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Atlantic City's Carolyn Greenidge honored for a lifetime of service to her community
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 12:01 am
For Atlantic City resident Carolyn Greenidge, work is life.
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Eighth-grader wins Pleasantville Middle School's Oratorical Contest
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
Rafael Campos, 14, may only be an eighth-grader at the Middle School of Pleasantville, but his ability to captivate and inspire an audience through speech earned him schoolwide recognition, a trophy in his hand and the smiles of his family.
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ACHS's Peer Group Connection shares books, its love of reading
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
Whenever he is in the mood, Atlantic City High School student Yonah Bromberg Gaber, 17, enjoys having the opportunity to choose from the selection of books that he has started to collect in his home.
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Tzu Chi Foundation members show love to Texas Avenue School students
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
Looking at a crowd of smiling Texas Avenue School students, it is hard to imagine that Hurricane Sandy ravaged their hometown of Atlantic City just five months ago. Regular classroom schedules have resumed and life has returned relatively back to normal.
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Prolific children's author has something to say to Ventnor students K through 8th
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
The students of the Ventnor Educational Community Complex were treated to an afternoon of werewolves, unicorns, monsters and all things fantasy on a recent Wednesday, with a visit from famed children's author Bruce Coville.
People in Crisis works to improve lives of local residents
560 x 420People in Crisis, a nonprofit group started in 2003 to help to bring medical assistance to those in dire need, met March 28 for their first gathering at the Northfield Diner. Valinda Newton, of Atlantic City, left, who serves as the group’s secretary, sat with Lana Samuels, group founder and co-president.
People in Crisis works to improve lives of local residents
560 x 420Vietnam War veteran and Northfield resident Steve Garwood, 59, and Nancy Cosenza, a nurse at Linwood Care Center, met at the Northfield Diner on March 28 for a People in Crisis gathering. Cosenza has helped Garwood navigate the paperwork he needs to apply for veterans benefits — and sometimes, paperwork assistance is the only help people need, she said.
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Bikers, walkers enjoying O.C.-Somers Point pathway
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
The pedestrian and bike path that runs along the recently reconstructed Route 52 causeway linking Ocean City and Somers Point is now fully open for public use.
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Pedestrian/bike path open for length of Route 52 Causeway
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
The pedestrian and bike path that runs along the recently reconstructed Route 52 Causeway linking Ocean City and Somers Point is now fully open for public use.
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Assumption students learn by doing oyster restoration
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
"It's gooey and slimy," said Courtney Reed, 13, a seventh-grader at Assumption Regional Catholic School, as she stood beside a lab table and peered over a dissected Eastern oyster with her classmates.
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Bakeries join in sweet way to raise profile of need for epilepsy research
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
Cupcakes certainly serve a purpose, but rarely do they get to do more than satisfy a sweet tooth.
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Mays Landing native hopes to raise profile of need for epilepsy research
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
On March 26, shades of purple were visible across the globe, as participants took part in Purple Day - the international grassroots effort created to raise awareness of epilepsy.
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People in Crisis works to improve lives of local residents
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:01 am
Lana Samuels knows what it feels like to fall between the cracks. After suffering from a traumatic head injury more than 10 years ago and, she said, surviving only through donations made by a stranger, she knew her life's mission would be to return the favor.
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700 x 525People in Crisis founder Lana Samuels met with volunteer Walter Tuthill, 79, of Linwood, at the group's first gathering on March 28 at the Northfield Diner.
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Cape Bank unveils new mural by ACHS students
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:01 am
This year, Cape Bank reached a major milestone as it celebrated 90 years as a community bank - providing banking services to professionals and individuals in Atlantic and Cape May counties since 1923.
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Storm survivor sisterhood: Miss. library donates to Brigantine library's recovery
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:01 am
One could imagine that life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast would differ from Brigantine island living.
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A.C. library offers teens a coffeehouse to get creative
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:01 am
In recognition of National Poetry Month, the Atlantic City Free Public Library will relaunch its Teen Coffeehouse Night - hoping to use the open mic-styled atmosphere to encourage artistic expression among local youth.
