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    Cape May County Explorations

    They do this in the swampier parts of my back yard too.
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    Jones Mill on Muskee Creek

    I saw this video clip on Facebook today. It shows some of the creek and the surrounding area.
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    Land clearing near AC international airport

    It runs just east of Westcoat Rd. in EHT.
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    Land clearing near AC international airport

    They plan on putting a housing development on that recently denuded swath of land. There's already complaints from people living near the project due to the smell of the neighboring waste plant wafting over the area.
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    Thompson's Beach, Shellpile, and Bivalve

    Pardon me for reviving an old thread, but last evening I stumbled upon a short documentary about Shellpile produced by the Bayshore Center in Bivalve. I thought I would post a link in case anyone was interested in watching. I've been crabbing and exploring that area for a long while and it's...
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    Where is the OLDEST habited area of the Pinelands?

    Outside of the pines, but still in South Jersey, was the settlement of Townbank, founded by New England whalers on the Bay side of what is today Cape May County in 1632. Also known as Falmouth, New England Town, and Portsmouth Town, it is now under the waters of the Delaware Bay, just out of...
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    Meadow Companies

    One of the Hartman Maps shows just below Delmont two canals coming from Riggins Ditch labeled as "dug with slave labor."
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    HERE maps - possible changes coming

    HERE hybrid was my favorite of that bunch. Keep up the great work Boyd!
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    Dennis?

    Interesting, that island is only six miles from my house as the crow flies.
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    Dennis?

    I was recently looking at the Jack Pudding Branch on a map and noticed not too far away the "Man Killer Branch," which flows into Babcock Creek just north of the confluence of Jack Pudding and Babcock. Any idea where this toponym came from?
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    Fall Festivals

    The juxtaposition of the photo of the pig followed by the photo of the pork roll / Canadian bacon on the skillet is top tier.
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    What new things would you like to see here?

    Ben, I know I had brought it up in a direct message to you a couple of months ago, but I'd still be interested in a "randomizer" button for the forums that would bring up previous posts, much like Wikipedia's random article generator. I'm not sure that is technically feasible, but there is...
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    AC in 1927

    After looking at the European beaches (and experiencing them first hand), it absolutely gives you an appreciation for the Jersey Shore.
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    AC in 1927

    As an history teacher, I'm fascinated by these colorized, voiceover-dubbed films from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I find WWI as one of our most important modern events in human history, so when the movie "They Shall Not Grow Old" (which had these effects) arrived in selected...
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    Piney Tribe @ Burlington County Farm Fair

    Don't know anything about piney tribe but it's funny you mention James. Was out at Calico Ridge with him a couple weeks back looking at the mountain laurel blooms. Great dude. We definitely used your maps Boyd to do some exploring while we were out there!
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    Drinking water source for South Jersey grows from Green Acres purchase

    That's a nice piece of land. Great work by the listed advocates.
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    Burned Area Visit

    I was out that way this past week. There's a similar dirt pile at the Batona Trailhead on Dan Bridge Rd. and literally dozens of them on Dump Rd. right next to the Parkway.
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    The Alligator

    On the "Ghosts of the Pines" documentary there is a brief cut to a map of the pines and there is an 'Alligator Ridge."
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