jhummel@southjerseymedia.com Web: nj.com/ben Phone: 856-451-1000, ext. 556 Cellphone: 856-237-6645 FAX: 856-455-3098 U.S. Army: RA13815980 The column that says, if there is justice in this world, if the Penns Grove Twins go all the way in the Senior Division of Tri-County Midget Football again this year, Coach Greg Martin, his assistant coaches and his team deserve a banquet at DiPaolo's....
jhummel@southjerseymedia.com
Web: nj.com/ben
Phone: 856-451-1000, ext. 556
Cellphone: 856-237-6645
FAX: 856-455-3098
U.S. Army: RA13815980
The column that says, if there is justice in this world, if the Penns Grove Twins go all the way in the Senior Division of Tri-County Midget Football again this year, Coach Greg Martin, his assistant coaches and his team deserve a banquet at DiPaolo's.
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Good morning!
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It's going to rain like Niagara Falls on Wednesday, but that's not Halloween, so who cares?
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Is it Hammonton High or the University of Hammonton when it comes to high school football?
Imagine how perennial power Delsea felt.
We watched Penns Grove, with Harold Hill, Jimmy Smith, Cluff Dawkins, Cliff Doubledee, Sniper Joe Schlafer, Jimmy Martell and Tuffy Gary destroy Delsea, 58-0, in 1967, but nothing even close to that since.
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Delsea does not let its freshmen play Midget football.
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Smith and Doubledee belong in the Salem County Spots Hall of Fame because that team went undefeated, and so Coach Tony Rastelli's basketball team won the South Jersey title.
Smith and Doubledee played both sports.
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A shooting at Centerfolds on Landis Avenue.
Not even strip clubs are safe anymore.
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"It's official!
"A generous donor has committed up to $50,000 to the Levoy Theatre, in Millville.
"But there's one catch.
"They will donate as much as we donate between now and Dec. 1.
"The Levoy Theatre has a mission to keep the arts alive in Millville.
"We entertain, educate and thrill thousands of people every year.
"Our children love the summer camp and our seniors love the big bands like Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller.
"World-famous musicians and comedians have raved about our gem on High Street.
"Won't you help us keep the 107-year tradition alive?
"Together, we can keep the marquee shining for our children and their children, too.
" If you want to give less than $25, mail the donation or go to box office any day except Monday.''
-- Marianne Lods
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Can the arts survive in a blue collar town?
A blue-collar county?
Or does it have to be some place like Pitman?
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Forty-four years after the first press release from the Eagleton Institute of Politics' inaugural poll reported little awareness of the then upcoming 1971 state legislative elections, New Jerseyans today remain uninformed about the Legislature, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Three-quarters of Garden State residents are completely unaware that any elections will be held next week, just slightly better than the 85 percent who were ignorant in 1971, in what was then called the New Jersey Poll.
But residents actually do worse than four decades ago when taking into account whether those who named a specific office(s) on the ballot were correct -- just 6 percent rightly say that the state Assembly is on the ballot this year, and 3 percent mention the Legislature in general.
Even fewer residents can correctly name their own state senators. Among all Garden Staters, 8 percent give some name, but only 5 percent actually get it right.
Knowledge about control of the Legislature is more widespread: Half of residents are aware that Democrats are in charge, slightly better than the 43 percent who knew in 1971 that Republicans ran the show.
Residents' low levels of political knowledge most likely feed into ambivalence toward the Legislature.
Continuing a longstanding trend, 40 percent have no opinion or are unaware of the state Legislature, 28 percent are favorable, and 32 percent are unfavorable.
Asked about the parties within the Legislature, about one-quarter feel favorably toward the Republicans and one-third toward the Democrats.
Another third of New Jerseyans have no feeling toward either party.
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MY KIND OF TOWN: Where can you name all your freedholders?