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Everybody has a story: She proves it's never too late for a pet career
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:57 am
A lot of people say they have no intention of retiring as they approach 60. But Donna Martin, of Port Republic, really means it.
Buena grads praised for their grit, commitment
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:17 pm
BUENA — Principal Moses White paid tribute Tuesday to the toughness, grit and committment of the 212 graduates in Buena Regional High School’s Class of 2013.
Egg Harbor City settles suit in sidewalk deal
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR CITY - City Council has voted to settle a lawsuit against the contractor who installed new concrete sidewalks and curbing in the heart of downtown that are now chipping and pitting.
Everybody has a story: Woman has a passion for preservation
Sunday, June 16, 2013 12:01 am
Architectural historian Joan Berkey lived without a laundry room for three years, hauling her dirty clothes to a Laundromat about 10 miles away.
Egg Harbor City considers residents replanting certain trees
Friday, June 14, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR CITY - Residents of the 500 block of Cincinnati Avenue may be able to replant trees in their 10-foot-wide planting strips after the city consults a certified tree expert about species of trees that won't damage new sidewalks, curbs and paving, council members said Thursday night.
Hammonton graduates told to be courageous about change
Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:15 am
HAMMONTON - In common metaphors for life, we cross bridges and come to forks in the road, Salutatorian Gabrielle Pullia said at Hammonton High School's graduation Wednesday night.
Main Street South Jersey: Hammonton's revival a decades-long process
Monday, June 10, 2013 12:03 am
Downtown Hammonton has seen an influx of new restaurants, art and theater venues, a college instructional site and shops in the past five years.
Egg Harbor City residents are upset about loss of trees
Monday, June 10, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR CITY — The city is repaving the 500 block of Cincinnati Avenue and replacing sidewalks, but at the expense of about 30 mature street trees.
Ravaged by Sandy, Brigantine Bible Church rebounds
Monday, June 10, 2013 12:02 am
BRIGANTINE — Parishioners rededicated the Brigantine Bible Church on Sunday, with the help of those who directed volunteers in rebuilding it after Hurricane Sandy.
Everyone Has a Story: Cable technician braved storm so Long Beach Island could weather it
Sunday, June 9, 2013 12:00 am
Comcast technician Pete Imler spent the three days leading up to Hurricane Sandy alone on Long Beach Island, preparing equipment for the storm and keeping communications going for emergency responders as long as possible.
St. Joseph High School graduates in Hammonton asked to live as Catholics
Friday, June 7, 2013 12:04 am
HAMMONTON - The 85 graduates of St. Joseph High School's Class of 2013 were encouraged to put their Catholic values to work for themselves and for others at Thursday night's graduation ceremony at St. Joseph Church on Third Street.
Wine sales planned at Hammonton's Eagle Theatre
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:45 pm
HAMMONTON — Starting Friday night, audience members at The Eagle Theatre will be able to enjoy a glass of wine before and during shows.
Supporters of Buena Vista mayor win Township Committe primary
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 10:19 pm
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP — Two supporters of longtime former Mayor Chuck Chiarello won Tuesday’s Democratic primary in this rural community, virtually assuring the committeeman’s return to power next year.
Aponte, St. Amour win Democratic primary in Mullica Township
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 9:24 pm
MULLICA TOWNSHIP — Attorney Ernest A. Aponte and benefits and investment firm owner Michael H. St. Amour won Tuesday’s Democratic primary and will challenge Republican incumbents Mayor Jim Brown and Deputy Mayor Lawrence E. Riffle Jr. for three-year terms in this November’s election.
Egg Harbor City pupils dump milk, save cartons from landfill
Monday, June 3, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR CITY — Students in Veronica Warrakah’s kindergarten and first-grade special education class have an important job to do every day at lunch in the Charles L. Spragg Elementary School.
Stockton professor gets Fulbright grant to work in Pakistan
Monday, June 3, 2013 12:01 am
The professor who helped Barbara Fisher, 22, become the first Richard Stockton College of New Jersey student to win a Fulbright award will go to Pakistan this summer on his fourth Fulbright grant.
South Jersey's own 'Judy Garland' to sing at Gumbo Cookoff
Sunday, June 2, 2013 12:51 am
She’s billed as the “Sweetheart Songstress of Hammonton,” with a voice powerful enough to play Judy Garland in a casino Legends show.
