In honor of what’s coming to be know as iTablet week — or is it iSlate? — we wanted to make our own little offering to the Apple Gods. The InJersey iPhone app is simplified little interface you can use to browse through the latest updates on InJersey, or your town. It isn’t the first self-described “hyperlocal” app — I counted four others, not to mention related apps like SeeClickFix and Fwix — and I’m sure it won’t be the last.
You can’t yet publish using the app, though that’s something we’d like to build into it in the not-so-distant future. For now, though, you can download the WordPress 2 app and add your InJersey site of choice, and you’ll be able to publish on the go using that.
A visitor to InJersey, Jim Parker, just let me know about a video of my presentation at WordCamp NYC that’s up on the web. In it, I recap what we’re trying to do with hyperlocal jounalism on InJersey, as well as the software we’re using here — WordPress and BuddyPress. Many thanks to Jim for the head’s up, as well as the kind soul who shot this. Enjoy!
Our Freehold site editor, Colleen Curry, has a great blog post today on the SeeClickFix blog about all the great ways that our users have taken advantage of the tool to report issues in their communities that need fixing. Check out the full post here:
Hi there, SeeClickFix folks. My name is Colleen Curry, and I run Freehold.InJersey.com, a hyperlocal news website in New Jersey and one of Gannett’s first hyperlocal sites in the country. We’ve been using SeeClickFix on our site for a few months now, and it has helped engage our readers, generate stories, and impel action in our local community. Ben asked me to share a few of these highlights with you.
Mt. Laurel, NJ – On April 28 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., the YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties is celebrating Healthy Kids Day® with a free community event. The event for children and families of all ages will be held at the Mt. Laurel Y, located at 59 Centerton Road. More than 1,900 Ys [...]
Build Jake’s Place, the local non-profit that recently opened Camden County’s first “Boundless” Playground, will sponsor a free benefit car cruise at Cherry Hill’s Silver Diner on Saturday, April 28th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The rain-or-shine event, open to all auto makes, models and years, is expected to draw classic cars, muscle cars [...]
Matt Schopfer, a senior at Cherry Hill High School West, the son of Jan and Lou Schopfer of Cherry Hill received Congressional Nominations from Congressman Jon Runyan to the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Merchant Marine Academy. To apply to a US Service Academy, a candidate [...]
Elizabeth Anne Schopfer, the daughter of Jan and Lou Schopfer of Cherry Hill is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Psychology and has just been named to the Honors Program in Psychology at Penn http://www.psych.upenn.edu/undergraduate/newhonors . The Honors Program has been developed to recognize excellence in psychology among Penn undergraduates and to enhance [...]
Kingsway Church will host its Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 7th, 2012 at 10:00 AM at the Cherry Hill High School West Football Stadium. Cherry Hill, New Jersey: Cherry Hill High School West Football Field will be covered with over 25,000 eggs on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM. The event is free and [...]
On Easter Sunday, April 8th, 2012, Kingsway Church will host Cherry Hill’s Biggest Easter Service at 10:00 AM at the New Auditorium at Cherry Hill High School West, Chapel and Marlboro Avenues in Cherry Hill. At 9:00 AM meet your neighbors during a fellowship time while enjoying complementary coffee and pastries. Professional childcare will be [...]
The Vineland NJ Freeycle group offers a place for the surrounding communities to give away unwanted belongings that could use a new home. Waste not, want not, recycle!
Recycle items that would otherwise end up in the landfills.
We know that recycling helps conserve natural resources and recycling conserves space in our landfills.
From January 14 to January 16, students were able to reflect upon the service and justice work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through watching films, listening to speakers, and participating in community service events. Choosing from among several speakers, films or trips on Saturday and Sunday, students could explore diversity through watching the Shen [...]
Easter Sunday Service*, 4/8 @ 10am, C.H. West Auditorium
Easter Egg Hunt*, 4/7 @ 10am, C.H. West Football Stadium