All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at American Legion in Somers Point

Last Updated on Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:56 am Written by Suzanne Marino Wednesday, May 22, 2013 04:49 pm

SOMERS POINT – American Legion Post 352, located at First and Pennsylvania avenues, is holding a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. the Sunday, May 26.

Admission to the all-you-can eat breakfast is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12.

Memorial Day is set aside to honor the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in honor of their nation. The American Legion is the largest wartime veterans’ service organization.

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Arc Thrift Shop sells as well as educates

Last Updated on Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:56 am Written by SUZANNE MARINO Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:31 am

Arc Thrift Store Manager, Irv Singer of Margate stands at the check out of the store with cashier Heather Weaver of Absecon. Posters of the Arc success stories surround the store and lets customers know that every dollar they spend in the store helps Arc clients.

NORTHFIELD—When the Arc Thrift Shop opened its doors in the Tilton Plaza Shopping Center over Memorial Day weekend two years ago Manager Irv Singer had a mission for the store. What he did not realize is how much that would expand and grow in a relative short period of time.

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Trivia Time May 22, 2013 edition

Written by Suzanne Marino Wednesday, May 22, 2013 02:00 am

Right now is the perfect time to snag some great trivia-check it out!

• On this day in 1761 In Philadelphia, the first life insurance policy was issued in the United States. (Rumor has it they are still paying on that policy)
• The Wright brothers registered their flying machine for a  patent on this date in 1908.
• On May 22, 1939 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the "Pact of Steel." Japan would join the alliance in 1940 to create the axis.

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McDevitt opponents unmasked

Written by Seth Grossman Tuesday, May 21, 2013 04:16 pm

To the editor:

For more than two months, the full resources of the Atlantic County Republican Party have been unleashed to destroy the reputation and political career of Atlantic County Freeholder Joe McDevitt.

McDevitt is not only a fellow Republican, but one of the most popular, conservative, and respected public officials in the county. Yet he has been hit with incredibly dishonest attacks on Facebook, radio, mass mailings, robo-calls, and even on TV.

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Ms Senior New Jersey taking the stage

Written by SUZANNE MARINO Tuesday, May 21, 2013 02:56 pm

Ms New Jersey Senior America contestants will compete for the title June 4 at Harrah's

ATLANTIC CITY—Now that Miss America has returned home pageants are once again in the news. Next week lovely ladies will grace the stage at Harrah’s Casino and Spa in the Concert Venue for the Ms New Jersey Senior America Pageant slated for 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 4. The contestants come to the pageant with life experience and a lot of energy.

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Trivia Time May 21, 2013

Last Updated on Friday, May 24, 2013 01:48 pm Written by Suzanne Marino Tuesday, May 21, 2013 01:08 am

Happy Trivia Tuesday folks!

On this day in 1881 Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons found the American National Red Cross to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters. Barton worked with the sick and wounded during the Civil War and was named the Angel of the Battlefield for her tireless dedication. In 1865 Abraham Lincoln commissioned her to search for lost prisoners of war. Using the extensive records she compiled during the war she was able to identify thousands of the Union dead at the Andersonville prisoner of war camp. Barton headed the Red Cross well into her 80’s and died in 1912.

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Teachers are flipping flapjacks to help others in Northfield

Written by Suzanne Marino Monday, May 20, 2013 10:57 pm

NORTHFIELD-The teachers and staff at the Northfield Community School, all
members of the Northfield Education Association are trading in their spot in
front of the classroom and heading to the cafeteria to serve up some breakfast
Saturday, June 1 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
The event, Shortstacks for Sandy is made possible through an NJEA PRIDE
grant. Organizer Lynda Donovan said the grant allows members of the NEA to
host a pancake breakfast and give 100 percent of the funds raised to benefit the NJEA
Back to School Fund for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

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Singer Scott Kirby donates guitar to CharterTech High School

Last Updated on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:25 pm Written by SUZANNE MARINO Monday, May 20, 2013 12:08 pm

On the road with Scott Kirby and the band in Annapolis, Maryland where Kirby donated a custom made guitar to CharterTech High School is senior Johnny Zappas of Brigantine along with Scott Kirby from Key West, Dave Edminson from South Carolina, Gabriel Donohue from Philadelphia, Lew London from Egg Harbor Township and Mike McAdam from Nashville

SOMERS POINT—Normally when students complete a project or a semester they expect a grade that reflects the work they have done. Johnny Zappas, of Brigantine, an instrumental major at Charter Tech High School for the Performing Arts collected on behalf of his school what just might be the coolest A+ for a project that he and guitarist Brandon Ireland of Mays Landing and cellist Heain Kim of Somers Point had the opportunity to be a part of.

The students played on the recently released CD, “Sol Searching” by singer/songwriter Scott Kirby. He recorded the CD at CharterTech with Lew London, artistic coordinator for the school producing. In appreciation for the hard work of the students involved in the project Kirby donated a hand crafted Heritage H 575 hollow body electric guitar made in Kalamazoo, Michigan to the school.

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