Atlantic County produce auction house one of nation's oldest
Friday, May 31, 2013 11:55 pm
BUENA BOROUGH — Felix Donato’s great-grandfather was a farmer who helped start the Landisville Produce Cooperative 100 years ago so growers in the region could match their crops with buyers.
Doctor who admitted fraud lays off workers
Friday, May 31, 2013 8:12 pm
Nine nurse practitioners and five administrative workers at Visiting Physician Associates of South Jersey, owned by a doctor who has admitted to Medicare fraud, were laid off Friday and have allegedly been told they will not be paid for their last two weeks of work.
Hammonton removes meter charge from residents' water bills
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:14 pm
HAMMONTON — Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to remove meter charges of $8.50 to $12 from the municipal utility customers’ biannual water bills.
Families remember loved ones as nation marks Memorial Day
Monday, May 27, 2013 12:00 am
Every day he’s on the job, Atlantic City police Officer Jefferson Rivera wears dog tags bearing his brother’s name: Army Spc. Eric G. Palacios Rivera.
Everyone Has a Story: Egg Harbor City bakers featured on 'Cupcake Wars'
Sunday, May 26, 2013 12:00 am
Egg Harbor City bakers Jacquelin and Gina Ciaburri, owners of Simply Sweet Cupcakes on Philadelphia Avenue, were in California filming The Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars” in October. Hurricane Sandy was hitting at home, where their husbands and kids were.
EHC to sell former school site to developer for $1
Friday, May 24, 2013 8:04 pm
EGG HARBOR CITY - City Council has voted to change the terms of a land sale to a developer who plans to build 100 units of affordable senior housing at the site of the demolished Fanny D. Rittenberg Middle School.
Cumberland County's child poverty rate down 22%
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:12 pm
A 22 percent drop in Cumberland County's child poverty rate helped it move from last in the state for child well-being to 20th in the New Jersey Kids Count 2013 rankings.
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Hammonton First candidates announce run for Town Council
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:39 am
HAMMONTON — Three former elected officials endorsed by the independent Hammonton First party are jumping back into the political fray, challenging three incumbent council members from the Hammonton Republican Party.
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Time has come to renovate historic Hammonton clock
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:30 am
HAMMONTON — After decades of temporary fixes by volunteers determined to keep the historic 1929 Seth Thomas clock near Town Hall running, a nonprofit group has pledged to renovate it.
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Mays Landing veteran recalls his days as a radioman in D-Day attack
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:00 am
Mays Landing’s Peter Fantacone was an 18-year-old Navy radioman who trained for months to help the Allies communicate during the D-Day attack on June 6, 1944.
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Affordable senior housing plan draws objections in Egg Harbor City
Friday, May 17, 2013 8:14 pm
EGG HARBOR CITY - Councilman Clifford Mays Jr. and some residents are opposing an ordinance to drop the sales price of city-owned land so a developer can better qualify for tax credits to build affordable senior rental housing there.
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At 175 years old, Mullica Township losing pieces of its past
Monday, May 13, 2013 12:20 am
MULLICA TOWNSHIP — When Mullica’s unofficial historian, Louisa Mazetis, was born in 1925 — in the big stone Butterhof Shady Brook Farm on Route 30 — the glory days of local wineries were already in the past.
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My School is Special: Hammonton center helps those with most need
Monday, May 13, 2013 12:20 am
Hammonton’s disabled preschool for children ages 3 and 4 includes a special classroom geared to the needs of autistic students, said Special Education Supervisor John Lavell.
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Egg Harbor City may sell school site to builder for $1
Monday, May 13, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR CITY - A company that wants to build 100 units of low-income senior rental housing at the site of the former Fanny D. Rittenberg Middle School will pay $1 for the two-acre parcel of ground, rather than the $800,000 it agreed to pay in 2011, if City Council adopts an ordinance after a public hearing May 23.
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Everyone Has A Story: Mayflower descendents from Upper Township turn 75 years of newsletters into a book
Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:42 pm
There were 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower when it left England for the New World in 1620, said Alice Teal, of Marmora in Upper Township.
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Everyone has a story: Guns play a big role in this family's life
Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:01 am
Gun rights aren't a luxury for lifetime NRA members Carl Morton and his daughter, Carol Tomlin, who live next to each other in rural Woodbine.
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Charles Spragg Elementary principal named superintendent of Egg Harbor City schools
Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:01 am
EGG HARBOR CITY - Charles L. Spragg Elementary School Principal Adrienne Shulby - who started as a long-term substitute teacher in the district about 16 years ago - will replace retiring Egg Harbor City Schools Superintendent John Gilly III when he retires Jan. 1.
