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Feb 9, 2017

2017 Valentine's Day gift and travel guide

Brennan’s of Houston makes these soft praline pieces that remind you of the delicious fudge that you find in Atlantic City. Whoopie pies are a southern treat, but the sweetest that I have ever tasted are those from Wicked Whoopies (wickedwhoopies.com), surprisingly made in Freeport, Maine, a Portland suburb famous for its outlet shopping. Former investment banker Liz Fife recently started a New York-based company, Batter & Cream (batterandcream.com), that specializes in whoopie pies. Cheryl’s (cheryls.com) has a Valentine’s Day gift box of its popular cookies while Harry & David’s has gift baskets of its popular Moose Munch popcorn as well as its many other confections. Couples who are coffee drinkers and who don’t mind a touch of saccharine kitsch should purchase Care Bears his and hers mugs. For the spirits industry, Valentine’s Day ranks just behind New Year’s Eve in terms of sales numbers. Liqueurs such as Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur, Baileys Old Irish Creme, Kahlua and Baileys Salted Caramel and Baileys recent creation, Espresso Café Creme, are safe bets. France is renowned for red wine but Calvados Boulard is a fine brandy from its Normandy region. Ireland now has competition in the cream liqueur industry as evidenced by South Africa’s Amarula Cream. Sparkling wines such as France’s Lillet Rose and Italy’s Banfi Rosa Regale are also synonymous with romance. If you want a slight sweet touch to somewhat harder alcohol, try Smirnoff Wild Honey Vodka or Balvenie Caribbean Cork. If you prefer smooth over sweet, Glenfiddich 12, Macallan, Usquaebach and Johnnie Walker Black Label (the Blue Label will cost you over $200) are great options in the scotch whisky market. (Queens Chronicle)

Dec 2, 2016

A look at how local college football players did on Saturday

Delaware Valley’s 45-7 win over Widener. DB Jarren McBryde (Atlantic City) had three tackles and a pass breakup. LB Christian Snowden (St. Joseph) had two tackles, including one for a loss and a half sack. LB Danny Smith (Oakcrest) had three tackles. DL Ryan Sullivan (Lacey Township) had five tackles in FDU-Florham’s 40-36 loss to Misericordia. RB Taalib Gerald (Holy Spirit) had 32 yards rushing on 12 carries, including a 6-yard touchdown, in Franklin & Marshall’s 28-21 win over Gettysburg. He also had a 5-yard catch. For Gettysburg, RB Justin Walsh (Mainland Regional) had 8 yards rushing on eight carries. WR Dylan Mento (Hammonton) had a 6-yard catch in Gallaudet’s 31-28 loss to Maritime. DB Kyle Wiggins (Absegami) had a tackle in Kean’s 20-10 win over Montclair State. For Montclair State, WR Stefen Fleming (Oakcrest) had a 5-yard catch. WR Liam Nolan (Holy Spirit) had nine catches for 63 yards in Moravian’s 31-12 loss to Muhlenberg. LB Ethan Gambale (Holy Spirit) had seven tackles and two pass breakups in Salve Regina’s 45-12 win over Maine Martime. DB Ryan Ganard (Absegami) had eight tackles and an interception that he returned 25 yards in Susquehanna’s 63-34 win over Juniata. LB Robert Glanville (Atlantic City) had two tackles in Ursinus’ 37-14 win over Dickinson. RB Cappadonna Miller (Bridgeton) returned two kickoffs for 31 yards and had a 9-yard run in Wesley’s 59-14 win over William Paterson For William Paterson, DB/P Pat Moran (Barnegat) had 12 tackles, including one for a loss. He also averaged 26.1 yards on seven punts with two inside the 20-yard line. DB Darrius Flowers (Vineland) had six tackles, including 1½ for a loss, and a pass breakup. (Press of Atlantic City)

Oct 27, 2016

Poppy Drive planned for Saturday: The story behind the poppy

The 1924 encampment of the VFW at Atlantic City granted this privilege, under the provision that all poppies would be produced according to specifications set forth by the National Buddy Poppy Committee, and that all poppies would be assembled by disabled veterans in government hospitals and by needy veterans in workshops supervised by the VFW.??Around the same year, the American Legion Auxiliary adopted the poppy as the organization's memorial flower and pledged its use to benefit our servicemen and their families. Today, the poppy continues to provide a financial and therapeutic benefit to those hospitalized and disabled veterans who construct them, as well as benefiting thousands of other veterans and their families.??Each nine-piece poppy is made by veterans for veterans in Auxiliary sponsored Poppy Shops that supplement physical and psychological therapy needed by hospitalized and disabled veterans. The Auxiliary provides the materials and the volunteers. The veteran makes the poppy and is paid a small amount for each painstakingly made flower. For some it is their only income.??No matter what the cost of maintaining and supplying the Poppy Shops, the memorial poppy is never sold, but given in exchange for a contribution. (Centerville Daily Iowegian)

May 18, 2016

Industry mourns stepmother of Win-Tron Electronics president

Atlantic City and Las Vegas, according to her obituary. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Avenue, Denville, N.J., 07834. (Trade Only Today)

Feb 2, 2016

Kelly: A storm brews and the real Christie emerges

Jersey Shore towns. Margate's streets were awash in waist-deep water. The same was true of Sea Isle City and North Wildwood and Atlantic City. The flooding in Cape May was almost an inch higher than similar flooding during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Thousands of New Jersey residents lost power. Even a day or two later, fire trucks and ambulances were unable to reach into neighborhoods in Newark because of the high snow drifts that had not been plowed. And then there were the deaths. In Passaic, a 23-year-old mother and her 1-year-old son died Saturday night of carbon monoxide poisoning as they sat in a car with its engine running as her husband tried to shovel snow away from it. (Another daughter, 3, who was also in the car and initially survived, died four days later.) In Hackensack, a 78-year-old woman died in her car from a heart attack when she was afraid to drive and couldn't move her car from the deep snow in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant. And then there was Mary Wall of Mahwah. While Christie was enjoying himself at the football party on Sunday, Mary Wall's body lay frozen in the snow of her front yard — undiscovered by anyone. Now let's be clear about something: Christie should not be blamed for Wall's death — or anyone else's. Nor should he be blamed for the flooding of Shore towns, for the power outages or even for the unplowed streets of struggling cities such as Newark. But in times like these, you expect a governor — or any political leader, for that matter — to speak in a voice that offers a mix of sympathy, leadership and hope. You also expect him to be on the scene. What we got from Christie was a temper tantrum and another campaign trip. In the days after the storm and as more New Jersey residents realized how much damage and death this storm had caused, Christie was questioned about whether he may have left his state too early. It was a fair question. The governor is supposed to lead in a crisis. But Christie breezed into New Jersey for 24 hours. It was drive-by leadership — at best. Back in New Hampshire He spent all day Saturday dealing with the storm. By Sunday, he was back in New Hampshire. Many of Christie's constituents spent most of Sunday trying to dig out — or, in the case of the flooded towns along the Shore, trying to dry out. The first questions about his quick-stop in New Jersey came from journalists. Christie brushed them off. But on Monday, during a campaign town-hall meeting in New Hampshire, Christie took a question from a young woman who said she had once attended school in New Jersey and still had relatives and friends in several Shore towns. "Why are you here in New Hampshire campaigning," she asked, "instead of there, helping to survey the damages done by the coastal flooding from the storm?" As I watched the video of this exchange — and I encourage readers to find it on the Internet and do the same — it was apparent how quickly Christie became defensive. (NorthJersey.com)

Jan 8, 2016

It's winter, and the flowers are in bloom. Wait, what?

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