Author Bio

RYAN LAWRENCE

Ryan is a veteran journalist of 20 years. He’s worked at the Courier-Post, Philadelphia Daily News, Delaware County Daily Times, primarily as a sportswriter, and is currently a sports editor at Newspaper Media Group and an adjunct journalism instructor at Rowan University.

Articles by RYAN LAWRENCE

A meaningful ministry

Fifteen years ago Jo Malessa was working at a polling station one afternoon when she saw her neighbor from across the street, Barbara Smythe, doing some knitting.  Malessa asked what…

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Play ball? Fall sports (well, most of them) get the green light for 2020

The penultimate week of August was a pivotal week for the potential of high schools sports returning in 2020. Within the span of four days, Gov. Phil Murphy gave his…

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Harrison Township’s party planners

The nearly two dozen people who work on the Harrison Township Recreation Commission refer to themselves as “the party planners of the town,” according to Recreation Coordinator Sharon Chew. Whether…

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Home field advantage

It was the home to the Group 3 boys state championship outdoor track team a little over a year ago, the undefeated, championship-winning football team 42 years ago, and the…

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Hopeful vet DeAngelis thankful for hands-on training in internship

In the middle of May, after her junior year at Immaculata University, Renee DeAngelis began her summer internship. On the second day at Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in Medford,…

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Sabrina Yeung aces NASA-sponsored internship

Before her high school career is over, Mullica Hill’s Sabrina Yeung is destined to make a name for herself in New Jersey interscholastic athletics.  A rising tennis talent, the junior…

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Paying it forward: Bob Kenney Scholarship celebrates scholar prep athletes

Bob Kenney covered seven Olympic Games as a longtime Philadelphia-area journalist. He worked a half-dozen Super Bowls and World Series, too, and his 45 years as the official scorer in…

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Spotting the spotted lanternfly in Gloucester County

Nate Kleinman is a farmer. Specifically, he is co-founder of the nonprofit Experimental Farm Network, an open organization aimed at combating climate change by developing the crops and agricultural systems…

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Spotting the spotted lanternfly in Burlington County neighborhoods

Tony Gissi recently did some research and is pretty confident the oldest tree in the borough is the oak just outside his house. “The circumference is 16 feet, you take…

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Going out on top: Senior swimmers relish Quarantine Bowl

Navigating how to make sports function amid a pandemic isn’t easy, and if you’re attempting to follow CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) protocols, it can be downright impossible,…

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