Healthy Holidays

Now that the holidays are upon us, you might be worrying about how to get through all the parties and cookie exchanges without derailing your healthy lifestyle. It can be a struggle to avoid temptation, particularly when you’re busy, stressed, sleep-deprived, or all three. At times, you might consider giving up and just diving into […]

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Walking and Celebrating

We now come, on our “walking tour” of The Ave, to the south side of the 500 block. After this, we’ll be at the Boulevard and the mini-parks. We’ll take a rest there for a week or so and do some year-end reflections. We’ll cross the railroad tracks and continue with West Landis Avenue in

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Fifty Decades Past

This past decade has celebrated its share of 50th anniversaries of events that helped shape a half-century of culture, politics and scientific accomplishments. So, it seems fitting to take a look at how the 1960s was viewed as that decade was about to relinquish its reign in time. The December 30, 1969 issue of Look

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Negrin is December 2019 New Jersey Heartland Hero

“ESL programs are the fastest-growing component of state-administered education programs” according to the U.S. Department of Education and educators like Dr. JoAnne Negrin are helping to lead that charge. Dr. Negrin supervises ESL, world languages, bilingual education and performing arts at Vineland’s Public Schools, which had four of its ESL programs designated Model Programs by

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CCTEC Chooses Morey’s Piers as Business Partner of the Year

Cumberland County Technical Education Center (TEC) is excited to announce that we have selected Morey’s Piers as our 2019-2020 Business Partner of the Year. Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a classic seaside amusement park located in Wildwood, NJ. The park has been family-owned and -operated since 1969 and is currently run by second-generation Morey

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Minotola’s Pettit Wins New Jersey Heartland’s “British Invasion Years” Ticket Giveaway

Terry Pettit of Minotola, NJ, was the lucky New Jersey’s Heartlander to win a pair of tickets to the “British Invasion Years” concert in Millville. More than just the Beatles, this nostalgic musical tribute spans the entire 60s British Invasion era with music from both sides of the Atlantic, and was three acts in one:

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Salty Topic

Last year’s long and brutal winter depleted road salt supplies throughout much of the U.S. As a result, a number of cities have experienced significant price spikes when placing their salt orders this year. At a time when experts are highlighting the environmental and infrastructural damage caused by excessive salt use on roads, new technologies

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Political vs. Practical

As an elected official at the municipal level of government, I find it difficult to think about issues in a purely political way. At the local level it’s more about practicality than politics. A prime example of the practical taking precedence over the political involves undocumented immigrants. This came to mind recently when a resident

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