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I prefer “BOMARC” Nike. They the bomb. Oops, that post did sound arrogant. My apologies. There was linguistic variation amongst the Munsee, the Lenape, and the Lenopi, and so terminology is confounding.

Sure, a dialect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian_languages I don't have the time to go into details, but there is a pretty interesting paper by Marshall Becker (2008. Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey. 63: 11–32) called "Lenopi; Or, What's in a Name? Interpreting the...

Sounds interesting. I like stouts, but am not too sure about the caffeine and beer mix - conflicting goals. Maybe a hint of that would work in something even more complex like a Belgian Ale. Sort'a puts me in mind of Pittsburg Brewing Company's Hop-'n-Gator, which was a beer and Gatorade...

Manumuskin, Buckshutem is likely an Algonquin name, but no one seems to know what it meant. There was another Buckshuem (Buckshootem) I visited thirty-years ago about 2000’ south of Wyckoff Mills on Buckshootem Branch, now called Bannen Meadow Branch. I think this should be about where it was...

Cheeky.

Thanks so much for all your kind thoughts. Today's benefit was yet another example of how this community is alive and strong as ever. Turnout was amazing. Benefit raises money for family of Brendan Gormley, a Buena Vista Township 24-year-old killed in fire...

Great! There is so little written about DaCosta. I wonder if anybody still uses that name? Also, I have a reference to a spung called the "Oasis" in that hamlet, but don't know where it might have been. S-M

Gosh, I hate to keep bringing this subject up, but it is timely material and germane to Pinelands rezoning. Redevelopment is another way to allow more development than would normally occur under the Comprehensive Management Plan. For example, before rezoning with a redevelopment overlay...

Actually, I think it's pretty cool that the kids(?) are thinking about the past. It beats playing video games. If they went into the woods and cut down an oak I don't think anyone would complain. Instead they mutilated a prominent specimen along a busy trail, a trophy to incompetence and...

PD, This reminds me of someone making a poor attempt at the “Indian” way of charring and chopping with blunt celts and stone hatchets. Is this tree at a trail intersection? White oaks often mark trail crossings in the Pinelands. Their light-colored bark reflected moonlight making them early...

Newtonville was laid out as Colwell's (1854, aka Colville, later Elwood) agricultural lands. Amongst the earliest farms was one owned by Nelson Johnson's (Boardwalk Empire) progenitors. The hamlet was a cluster of small farms scattered near Jackson Road, with a Black presence to the northeast by...

Manumuskin, The area marked as Ghetto in the Woods is historically accurate, odd as this may seem. Ghetto’s are parts of cities where specific economic or social groups live. In Italy, the ghet was the island where Jews were allowed to stay in Venice. In the States ghetto was first used to...

According to the Pinelands Commission website, even the Regional Growth Area's development (Egg Harbor–Hamilton corridor) is supposed to reflect "the essential character and environment of the Pinelands." Regional Growth Area – 77,200 acres. These are areas of existing growth and adjacent...

Mudpie, I too worry about coyote since cats seems to be a favored treat. My two felines spend a good deal of time outdoors, but they are fit and hopefully savvy to their predator. Nights are spent indoors, especially after 11:00 PM when coyotes are most active. For some strange reason coyotes...

Guy, What a remarkable day! Thanks for posting. I believe that a dibble with a crossbar is specifically called a foot-dibble. Mark

Dogg, Thanks for pointing out the obsolete link. It appears the Courier Post has removed it from archives too! Strange. Here’s a synopsis: Pinelands panel looks to streamline work “With its budget slashed and work force reduced by 30 percent, the state Pinelands Commission is looking for more...

Dogg, I was just reading Guiding Galloway’s Growth: A Presentation of the Galloway Township Economic Committee, presented on June 21, 2010. The online PDF copy of a public PowerPoint explains development dynamics along Jimmie Leeds Road and elsewhere in Township growth areas. Google “Guiding...

And it will come in handy when visiting select NJ politicians.

Mark, Great map! There is another place to visit just across the river. The daughter and I loved Philly’s Eastern State Penitentiary, the world’s first, in operation from 1829–1971. I refuse to drive in, and prefer to take PATCO instead. It’s a bit of a hike, but well worth the effort and...

Gibby, We have the protection of the Pinelands CMP, and the Commission’s 1988 report cited above. There are no cultural survey exceptions for major development in a Pinelands Village. However, within “historically sensitive” areas a survey can be waived – specifically for minor development –...