Aid for Small Businesses

During these challenging economic times for our businesses, especially our small businesses, our Main Street Vineland office receives a lot of information about ways that we can help—including grants and other means of financial assistance. This is one that interested small businesses should jump on quickly. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced a […]

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Mints in China

When Bridgeton’s Ferracute Machine Company, founded by inventor/entrepreneur Oberlin Smith, undertook the task of providing China with three coin manufacturing facilities in 1896, engineer Henry A. Janvier was put in charge of overseeing that each mint was properly set up and its workers trained. Smith and Janvier’s article “Coining Machinery in Chinese Mints,” a Ferracute

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Accountability First

As we begin the second half of 2020, it’s hard to believe what we’ve been through to get here. As if a global pandemic and the corresponding economic meltdown weren’t enough, we’re also dealing with long overdue questions of policing and racism. All people of decency recoiled at the video showing the last desperate minutes

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Wood Ducks

Part of my morning ritual beginning in the middle of May is to check a wood duck box’s contents on my phone. We have a camera in the nesting box that is connected to our Wifi and it can be viewed electronically. One morning in mid-May I noticed a flash of motion in the box.

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Gardens in Miniature

Container gardens are a viable and popular cultivation option, especially for those who have limited sun-exposed spaces or are looking to start small and learn the basics of gardening. “Containers, whether bought or recycled, are a great place to plant herb and vegetable gardens,” says landscape designer, Doug Scott of Redeem Your Ground in Atlanta,

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Survey: Businesses Eager to Reopen, Concern is Consumer Confidence

The Administration of Gov. Phil Murphy has released results of an online survey conducted in conjunction with Rutgers University’s Heldrich Center for Workforce Development earlier this month that drew responses from nearly 4,000 businesses and non-profits across the state. Results of the survey demonstrate overwhelmingly that while the business and non-profit community is eager to

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Limits on Indoor, Outdoor Gatherings Increased

Gov. Phil Murphy signed two executive orders 1) raising limits on outdoor and indoor gatherings and 2) opening pools effective June 22 and additional outdoor recreational businesses immediately. Under Executive Order No. 152, effective immediately, indoor gatherings are limited to 25 percent of the capacity of the room, but regardless of the room’s capacity, such

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More Reopenings Monday

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 154, allowing personal care service facilities to reopen to the public on Monday, June 22 at 6 a.m., provided the facilities comply with standards issued by the Division of Consumer Affairs and Department of Health. Under the Governor’s Executive Order, personal care service facilities include: 1. Cosmetology

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