The Bridgeton Beacon
Join local conversations with the "beacons" of Bridgeton and South Jersey. Meg McCormick Hoerner sits to podcast with those who make a positive impact on Southern NJ, and it's residents.
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May 07, 2023
G & M Nursery in Bridgeton NJ
🌿 Join us for a walkthrough at G & M Nursery on Shiloh Pike. Greg Willis discusses the family business and the seasonal offerings for landscaping. 1135 Shiloh Pike Bridgeton, NJ 08302 Check out G & M on Facebook: https://www....
Area Info Agriculture Farms Nurseries
April 24, 2023
Cherry Lane Farms in Bridgeton 🍒
Take a stroll and see the local produce at Cherry Lane Farms.
Agriculture Food Farms
April 16, 2023
Bucks for Butch Wescott 🏍️ at Smith & Jackson
Please joins the friends and neighbors of Butch Wescott for a fundraising event at Smith & Jackson, in Millville . 🛩️ (At the airport)Link to fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hcwmfg-help-butch-beat-cancer April 22nd - 2...
Bonus Episodes Helping Neighbors
April 12, 2023
Shanti Restaurant
- Jamaican restaurant on North Pearl Street serves curry chicken, goat curry, chicken, beef patties, fried chicken, and fried dumplings.: Khadija is the daughter of the owners of Shanti Restaurant on North Pearl Street in Bridgeton. - She's here to chat with us about the family business. - She recommends the jerk chicken, curry chicken, and goat as the best items on the menu. Her grandma is a major part of the operation and always there cooking.
February 14, 2023
Glasstown Brewing 🍺 9th Anniversary IPA
Welcome back for this conversation with the owner of Glasstown Brewing , Paul Simmons. 🍺 He joins Tom to chat about their 9th Anniversary IPA , Jersey #beer, and fancy hops. Episode Page: https://bridgetonbeacon.com/glasstow...
Interviews People Area Info
January 29, 2023
A Whiskey Array pt2 🛌 Catherine Hardy
Welcome to part-two in this conversation with Bridgeton-native Catherine Hardy. Catherine owns and operates two historic rental properties, collectively known as A Whiskey Array . Meg and Catherine also chat about the importa...
Interviews People Area Info Lodging
January 29, 2023
A Whiskey Array pt1 🛌 Catherine Hardy
In this episode, Meg sits down with Bridgeton-native Catherine Hardy. Catherine owns and operates two historic rental properties, collectively know as A Whiskey Array. Meg and Catherine also chat about the importance among ...
Interviews People Area Info Lodging
January 19, 2023
Verna's Flight Line 🍔 Millville Airport
Verna's Flight Line is a hometown favorite at Millville Airport. Verna Herman, the proprietor, serves up delicious breakfast, lunch, and catering options for her neighbors and friends. Stop by for a quick bite or book Verna's...
Interviews People Area Info Food Burgers
January 07, 2023
Pea Crabs in Your Oysters 🦀 How About That
This is another conversation with local seasoning entrepreneur Mark Harris, of Wet & Wild Workshop Seasoning. 🐟
Interviews Area Info Food
December 18, 2022
Wet & Wild Workshop 🍗 Seasoning
This is a conversation with local seasoning entrepreneur Mark Harris, of Wet & Wild Workshop . 🐟 We're talking about good taste at Glasstown Brewing in Millville . Tom, the producer, cornered him for a quick chat about Wet &...
Interviews People Food
November 28, 2022
Melissa Helmbrecht 🍞 Hopeloft in Bridgeton
We are joined by Melissa Helmbrecht. In 2016, Melissa created Hopeloft as an informal collaborative of nonprofits located in the heart of Bridgeton, New Jersey. Since then, Hopeloft has served as a springboard for community-l...
Interviews People Community Beacons Area Info
November 27, 2022
Seabrook At War 🥬
Welcome to back to the Bridgeton Beacon for "Seabrook at War", a historical narration by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. We'd like to thank the NJ Historical Commission for usage rights. This production tells the story of Seabrook Family ...
History Agriculture Farms
November 03, 2022
About Paul Hunsberger 🎙️
Welcome back to the Bridgeton Beacon. Meg is joined by Dan Hunsberger, son of local broadcast legend, Paul Hunsberger. It was a voice that was familiar to many in the South Jersey area. For years, Paul Hunsberger hosted “Off ...
Interviews History People
October 30, 2022
Francis H. Sharp Lifetime Achievement Award 🏆
Each year the Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce gives out the Francis H. Sharp Lifetime Achievement Award. 🏆 “ Binks” Sharp was the 1965 President of the Chamber and owned and operated Sharp’s Penn Wallpaper in Bridgeton NJ ...
Interviews People Community Beacons Bridgeton Chamber Of CommerceOctober 29, 2022
Bruce Riley 🎧 Ultra Clean Technologies
Welcome back to the Bridgeton Beacon podcast. We're joined by Bruce Riley, the founder and CEO of Ultra Clean Technologies Corp, a leading manufacturer of hose & tube cleaning and capping products for industrial and commercia...
Interviews People Community BeaconsOctober 26, 2022
Jim Quinn 🎙️ On Broadcasting
Welcome to the Bridgeton Beacon . In this episode Meg is joined by Jim Quinn, President of Quinn Broadcasting. This is both a fun discussion about modern media, and a walk down memory lane in which Jim shares his decades of ...
Interviews People Community Beacons
October 22, 2022
Doug Fisher Tellin' PJ Ritter Co. Stories 🧑🏭
Welcome to a bonus episode with NJ Secretary of Agriculture, Jim Quinn.
