Failing Grades

Tobacco use remains the nation’s leading cause of preventable death and disease, taking an estimated 480,000 lives every year. This year’s “State of Tobacco Control” report from the American Lung Association calls for proven tobacco control policies, because the country’s youth vaping epidemic worsened in 2019. This dire situation is a result of states and […]

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RCSJ-Cumberland To Host Infomation Session for First-Generation Students

Rowan College of South Jersey has found that first-generation students thrive when they learn in a supportive environment of peers, faculty and staff who understand their backgrounds and challenges. The process of becoming the first in their family to attend college may seem daunting to some. Students and families can get the help and support

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RCSJ Women’s Basketball Coach Celebrates 100th Career Win

Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) women’s head coach Rich Cooper reached a major milestone Thursday, Jan. 30, when the Roadrunners captured a hard-fought 44-36 triumph over visiting Mercer County College, marking his 100th career game win. Forward Qeiajae Canty, who led all scorers with 14 points, dropped in a turnaround jumper with 1:28 remaining

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A Tour, Cats, and Music

We now reach the last leg of our journey along The Ave—the block between West Avenue and Delsea Drive. It’s the westernmost block of Landis Avenue covered within our Vineland Downtown Improvement Zone. It’s a long block and includes two shopping plazas, other multi-business complexes, and the former Landis Middle School (now, the headquarters of

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Gifted Books

The two large bookcases that house an impressive collection of tomes once owned by Charles K. Landis and his family at the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society (VHAS) is beginning to shed additional light on Vineland’s founder, his acquaintances and his reading habits. VHAS curator Patricia Martinelli, who estimates the bookcases contain several thousand volumes,

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Sweeney Speaks on State’s Emerging Industrial Hemp Industry at State Agriculture Convention

Senate President Steve Sweeney spoke at the State Agricultural Convention last week, expressing his commitment and dedication to New Jersey’s agriculture sector as well as his hopes for the emerging industrial hemp industry in the state, calling hemp the next major cash crop for the Garden State. “The agricultural industry has always been a vital

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Vineland Public Charter School Celebrates National School Choice Week

National School Choice Week (NSCW) was celebrated held last week at the Vineland Public Charter School (VPCS) in Vineland. The school serves students in grades pre-k through eighth grade. They had a series of events planned to celebrate NSCW and it began with awarding three middle school students gift cards from Five Below for a

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