By Missy Reid Norris Gaffney is a City full of Pride and Tradition. This is a City where future generations return to raise the next generation. My name is Millicent (Missy) Reid Norris, and I care about our community, its economic future, and sustainability. Together we must maintain strong public safety; establish long and short term objectives a...
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A Willingboro Handyman has no way to pay the children and teenagers he hired to learn the trade for the job they did in the home of 180 Northampton Drive a rental property belonging to NJ Wholesale Pros. It is said, that at first the handyman and a Realtor for NJ Wholesale Pros. talked about painting 6 rooms. To the handyman's knowle...
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"Keep Your Competition Close" By Dearest PriceCopyright Agape VoiceI have individuals on the team asking me if I am concerned with so many Black Business groups emerging on social media due to these perilous times. Am I "big mad" being tagged to Black this and Black that. Don't I cringe when I see someone attempt to do what I do? I say, "hell...
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“ I am willing to disagree but I am not willing to hate. On the anniversary of the Charleston Church Murders your rhetoric is sad but held by many. I will pray for you. I will not call you names. I will even be responsive to a certain point because our interaction exposes who you are. Why can't you see if it was up to the confederacy I would still ...
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How many bullets fired in his chest? How many times going through unrest? 8 whole minutes kneeling on his neck, Black faces on the pavement, oh you stacking the deck, How many soldiers do we have to watch die?I can't even count them and I dare won't try, Lynched for jogging, now what the heck? Black faces on the pavement, oh you stacking the deck, ...
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Saving you, so I cover my face, Saving me, your smile I can not trace,Saving you, social distancing, a new reality,Elbow bumping, hand sanitizer, plastic gloves, do you agree? Saving me, depression doesn't matter anymore, Saving you, as we pass by in the grocery store, Saving me my smile is hidden, my frown is erased, My feelings don't matter...
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It sounds something like a species but it’s actually one of the most beautiful, Black communities you can find. Willingboro NJ, located in South Jersey, right outside of Philly is a Mecca for excellence. A community credited by the notorious Levitt’s, who also created planned communities for white folks in the 60’s, now is spraw...
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Bringing Madame CJ Walker to the big screen was a dream come true for many of us and Octavia Spencer gave her justice. Her passion gave voice to a woman that so many of us have admired. I truly think the Madame would have been proud. Understanding the creative elaborations to make it a film worthy piece, I can def...
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My husband is throwing a temper tantrum because I had dinner with my ex who is leaving for prison for the remainder of his life. I just wanted to apologize for any hurt he caused me and say goodbye. Boy boo, I needed that closure. Cry about it then. #ghettoqueen Dear Ghetto Queen, Sis, what in the Ham Sam, marriage buffoonery you got going on...
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We as Black men rarely tell each other we love each other, or show appreciation if isn't mutual. The Watchmen of the Round Table lately have been trend setters of healing, solutions, and re-education through action. We men have created something more than a movement, a program, a service, etc.. we've re- created that bond that was lost between King...
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If you don't hear the commotion, then you are about to feel the vibrations of positive reinforcement of the morals and values of what it means to be a village. The Watchmen of the Round Table are backing up their words! In the name of respect to our community and the redirection of our dollars to our local black owned businesses. Don't think for a ...
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If you missed the last episode of the Watchmen of the Round Table: Boots on the Ground Edition held at 40 year veteran black business Willie's Beauty & Barber Salon on 1105 Sunset Rd. Burlington, NJ, look no further. But one must tell you, that the Watchmen struck a cord in the Willingboro community. From accountability, to the etiquette of the...
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Watchmen of the Round Table are taking it to the streets of Willingboro for Saturdays' s Edition of Watchmen. This feature is boots on the ground at Willingboro's own Willie's Barbershop 1105 Sunset Rd. This Saturday February 1st, recording starts at 6:30 p.m. Clearly the Watchmen are men of action by taking this bold step of actually involving the...
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Small businesses now have a place to run ads at an affordable price If you follow Black Willingboro on Facebook then you know about the new Watchmen of the Round Table series being posted every week. It will start making its rounds on YouTube some time today! But that's not what this article is about. With weekly recordings and numbe...
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If you haven't seen the local "Watchmen of the Round Table" video series making its rounds, I'm quite sure you heard the chatter! When the shot was shot! Brother Cory X couldn't help but feel the powerful impact of being able to sit down with like-minded men. As clearly expressed in the post! And then it was heard! ...
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Sex trafficking, human trafficking, and organ harvesting.....is rearing it's ugly head, and its not scared to tell you so. There were 2 very recent attempts of abduction within a 20 mile radius of Willingboro. One can only speculate that these culprits are working together in this very vicinity. Blacklinenews.com by way of Black...
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Yesterday the community of Willingboro received a robocall and a missing child alert from it's outstanding Police Department; less than 24 hour they found the child, if that is not outstanding I don't know what is! But this article is about what was revealed about Willingboro's local social media sites and it's people. Once the call and alert was...
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In the early evening of November 19th 2019, 6th grader Ka'Nyah Knight went missing. No Amber Alert, nor major news station coverage. Just plain old local Police, yet Willingboro's finest men in blue letting the village know one of their children went missing. Lo and behold they may not be Burlington County Times, or your major TV station, but your ...
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Dearest, I respect your writing skills more than you could know but when it's wasted trying to influence opinion rather than uplift or educate I get offended. The black mind is a shattered glass and while we are picking up the pieces we don't need our leaders being criticized by the very people he's trying to lead. It's not defending Jay Z as much ...
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Dear Dearest, My financial situation is in shambles. I have a 12 year old daughter and I was just laid off from a job in Florence, SC. She is ready to go back to school but other than that every thing is falling apart. I don’t even know how I’m going to buy food. My car was reprocessed and I am about to get evicted from my apar...
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