At a time when families across New Jersey and New York are facing increasing difficulty navigating public assistance systems, Reverend Bolívar Flores has introduced...

WALL TOWNSHIP — The first permanent national COVID-19 remembrance site, the Rami’s Heart COVID-19 Memorial, located at Allaire Community Farm in Wall, held a candlelight vigil and ceremony on Saturday to mark five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began and honor those who were lost. The event attracted hundreds of people, most of whom have become a part of the grieving community since the pandemic started in March of 2020. The first New Jersey COVID-19-related death was documented on March 10, 2020, when Little Ferry resident John Brennan died at 69 from the virus, according to state health officials. The memorial site and fourth annual candlelighting remembrance was spearheaded by Belmar resident Rima Samman-Whitaker in 2021, in...

Camden, New Jersey, has long been synonymous with innovation in music and sound, and few names reflect that history better than the Victor Talking Machine Company. Founded in 1901 by Eldridge R. Johnson and Emile Berliner, Victor became the world leader in phonographs and records, introducing the Victrola in 1906—a groundbreaking home audio device that cleverly concealed its horn within a wooden cabinet, combining style with cutting-edge technology. The company’s iconic “His Master’s Voice” logo, featuring the dog Nipper listening intently to a phonograph, remains one of the most recognizable symbols in music history, while the Camden manufacturing complex once employed over 8,000 people and produced millions of records and machines. Today, the “Nipper Building”...