Camden Poet

In the final eight years of his life, poet Walt Whitman finally earned the acclaim he had sought during the previous several decades. But his new fame wasn’t the only change he would experience during these last years in Camden. According to Walt Whitman’s America by David S. Reynolds, Whitman was faced with a quandary […]

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland & Salem Counties Receives $100,000 Grant for Mentoring

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland and Salem Counties (BBBS) has been awarded a $100,000 Core Mission Grant by Impact100 South Jersey, a women’s collective giving fund at Community Foundation of South Jersey. The grant will be paid over a two-year funding cycle—July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021. BBBS will use the grant to

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County Habitat for Humanity Elects Board Leaders

Cumberland County Habitat for Humanity would like to announce the election of our new Board of Directors President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. On Monday, July 8, during the annual reorganizational meeting, Rob Buono was elected as President of Board, Linda Hinckley was elected Vice President of Board, Debbie Holman was elected Secretary and Frank

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Sweeney Visits County Library

New Jersey Library Association Executive Director Pat Tumulty, Cumberland County Library Director Susanne Sacchetti and Deputy State Librarian Peggy Cadigan met with New Jersey Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney recently. He was very impressed with everything happening in the libraries in his district and throughout New Jersey. In the photo, Sweeney holds a poster the

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Library Building Memories, Fun with Legoland© Discovery Center

Several libraries from LOGIN (a consortium of libraries from Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties) have partnered with LEGOLAND© Discovery Center Philadelphia for the second year in a row. The libraries are hosting a contest, sponsored by LEGLOAND, and 16 children (one from each of the participating libraries) will win a voucher redeemable for four annual

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