New National Partnership to Promote High School Voter Registration

The League of Women Voters and The Civics Center will collaborate across the country to foster voter registration in US high schools and empower the next generation of American voters to participate fully in public life.

Every year 4 million Americans turn 18, but fewer than half are typically registered to vote for their first election (vs. 75% of voters age 45+), in part because the registration process can be challenging for teens. The most effective way to overcome these hurdles is to train and equip students to lead regular, nonpartisan voter registration drives in high school, with the help of their teachers, as a precursor to graduation. 

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An Examination of the Frag 176-191, Mod GRF 1-29, and Ipamorelin Peptide Blend in Research

Within contemporary peptide science, increasing attention has been directed toward combinatorial peptide systems rather than isolated signaling entities. This shift reflects a growing recognition that biological regulation within the organism often emerges from layered, overlapping informational cues, rather than from singular molecular drivers. In this conceptual landscape, peptide blends are not merely additive constructs, but may represent synthetic signaling environments, engineered to probe coordination, hierarchy, and temporal sequencing within endocrine and metabolic research domains.

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Municipal Aid Applications Being Accepted

The Sherrill Administration today announced the grant solicitation period for NJDOT’s Fiscal Year 2027 State Aid programs is now open. Starting today, Monday, April 20, applications will be accepted for Municipal Aid, Transit Village, Bikeway, and Safe Streets to Transit programs through July 1, 2026.

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Water Safety Month: What Every Parent Needs to Know 

May is National Water Safety Month, making it an excellent time to raise awareness on how parents can help keep their kids safer around water. While people have fun in the pools, lakes, and oceans, a percentage of them will experience unimaginable loss due to drowning. One grief expert who knows first-hand what losing a child to drowning is like is speaking up to help keep kids safer around water, and helping parents learn how to handle the grief and guilt if their child drowns.

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100th Anniversary Exhibit

The Lawnside Historical Society mounts a year-long exhibit at the Camden County Historical Society, 1900 Park Blvd., Camden, on Sunday, April 26 from 3 – 5 p.m.Curated by Shamele Jordon, the exhibit will present historical documents, multimedia presentations, photos, videos, and family histories focused on government, faith, education, community and culture.
Lawnside was incorporated in March 1926 by an act of the New Jersey State legislature making it the only African American incorporated municipality in New Jersey and north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The community has existed for hundreds of years before incorporation as a settlement of free Black people.
Special events will be held on the first Sunday of each month: A panel of historians set for May 3, 3 – 4:30 p.m. will discuss Green Book locations in Lawnside and Berlin, and a Gallery Talk and tour is scheduled from 3 – 4 p.m. on June 7.
Many of the items on display come from the Society’s collection, which grew from gifts by Dr. Roscoe Moore, Clarence Still Jr. and other local residents.
Registration and attendance are free. To arrange school visits during museum hours, Wednesday through Friday, click on https://cchsnj.org/visit/. Self-guided tours are available Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The Museum and Library are open from 1 – 5 p.m. on first Sundays.
Much of the research has been made possible by grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
Media Contact: Linda Shockley, 856-889-7152
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Sherrill Kicks Off Earth Week

Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Ed Potosnak today celebrated the start of Earth Week 2026 by announcing the joint acquisition of the site of a vacant building in Union City, Hudson County, that the city will transform into a youth soccer field. The acquisition will help deliver critically needed recreational space to one of the country’s most densely populated communities.

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Mud Island Speakeasy at Fort Mifflin

Saturday, April 25, 2026 | 7-11 p.m.

Shhh! The roaring ’20s meet the colonial era for a flashy shindig at a National Historical Landmark.

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Spring Blooms at Longwood Gardens

— Photo courtesy Longwood Gardens

Through Sunday, May 3, 2026

Spring has officially sprung at Longwood Gardens, Philly’s largest horticultural display garden.

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Your Legal Protections When Hurt at Work

Getting hurt on the job is more common than most people realize. Whether it’s a slip and fall in a warehouse, a repetitive strain injury from years at a desk, or something more serious on a construction site, workplace injuries can turn your life upside down fast. Medical bills pile up. You miss work. You wonder how you’re going to get through it.

The good news is that the law is on your side. Workers have real legal protections in place, and knowing what those protections are can make a significant difference in how well you recover — both physically and financially.

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Keeping Timbuctoo Alive

Guy Weston has not only safeguarded a crucial piece of New Jersey’s history, but has also deepened public understanding of the lives and achievements of Black residents during the antebellum and postbellum periods. His leadership, scholarship, and dedication to the community of Timbuctoo made him a truly deserving recipient of the 2025 Dr. Doris C. Carpenter Excellence Award, presented by Preservation New Jersey.Guy Weston and teachers from Westampton Middle School and Rancocas Valley High School who worked on the project’s curriculumMr. Weston’s fourth great-grandfather was among a small group of free African Americans who purchased land in what is now Westampton Township in 1829. The community of Timbuctoo was established in 1826, when Ezekiel Parker, Wardell Parker, David Parker, and Hezekiah Hall, each having escaped enslavement in Maryland, purchased land from a Quaker and founded a settlement. The community was later named after the historic West African city in present-day Mali.
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