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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Free tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway kick off '100 Days of Summer' in South Jersey
Anyone using the Atlantic City Expressway to go to the Jersey Shore on Friday may want to time their trip to take advantage of a freebie at the Egg Harbor Toll Plaza. From 4-5 p.m. Friday, any driver passing eastbound through the plaza is to have their tolls paid by Chickie's & Pete's. The bar and restaurant chain picks up the tab there every year as the company ownership's way of celebrating Memorial Day. Also on May 23, the expressway operator, South Jersey Transportation Authority, is to kick off its annual '100 Days of Summer' programming at the nearby Farley Service Plaza. The plaza is at milepost 21.3, not far from the toll station. More: Memorial Day 2025 events planned across South Jersey. See the listing. The authority's Executive Director Stephen Dougherty announced the program lineup last week. 'There's truly something for all ages from restaurants, car show, health check-ups, artisanal crafts, books, jewelry, and even a petting zoo for the kids,' he said. Some of the features: WIP Sports Radio and WHPT 1210 Talk Radio hosts are to distribute prizes. Ron's Gardens of Hammonton staff is to be at the plaza this day throughout the summer with fresh produce, fruits and garden plants. The authority is to exhibit its conservation and wildlife programs. Atlantic City International Airport Fire Department members are to display their trucks and equipment. Staff from the farm and zoo animal rescue sanctuary Funny Farm is to be attending. A Sidewalk Chalk Fun Zone to be set up for children interested in art. Sixty businesses, vendors and artists include Atlantic Cape Community College, Carmine's, Comcast, On the Town Food Tours, The Irish Pub, AtlantiCare, Holiday Inn Express, and the Atlantic County Library System. There's also to be a dozen of local merchants offering gift items, jewelry, clothing and other goods. Food trucks are a new addition. They include DonutNV, Mister Softee, CrawDaddy's Cajun and TACOS Al Carbon. The Hero Campaign is to showcase two HERO Patrol Cars. Classic car owners and fans have a designated lot for cruising. All cruisers are to receive a goodie bag containing a dash plaque, shammy, chip clip and an insurance card holder. The first 50 registrants are also to receive a road core celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Atlantic City Expressway this July. There is a fenced-in area for people to walk their pets. The plaza also has a 9/11 memorial and a 22-foot brass replica of the battleship USS New Jersey open for the public to see. More: Atlantic City air show 2025: It's back, after the 2024 cancellation. What to know. Joe Smith is a N.E. Philly native transplanted to South Jersey 36 years ago, keeping an eye now on government in South Jersey. He is a former editor and current senior staff writer for The Daily Journal in Vineland, Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, and the Burlington County Times. Have a tip? Support local journalism with a subscription. This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Chickie's & Pete's restaurant to pay tolls in South Jersey on May 23
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Voting in Burlington County? Workers offering tutorials on voting machines in Mount Laurel
Customers are wanted at the County Corner Store in Mount Laurel Township, where Burlington County election workers are running classes on using the voting machines introduced in 2024. Since April 12, members of the elections board have been running tutorials from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The same program was used last year ahead of the primary and general elections. Elections board workers at the 'store,' located at 1020 Briggs Road, also are performing more typical tasks, such as voter registration. More: New voting machines headed to all polls in Burlington County The November 2024 election saw unexpectedly long wait times for Burlington County residents hoping to vote. Voting hours were ultimately extended into early the following day. County officials hired a law firm to determine what the problems were, and the firm's report cited the timing for introducing the new machines, along with other factors including poor communication among election staff. To help educate potential voters, officials have posted a video that provides detailed instructions on how to use the equipment. The video is on the county website at: The deadline to register to vote is May 20 for the primary, which is June 10. You must be a member of a party to vote in their primary. Unaffiliated voters can participate by declaring a party affiliation with either the Republican or Democratic parties. Forms to declare a party affiliation may be picked up from the elections superintendent's office or on the county's website. You may register as a 17-year-old, but you can't vote until you're 18. Registration can be done at the elections superintendent's office, located at 301 Harper Drive in Moorestown or on the New Jersey Division of Elections website. More: Burlington County sets new budget. Here are some key points about the spending plan. Joe Smith is a N.E. Philly native transplanted to South Jersey 36 years ago, keeping an eye now on government in South Jersey. He is a former editor and current senior staff writer for The Daily Journal in Vineland, Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, and the Burlington County Times. Have a tip? Support local journalism with a subscription. This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Sessions are offered at the County Corner Store in Mount Laurel
