Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce Announces Community Hero Awards

In this challenging year for our communities and around the world, the Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce, which has recognized businesses and community leaders for 34 years with its Salute to Business and Industry Awards, will honor and thank “community heroes” when it holds its awards celebration on December 1, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

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BBBS Receives $5,000 Grant from OceanFirst Foundation

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland & Salem Counties (BBBS) recently received a $5,000 grant from the OceanFirst Foundation. The grant will help BBBS’ Adult School-Based Programs in Vineland. “The generous grant given to us by the OceanFirst Foundation will help us as we continue to Defend Potential during the pandemic,” said Donna Bennett, president

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The Wedding Cluster

One of the business clusters that was mentioned in our tab supplement a few weeks ago was our cluster of wedding-related businesses. We have a group of them—reception halls, stores for formal wear, gowns and dresses, shoes, jewelry, dry cleaning, printing, and more. All this makes The Ave a real destination for all wedding needs.

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To Mexico

Edward and Marie Howland, who had studied first-hand the planned community of the Familistere in France and furthered the cause of the co-operative society in the U.S., would end their stay in South Jersey after 20 years for the prospects of a communal system that had been set up on the western coast of Mexico

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Rowan to Offer Free COVID-19 Testing for Students, Employees Before Thanksgiving

To continue efforts to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, Rowan University will offer free coronavirus testing to all students and employees before Thanksgiving Day. “We know that the virus spreads most often among people who know each other—family members and friends,” says Rowan President Ali A. Houshmand. “By offering testing, we can do our

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What Lies Beneath

With the dampness of fall comes a crop of wild mushrooms in many shapes, colors, and sizes. Mycophagists, people who hunt for edible mushrooms, are exploring the woods for their quarry. What we see above the ground, the mushroom, is the reproductive part of the organism. It does not need light to trigger its production.

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