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Jan 22, 2007
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Tucked away on the Pine Bridge branch of Westecunk Creek, John and Erin Headley’s cranberry farm marks a return to an earlier time — when families managed small bogs throughout Ocean County, turning out the crimson fruit.“I started on it when I was 16,” said John Headley Jr., who in 2000 purchased 7 acres from Todd Nugent, the last farmer to work the bog in the 1950s. “Mr. Nugent saw I was interested, and was kind enough to let me start working on the land.
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