New York Times
09-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Ask Russo and Smith: Submit your questions for The Athletic's Minnesota Wild mailbag
Have a question about the Wild? Ask here, and The Athletic 's Michael Russo and Joe Smith will respond to a selection in their upcoming mailbag. Important request for making this work better for everyone: Before you ask, read through other questions, and if someone has already asked yours, hit the thumbs-up button on it to help it get noticed. It's the only way we can make sure we get to all the biggest questions. Michael Russo and Joe Smith May 9, 2025 Updated 3:01 pm EDT
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Yahoo
Grand opening of The Wilds' Hellbender RV Campground scheduled for May 30
CUMBERLAND — The Wilds is officially open for summer and will celebrate the grand opening of its Hellbender RV Campground on May 30, offering a new way for visitors to experience the conservation center. The 75-acre campground includes 47 full-service RV sites, 26 primitive camping spots, hiking and biking trails, a playground, camp store and dog park, according to an announcement. Named after the eastern hellbender, North America's largest amphibian and an endangered species in Ohio, the campground aims to highlight the importance of protecting natural waterways and local wildlife. The Wilds, located on nearly 10,000 acres of reclaimed surface mining land, is an award-winning destination known for its conservation efforts and immersive experiences. It is home to more than 30 rare and endangered species, including takin, Père David's deer, greater one-horned rhinos, southern white rhinos and Masai giraffes. The Wilds' Hellbender RV Campground is being built at intersection of Zion Ridge Road and Ohio 146, with 47 full-service RV spots and 26 primitive camping sites. "Now that the snow and ice is off the ground, at least for a little bit, they're wrapping up the utility connections to each of the lots," said Dr. Joe Smith, vice president and director of The Wilds. A variety of daily tours Visitors can explore The Wilds through various daily tours, such as the Open-Air Safari Tour and the Wildside Tour. Specialty tours include the Zipline Safari Tour, Fishing Safari, Horseback Safari, Sunset Tour and Birding at The Wilds experience. For those looking to extend their stay, The Wilds offers several overnight accommodations, including the adults-only Nomad Ridge yurts, family-friendly Cabins at Straker Lake, a lodge and the WildNights at the Outpost camping experience. The Hellbender RV Campground is expected to welcome an estimated 35,000 visitors annually, providing a boost to local tourism and economic growth. Reservations are available through The Wilds' website. "The Wilds has always been a place where conservation and adventure come together, and we are incredibly excited to open the Hellbender RV Campground this season," Dr. Joe Smith, vice president of The Wilds, said in the announcement. "This new experience will provide our guests with even more opportunities to connect with nature while celebrating a remarkable Ohio species whose resilience mirrors the mission of The Wilds. Whether you're camping under the stars, exploring our pastures, or learning about our conservation work, there is truly something for everyone.' The Wilds is open year-round, with a full line of tour options running from May through October and specialty tours available from November through April. For more information about tours, conservation initiatives, events and educational opportunities, visit This story was created by Jane Imbody, jimbody@ with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at or share your thoughts at with our News Automation and AI team. This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: Hellbender RV Campground at The Wilds scheduled to open May 30
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
From cats and dogs to penguins and llamas, treating animals with acupuncture has become mainstream in veterinary medicine
A perentie lizard in Dallas, an African penguin in Boston and an Oberhasli goat in Chicago are just a few recent examples of animals at zoos and aquariums benefiting recently from acupuncture therapy. As acupuncture has gained wide use in human medicine in the U.S., it also has become increasingly common in veterinary practice, especially for pain management. The Conversation U.S. interviewed University of Tennessee Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine Joe Smith, a specialist in farm animal medicine and veterinary clinical pharmacology, about this trend. He describes acupuncture's current uses for treating many species, from household dogs and cats to large animals like horses, cows and llamas: There are two schools of thought about veterinary acupuncture. The original form of acupuncture, which has been practiced for thousands of years, follows principles of traditional Chinese medicine. It views the patient through a lens of five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Each element is associated with a different type of energy. Practitioners work to maintain balance between those energies, which they believe is essential for a healthy body to function. Another approach focuses on anatomical effects on the body. Practitioners place needles to achieve specific effects by stimulating muscles or nerves. Both versions of acupuncture can help veterinary patients. They use very