in Millville’s Glasstown Arts District. We would like to share a brief summary with you. Millville Development was able to hold some of its annual events including: • Third Friday art walks (except during the lockdown months). • Art Creates

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Snowbaling Along

On January 11, students from Dallago Preschool participated in a drive up and virtual Snowball event sponsored by the VEA through a Pride grant. Students and their families picked up free books and snacks in the morning at the Dallago West Campus and participated in a virtual dance party in the evening with guests Derick

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Busy Beavers

In the late 1980s one of my friends took me to meet Hope Sawyer Buyukmihci, the founder of Unexpected Wildlife Refuge in Newfield. There was a peculiar entrance in her living room and I inquired about it. “Oh, that was for Chopper,” she explained. “Chopper?” “Yes, Chopper the beaver.” I guess I had my “For

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Why Not Here?

One of the beautiful aspects of being a human being is when we are able to overcome personal obstacles and use those triumphs as an impetus to help others overcome their own. There will always be people who think of themselves before they think of others. Conversely, and thankfully, there will also always be people

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