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- New I-95 project at Girard Avenue promises new delays
- Flood rules raise worries at the Shore
- In Devon, luxury homes threaten old barn
Tom and Rita Alessio found out the hard way that adding a "mother-in-law suite" to one's home is a no-no in Cherry Hill.
With the number of private group homes rising across New Jersey, more adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities can live in their communities with relative independence.
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A Latvian whose life 'really is an American story'
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The late artist Evalds Dajevskis wasn't famous, and his paintings didn't fetch millions. But they're priceless to Latvian Americans such as Maija Mednis.
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Uprooting Camden Children's Garden would kill a genuinely local attraction
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Kevin Riordan: The state claims uprooting the Camden Children's Garden will "enhance" the economic-development potential of the downtown waterfront.
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Sustainable Cherry Hill's wider focus
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Sustainable Cherry Hill "isn't only about green, crunchy people. It's about everyday people, too," says Lori Braunstein, founder of the ambitious environmental group.
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Soul food - and lots of love - in Voorhees
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On the label of Daisy Smith's signature applesauce, several essential ingredients aren't listed. But you can almost taste them. "Determination, perseverance, hard work, and love," says Smith, whose sauce is featured at Momma's Home Made, her new Voorhees takeout.
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In Haddonfield, asking voters to take a leap of faith
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Kevin Riordan: A special election Tuesday should finally determine whether the Haddonfield school board will spend $12.5 million to buy the Bancroft property on the borough's boundary with Cherry Hill.
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Their Museum of Curiosities
- Couple have a home packed with art.Partners in life and art, Marilyn Keating and Debra Sachs also are joint curators of the South Jersey Museum of Curiosities.
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Longtime weatherman gauges winds of change
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When Bob Wanton began his career in the 1960s, meteorologists really did need to keep their eyes on the sky.
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Facing Alzheimer's directly - and together
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Kevin Riordan: Though unmistakable in retrospect, Mom's symptoms were not obvious at first.
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Art that says something nice about Camden
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When artist, author, and Catholic brother Michael O'Neill McGrath walks around Camden just after dawn, he keeps his eyes wide open - for subjects to sketch.
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Award-winning Special Olympian presses on at 40
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David Praiss is an athlete for all seasons. He skis in winter, swims in summer, plays golf in the fall, and pumps iron year-round.
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