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Three Former Teachers Inducted to Vineland High’s “Wall of Warriors”

Vineland High School honored three former educators with many years of service recently, recounting their careers and showcasing their portraits which now hang in the upstairs atrium—“the Wall of Warriors”—at the VHS South building during the 7th annual ceremony. The group this year included Nancy Cossaboon, Barbara Sheftall, and Peter Starzan. They join the 50 […]

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Blowing Smoke

Health & Fitness / Chris

Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year’s resolution lists. There are 873,600 smokers in New Jersey and more than 63 percent tried to quit last year. New ads from e-cigarettes companies would have those smokers falsely believe that switching to vaping is quitting smoking. The

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Laminated Floors

Archives / Chris

Laminate floors add a touch of class and sophistication to a room. Laminate floors are available in innumerable designs and finishes. Any room of the house can have laminate floors, as they are very easy to maintain. These floors have three layers—the backing layer, the core layer, and the wear layer. The word laminate actually

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Instagram News

Archives / Chris

In the spring of 2019, Instagram announced that it was testing, in select countries, the removal of the visible like counts on posts. The reason? Instagram wants users to not focus on the likes but rather on the quality of the content. While your followers won’t be able to see the number of likes, the

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CHS Donates to Club

Faces in the news / Chris

CHS Theatrical recently donated $750 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County as part of the proceeds from its December Holiday Show held at the Landis Theater in Vineland. CHS is an independent theatrical production company brought to you by Steven Calakos, Ryan Headley, and Ken Schultz and is focused on creating theater

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Welcomes Rivera as Program Manager

Faces in the news / Chris

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland & Salem Counties (BBBS) is excited to welcome Eliud Rivera to the organization as a program manager. He will work on the Mentor2.0 initiative, a program designed for mentor and mentee matches to get to know each other through a combination of weekly messages via a secure web-based platform

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Comeback Story: American Eagle in New Jersey

The Great Outdoors / Chris

In 1967 the American Bald Eagle, our nation’s symbol, was considered endangered in all of the lower 48 states. Its decline was due primarily to chemical exposure to organochlorines and insufficient protections on many fronts. Shooting, trapping, poisoning, nest and habitat destruction were also factors. No reliable population data existed for New Jersey prior to

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Eagle Eyes

Cover Story, The Great Outdoors / Chris

Each year there is a marvelous opportunity to gain greater insight into the New Jersey Delaware Bayshore and its avian denizens, especially our eagles and their compatriot raptors and waterfowl. This year’s Eagle Festival is happening in just a little over a week, and it’s a super way to spend your Saturday on February 1.

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Kudos to County Residents

Cover Story / Chris

For the seventh consecutive year, Cumberland County leads the state of New Jersey in recycling. The recycling rate, the amount of recycling that is diverted from the solid waste stream, for each county is calculated through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). During 2017, Cumberland County diverted 59 percent of waste into recycling,

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Verse Diversity

Cover Story / Chris

Quiet as it’s kept, Cumberland County has long been fertile ground for artists and entrepreneurs of all kinds to ply their trades in a welcoming environment. As one local hip hop lyricist stated in a song dedicated to South Jersey, this is an area where, “… undiscovered jewels are unearthed.” One of those local jewels,

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