Although our winter weather is hanging on, I intend to celebrate spring’s arrival at two events this weekend: the sixth annual Atlantic City Beer Festival and the first Atlantic City Boardwalk Rodeo....
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The first time I visited Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, my mother and I were on an emergency mission to save the life of a possum....
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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....
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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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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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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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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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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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South Jersey native Jaime Yeretzian has discovered a way to empower female refugees in Thailand to move beyond international aid, become self-supporting and keep their families together. She teaches them her passion: knitting....
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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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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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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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Do you know a New Jersey businessperson who deserves recognition for advancing women’s equality in America? If so, the Alice Paul Institute wants to hear from you....
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There’s good news for Camden as the New Year rolls in. The city is getting a new (and much anticipated) Salvation Army Community Center—and it’s going on top of an old landfill. ...
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Feeling hard hit by the current economy? If you live in South Jersey, you are not alone....
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It may be too bloody cold this weekend for a stroll on the beach, but Saturday night the Food Network will bring a gem from the Shore right into your living room....
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My house is, in a word, old. We’re talking 1860, pre-Civil War construction old. In the five years I’ve lived here I’ve engaged in more than my fair share of renovation projects—and I would have been lost without the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Cinnaminson....
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Even if you’re already familiar with New Jersey’s most southern shore point, you’re missing out if you haven’t yet experienced the town’s month-long Christmas In Cape May festival....
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And now for something completely different: The return of the Miss’d America Pageant to Atlantic City’s historic Boardwalk Hall....
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With all the bad press that Camden receives, it’s particularly pleasing when there’s good news to report about the troubled (albeit slowly recovering) city....
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