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Egg Harbor City bans smoking in most city parks
Thursday, May 9, 2013 9:48 pm
EGG HARBOR CITY — Smoking is now illegal in all city parks except Lincoln Park, near the NJ Transit train station.
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Hammonton girl fights neurofibromatosis through dance
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 6:55 pm
Ballet has helped Sara Pavesi, 12, combat the complications of neurofibromatosis, or NF. It’s a disease that affects one in 3,000 people and causes tumors to grow on nerve endings. It also causes scoliosis and low muscle tone.
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Hammonton slate starts election race with a feast
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 1:03 am
HAMMONTON — The independent Hammonton First party will introduce its three candidates for Town Council at a free campaign kickoff party May 19 at The Alley Bar & Grille in Hammonton, President Jim Donio said.
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Everyone Has a Story: Big or small, Atlantic City artist all about details
Monday, May 6, 2013 12:01 am
Atlantic City artist Linda Wexler started her career on a small scale, making miniature reproductions of historic furniture and rooms for museums. Then she began working at the opposite extreme, creating huge murals for public spaces.
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Central location fuels Hammonton's growth, without losing its charm
Saturday, May 4, 2013 12:06 am
HAMMONTON - Tom and Sarah Gribbin, both attorneys, moved to Hammonton six years ago, in part because Sarah grew up there and loved it.
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1,000 students embrace the arts in Hammonton
Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:50 pm
HAMMONTON - Atlantic City High School seniors Armani Hardy and Amirah Hicks, both 18, spontaneously helped create a mural Thursday based on Gustav Klimt's "Tree of Life" at the Noyes Museum of Art Gallery on Second Street.
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400 people expected to help clean up Egg Harbor City on Saturday
Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:22 pm
EGG HARBOR CITY — More than 400 people are expected to fan out to clean up trash and litter from the city’s streets, lake and park during the sixth annual cleanup Saturday.
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Everyone has a story: Co-workers to be united by a kidney
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7:57 pm
Most people feel lucky if they work with people they like. But Northfield's Dennis McCabe works with someone willing to save his life.
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YMCA to run day camp in Atlantic County
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:09 am
MULLICA TOWNSHIP — The Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA is offering a day camp this summer at the township schools complex on Elwood Road, its first camp in Atlantic County.
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YMCA to run day camp in Atlantic Co.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:01 am
MULLICA TOWNSHIP - The Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA is offering a day camp this summer at the township schools complex on Elwood Road, its first camp in Atlantic County.
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Everyone Has a Story: Congregation Beth Judah in Ventnor focuses on Catholic-Jewish relations
Monday, April 29, 2013 12:00 am
Rabbi Aaron Gaber, didn't know Pope Benedict XVI would retire and a new pope would be elected in 2013 when he helped choose an expert on Catholic-Jewish relations for this year's Charlotte M. Kulp Scholar in Residence program at Congregation Beth Judah in Ventnor.
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Hammonton board tables plan for Super Wawa on White Horse Pike
Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:20 am
HAMMONTON — A plan to build a new 24-hour Super Wawa convenience store and fuel station where the White Horse Pike, Route 206 and Bellevue Avenue converge has run up against the municipality’s new downtown plan.
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Egg Harbor City delays budget vote pending refinance of bonds
Saturday, April 27, 2013 12:38 am
EGG HARBOR CITY — City Council held its 2013 budget hearing Thursday night, but won’t vote on adoption of the $5.7 million spending plan until after a May 8 hearing with the Local Finance Board.
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'When We Were Colored' Egg Harbor City school looks at segregation
Saturday, April 27, 2013 12:08 am
EGG HARBOR CITY — During the height of segregation at the old Egg Harbor City Public School in the 1930s and 1940s, black students were taught by black teachers in the rear of the building. White children were taught by white teachers in the front.
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Exhibit harkens to time when skin color reigned
Friday, April 26, 2013 7:47 pm
EGG HARBOR CITY - During the height of segregation at the old Egg Harbor City Public School in the 1930s and 1940s, black students were taught by black teachers in the rear of the building. White children were taught by white teachers in the front.
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Jehovah's Witnesses house of worship to be dedicated in Mullica Township
Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:01 am
MULLICA TOWNSHIP - Three congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses are sharing a new house of worship near 10th Avenue on the White Horse Pike, spokesman Albrecht Grampp, 86, of Hammonton, said.
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