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699 x 370Peter Hecht, an amateur astronomer from Galloway Township, talked about exoplanets March 18 during Astronomy Night at the Otto Bruyns Library in Northfield.
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Northfield synagogue's members gather to share labor for new community garden
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:01 am
For Congregation Beth Israel nursery school parent Shayna Gross, the earlier children are introduced to fresh organic foods, the better.
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Astronomy nights in Northfield show kids the stars
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:01 am
On a clear, cloudless evening in March, much is visible in the night sky - a glimpse of Jupiter and its four largest moons, the star cluster Pleiades, also called the Seven Sisters - or if a star gazer is truly lucky, an astronomical show with the passing comet Pan-STARRS.
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Somers Point church celebrates Easter with a twist
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:01 am
For years, Easter Sunday services at the New Covenant Community Church in Somers Point have been run traditionally.
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700 x 524Amateur astronomer Peter Hecht, of Galloway Township, gives astronomy presentations at the Otto Bruyns Library in Northfield twice a year. Weather permitting, Hecht takes the audience outside to use the library's Orion 6-inch telescope.
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700 x 524Henry Jacoby, of Brigantine, found a few selections to read in the Brigantine Library outpost's browsing collection on a recent Wednesday morning.
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700 x 524Brigantine residents Jennifer Lanyon, front, and Bob Flanagan made use of the Brigantine Library outpost's three public access laptops on a recent Wednesday morning.
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700 x 524Since Hurricane Sandy, the Brigantine Branch of the Atlantic County Library System has been operating out of an 22-by-33-foot room in the Brigantine Beach Community Center. Branch manager Elizabeth Bliss said the library is still running a full range of services, just on a smaller scale.
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600 x 801Branch manager Elizabeth Bliss said the library received a $500 donation from a Biloxi, Miss., library that has helped offset some of their costs of dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Above, Bliss, displayed some of the outpost's hurricane relief book collection.
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700 x 524Senior library assistant Linda Crummett, left, sat with Dawn Jones, a Brigantine Library regular. Jones makes daily use of the outpost, located in the Brigantine Beach Community Center, but misses the sewing and craft programs the library frequently offered.
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700 x 524Sal Thomasino, 82, and wife, Frances, 81, stopped at the Brigantine Library outpost, located in the Brigantine Beach Community Center, to read the paper.
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700 x 524Senior library assistant Gina Husta,right, helped Brigantine resident Ann Phelps, 66, check out a DVD at the Brigantine Library outpost on a recent Wednesday morning. The library has been operating out of an 22-by-33-foot room in the Brigantine Beach Community Center since Hurricane Sandy.
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A.C. students learn about healthy teeth in Sugar-Less Day at Texas Avenue School
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:01 am
The students of the Texas Avenue School in Atlantic City have been leaving school with smiles just a little brighter and whiter than usual.
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Boys and Girls Club is back up at Chelsea location
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:01 am
Just more than a week after the soft opening of the Boys and Girls Club Atlantic City Chelsea unit, Executive Director Mekos Denson, the unit's director, Joyce Tilton, and director of operations Hudson Lee gathered at a table on the second floor-and soon to be renovated teen space.
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Congregation Beth Judah plans community seder for Passover
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:01 am
The eight-day festival of Passover is one of the most celebrated experiences on the Jewish calendar, but for Congregation Beth Judah in Ventnor, and for those of the Jewish faith across the world, it requires days of preparations.
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Somers Point Foundation for Education honors three at annual dinner fundraiser
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:01 am
On March 9, the Somers Point Foundation for Education greeted school faculty, police, business, community and city council members to their 19th annual dinner dance and silent auction at Greate Bay Country Club.
Congregation Beth Judah plans community seder for Passover
560 x 419Rabbi Aaron Gaber of Beth Judah in Ventnor flipped through pages of a book relating to Passover as he prepares to host the synagogue’s first seder dinner in more than a decade.
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Folk musicians' group growing in Brigantine
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:01 am
Growing up in Northeast Philadelphia, Bob Galbraith, now 62, always had an instrument to play - and more often than not, a group to play with.
