Author: Nick DiUlio
End of an Era at Sony CD Plant
March 14, 2011
It’s hardly news that Internet downloading is killing the sales of music CDs, but who knew that this trend would strike a blow to the economy of South Jersey? Yet that’s exactly what’s happening with the closure later this month of Sony’s CD manufacturing plant in the Gloucester County town of Pitman.
Seen in: Southern Scene
An artist from South Jersey became a pioneer with an international reputation in glass flameworking.
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The recent decision to allow male and female students to live in the same dorm room at Rutgers’ New Brunswick campus has raised lots of questions—not the least of which is whether this practice eventually also will take hold at the university’s Camden campus.
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Let’s Go Surfing! (But Why Now?)
February 24, 2011
Late February has been quite a tease down here in South Jersey, giving us a cruel, fleeting taste of 70 degrees and sunshine. This, of course, has me thinking about surfing. It happens every late winter. I start getting the itch.
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Lawsuit Adds Chill to Sea Isle’s ‘Plunge’
February 16, 2011
A lawsuit is threatening to put a further chill in this weekend’s 17th annual Polar Bear Plunge in Sea Isle City.
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An Online Eye on Cumberland County Culture
February 14, 2011
The arts scene is alive and well in Cumberland County. If you doubt that, check out the new undertaking by some folks at Cumberland County College.
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Are You (Atlantic City) Experienced?
January 27, 2011
The popularity of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” has likely generated new interest in Atlantic City. Now a local exhibit gives visitors to America’s Playground an even closer look at the city’s unique and quirky history.
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What Price Restoration?
January 20, 2011
Down in South Jersey, there’s a small town that is wrestling with a difficult question: How much is historic preservation worth?
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A Treasure Trove of African America History
January 14, 2011
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey is a little-known treasure – a small, unassuming and remarkable exhibit space tucked into the backwoods of Newtonville in Atlantic County.
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Ready for an Icy Plunge?
January 10, 2011
Feel like taking a swim in the Atlantic Ocean this month? No? Well, what if I told you it was for a good cause? Perhaps you’d reconsider?
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