Spouses

Don’t go it alone: Learn from experience on how families can handle the time apart.

A nonprofit trying to start an Armed Forces Heritage Museum on the joint military base in Burlington County has changed its plan to educate the public about the state’s military history.

For Sonja St. John, whose brother died in Iraq, making a violin is a methodical art. “”It’s a way to stay on track even when chaos can be happening right outside,” she says.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday highlighted the need to help the children of military families transition into new schools as their parents are moving from one assignment to the next.