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Conversations on race continue at Palmyra open forum

Questions linger months after George Floyd’s death at hands of police.

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...

Welcome to the Cave: Teens launch sports podcast

In the next few months -- as long as the pandemic cooperates, of course -- Sam Levin, Daniel Leonard and Luke Dorfman will begin...

Black Lives Matter inspires thorough teachings of Black history

Facebook page leads to calls for more thorough history lessons

Swim clubs enjoy successful first month and a ‘new normal’

The months, weeks, days and hours leading up to official swim club  reopenings last month were a combination of nerve-wracking, stress inducing and worrisome,...

Time to retire Indian team names?

Twenty-six years ago, St. John’s University, a private Catholic college in New York City, announced its athletic department’s nickname was changing from Redmen to...

Burlington County plans to phase out ‘freeholder’ for ‘commissioner’ title Aug. 12

A resolution will be introduced at the Aug. 12 meeting to formally start the process.

Palmyra’s trailblazing police chief hits the ground running

Last month, with a little more than a week to go in his tenure as Palmyra’s chief of police, Scott Pearlmen penned a letter...

How to survive a heat wave during a pandemic

After a mild June, summer came in like a lion when the calendar flipped to July. Independence Day weekend brought temperatures north of 90...

State Department of Environmental Protection suspends New Jersey Natural Gas SRL Pipeline permit

Conservation groups say the suspension of permits is a "big win" for the Pinelands.

How to to help Burlington County gain ‘no-kill status’

According to Karen Isky, one of seven members of the board of directors at the Friends of Burlington County Animal Shelter, only three counties...

Burlington County offering mobile COVID-19 testing thru mid-July

Burlington County announces a mobile COVID-19 testing unit is operation thru mid-July.

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Eight months ago, Alexis Jellison did what any Disney-obsessed person would do for a Halloween costume: She went as Anna from “Frozen.” The costume stayed...

Dispatches from Home: An appreciation for Generation Z

The first day of summer quietly arrived a couple of weekends ago with little fanfare.  Many of us who have continued to live in the...

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