Faces

MS LUCIA from M&M Music facilitated a session for Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County members on women composers and musicians as part of Women’s History Month. The program, Music Together, is part of a Multicultural Arts Program which is supported by the County Board of Commissioners, Cultural and Heritage Commission, and the NJ State Council on the Arts […]

Kudos…Dr. Samantha Miletta who was recently welcomed to the South Jersey Eye Associates staff as an optometric physician. Miletta graduated from Rowan University in December 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and will graduate from Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University in May 2024. She was a long-time patient at SJEA and shadowed Dr. Brandon J. Wuzzardo […]

CUMBERLAND COUNTY’S own Miss Coastal Shore 2024, Ashley Campbell, of Bridgeton, and the Grand Marshall, Emmy-winning Kelsey Grammer stop to take a photo before the festivities began at the historic 36th Annual Atlantic City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. More than 70,000 people were anticipated to attend, but deferred due to the weather.

DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP resident Eloise Robbins recently celebrated her 100th birthday. She was presented with flowers from the township committee and cards from classes at the Deerfield Township School. Robbins is the mother of eight, grandmother of 20 and great-grandmother of 18. Here, Robbins is congratulated by Mayor Abigail O’Brien and committeeman Dominick Patitucci.

TO A LIFE fully lived, having served the country in World War II and being faithful and constant to family and friends, Rocco, of Vineland, was blessed with talents given by our father above. He is now blessed in celebrating his 100th birthday in April of 2024. Happy birthday Rocco Fazzolari!

CONGRATULATIONS to Madison Manno, Miss Tri-City 2023 for completing more than 75 events so far during her reign. Manno, of Deerfield Township, has been supporting local charities like “Tails Up, Paws Down” and embodying grace and leadership in all her endeavors. Witness the crowning of Miss Tri-City 2024 at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at the Landis Theater in Vineland. Tickets […]

CONGRATULATIONS to Millville Police Athletic League Boys’ Travel Team who recently won the championship at Salem High School and finished the season at 10-1. From left: Linwood Newman, league MVP; head coach and chairman of basketball JT Burks, holding the Boys D1 Championship trophy; Zay Lingo, holding the Player of the Game trophy; and Millville PAL President Steve Burke.

AHMAD GRAVES-EL was the special guest at a recent Tri-County Rotary Club meeting and treated the members to a sample yoga and sound bath session. Graves-El is a communications specialist at Rowan College of South Jersey, as well as a yoga instructor, certified sonic alchemist and hip-hop lyricist. Members found the session relaxing and insightful.

Kudos…Ashley Presgraves who was recently presented with an award and scholarship sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution to acknowledge her patriotism and Cumberland County 4-H participation. Presgraves, of Millville, has been a member of the Trailblazers 4-H Horse Club for more than a decade. This award was developed in 2019 to recognize a recently graduated 4-H member who […]

BOYS & GIRLS Clubs of Cumberland County has announced its Members of the Month for January 2024. They are: Josiah Perez-Diaz, left, from the Carl Arthur Center site; and Gemma Santiago from the Youth for Change Center.