Homecoming

Gabriela Sabo, 6, of Mt. Laurel listens to the Seneca High School band as they get ready to provide music accompaniment for the homecoming ceremony of Marine officer Gerry Brinkman at the Freedom Park in Medford. Brinkman has just returned from Iraq.

Prom

Dressed in her prom dress and with a make-up on, Camden Catholic student Jennifer Kelley peeks from her room to see who the arriving guests are. She is waiting for her prom date Alan Dyer and friends to arrive at her parents' Cherry Hill house. Jennifer and her friends will then all head out to the prom at a nearby hotel. April 20, 2007.

Family members (including Jennifer's aunt Colleen Kelley (first left)) snap photos as Jennifer Kelley pins a rose to her prom date Alan Dyer's suit. The couple and other Camden Catholic students gather at Kelley's Cherry Hill house before heading out to the prom.

Spring is here

A month too late, but Miss Spring is finally here.


Anthony Diorio (left) and Kyle Borbi, both 11 and from Medford, horse around with lacrosse sticks as they play between the Shawnee High School building and the stadium during Shawnee boys lacrosse game against Clearview on a sunny Friday afternoon, April 20, 2007 in Medford.

Mother of a murdered son

Romona Berry, whose son was murdered in March of 2002, still mourns her son all these years later. She cries as Christina Pressey (right), a victim advocate with Burlington County, tries to console her. Christal Wallace looks on in the back. Berry attends a meeting at a Holiday Inn in Runnemede where psychotherapist Kathleen O'Hara speaks with survivors of murder victims. O'Hara's son was also killed.

Lacrosse II

More lacrosse and a clown thrown in for a good mix.



Moorestown's Giulia Giordano outmaneuvers Poway's goalie Diane Clow in the second half of girls lacrosse game at Moorestown High School. Poway HS players flew in from California for the game that Moorestown won.

Lacrosse

Kids are dying at Virginia Tech., battles rage in Afghanistan and Iraq, hunger reins in Zambia. And in Voorhees, NJ students play high school lacrosse....


Eastern's player Bryn Bain drops her stick and falls on the ground after she was faulted by Camden Catholic's Bridget Rodetich (right) during the first half of high school girls lacrosse game at Eastern HS in Voorhees.

Flags, flags everywhere

American display of nationalism reminds me a lot of communist China. I wonder which nation has more flags planted on its territory?

Joe Zanghi of Cherry Hill hands out flags to officials and American Legion 372 members who line up for a photo opportunity in front of a fire truck during the "Remembrance Event" where flags are planted along 2 mile stretch of Chapel Ave. in Cherry Hill to commemorate U.S. soldiers fighting overseas. 04/14/07

Camden blues

Two teenage boys play pick up basketball on the poverty stricken Walnut St. in Camden. Daontaee Jennings is on the right while a boy who identified himself as Rell throws the ball. 04/13/07

Street hockey

After a week of cold weather, spring returned with sunshine and higher temperatures. (Starting from left) Doug Groff, Chris Noller and Dan Forsyth, all of Haddon Twp. took advantage of warmer weather to play street hockey. Here they are on their way home after the game. Tuesday, April 11, 2007

Death of a husband

Danna Young reads to her son as their cat guards the sofa of the Westmont house. Young blogs about grieving her husband's illness and death as well as caring for her 2 year old son Baxter and recovery process. Tuesday, April 11, 2007.

Family time

It was one of these moments when one gets to bask in the great family's rough yet tender love as they got together to share the annual ritual. I had a splendid time being part of the ritual for a moment.



In the Paulsboro house of Butzer Haddock (center), the Matelyan family members share jokes and teasing as they prepare easter baskets for their annual family egg hunt at the Red Bank Battlefield. The family has hold the egg hunt since the 1960s. Featured in the photo are also Butzer's two sisters Mary MacIntyre (left) and Bert Miskofsky (right). 4/04/07

First place

I was psyched to find out that I just won first place in the monthly NPPA multimedia contest.
http://nppa.org/competitions/monthly_multimedia_contest/winnergalleries.php?year=2007&month=3
for my my gay family slideshow:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/multimedia/coupleslideshow/





hip hip hurraaaaah! :))

Baseball season starts

Catcher Nick Kay (center) leads his fellow players in chants as Sterling HS students huddle before the start of baseball game against Williamstown at Williamstown HS on Tuesday, April 3, 2007.