Willingboro’s Karen Abdul-Malik, an award-winning folklorist and storyteller known as “Queen Nur," had a day fit for royalty Feb. 27. The day started with an appearance on "Good Morning America" in ...

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The beat speaks through his feet. Nelson Spires twists his body, slides to the right and then to the left. He’s moving in unison with more than a dozen other dancers. It’s soul-line-dancing night at a ...

On a recent Tuesday inside Bowdoin Street Health Center’s community room, a group of dance students stepped in time to singer Keyshia Cole’s “Never.” Their footsteps punctuated instructions from Abiah ...