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    Bayside NJ

    Last Sunday Ro & I wandered back roads out to several NJ Delaware Bay shore points. At what the DeLorme map says was Bayside (a different note says Caviar) there were a ton of worn pilings indicating a large building out over the water. Old aerial pix on the web show the Southern RR of NJ/Jersey...
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    Mount Laurel Bear

    This evening my son sent me the following: Mount Laurel Police Department Monday May 27, 2013, 1:27 PM Advisory: Update: Bear UPDATE: Bear is between RT38 / I-295 and Church St / Mt Laurel Rd. Please do not come to the area or gather to see it or take photos. For full details...
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    Dead Beavers on 4 mile Road

    Ro & I were at junction of Four Mile and Deep Hollow Roads this morning. Found these two dead beavers dumped on the east shoulder of Four Mile Road. Wonder what the story behind this is......
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    InfoAge Science History Learning Center

    Yesterday (20 apr 2013) Ro and I went up to the InfoAge Science History Learning Center, just west of Shark River inlet. Dropped off another donation - 450 ohm transmission line, pile of manuals, articles, etc. This is "... an interactive museum focused on the information age technologies at...
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    Short Jaunts News

    Ro & I were out today on short jaunts: Everts trail (chicken wire on wooden boardwalks a great anti-skid idea), Magnolia Road firebreak/bike trail (Listera australis in bud), and Turkey Buzzard Bridge Road (lower end getting deep sand, NJ State Police sergeant and a park policewoman apprehended...
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    Pine Barrens Pebbles

    Many pebbles found in the Pines are colored when removed from in the ground, but when left on the surface bleach to a chalky white. When sharply struck together in the dark, they briefly glow. I’ve heard that when struck, some of the electrons in the outer rings of the atoms of the stone’s...
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    Ipomopsis rubra threatened

    Allegedly the only place Ipomopsis rubra appears in NJ is in Cumberland County. The railroad roadbed and road crossings have been newly rebuilt. A gravel pile is threateningly close; wonder if the RR is aware?
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    NJ 72 environmental barrier

    On 09 March we noticed a plastic barrier on the guard rail on both sides of 72 for over a mile west of the intersection with eastbound 532. No obvious reason for installation. What's going on?
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