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There is a mountain of stone piled in the Wells Mills bus lot that is slowly making its way to the mountain area roads, primarily Jones Rd at this time.

While in my mind I was indeed confusing the two gates, the other which is obviously painted orange, in reality the white gate has far more orange rust on it than its faded original white paint. At least that's the excuse I'm going with. ;)

Another way of thinking about it is that sedimentary rocks usually don't form atop mountains! ;)

There is a sand road, blocked by an orange gate, on Lacey Rd heading south, between Carriage and Penhook Rds. If you park on the side of the road and hike past the gate it is about a 2 3/4 mile hike, one way, to the mountain. It's a fairly straight and uncomplicated route. Just be sure to have a...

There are a number of structures, small and large, at that site, starting with the 1953 aerials, on HistoricAerials.com. It has an agricultural look to me. They are still visible into the 90s.

Thank you Jerseyman. It's always comforting getting clarification from a source I implicitly trust!

I finally had opportunity today to visit the museum in Birch Grove Park, especialy interested in the history of the Somers Brick Company. In addition to bricks from the Somers factory, there were several bricks on display with the S&F BCo brand. I commented on the Sayre & Fisher bricks, being...

I've been replacing the small AAA battery-powered LED lights I have in each of my vehicles and scattered around the house with rechargeable ones which use charging wires with a USB connector on one end and a phone-type connector on the other. I'm tired of throwing in the trash batteries that are...

That's press talk, to sensationalize a story. He could have been shot only three time for all we know. They did it then, as they do now, with terms continually evolving. What used to be a traffic altercation is now road rage. What used to be murder is now gun violence. Sometimes it's to...

I'll take a sub from a mom & pop deli any day over WaWa. In fact I've been trying to patronize locally owned stores over big retail chains for all of my needs, when possible. Our towns are becoming more generic every year, losing their individual character, with the same store signs popping up...

I was referring to the site at Washington. No idea on the other ones. All the past and present blueberry fields I've seen on aerials appear as lines rather than grids however.

I'd suggest blueberry as well, but they were traditionally grown in wetter soils, especially before modern advances in irrigation. Given the existence of the pit silo ruins nearby, I'd me more likley to go with an old cornfield.

A break such as this is not intended to stop a fire by all by itself. Fighting an oncoming fire using backfires, water or retardant drops, etc. is always more effective along a fire break or road than at some random spot in the unbroken forest. And the wider the break, the greater chance of...

My understanding of the initial move to protect the Pine Barrens is that much of the resistance came from within, to preserve ratables and home rule, while more of the support for the CMP came from individuals and organizations outside the pines. While that may be painting with a bit of broad...

I would agree with you on Evans Bridge, as it is necessary public infrastructure. Commercial development is not however. The overriding philosophy that guides my stances, before reasonable exceptions, is that they are not making any more land. In fact, sea level rise will likely be claiming...

Bob, I totally agree with you on the wind turbine/whale issue. It's a ridiculous hijacking of the environmental cause for self-serving reasons. I also agree we need to be careful when looking to exceed the protections given by the existing regulations, which were fought hard for. But you lost...

From the June 30, 1886 New Jersey Courier: “Mr. Richard Emmett, who has for several years lived on the Alligator Farm, near Lakewood, died on Tuesday of last week. He immigrated to this country on June 26, 1869, and four days after landing in New York had bought the Alligator farm” In other...

I've seen old newspaper articles alternately referring to the site as the "Alligator Farm". I don't recall the source though and would have to re-dig for them.

Is it a few feet downstream of the remains of an old Tuckerton Railroad trestle?

Not at all. I simply don't connect the two. This is a Division of Fish & Wildlife project while the road closure issue has so far involved only Division of Parks & Forestry land. And I can attest to different offices within far smaller government entities than the state not having anything to do...