Albert J. Countryman Jr.

County health departments in the state have issued advisories this month about the increase in people infected by the norovirus, a highly contagious illness that causes nausea, diarrhea and stomach…

After a nearly 300-year history as a bar, hotel, shipbuilding company headquarters and boarding house, the Benjamin Cooper Tavern has been repurposed after a damaging roof fire. Thanks to the…

Democrat Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the Nov. 4 election and will be the next governor of New Jersey, according to unofficial results. Sherrill, a U.S. Navy veteran,…

For the next month, South Jersey residents will be overwhelmed by television and social media ads – as well as mailed flyers – urging them to vote for either Democrat…

Philadelphia was a hotbed of rebel activity during the autumn of 1775, as the Second Continental Congress gave birth to the Continental Navy and the Marines after heated debates by…

Winemakers William Alexander and Edward Antill won Great Britain’s Royal Society award of 200 pounds in 1758 for producing a quality wine similar to those England had been purchasing from…