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Cape May County Zoo receives $1.4 million donation
The Cape May County Zoo is celebrating a massive, $1.4 million donation from a longtime supporter, Charles Muller, of Edison, New Jersey.
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The Cape May County Zoo is celebrating a massive, $1.4 million donation from a longtime supporter, Charles Muller, of Edison, New Jersey.
Dozens of people including residents and international students were displaced by a fire in Atlantic City.
Many people have to work in blazing hot temperatures from the Main Line to South Jersey and down the shore. But others get to work in the freezing cold to bring joy to their community.
The 2024 Visit Atlantic City Airshow scheduled for Aug. 13 was canceled, the Greater Atlantic City Chamber announced with Visit Atlantic City and the South Jersey Transportation Authority on Wednesday afternoon.
Tolls on the Ben Franklin Bridge and three other bridges between Pennsylvania and New Jersey are scheduled to increase, but by exactly how much is to be determined.
An Upper Merion, Pennsylvania man has been indicted on charges he defrauded hundreds of customers through his multiple businesses selling cemetery headstones.
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A plan to expand a portion of the New Jersey Turnpike is getting pushback from the community.
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Families cooled off in the splash pad at Fasola Park Monday afternoon.
New Jersey officials are developing a plan to help residents cope with higher temperatures.
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Families headed down the shore to Ocean City, New Jersey, for one last weekend of beach time before the end of summer vacation.
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Zack Wheeler pitched seven shutout innings to earn his 100th career victory, Edmundo Sosa homered, doubled and drove in two runs and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Saturday night.
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After more than 40 years, the game show that's a TV institution has a new host, someone who's a broadcast institution himself: Ryan Seacrest, whose journey has taken him from tiny Dunwoody, Ga., to working with TV royalty Vanna White.
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