The House of Representatives put Capitol Hill in its rearview mirror last week. The Senate is sputtering to a stop this week, and soon the August doldrums will overtake the Capitol. Traffic will be lighter and people talk about what books to read at the beach as much as they talk about world affairs. This lazy pace started us thinking of the lazy budget habits the Department of Defense (DOD) has gotten into after more than a decade of war. Not that the Pentagon is entirely to blame, many of these habits have been forced on them by the Congress. And like that old Chicago song, they are a \”Hard Habit to Break.\”

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Finally, Jersey gets some love on a nationwide best-of food list. Four N.J. pizzerias appear on The Daily Meal\’s ranking of the top 101 pizzas in America, including two in tiny Robbinsville. Papa\’s Tomato Pies in Robbinsville, the nation\’s oldest continuously-operating pizzeria, is ranked number 12 for its sausage pizza, while De Lorenzo\’s Tomato Pies, within…

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Editors Note: Each Sunday morning we will post a weekly comic strip provided by cartoonist Dave Wolfe, age 14. Dave has been drawing since he was 5 years old, he knew he wanted to be a cartoonist at the age of 8. He’s been distributing his comics in school since 3rd grade.

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This community outreach program will provide children in need with the new clothes and school supplies needed to start the school year.

[August 6, 2015: Gloucester County, NJ] – Having the right \”stuff\” to start school means more success with learning. YMCA of Gloucester County’s (YGC) Bright Beginnings Program is a community outreach program that provides underprivileged children with the new clothes and school supplies needed to start the school year with confidence and excitement. YGC has organized a planned shopping day for Saturday, August 22 at the Walmart on Clements Bridge Road in Deptford. After a fun bus ride in typical Y-fashion, singing and cheering are a must – the kids meet their volunteer shopper and head out to find shirts, pants, shoes, socks and coat. And at the end of the day, the kids receive a backpack filled with school supplies.

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Philadelphia drivers know to avoid the routinely congested Schuylkill Expressway under normal circumstances. Come the last weekend of September, they won\’t have a choice. Pope Francis delivers a speech July 21, 2015, in the Synod Hall during a conference on Modern Slavery and Climate Change at the Vatican. Francis\’ first visit to the U.S. in September…

Xx>WOODBURY — A judge\’s ruling was welcomed as good news for embattled Washington Township police Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura on Friday, as his attorney said Gloucester County Superior Court Judge David Morgan declared the police department\’s rules and regulations were not valid during the time DiBuonaventura is accused of violating them. Attorney Jacqueline Vigilante, who represents DiBuonaventura