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Devils Must Decide Goaltender Nico Daws’ Fate After Signing Markstrom and Allen

The New Jersey Devils’ goaltending situation for the 2025–26 NHL season features Jacob Markstrom, Jake Allen, and Nico Daws. In the summer of 2024, the Devils acquired Markstrom from the Calgary Flames in a trade. Later in the same offseason, they re-signed Allen to a five-year contract with an average annual value of $1.8 million. […]

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Millville’s JioVanni Cochran Advances to 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games

Community Update, Sports / SNJ Today

JioVanni Cochran, a driven and talented 13-year-old track and field athlete from Millville, is headed to Houston, Texas to compete in the 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games, taking place July 26 – August 3. Representing both his hometown and the broader South Jersey community, JioVanni earned his place at the Junior Olympics by qualifying in

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Summer Enrichment in Full Swing

Faces in the news, News In Brief / Submitted Content

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County’s Summer Enrichment Program is in full swing and is keeping youth busy with fun and interesting activities. Summer campers played a version of The Price Is Right game called “Plinko,” and club members learned about different eras from the 1970s until the present time.

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All Academic Honor for Lacrosse Player

Community Update, News In Brief / Submitted Content

Drew Coyle of Vineland, who plays women’s lacrosse at Kean University, was recently named to the 2024-25 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-Academic Team. The sophomore physical education major was one of 147 honorees from Kean. Coyle was an outstanding student-athlete at Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Newfield. The conference had a total of

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Testa Proposes Renaming of Delaware Bay

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Republican State Sen. Michael Testa of Vineland, who represents the state’s first district, introduced a bill late last month proposing that the name of the Delaware Bay be changed to the Bay of New Jersey. He introduced a second bill suggesting that New Jersey should reclaim a slice of land located on Salem County’s shoreline,

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Cochran Advances to 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games

Community Update, Faces in the news, News In Brief / Submitted Content

JioVanni Cochran, a 13-year-old track and field athlete from Millville, is headed to Houston, TX, to compete in the 2025 AAU Junior Olympic Games, taking place July 26–August 3. Representing both his hometown and the broader South Jersey community, JioVanni earned his place at the Junior Olympics by qualifying in four individual events at the

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Ace Tennis Coach

Cover Story / SNJ Today

BY LORINDA JARVIS Coach Harry Silverstein advises Kierstyn Fenimore, far left, and Sophia Pasquale. Photo: Courtesy Stockton University Click. It was that fast. One moment, Harry Silverstein, a Vineland seventh-grader, was into baseball. The next, thanks to a family friend, he was holding a tennis racket. And that was it. An obsession was born. “I

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They Dream It, Then Build It

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County teens visited STEAMWorks in Bridgeton as part of its Summer Enrichment Program. STEAMWorks is a creative DIY facility where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. If you can dream it, they can help you build it! A big thanks to the Cumberland County Violence Cessation Initiative

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Seabrook Group Honors Board Members, Graduates

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JACL Executive Board installed by Paul Uyehara EDC Governor for 2025-26. Back row, from left: Paul Uyehara, Yukiye Tamm, Kelly Kuwabara, Sharon Yoshida, Stefanie Pierce, Louise Ogata. Front: Julie Yamasaki, Susan Jacques, Misono Miller, Lenore Wurtzel, Linda Ono, Wendy Mitsui, Darlene Mukoda. Approximately 50 people attended the recent gathering of the Seabrook Chapter of the

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Family-Friendly Friday: Summertime Sky with Local Astronomers

News In Brief, The Great Outdoors / Submitted Content

Friday, July 25Belleplain State Forest, Lake Nummy Day Use Area, Champion Rd., Woodbine. 7 p.m. In partnership with the South Jersey Astronomy Club and Belleplain State Forest, this event gives visitors a chance to explore celestial objects through high-quality telescopes and learn directly from local astronomers. Attendees will learn about the summertime sky, how to

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