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SJM_SouthernExposure_725_SouthernExposure_11_08 7 / 21 / 25 3 : 24 PM Page 2 HIT OR MISS After witnessing a hit - and - run , a Riverside man chased down the suspect with help from his horse , Shiny . Galloping into action , he obtained the driver’s license - plate number , allowing police to identify and charge the suspect . National nonprofit Petco Love awarded the Voorhees Animal Orphanage ( VAO ) a $ 23,000 grant investment in support of their ongoing com - mitment to the pets of South Jersey . The Community FoodBank of New Jersey received a $ 5,000 grant from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on July 10 . According to the New Jersey Department of Health , tick bites are on the rise in the state with more than 3,000 cases of Lyme disease being reported this year alone . A card skimmer was allegedly found attached to the register at a Family Dollar store in Stratford . Town police warned anyone who recently used the store’s credit card machine to ensure their financial data has not been compromised . A skydiving aircraft crashed in the surrounding woods minutes after taking off at Cross Keys Airport due to reported mechanical issues , causing injuries to 15 people . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 22 issue 4 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 13
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SJM_SouthernExposure_725_SouthernExposure_11_08 7 / 21 / 25 3 : 24 PM Page 3 Do you know a local person ? NAMES TO KNOW who is doing great things ? Let us know by emailing Carly @ SouthJersey.com . Local people achieving big things in South Jersey and beyond Briahnee Coulanges John Reiter Belle Nicholas Sophia Westfall The high - achieving Northern Burlington Re - On July 9 , the Bordentown Boy Scouts Troop 13 The West Deptford native was recently crowned The recent Rutgers University - Camden graduate gional High School student and Joint Base Eagle Scout received the Congressional Award Miss New Jersey , after gaining plenty of onstage was awarded a Fulbright scholarship that she McGuire - Dix - Lakehurst Dix Youth Programs Gold Medal . The highest honor for youth by the experience since early childhood in pageants and will use to pursue a graduate degree from Cardiff member was named the 2025 New Jersey Mil - U.S . Congress ’ program , it recognizes excellence theater — winning her title after singing “ I Could University . An English and digital studies major , itary Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs in in public service , personal development , physical Have Danced All Night ” from My Fair Lady . Perse - Westfall will continue her literary studies and en - New Jersey and Boys & Girls Clubs of Ameri - fitness and expedition / exploration . Reiter also vering through depression and anxiety after a vironmental humanity pursuits in Wales . The Ful - ca . Coulanges received this prestigious title by holds a Presidential Volunteer Service Award , vasovagal syncope diagnosis , Nicholas aims to bright scholarship is administered by the Institute demonstrating academic excellence , leader - Philadelphia Union League’s Good Citizenship help others through her mental health platform , of International Education and funded by the U.S . ship and service . She is president of the Award and NJ Governor’s Volunteerism Award . Shout Our Struggle . She also recently completed Department of State through a highly competitive McGuire Youth Programs ’ Keystone Club , par - For his Eagle Scout project , he created a pollina - a doctoral trainee apprenticeship to provide ther - and acclaimed program that encourages academ - ticipated in Read Across America , and is com - tor garden that was certified by the National apy to students . ic and cultural collaborations with other counties . mitted to her advocacy efforts — especially for Wildlife Federation and the North American children and teens . Butterfly Association . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 22 issue 4 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 14 |
