Author: Joe D’Aquila
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Curling Club in Pennsauken Offers Unique Sporting Opportunity
You may have seen curling on TV, but more than likely never experienced it for yourself. Teams of four people sliding large pucks with handles on an ice rink, lots…
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Local Family Giving Back to Their Community with Annual Christmas Festival
For the seventh year in a row, the Aulffo family in the Minotola section of Buena Borough is transforming an empty lot they purchased into a winter wonderland all in…
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Communities and Cultures of Down Jersey – Defining Tradition at WheatonArts’ Folklife Center
Through the end of this year, the Folklife Center at WheatonArts in Millville is running the exhibit “Communities and Cultures of Down Jersey,” which offers a “cross-cultural exploration of folk…
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Farm to Table Caviar: The Elegant New Entry to South Jersey’s Agricultural Scene
When you think of farm-to-table options in South Jersey, caviar might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But a Gloucester County dentist and his 30,000 sturgeon are…
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Another Year Over – A New One’s Just Begun
The scene was a horrific one and we feared the worst. We do a lot of traveling all over South Jersey to create and deliver each issue of this paper…
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Shopping for the Strange and Unusual in South Jersey
While researching local shopping destinations for this “Shop Local” edition of South Jersey Local, we had a question: where would someone go to find just the right gift for that…
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Local Author to Participate in Virtual Storytime Event for National Adoption Month
Tom Tracy always wanted to be a writer but it wasn’t until he found a need arising from the diverse makeup of his own family that he finally took the…
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Ministry of ARTeriors Art Show to Kick Off in Atlantic City
The 11th edition of the ARTeriors pop-up art show begins with a three-day series of opening reception dates this month ahead of its ongoing gallery run in the city. The…
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Annual Haunted Tour to Take Place at Atlantic City’s Absecon Lighthouse
About 15 years ago, the folks at the Absecon Lighthouse museum in Atlantic City had changed over to a newer, computer-based cash register system, according to Jean Muchanic, the lighthouse’s…
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Celebrating Salem City on its 350th Birthday!
Next year the United States will be getting ready to celebrate its 250th anniversary as a nation, but right here in South Jersey we’re celebrating a milestone that beats that…