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Christine Harkinson

Articles by Christine Harkinson

It Takes a Village provides community care

Trudi Herman and her late husband Irwin are the founders of It Takes a Village New Jersey, a community of volunteers who help people of all ages in need of…

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Moorestown student gives others a creative outlet

Last September, Moorestown resident Tarah Sailam had an idea. “I just wanted kids to kind of feel like their creativity is showing,” she explained. That inspired the seventh grader at…

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Samaritan honors volunteers at 2022 gala

Samaritan, founded in Moorestown, is a nonprofit health-care organization that provides hospice care, palliative medicine and at-home primary care to families in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Mercer and Gloucester counties. Special…

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Moorestown High School’s winter concerts dazzle

Moorestown High School’s Performing Arts Department held its orchestra and band winter concerts on Dec. 15 and 16, events that were canceled last year due to COVID. Jazz Band Director…

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Moorestown police department’s K-9 is officially certified

Officer Kevin Sloan and the Moorestown police K-9 Saltz have something to celebrate. On Dec. 3, Saltz graduated from the 12-week Scent Detection Dog Course at the Atlantic County K-9…

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First Baptist Church offers private, peaceful getaway

Adjacent to Moorestown’s First Baptist Church on Main Street is a place of tranquility, the church’s community garden. Norma Wright serves as co-chair of the church’s garden committee. When she…

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FamilyPromise organization celebrates 25 years of service

FamilyPromise of Burlington County social services agency will commemorate 25 years of service to the community in March but is kicking off that anniversary at the Community House of Moorestown…

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Moorestown High booster club celebrates football banquet

The Moorestown High School Parent Booster Club and student athletes once again celebrated the football season at their annual banquet on Dec. 9, after a year when the event was…

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Moorestown church resumes jazz vespers service

Lumberton resident Gwen Ricks-Spencer is chair of the jazz vespers service at Bethel Ame Church in Moorestown, something she introduced after moving to South Jersey. “I’ve always been interested in…

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COVID vaccine and booster mega-site opens in Mount Laurel

Burlington County residents can receive free COVID and booster vaccines at a new mega-site in the East Gate Square shopping center in Mount Laurel. According to Virtua Health, the site…

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