small, flexible needles, about two-tenths of a millimeter wide – less than one-hundredth of an inch. The needles are placed at various parts of the body to elicit specific responses from connective tissues, muscles and nerves. The needles can be used by themselves, or with low levels of electrical current – a process called electroacupuncture. Both approaches are effective, but research suggests that benefits from electroacupunture last longer. Acupuncture and electroacupuncture both increase the body's levels of compounds called endogenous opioids. These are pain-relieving substances that the body produces naturally. They work similarly to pharmaceutical opioids, such as fentanyl and morphine. Acupuncture increases these compounds so dramatically that the effect can be reversed with opioid antidotes, such as Narcan. Studies in small animal medicine show that using acupuncture can speed up healing from nerve injuries, such as spinal cord damage from herniated disks. This is a condition in which material from the disks in between the vertebra of the spinal cord is damaged, and puts pressure on the spinal cord and other parts of the nervous system. Herniated disks can be very painful for animals. A 2023 study found that when dogs with this condition were treated with acupuncture, nearly 80% recovered, compared with 60% of animals whose cases were managed conservatively without acupuncture. Acupuncture can also make other techniques, such as epidural nerve blocks, more effective when both methods are used together. Many vets are using acupuncture creatively for other purposes, such as increasing sick animals' appetites, improving their digestion and accelerating healing from injuries. Our practice at the University of Tennessee has used acupuncture most extensively to help rehabilitate animals recovering from conditions like radial nerve paralysis and femoral nerve injury. We can use acupuncture to stimulate muscles or to provide pain relief, either by itself or combined with other therapies. In our Farm Animal Hospital, we regularly use acupuncture for recumbent or 'down' animals. That's a veterinary term for animals that have been unable to stand for extended periods of time. With acupuncture, and occasionally electroacupuncture, we can stimulate muscles and nerves that aren't functioning normally. This help to prevent atrophy, or wasting and thinning of muscle mass. For every day that a large animal is down, its muscles atrophy and fluid builds up around injured limbs or joints. These effects can prolong their recovery, or even make it less likely that they will recover. By using acupuncture to stimulate atrophied muscles, veterinarians can start to reverse this process. We have used acupuncture extensively on large animals, including cattle, horses, llamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, pigs and even camels. One example is goats that have spinal cord injuries caused by parasite migration – a condition called cerebrospinal nematodiasis, or 'meningeal worm.' Worm larvae that normally are parasites of white tail deer infect goats through the animals' digestive tracts, then migrate to the spinal cord and nervous system. They get lost and die there, causing inflammation that can do significant damage. We use acupuncture and electroacupuncture to stimulate the goats' large and accessory spinal nerves and the muscles in the animals' legs and backs. This gives the goats more muscle function when the inflammation clears, and we believe it helps reduce their pain. We've also had good results with acupuncture treatment for llamas and alpacas, which are widely used in Tennessee's Smokey Mountains to carry tourists' gear up- and downhill. As large animals like these age, they can develop osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease that's incredibly painful and debilitating for them. Acupuncture and electroacupuncture can help keep them moving. Our equine services mainly use acupuncture for rehabilitation, helping horses recover from injuries. One advantage of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in large animals is that they don't have many adverse effects. Drugs can have side effects such as nausea and diarrhea, and may cause potentially serious complications. An acupuncture needle placed by a trained veterinarian has few to no adverse effects when it's done correctly. If there is a nerve or muscle involved, there is probably a veterinary treatment option using acupuncture or electroacupuncture. New studies regularly add to our understanding of the neurology and biochemistry that underlie these therapies. Although we're still learning, if your vet recommends acupuncture for an aging dog or cat – especially for chronic pain – you can be confident that it's not a fringe treatment. As long as the person treating your pet is a licensed veterinarian, and is certified by a professional organization like Curacore, Chi University or the American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture, acupuncture should make your pet more comfortable and improve its quality of life. This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit, independent news organization bringing you facts and trustworthy analysis to help you make sense of our complex world. It was written by: Joe Smith, University of Tennessee Read more: Animals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia Opioid-free surgery treats pain at every physical and emotional level For dogs with arthritis, daily activities don't have to be painful Joe Smith has attended attended Curacore Inc's Medical Acupuncture for Veterinarians course.
