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Albert J. Countryman Jr.

Articles by Albert J. Countryman Jr.

Digging in: Battlefield hosts Archaeology Day for veterans

The Red Bank Battlefield air was filled with excitement on the morning of Sunday, June 9, as a group of some 30 veterans gathered under a large open tent and…

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‘Always a great carnival’

As the annual St. Charles Borromeo Carnival in Cinnaminson was opening on the warm evening of June 12, families were already walking there from cars parked a quarter of mile…

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Roadrunners’ baseball again takes national NJCAA title

Great baseball is a tradition for the Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Roadrunners, and it continued this year with the school’s ninth national title. The team’s hitters crushed the ball,…

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‘Let me be amazing’

The aroma from barbecue grills cooking up a feast permeated the air on a beautiful Sunday, June 2, at Riverton Memorial Park, as family and friends of Cirè Forman celebrated…

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Where Haddonfield’s African Americans walked

Haddonfield will celebrate Juneteenth for African Americans with a walking tour on Friday, June 14 that will feature 12 sites with long histories and groundbreaking for historical markers at three…

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‘It’s an electric moment’

It will be an exciting two Sundays this month at the Red Bank Battlefield in National Park, with a veterans archaeology dig June 9 and a family history dig on…

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Businesses learn about county resources at fair

Although it was a gray, cloudy morning on May 15, there was plenty of light inside the county’s human services building, as close to 100 small business owners learned about…

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‘Big J’ will return in the light of fireworks

Launched from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to great fanfare on Dec. 7, 1942 – one year to the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor – the Battleship New Jersey…

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‘It’s a beautiful day’

Children screamed as they sped down giant slides, parents checked out vendor booths and Baby Boomers enjoyed a classic car show during the Cinnaminson Township May Day celebration at Wood…

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‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’

For young slaves trying to escape the South in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Underground Railroad was a salvation, in a country that was supposed to be a place…

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