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Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell Visits Two Schools in Atlantic City
Photos, story by Lou Perri, For the first time since she was crowned Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell visited two local schools in Atlantic City on Thursday, Oct. 8th. Betty Cantrell visited Atlantic City High School and the Richmond Avenue Elementary School to perform and speak about her platform, Healthy Children, Strong America, as well as the importance of getting involved in the school and neighborhood communities.Explore NJ went to the Richmond school for that event. The elementary school was selected because the school won the Lite Rock/Miss America Serves Food Drive, which collects non-perishable foods for the Atlantic City Mission. Students filled an Atlantic City row boat with large collection…
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Meet Rosetta, Ommegang Brewery’s New Cherry Lambic
Story, photos by Elspeth Misiaszek If you want to see craft beer aficionados crinkle their noses, offer them a fruit beer. Better yet, put fruit in their beer a la Blue Moon oranges or Corona limes. For the longest time, it’s simply not been commonly accepted that the world of tasty fruit and manly beer should meet … until now. Known for their high-octane selections, Ommegang Brewery has long been a staple in the craft brew world. Even their signature 750ml bottles seemed to laugh in the face of lower ABV beers. Ommegang Brewery has recently created the mother of all fruit beers, a cherry lambic. Dare we snobbishly reference her…
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Hendrick’s Gin: Get On Board World’s Only Flying Cucumber
Photos, story, video by Cassie Hepler When you receive an email asking you to fly on a giant cucumber, the only answer you can have is yes. Yes squared. Or hells yeah! That’s exactly what happened on a Friday during the Tall Ships Festival. After the opening of T Street at The Playground in Atlantic City, N.J. Thursday night, this reporter hightailed it back to Philly in the morning to make sure not one second was missed. Using a special code, the world’s most chatty Lyft driver swooped by and got to the Northeast Philadelphia Airport in record time. This airport is well known for private jets, helicopters and not really…
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The Marine Stranding Center Saving Jersey Shore Wildlife
by Cassie Hepler Starting in 1978 with a handful of volunteers and a C.E.T.A. grant, The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a private, non-profit organization. Founder Robert Schoelkopf and his wife, Sheila Dean, along with a small paid staff and volunteers with a wide variety of talents and professional backgrounds, continue to work with the animals. Originally based in Gardner’s Basin in the inlet section of Atlantic City, the Center is now located on the barrier island of Brigantine, which borders coastal New Jersey’s largest wildlife refuge. When we arrived for a tour of the facilities, there was a lone seal who was paralyzed in his back flipper and would be heading…
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Party ’til Midnight: Dance on the Falls Bridge is a Unique Urban Experience
Story by Cassie Hepler, photos by Cassie Hepler/David Houck We admit it. We’ve been stalking the East Falls bridge since… oh, maybe 2006? A smart commuters destination choice to drive downtown (other than straight-shooting down Kelly Drive), it is a handsome bridge with greenish-blueish wrought iron spirals and swirls. Complete with Iron Pratt trusses with a granite base, it uses both gas and electric lights. In 1892, James H. Windrim, Director of Public Works for the City of Philadelphia, presented a plan for the proposed Falls Bridge, a “double decker” bridge, connecting Neil Drive to the top of Calumet Street and the Powers and Weightman Chemical Company. On June 3, 1895, the…