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Albert J. Countryman Jr.

Articles by Albert J. Countryman Jr.

Speakers, seminars teach people how to trace ancestors

Except for Native Americans, America is a nation of immigrants – a beacon of hope with “streets paved in gold” to people across the world. From the starving Irish during…

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Boys and Girls Club teen center at Rowan to stress career options

For elementary-school students growing up in Glassboro and Paulsboro, the Boys and Girls Club of Gloucester County center offers a safe haven after school. But the club will now be…

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Hundreds turn out for family day at Red Bank Battlefield

Many of the Continental Army victories during the Revolutionary War were in New Jersey, including the battles of Trenton, Gloucester, Princeton, Monmouth and Red Bank, located along the Delaware River…

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Festival of Fibers fascinates hundreds of visitors

  There was an awe-inspired buzz about textile history as hundreds of people explored all three floors of the Calvary Presbyterian Church during its Festival of Fibers on Oct. 1.…

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Hope One offers help to those struggling with addiction

Hope is often lacking when a person is scraping the change bottle for enough money to get one more fix. The next day is no better, and the path to…

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Hundreds turn out for family day at Red Bank Battlefield

  Many of the Continental Army victories during the Revolutionary War were in New Jersey, including the battles of Trenton, Gloucester, Princeton, Monmouth and Red Bank, located along the Delaware…

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History museum has artifacts from 13,000 years ago

There is a Dalton Point resharpened as a knife from the Paleo Indian period of American history discovered by archaeologist Jeffrey Norcross at a Missouri River dig site.  There are…

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Vintage Magazine display ‘a stroll down memory lane’

Long before computers and the internet, people saved magazines and newspapers with articles and photos about important historical events during the 20th century. Shelves were filled with headlines such as…

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Diocese of Camden Files for Bankruptcy

Cites clergy abuse payouts, COVID-19

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