New Jersey is often seen as discount heaven for most shoppers; outlet malls and villages abound, as do ‘discount’ shopping giants such as T.J. Maxx, Loehmanns, Ross and more. Where the real bargains lie, however, is in the southern New Jersey town of Moorestown. The Moorestown Friends Thrift Shop, located at 301 Chester Avenue in ...
Eight weeks ago, we rushed one of my dear friends, “Lucy”, to the closest hospital in Burlington County, New Jersey. In January, 2007, she had slipped and fallen on the ice. As Lucy is in her late 50’s, any fall can be a painful or even serious one. For weeks as winter passed, she complained ...
The Sci-Fi Channel’s current hit show Ghost Hunters follows a gang of intrepid ghost busting former plumbers. Despite the inherent humor in the description, the show comes off as a solid, fun and always sincere exploration about what goes bump in the night. What these guys lack in formal scientific education, they more than make ...
There are several reasons why one would want to partake in local volunteer opportunities. For one, people of all ages typically need to volunteer at one point or another as a form of community service in order to fulfill a specific requirement for a separate program, such as Girl Scouts, CCD, extracurricular activities, school credit ...
My oldest daugher is a graduate of Holy Cross High School, located in Delran, New Jersey, the proud Class of 2005. She transferred there during her sophomore year. Although we lived in the somewhat ‘monied’ township of Moorestown, New Jersey, we (like many other parents within the school district) found some – or many – ...
The Burlington County Prison Museum in Mount Holly, New Jersey, is rumored to be one of the most haunted places in the country. The stories and legends told are so popular that the popular Sci-Fi Channel show “Ghost Hunters” eventually made its way to the jail for an investigation. The Burlington County Prison opened in ...
New Jersey has many haunted locations, lots of which are word-of-mouth superstitions or forbidden cemeteries, or old abandoned buildings which have been slated as haunted just because their appearances lead you to believe that. Local book stores have sections dedicated to haunted places in New Jersey, and you can learn about the New Jersey Devil. ...
As you drive along Creek Road in Delanco, New Jersey, across the street from a Roller Rink, some trucking facilities, and a FedEx depot, you’d come across something you wouldn’t expect to find in this industrial area of town – one of the larger parks in Burlington County’s park system – Pennington Park. Pennington Park ...
