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Albert J. Countryman Jr.
Articles by Albert J. Countryman Jr.
- Albert J. Countryman Jr.
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- July 29, 2024
Safety is number one
Long before European settlers arrived, the Lenni Lenape tribes used a trail that ran parallel to the Delaware River to travel and deliver goods to settlements in South Jersey. It…
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- July 28, 2024
Filling a need: Monroe library holds school supply drive
Despite some Williamstown students wishing summer would last forever, the time to prepare for a new school year is rapidly approaching. To take the pressure off families, the local library…
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- July 26, 2024
‘I love butterflies’
Driving down Hessian Avenue toward the Delaware River in National Park on a sunny July July 13, motorists soon found the parking lots packed as several thousand people celebrated butterflies…
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- Albert J. Countryman Jr.
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- July 14, 2024
Singing its praises: Pine Barons Chorus celebrates 75th year
Every Monday night, 30 to 40 men from Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties get together to sing – a capella – as they practice for local holiday shows, barbershop quartet…
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- July 12, 2024
A bittersweet parade: Annual tradition celebrates the 4th
Back in 1897 – with a new century on the horizon – Charles W. Davis and Albert J. Briggs thought it would be a good idea to have a parade…
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- July 10, 2024
‘It is our goal that no child goes hungry’
Youngsters growing up in the lovely town of Palmyra in the 1960 and ’70s always looked forward to summertime – using their free time to be with friends, fish off…
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- July 6, 2024
Water safety ‘a community effort’
In the ancient world half-woman, half-bird creatures would sing a sweet song – luring entire crews of sailors who drowned when their boats crashed into the sirens’ rocky island. In…
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- July 5, 2024
‘It’s important that we remember’
African Americans first came to Haddonfield as slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries, but by the late 19th century, some 250 of them lived freely in the borough and…
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- July 2, 2024
‘Living history’
Hundreds of people gathered along the Gloucester City waterfront on June 20 to watch the Battleship New Jersey return to its berth in Camden after three months of repairs. “This…
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- June 29, 2024
Juneteenth celebration: ‘It feels good’
General Gordon Granger and 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865 with some big news for 250,000 people throughout the state laboring in cotton fields…
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