• Gia Schmidt has been named to the president’s list at James Madison University for the spring 2025 semester. Students who earn president’s list honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of 3.900 or above. Schmidt is majoring in Psychology. • The University of Rhode Island announced that Molly […]

Gloria is a sweet and resilient girl with a heart of gold and a wiggle in her walk. This 5-year-old pit mix is a people-loving pup who adores cuddles, belly rubs and being around children. She’s always happy to meet a new human friend. Recently, Gloria had a mammary tumor removed and is now in […]

Frankford Library, 4634 Frankford Ave. (at Overington Street), has finally reopened. The library closed in December 2022 for renovations and was supposed to reopen in the spring of 2024. But renovations were slower than expected, and staffing issues delayed the reopening. The grand opening took place on June 5. In all, the transformation cost $5.5 […]

St. Jerome Parish has a new monument dedicated to military veterans past and present. The marker reads, “God Bless Those Who Serve and Who Have Served. All Gave Some. Some Gave All.” It also features the seals of the U.S. Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The monument, located […]

Remember the drought of last summer? When members and friends of the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society (VHAS) endeavored in the spring of 2024 to install a bog garden on the museum grounds, they could not have imagined the hot and dry season we were in for. The vegetable garden fared very well due to […]

Saints at the Shore Saints at the Shore will take place on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 3-7 p.m. at Keenan’s Irish Pub, in North Wildwood. Graduates and friends of Southeast Catholic, Bishop Neumann, St. John Neumann, St. Maria Goretti and Neumann-Goretti are invited. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door. The event […]

June 19 Lil Baby – At the Wells Fargo Center, rap star Lil Baby and the WHAM World Tour. Special guests include BigXthaPlug, NLE Choppa and Loe Shimmy. Tickets at whamtour.com. June 21 Summer Solstice Midday Pause – From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Magic Gardens Studio, 1002 Watkins St. Join Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens for a rejuvenating Midday Pause to celebrate the […]

The Bustleton Bengals last week inducted basketball star Collin Gillespie into their Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the John Marynowitz Gym. Longtime Bengals volunteer Vince Tarducci organized the event. He, Bengals president Joe Giedemann and boys athletic director Glen Reed presented Gillespie with a trophy with a basketball shape on top. Printed on […]

Phil Iannuzzi

Protect free meals for school children As a retired public school teacher, grandparent and child advocate, I was very disturbed to read Mark Zimmaro’s report on the possible damage to an established meal program for school children (“Scanlon highlights harm to school meal program,” June 11). This bill passed by Congress in May will reduce federal funding for both food assistance and […]