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    Pollen

    I had a family BBQ yesterday and we wound up having to have it inside. We cleaned everything off and an hour later it was all yellow again:( We could watch the yellow pine pollen just blowing off the trees. It has to be close to peak and should get better by the end of the week.
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    coffin and hay glassworks

    Yes, Jackson glass works was just off of Jackson Road not far from the firehouse. Its all private property now. The house I grew up in is very close to there and I think there was a previous house there, or at least an out building, around the time of the glass works. We found an old...
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    Prescribed Burning Bill

    I just came across this the other day. I could be wrong but this would allow the forest fire service to train land owners to do their own prescribed on their lands. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S0500/368_I1.PDF
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    coffin and hay glassworks

    Hey Mike, I grew up near the Jackson Glass Works in Atco. As a kid we use to dig up all kinds of things from bottles and slag glass to old tools in our back yard. That was one of the things really kept me interested in the local history.
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    New to the Fourm

    Thanks, I do take the family with me. That was one of the things that we did as a family when I was little. Back in the 70's and 80's we used to go for a "ride". We just brought a lunch and and waited to see where the roads would take us (although I know my father knew where he was going)...
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    New to the Fourm

    I just wanted to take a minute and say hi. I have been lurking here for a good while and enjoy most of the posts here on the forum. I have lived just about all my life here on the edge of the pine have always been interested in the local history. I don't seem to get to spend any time in the...
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    2 men arrested for Winslow Twp. forest fires

    On Saturday they were reporting that they were arrested for the 400 acres in Winslow, but quickly changed that. Also FYI Pine Hill and Winslow border one another. The fires were set in Pine Hill and they were arrested in Winslow.
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