SNJ Business People

  Ever wonder how long it takes to make a comic book? Your average monthly comic book can have as many as five different people working on it: a writer, a penciller, an inker, a colorist, and a letterer.   And if all these tasks are performed by just one person, a 24-page comic can take three months to produce.   But that’s for sissies. Because on Friday, August 20th at 2pm at Atomic City Comics on 640 South Street, seven brave (and quite possibly insane) local comics artists will attempt the impossible. Each one will endeavor to create his or

Ballard Spahr has moved its New Jersey office, established more than a decade ago, to the Woodland Falls Corporate Park, a lakeside location near one of the state’s major thoroughfares.

  Let’s face it, when the school year is out and summer is in full swing, kids tend to focus more on their next trip to the local community swimming pool than picking up a book or doing anything that even remotely involves the word “school.”  The summer academic slide is a well documented phenomenon.  In its fifth year, The Cooper Summer Reading Institute at the Lanning Square School is trying to change that.

This month we continue to track some key metrics that create a snapshot of the regional economy. As you look at the statistics, remember that they will represent the most recent data available (to us), so if you have something that is more up-to-date or more accurate, please let us know.
  Here’s our look at where the region stands as we start the third quarter.
  Casino revenues are down dramatically, dipping by almost $33 million from May to June. That represents an 11% drop from the same period a year ago.

  The Mount Laurel-based charity, Dominic’s House, will enter into Phase II of the plan to build the Stratton Family of Mount Laurel a new home. Thanks to the generosity of people all across South Jersey, the Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that more than half of the funding needed to build the house has been raised, due in part to the success of their April 30 “Building the Dream” Sold Out Gala at Aloft.