Interviews History People Area Info Food Bonus Episodes PJ Ritter Company
August 26, 2022
pt4 🛩️ Judge Lise Pearlman Author of Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No 1
Beacon Bonus Content: Welcome to part IV in this Lindbergh Kidnapping podcast series. Lise Pearlman is a retired judge, filmmaker, award-winning historian and best-selling author. 🎙️ She joins host Meg McCormick Hoerner on NJ...
Interviews History Bonus Episodes Lindbergh Trial
August 21, 2022
pt3 🛩️ Judge Lise Pearlman Author of Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect No 1
Beacon Bonus Content: Welcome to part III in this Lindbergh Kidnapping podcast series. Lise Pearlman is a retired judge, filmmaker, award-winning historian and best-selling author. 🎙️ She joins host Meg McCormick Hoerner on N...
Interviews History Bonus Episodes Lindbergh Trial
August 21, 2022
Lindbergh Kidnapping pt2 🛩️ with Robert Zorn Author of Cemetery John
Bridgeton Beacon Podcast Bonus: Meg welcomes author Robert Zorn to your favorite NJ law podcast to delve into his family perspective on the historic case. They discuss his book 🛩️ Cemetery John and The Undiscovered Mastermin...
Interviews History Bonus Episodes Lindbergh Trial
August 21, 2022
Lindbergh Kidnapping pt1 🛩️ with Robert Zorn Author of Cemetery John
Bridgeton Beacon Podcast Bonus: Meg welcomes author Robert Zorn to your favorite NJ law podcast to delve into his family perspective on the historic case. They discuss his book 🛩️ Cemetery John and The Undiscovered Mastermin...
Interviews History People Bonus Episodes Lindbergh Trial
July 20, 2022
Parker Smith of 🎭 Bridgeton NJ
This is a clip of Bridgeton native, Parker Smith, on the Mighty MERP podcast. 🎙️ Parker grew up working stints at Owens Illinois before becoming an attorney and actor. You can listen to this full conversation at https://www....
Interviews People Bonus Episodes
May 15, 2022
South Jersey Wineries pt21 🌱 The Labor of Sparkling Wine
Welcome back to part-five in a chat with wine maker, Todd Wuerker, owner of Hawk Haven Vineyard & Winery, in Rio Grande, NJ . Todd and his wife, Kenna, founded the vineyard in 1997 on family land in the Cape May Peninsula of ...
Interviews South Jersey Winery Farms
May 14, 2022
South Jersey Wineries pt20 🌱 Selling Wine
Welcome back to our chat with Todd Wuerker, owner of Hawk Haven Vineyard & Winery, in Rio Grande, NJ . Todd and his wife, Kenna, founded the vineyard in 1997 on family land in the Cape May Peninsula of South Jersey. We hope y...
Interviews Food South Jersey Winery
May 14, 2022
South Jersey Wineries pt19 🌱 Hospitality
Welcome to part-four in our podcast series with Todd Wuerker, owner of Hawk Haven Vineyard & Winery, in Rio Grande, NJ . Todd and his wife, Kenna, founded the vineyard in 1997 on family land in the Cape May Peninsula of South...
Interviews Food South Jersey Winery
May 14, 2022
South Jersey Wineries pt18🌱 Breaking The Mold
Welcome to part-2 in our podcast series with Todd Wuerker, owner of Hawk Haven Vineyard & Winery, in Rio Grande, NJ . Todd and his wife, Kenna, founded the vineyard in 1997 on family land in the Cape May Peninsula of South Je...
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About the Hosts
Tom Ritter
Producer
Tom's background is digital product development and process automation.
He'll talk your ear off about the comparative efficiencies of various digital media until you wish you hadn't asked the question.
His focus is leveraging conversational audio to facilitate visibility, SEO, social content, and networking among decisionmakers.
Some of his productions include:
ITADTalk.com - I.T. Asset Disposition
SpeakeasyLawPodcast.com - SWFL Real Estate
ProcessTeller.com (April '22) - Banking & Insurance Process Automation
TheBackgroundCheckPodcast.com (April '22) - Employment Screening
TheYiddishPodcast.com - Preservation of Spoken Yiddish
NJCriminalPodcast.com - New Jersey Criminal Law
In recent months, the Bridgeton Beacon has picked up steam, renown, and visibility among South Jersey decisionmakers, search engines and social media.
Meg is now tripling-down on her own productions, and Tom is offering South Jersey enterprises, organizations, and innovators the opportunity to leverage the "Beacon" for their own legacy building, SEO, and visibility.
Is your business multi-generational or innovative?
Do you have a few stories to tell?
We can turn those stories into a meaningful, multi-media legacy. That's a win-win.
Meg McCormick Hoerner
Host
Meg McCormick Hoerner sits with those who make a positive impact on South Jersey, and it's residents.
First and foremost, Meg loves the area. She has lived and worked in South Jersey her entire career.
She is determined to collect information, while the characters involved are still available to properly memorialize the stories.
With so many multi-generational businesses, founding families, and innovators - we're surrounded by great stories.
"Meg called me thirteen months ago, she was compelled to start collecting stories about people, history, and commerce in South Jersey.
She wanted to curate interviews with luminaries, legends, and old-timers - to develop a spoken history of sorts. "
- Tom
Meg is also the host of the most SEO dominant legal/law/lawyer podcast in New Jersey. Link via the little globe-icon below.
Or, it's easy to find at #1 on google for almost every NJ law podcast search term you can think of.
She has handled landmark cases and held top leadership positions as a prosecuting trial attorney in the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office.
As the former Chief Assistant Prosecutor, she succeeded in the largest white-collar criminal case in county history.
She also served as the lead attorney for the county’s Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Task Force, where she supervised the investigation and prosecution of many undercover drug investigations.
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