Author: Joe D’Aquila
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BUONA FESTA! Hammonton’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Celebrates 150 years
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This year’s Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Hammonton was, as always, a joyous celebration of Italian heritage and the Catholic faith, but it also served as a…
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BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD: One Cup of Coffee at at Time
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Just a few short years ago, life for Amanda Vellon, owner of Inclusion Coffee Shop in Elmer was very different. The birth of a child with Down syndrome and a…
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FROM GLASS TO GRAIN: Independently Crafting Great Cocktails
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Kerry Breen, the owner and head distiller at Independent Spirits has always considered herself a maker. But a while back, she said she found herself on a search to find…
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ANGELS COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Helping Kids in Need Go Back to School in Style
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Back-to-school time can be an exciting, but also stressful time of year for any student, and especially so for kids in families experiencing financial hardship.The added costs of getting ready…
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Wildwood’s Shamrock is Gone, but the Magic Lives On
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If you don’t know what you’re looking at (and it’s likely you don’t) I’ll have to tell you a story so that you understand that what you’re seeing is a…
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Local Organization is LITTORALLY Saving Our Shores
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The American Littoral Society is a New Jersey-based coastal conservation non-profit organization that’s been working to protect our shoreline since its founding in 1961. “We do education, outreach, advocacy, conservation,…
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America at 250: A Bit of Revolutionary War History Down the Shore
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On the morning of June 29, 1776, an often-overlooked battle of the American Revolution took place off what today is Wildwood Crest, in a body of water that no longer…
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For this Fishy ‘Down the Shore’ Memory, We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Paper
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Deciding on a single favorite “down the shore” memory to write about for this issue was no easy task since so many of my life’s important memories took place there.…
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The Kid Who Would Be King–Local Tween Launches Hot Dog Biz
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He was once just a mild-mannered fifth-grader from Woodbury, New Jersey. But this summer, coming to an event near you, meet Jamison, AKA, THAT Kid…The Hot Dog KING! At the…
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Forging Ahead for Women and Non-Binary Individuals in New Jersey’s Craft Beverage Industry
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Pola Galie, co-owner and brewer at Lower Forge Brewery is on a mission, and it’s one she’s been on before. She finds herself, once again, in the process of trying…