"My daughter, Caitlin, 15, has known Dr. Tedeschi for 14 years. She met him when she was a year old; at the time, he was a resident at Cooper University Hospital, where she was admitted with suspected shaken baby syndrome. She had been airlifted to the...

Like many of us, Sue Verchio of Cherry Hill bakes holiday cookies. Unlike most of us, she bakes between 1,500 and 1,700 of them during a three-day solo marathon—as many as 12 different kinds each year.

Major Jack Schroeder, who re­turned from a year in Iraq in October, visits Kirby's Mill Elementary School in Medford to meet his pen pals in Melissa Maver's second grade class.
(Photo caption: Veterans from WWII to today's campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan...

Maria Tsakiris (pictured), 17, a senior at Cherry Hill East High School, an American of Greek extraction who has been the Greek National Junior Figure Skating Champion for the past two years, will now represent Greece in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Tsakiris...

Rachael Scott (pictured), 17, started the “Tickled Pink” club two years ago to help comfort children in hospitals. After successfully raising money and organizing special events for local pediatric facilities, Tickled Pink recently became an officially...

Bunker Hill Middle School seventh-grader Nick Mammarelli (pictured) recently was selected as the second-place winner in the New Jersey Association of Indians in America’s Mahatma Gandhi Peace and Harmony Awards Essay Contest. The state-wide contest,...

The Mount Laurel Jaguars 12U ice hockey team (pictured) won the Philadelphia Regional Division of the International Silver Sticks Hockey in West Chester, Pa., in the Pee Wee Major A Division. The team was undefeated going 6-0 overall, scoring 35 goals...