As we welcome autumn, we also celebrate National Seafood Month! Join us all month long to celebrate sustainable seafood with new feature stories, recipes, videos, and more. There’s a lot to celebrate because—aside from being scrumptious—seafood is good for you, good for the economy, and good for the planet!
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When we chose “A Mission. A Ride. A Legacy.” as the theme for the 2026 American Legion Legacy Run, I knew those words represented what we wanted this 20th anniversary journey to be about.
What I did not know was just how deeply we would come to understand them before the final motorcycle reached Louisville.
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The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) has awarded a $6,000 grant to UMC, a Neptune, New Jersey based nonprofit organization providing full-service senior living, healthcare, and home-based services across the state. The funding will support UMC’s Abundant Minds Café initiative, a free multifaceted brain health education program for independent older adults who may have concerns about early cognitive changes or mild cognitive impairment.
“As the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease continues to rise, community-based programs are more important than ever,” said Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., AFA’s president and chief executive officer. “Families need access to meaningful support, education, and resources to help them maintain the best possible quality of life. We are proud to support UMC in providing critical services to individuals and families in the state affected by dementia.”
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JerseyCAN, the only statewide advocacy organization in New Jersey committed to ensuring access to high-quality public schools for every child, regardless of zip code, cultural background, and socioeconomic status, announced today that it has formally opened enrollment for the 7th year of its statewide Fellowship programs – JerseyCAN’s Teacher Leader Policy Fellowship and Parent Champions for Strong Schools Fellowship.
JerseyCAN developed each competitive fellowship to foster statewide dialogue and change in education policy, strengthen the voices of the three key constituencies within the state’s education decision-making landscape, and cultivate a strong, connected network of education advocates across New Jersey. Since its inception, the JerseyCAN fellowship program has helped develop over 100 leaders across the state actively involved in education policy decisions and activism. After multiple successful years with its Teacher and Parent Fellowships, JerseyCAN expanded last year to reach students with its newly created JerseyCAN Student Civic Leaders Fellowship. The addition was led in partnership with Samantha Shane, a 2022–23 JerseyCAN Teacher Fellow, who advocated for the third student-focused program to empower public school students by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to become effective advocates for issues that directly impact them and their peers.
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JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard concluded its search efforts for three missing boaters following the rescue of one survivor and the recovery of two deceased from the water approximately 4 miles east of St. Lawrence Island, Monday.
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Air Station Kodiak located the survivor clinging on the capsized vessel at approximately 3 p.m. and deployed a raft along with survival equipment.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District command center coordinated the rescue of the survivor with the Northwest Explorer, a nearby good Samaritan vessel.
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In August, Jefferson Stratford Hospital hosted dozens of families for a free community food pantry and health fair on their campus at 18 Laurel Road East, Stratford, NJ 08084.
Designed to help local families prepare for the start of a new school year, the food pantry and health fair provided access to nutritious food boxes donated by the South Jersey Food Bank, free school supplies (pencils, notebooks, erasers, highlighters, scissors and rulers) donated by Jefferson-East employees and access to healthcare resources, including representatives from Jefferson Health’s departments of primary care, weight management, infection prevention, food and nutrition, obstetrics & gynecology, Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Centers.
“For many households, the weeks leading up to the school year can be financially challenging,” said Aaron Chang, President of Jefferson Health-East. “Jefferson’s community food pantry and health fair was designed to ease that burden by providing access to essential resources while connecting residents with healthcare professionals and community organizations dedicated to improving health and well-being.”
GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. — Aaliyah Puglia, a Gloucester City native, took on one of television’s toughest challenges as a castaway on “Survivor 51.”
Puglia, 24, is a chef who currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island. She described herself as confident, wise and sporadic, qualities she hoped would help her navigate the unpredictable game of alliances, strategy and survival.
Puglia said her desire to compete on Survivor comes from the opportunity to test herself in a game where “the impossible happens” and everyday people can compete for the title.
Puglia believes her experiences growing up and moving around prepared her for the challenges of Survivor.
She went from living in a small town in New Jersey to moving to Miami at age 13 with little warning. Later, she moved to Rhode Island for college without knowing anyone and traveled solo while working in unfamiliar environments.
Those experiences, she said, taught her to be adaptable and flexible and comfortable when circumstances change unexpectedly.
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The Camden County Police Department will receive a $10,000 donation from The Cooper Foundation to continue and expand the CCPD’s popular Village Initiative.
“This generous donation from the Cooper Foundation will help ensure the CCPD’s Village Initiative will continue to be available to support the residents of Camden City, a program that has helped to strengthen the relationship between our officers and the residents they serve,” said Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr. Investments like this allow us to build on those connections and ensure our officers remain engaged with the community.”
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New Jersey American Water presented Upper Township, N.J. with a $2,282.09 grant as part of the company’s 2026 Volunteer Fire and EMS Grant Program, which awarded about $50,000 to 21 volunteer fire and EMS departments across its service areas. The township will use the funding to purchase four Motorola Monitor 7 Voice Pagers with extended warranties and programming for the units, helping first responders receive emergency notifications and communications more effectively.
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For the third year in a row, the Sussex County Lifesaving Association won the national championship title at the U.S. Lifesaving Association’s annual competition, with major wins by members of the Delaware State Beach Patrol, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced.
“The lifeguards who have been safeguarding our state park beaches all summer have also put Delaware on the map three years in a row in this national competition,” said DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson. “We are proud of the Delaware State Beach Patrol not only for their remarkable skills and competitive drive, but also for their daily commitment to protecting Delaware beach visitors. They have excelled at both.”
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