Volunteers by the dozens reportedly paid tribute on Monday to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by gathering to repair fire damage at the Camden, N.J., home where the late civil rights leader once lived. The plan is to turn the abandoned row house at 753 Walnut St. into a museum to commemorate the city’s connection to King, who called the place home while a seminary student, NJ.com reported, .
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At a recent town hall meeting in Cape May, the mayor and the project architect described a new branch library on Franklin Street in glowing terms. The new branch of the county library system is planned to open early next year in a building that once served as a segregated school.