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Like many small businesses, Andrea Rizzuto’s one-woman operation, the Churchtown Book & Gift Shoppe in Pennsville, didn’t have a prayer when COVID-19 crippled commerce in early 2020. The Salem County store reopened for a short time after the lockdown a…

New Jersey reported another 1,163 COVID-19 cases and no confirmed deaths on Sunday as the average for daily positive test counts continued to drop. The statewide rate of transmission was 0.90, state health officials reported. A transmission rate of 1 m…

It’s not unusual to see faded ribbons, wilting flowers or weather-worn teddy bears marking a roadside memorial where drivers in New Jersey lost their lives. But there’s a final resting place along the Garden State Parkway that’s a bit different. Driver…

DEAR ANNIE: I have never sent in anything to a column before, but I’d like to say something from a grandkid’s perspective about “Brokenhearted Grandma.” I do not acknowledge my grandmother unless I have to because we are usually in the same room. I wil…

New Jersey is well known among gun control advocates — and notorious among Second Amendment supporters — for having among the strictest firearms regulations in the country. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing more leeway for people to carry gun…

Leaves and twigs crunch and crackle under foot as New Jersey artist Allison Tyler Soucy treks alone into the woods. She scans the landscape, looking for something, but she’s not sure what yet. This artist is on a mission to create. Only, she’s not trav…

The popular phrase “Keep on Truckin’” certainly captured the heroism of truckers all over the country during the pandemic. Despite threats to their health and fears of driving to unknown territories, they stayed true to their jobs and transported food,…

Just blocks from the boardwalk of one of the Jersey Shore’s most visited beaches, the Holy Spirit Church towers over Asbury Park as a vestige of another age. Almost as old as the city itself, the 142-year-old Catholic church is the oldest in the Trento…

A Reminder from the Cancer Moon Your gut instinct is a primal part of you that’s remained true to its ancient origins. It serves the same function, the same way as it did for your prehistoric ancestors. This sensory system hasn’t evolved to debate and …

You won’t find a more meaningful game of Monday night football, even if this one wasn’t shown on TV and played in front of a national audience. The game took place this week when a group of football players from Rutgers University and Toms River High S…