South Jersey

The Jersey Devil; he has the face of a goat, body of a kangaroo, legs of a crane, wings like a bat, and pig’s feet. The idea of these features mashed together just seems impossible. This bizarre creature is believed to inhabit Pine Barrens, in Southern New Jersey. How could such a strange creature come into existence? There are many different variations of the Jersey Devil legend, but the more known one tells the story of Mother Jane Leeds. Mother Leeds lived in Pine Barrens in poverty. The year 1735 came by, Mother Leeds found that she was pregnant with her 13th child. She believed this child would be the Devil’s child, and she wasn’t far off. When her baby was born, he seemed just fine. But he grew to be something strange, like something…

When I was in 8th grade, I went to Pineland Farms for a street hockey event. The whole high school Gorham ice hockey team, and Jonah, Aidan, Tyler, Camden, and I went to play for a special olympics event. I had no idea what Pineland farms was, or even existed until then. Pineland Farms was a place where parents send their kids with special needs to “cure” them. It was basically a prison for them. It was very similar to what happened to the special needs people in the great depression. After the…

Pittsburgh penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins have been fighting for past few years as one of the best hockey teams in the national hockey league. With the help of their two all-star players Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, arguably the best player in the league, and the face of it too. With the win of the Stanley Cup in 2009 and again just last year in the 2015-16 season the Penguins again look to be having a very successful year with 32 wins and 12 losses and 5 OT losses sitting 3rd in the…

New Jersey and Delaware. Even though the Middle region was founded by the Dutch, New Jersey was a Swedish settlement. In 1664, England sent an army to capture New Netherland. Their governor surrendered and by 1674 England was in full control. The king of England at the time, gave the land of New Netherland to his brother the Duke of York. From then on it became known as New York, and New Amsterdam also became New York. The Duke of York gave some of his land to his friends George Carteret…

There is a city in New Jersey by New York. There is a city in which it has New Jersey’s second largest population. It’s also the same city with the highest diversity percentage in NJ with 76%. That city, which is the home to a Krispy Kreme, and the birthplace of business mogul and magnate, Martha Stewart, is none other than Jersey City. Jersey City has many roads, who knew? But there was this one road, which is rarely used, other than our 45th President Donald J. Trump. He said something,…

The family was already stressed enough, what with the previous day’s 1⁄2 cm of rain draining the hills and streaming across the floor, its volume increased by the early spring melt. The poorly constructed shack had no floors but dirt that had now become mud, veined with rivulets. With no insulation and chinks in the walls, keeping a near term mother warm and dry was a full time task. The available help was a 14 year old girl and a boy just turned 11. Then there was the earthquake. Small by world…

was raised in a middle class family with strong educational background. I use the term raised because I was adopted. (see things get tricky here) Even though I was an infant when adopted and know no one from my biological background it still has some significance. Eventually I became part of the lower economic class and less educated. Religion is also another major influence on my life. I was raised in a home where it was very important and we were Methodist. My Dad was a Methodist…

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Nathaniel Greene, had abandon the fort in 1776, at the beginning of the war. From Fort Lee, Cornwallis organized the British troops to force George Washington’s army into New Jersey. Once that was done Cornwallis was under the impression that he had defeated the American army. So much so that he had his baggage put on a ship to head back to England. Before setting sail to go back to England to give the news, Cornwallis got told that on Christmas day Washington’s defeated army had stormed and…

open to providing information, stories, and personal experiences. The two Interviewees that were at least 25 years older than me was my mother Cathy Ruggiero, and her boyfriend Kevin Russo. For the two people that were 40-45 years older than me was My Grandmother Nancy Walker Rinaldi and My Grandfather Ralph Ruggiero. While interviewing these people I discovered many similarities and differences from various time period. They were all asked roughly the same questions with some different follow…