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  • Vineland Working on Natural Resource Inventory 

    by Diane Amico on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    The Vineland Environmental Commission has received a Smart Growth Planning Grant from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) and is working with Brinkerhoff Environmental Consultants to create a Natural Resource Inventory (NRI) for the City of Vineland. An NRI is a comprehensive look at a municipality’s natural resources, environmental features, and unique characteristics. [...]

     
  • Worshippers bound for Haiti 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 22nd, 2010 | Comment

    A six-man team, with the help of a local church, is packing bags, getting shots and collecting medical supplies to travel more than 1,400 miles south to Haiti this weekend.

    Calvary Chapel's pastor, Russ Sterger, will lead Millville residents Shawn Brown, Jon Livingston and Kirk Mayer, along with Robert Wojcik of Atlantic City and Dave [...]

     
  • ‘How the Elephant Got His Trunk’ 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 22nd, 2010 | Comment

    Puppeteer Jim West is ready to educate Vineland's youth "How the Elephant Got His Trunk" at 3 p.m. Sunday.

    The show is at Frank Guaracini Jr. Fine and Performing Arts Center, Cumberland County College, Sherman Avenue and College Drive, Vineland. Admission is $5.

    It is recommended for ages 5 to [...]

     
    • Julia Hays 2:19 pm on January 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      You can never have enough “large-scale puppet extravaganzas.”

  • Grades hit the Internet for Vineland students 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 22nd, 2010 | Comment

    A screenshot of the "recent reports" portion of Parent Portal.

    By DEBORAH M. MARKO Staff Writer

    VINELAND -- A new computer program blows the cover for students who tell their parents they did nothing in school and have no homework.

    Starting today, the school district rolls out the Parent Portal, giving parents online access to their children's class schedule, grades, attendance records, homework assignments and [...]

     
  • Sweet Life bakes pies to help Haiti 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 22nd, 2010 | Comment

    The owners of The Sweet Life Bakery always celebrate National Pie Day on Saturday, but Stephen Wilson and Jill McClennen thought they would turn this year’s celebration into a fundraiser.

    The shop set a goal to sell 50 pies and send all proceeds to the World Food Programme, a United Nations humanitarian agency that fights [...]

     
  • Arrests made in bowling alley fire 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 21st, 2010 | Comment

    The Loyle family reacts to the arrests on Wednesday. Staff photo/Cody Glenn

    Police made three arrests this week on arson charges related to Loyle Lanes Bowling Center. Of the three Philadelphia men charged, one operated Loyle's competitior, Pike Lanes of Deerfield. Read the full report below.

    By TIM ZATZARINY Jr. The Daily Journal

    A rival businessman orchestrated a conspiracy to burn down Loyle Lanes, destroying the [...]

     
  • At VHS, a dozen students reciting 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 21st, 2010 | Comment

    Twelve Vineland High School students will show off their memorization and presentation skills Tuesday by reciting poems during a regional competition sponsored by the Playwrights Theater in Madison, NJ.

    "This was a daunting assignment and the students worked very hard," Panichella said.

    The winners included: 1st period winners for Ms. Marcello: Jessica Malatesta, Rosica Brown, Marquee Hartsfield; 4th period [...]

     
  • Mennies’ kids lip sync for scholarship fund 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 21st, 2010 | Comment

    The faculty and staff of Mennies Elementary School will present their Fifth Annual Lip Sync Concert in the school's all purpose room on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. The school is located at 361 E. Grant Ave.

    The school's teachers and staff will perform a variety of popular songs throughout the decades, according to [...]

     
  • Sabater plans dinner, dance benefit 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 20th, 2010 | Comment

    Sabater Elementary School is hosting a dinner and dance at North Italy Hall, Eighth Street and Virano Lane, on Feb. 26 to raise funds for its student activity fund.

    The event will run from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

    Tickets are $30 for this adults only event.

    The price includes a buffet dinner of baked [...]

     
  • Delsea helps Emmanuel Cancer Foundation 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 20th, 2010 | Comment

    Submitted photo.

    Delsea Regional High School’s Drama Club provided “Birthday in a Bag” for the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation.

    This project supplied birthday presents and all the supplies needed for five families to be able to hold a children’s birthday party.

    Emmanuel Cancer Foundation provides a variety of specialized services to families with children suffering with [...]

     
  • Eat pizza to help Mennies School 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 20th, 2010 | Comment

    The Dr. William Mennies School Bilingual Education Committee is hosting a Pizza Hut Night on Wed. Jan. 27 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the restaurant, Main Road and Chestnut Avenue.

    Pizza Hut will donate to the school $2 for every adult buffet and $1 for every child buffet purchased during that time.

    [...]

     
  • Palace of Depression is focus of historical society’s monthly lecture series 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 18th, 2010 | Comment

    VINELAND — Kevin Kirchner will speak about the city’s efforts to reconstruct the Palace of Depression at the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society on Thursday, Jan. 21.

    The palace is a city landmark that George Daynor built off Mill Road during the Great Depression.

    Kirchner, the city’s director of licenses and inspections, is part [...]

     
  • VHS track needs help to support scholarship 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 15th, 2010 | Comment

    The Vineland High School winter track team is holding a fundraiser to benefit the Kristen Freeman Foundation Scholarship Project on Sunday, Jan. 31, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Five Points Inn, East Landis Avenue.

    Freeman was a Vineland High School athlete who died in a 2006 firearms accident.

    Donation is $20 per person [...]

     
  • Local minds partner to fight youth obesity 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 14th, 2010 | Comment

    A group of prominent business and organization leaders met at YMCA last week as part of the “New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids,” an initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

    Partners include representatives of Robert Wood Johnson, the program’s state office, Stockton University, Rutgers University, the Rudd Center, the City of Vineland’s Community [...]

     
    • Julia Hays 3:34 pm on January 14, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Hopefully volunteers from many different fields opt to be a part of this program. It’s an issue that will need the input of health care professionals, educators, teachers, parents and community members.

  • Homemade snowflakes decorate school 

    by Kristi Funderburk on January 14th, 2010 | Comment

    Submitted.

    The Delsea Regional High School SAVE/REACH Programs,  self-contained Special Education classes, created 3-D snowflakes this month.

    Once spotted in the special education classroom, the class of ten students received requests for the snowflakes.

    The students created over 75 multi-colored large 3-D snowflakes that transformed the high school building into a winter wonderland. Snowflakes adorned the [...]

     
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