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Christine Harkinson

Articles by Christine Harkinson

Improving access to the arts

The Perkins Center has received a $250,000 grant to preserve and enhance its 100-year-old Moorestown building. The New Jersey Historic Trust and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts…

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Enhancing a valuable asset

People who stop by Moorestown’s Swede Run Fields Dog Park with their pets will see the pollinator garden’s Black-eyed Susans; Coneflowers; and Goldenrods, among other plants in bloom. Now in…

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‘Never settle for okay’

Moorestown resident Josiah Pippel advanced to the national finals of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” season 15 earlier this month, after competing against Jamie Rahn in the semifinals. Ninja, a sport…

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Sharing diversity

“I would like people to appreciate the diversity, and to see how diverse our cultures are among the bigger cultural forum here in the United States, and how we can…

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National Alliance on Mental Illness offers Family to Family course

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Burlington County has opened registration for the Family to Family course, an educational class for family members or loved ones of adults with…

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‘Real artwork is what’s all around us’

Moorestown High School (MHS) alumnus Ryan Casinelli created a mural for First Baptist Church’s community garden, artwork that he hopes will bring people nothing more than pure enjoyment. “I don’t…

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When practice pays off

The Sunnybrook Diving Team won the SJDA (South Jersey Diving Association) 2023 diving championships for the second consecutive year, after growing its numbers from 11 kids to almost 70. “The…

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An exchange of cultures

Moorestown families hosted students from Valencia, Spain, for two weeks last month, an experience that created lifelong friendships. “I arrived, and everyone was so happy for having me,” said student…

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Teaching Irish music is an aural tradition

Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown will host an Irish music session meet and greet featuring McDermott’s Handy on Friday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. Guitarists, banjo players, fiddlers…

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The haves and havenots

Larry Abrams’ nonprofit has distributed more than one million books since 2017 to children who need them in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Abrams founded BookSmiles after he saw the disparity…

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