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Owner of Scout Clothing and Decor puts more stock in Margate location
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:01 am
For Scout Clothing and Decor owner Hanna Sinderbrand, 25, dreams do come true.
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New priest at St. Nicholas works to expand its reach
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:01 am
On a recent afternoon, the Rev. Kakhaber "Kahi" Kurtanidze - the newest parish priest of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Atlantic City - played lively, traditional Greek chants loudly from the speakers of his new office.
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New Hope Community Center helps Pleasantville youths with homework
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:01 am
The New Hope Community Center, located at the former site of the Woodland Terrace Housing Complex in Pleasantville, opened its doors to the public in 2007, and most recently it has extended its services to aid the younger community.
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Teachings of the Torah brought to life weekly at Linwood Library
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:01 am
Snow fell heavily on a recent Friday afternoon, but that didn't prevent nearly 20 Atlantic County residents from attending Chabad at the Shore's adult Jewish education class, "A Weekly Journey into the Soul of the Torah."
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Linwood's Seaview Elementary School puts Empty Bowls to use fighting hunger
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:01 am
One in five children in New Jersey doesn't have enough to eat at home, but at least one school has recognized the need to step up and make a difference.
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Brigantine woman maintains lifestyle built around award-winning show dogs
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:01 am
Anyone walking the driveway of Sandy Wytoshek's Brigantine home would find it difficult to miss the bumper sticker reading, "Caution: Show Dogs" placed on the back of her Ford Expedition. Dog crates sit stacked in the back of its cargo space.
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Mainland Youth Lacrosse aims at kids with Scoopers program
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:01 am
Beginning April 14, Mainland Youth Lacrosse will institute its first ever Scoopers lacrosse program, giving local kindergarteners through second-graders the opportunity to learn the basics of the sport.
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Northfield's Hutchison family uses sun to charge up its two small electric cars
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:01 am
Driving down Northfield's Oakcrest Avenue, little stands out as strange or unfamiliar. SUVs, traditional sedans and van-sized vehicles take up a significant amount of space on the street, each parked outside the standard home.
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Mainland repeats as champion in Drama and Forensics League
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:01 am
Less than a week after Mainland Regional High School competed in the New Jersey Drama and Forensics League state championships, senior captains, Hanna Anderson, 17, Mario Gambino, 18, and Ashley Jackson, 18, reminisced about their time on stage.
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Jordan Road School teacher gets word out on eating healthy diet
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:01 am
On Feb. 26, Jordan Road School's family and consumer science teacher Mimi Lynch welcomed teachers, staff and members of the community into the classroom for her second of five, food-themed dinner and a movie series. Her goal: to educate the public on healthy eating and to explain that many life-threatening diseases are preventable through diet.
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Brigantine native prepares to compete in Miss Delaware pageant June 27-29
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:01 am
Growing up in Brigantine, Brittany Lewis, now 22, never dreamed of gracing the stage as a pageant contestant, let alone winning crowns and titles. But she has succeeded at both, with a relevant platform to back and a talent she has spent years to perfect.
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New Richmond branch of library like old friend returning to A.C.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:01 am
Days before the Atlantic City Free Public Library opened its Richmond Branch Library at Ventnor and Windsor avenues, students, passersby and residents of the neighborhood peered into the oversize windows of the new facility, eagerly awaiting the day they could walk inside.
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Teen PEP program at Pleasantville uses peers to teach sex education
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:01 am
"How do I know if I'm in love? How do I use a condom? What does sex have to do with love? Why can't I talk to my parents about sex?"
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Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro gives diners 'low tech' vibe on purpose
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:01 am
On a recent Tuesday night, Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro served dinner and drinks as if it was any other evening - live music filled the corner of the Somers Point restaurant, as conversation filled the air.
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Using dance as a medium to teach spiritual lessons
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:01 am
Dance - in all its forms - has proven benefits, both physical and emotional. Sisters, Tifaya, Christina and Na'Cee Noble, however, use dance as a platform to promote much more.
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