A $1,000 check was presented to Project Thanksgiving on behalf of the New Jersey Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society by Eleni Constantinides, president, and an additional $200 on behalf of her family. The mission of Philoptochos is to promote charitable, benevolent and philanthropic outreach, and to preserve the sanctity of life and family. There are

Boys & Girls Club Summer Enrichment Program youth celebrated Human and Global Diversity Awareness Month by doing a lesson, watching a video, and creating fantastic pictures of human and global diversity. They depicted images of people of different colors, religions, body shapes, cultures, family structures, and more. The session is part of the Multi-Cultural Arts

At a recent meeting of the Newfield Historical Society, the following officers were elected to the board of trustees for the 2024-25 term: Susan Mounier will return as president, Patricia A. Martinelli was elected vice president, Judy Fries will serve as secretary and Kathy Heather will serve as treasurer. During the meeting, the trustees discussed

The Authority hosted its second Household Hazardous Waste and Document Shredding event of 2024 on Saturday, June 15. Co-sponsored by the City of Millville, Cumberland County Utilities Authority, and Landis Sewerage Authority, the event was held at The Authority’s Solid Waste Complex, located at 169 Jesse Bridge Road, Millville, NJ 08332. Throughout the year, The

Two Kean University senior field hockey players from Millville won honorable mentions on the 2023-24 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-Academic Team. Kylie Giordano and Jorja Hibschman were each honored for the first time. To be eligible for the NJAC squad, a student-athlete must be a sophomore, junior or senior who has competed in a

First Harvest Credit Union (“First Harvest”) employees recently collected donations for two local South Jersey organizations through the credit union’s Charitable Journey program. Charitable Journey is an employee-led program established in 2015 by a volunteer group of First Harvest employees with a passion to serve the community. Each quarter, employees nominated different organizations they support,

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement. Link to story: northjersey.com/story/news/business/2024/07/22/new-jersey-farmer-loan-programs/74441850007 With the average New Jersey farmer closer to retirement than college age, the state is considering a new loan program to help people getting their start in the business. Legislation co-sponsored by Sussex County Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia would

Gloucester County farm operator Joel Viereck was sworn into his term on the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture today during the Board’s monthly meeting. The session also included an officer reorganization where Cumberland County’s Bob Blew was elected president and Burlington County’s Lisa Specca as vice president. Viereck, who is representing the vegetable industry,