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Entries for March 2009




Running (and Singing) in the Rain

March 30, 2009 04:46 PM ET | Jen A. Miller | Permanent Link

Why would anyone spend a Sunday morning running in the rain? I don’t know, but I, along with over 800 others, did just that for the Ocean Drive Marathon and 10-miler this past Sunday.

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Tags: running | South Jersey | North Wildwood | Sea Isle City | Cape May | Ocean Drive Marathon

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When Your Sweet Tooth Calls

March 25, 2009 05:00 AM ET | Jen A. Miller | Permanent Link

With Easter just around the corner, here’s a tip: Skip the drug store this year. South Jersey is dripping in hand-made, oh-so-sweet chocolate.

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Tags: Cherry Hill | chocolate | candy | Pennsauken | Cinnaminson | South Jersey | Margate | Ventnor | Easter | food | Merchantville | Richwood | Gloucester City

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A Change for AC Slots

March 23, 2009 05:03 AM ET | Jen A. Miller | Permanent Link

Miss the jingle of coins hitting the tray of a slot machine? Retro slots are back -- in a small part of Atlantic City.

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Tags: Atlantic City | Jersey Shore | South Jersey | Showboat Casino | Resorts Casino

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We Need a Hero

March 20, 2009 05:45 PM ET | Jen A. Miller | Permanent Link

End of the world scenarios? Bring it on, says one Burlington Township resident, who has made comics and heroes and the end of the world his specialty.

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Tags: Burlington | comic books | Repeci, Robert, | popular culture | Rutgers University Camden

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Who Will Buy the Marble House?

March 18, 2009 05:36 AM ET | Jen A. Miller | Permanent Link

Ever since Warren and Andrea Kantor built a gaudy marble-sided summer home in Avalon, they’ve been a source of town ire and shame. So who’s going to buy their indulgence now that it’s for sale? If you’ve got $12.9 million, it could be yours.

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Tags: home | Avalon | Economy | The Marble House

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Fresh from the Farm

March 10, 2009 06:12 PM ET | Jen A. Miller | Permanent Link

The economy might be in the tank, but New Jersey’s still got at least one growing industry: farming. That’s great news for anyone who knows the joy of “Jersey Fresh.”

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Tags: Atlantic County | agriculture | Collingswood Farmers’ Market | Jersey tomato | Jersey peaches | farm fresh | food | Jersey Fresh | Cumberland County | strawberry

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AC Casino Gets a Little More PC

March 05, 2009 02:29 PM ET | Jen A. Miller | Permanent Link

Atlantic City casinos are doing whatever they can to draw in customers. It would probably be smart if they avoided offending anyone in the process.

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Tags: Atlantic City | Irish | Tropicana Hotel and Casino | St. Patrick's Day

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