Vineland Holiday Lighting Contest Announced

The City of Vineland and the Vineland Municipal Utilities are accepting entries for the 2019 David Di Giovacchino Holiday Lighting Contest. The contest is an annual opportunity for residents to showcase their creative talents with wonderful holiday displays. Participants are encouraged to be original, colourful, and imaginative with their use of lights, seasonal characters, scenes, […]

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2020 Challenge

As we made our way through 2019, the year was dotted with all manner of retrospectives on NASA, Apollo 11, and the moon landing. Part of this look over our collective shoulder included looking back at the early 1960s and the start of the space race during the Kennedy administration. Almost all the 50th anniversary

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O Christmas Tree

Some of my fondest memories around Christmas involve shopping for the annual Christmas tree. When I was a child, picking just the right live tree was my parents’ task. For my first 10 years I lived on a hillside that overlooked the town, and at the foot of the hill was a garden center that

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Clean Fleets

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) recently proposed a program that will support local governments as they transition to clean energy. The $210,000 “Clean Fleet EV Incentive” program, which is funded primarily through a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, will incentivize the purchase of electric vehicles or charging stations by

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A Time for U-N-I-T-Y

This is a truly lovely time of year. Sure, the retailers love it, but we all should love it for other reasons. We came from our Thanksgiving tables giving thanks for what we have. Now we go into the season when the different faiths all celebrate. It’s a time for UNITY. What better way to

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Town on the River

By the middle of the 19th century, the Manumuskin River shared its name with a community that was developed after the iron mill, forge and workers’ settlement instituted by Eli Budd in the late 18th century. Today, online sources identify this location as an unincorporated community between Millville and Mays Landing in Maurice River Township.

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