New to the site: Thankful I found It!

[NewSchoolPiney]

Hey everyone! I'm always looking for new sites about the Pine Barrens and this is the best one to date. I have lived in Indian Mills (the gen-x'ers call it Shamong . . . I was not old enough to vote against it at the time), since 1985. My friends and I usually hang out in Wharton State Forest and camp/explore as well.

I love this area and get in frequent qualms with my fellow college students from North Jersey about how this area is misunderstood and underrated.

Even though I will only be in this area for a couple more weeks (studying abroad in New Zealand until December), I look forward to good discussions and events when I come back.

PS: Saw a huge diamondback rattlesnake on Rte. 579 in Chatsworth as I was driving home from the shore on Sunday.

Peace,
Justin

 

[bach2yoga]

Ya mean a timber rattlesnake? Oh, that's cool! (as long as you're in the car!) Good thing Jeff wasn't with ya! :bounce:
Renee

 

[bach2yoga]

Hey, I'm a Piney now!

 

[JeffD]

And I'll always be a snake charmer.

Seriously, it's bloodsucking ticks, yellow jackets, greenheads, blackflys and other intrusive varmits that I REALLY HATE!

Ticks greenheads yellow jackets hassle mankind
I will kill any of them that I find
It's that way that I did choose
I have something to win
And bites stings Lyme disease to lose

 

[Teegate]

First to Renee, congrats on being a Piney!

Next Justin welcome to Ben's site. Since you are the first one I believe who is from Indian Mills on this site I have a few questions. Is this still the Indian Mills municipal building? I was wondering if the town had outgrown it yet.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/municipal.jpg

Here is a view of it on the left in 1981 with the Red Mens Hall the main building.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/RedMensHall3_81.jpg


The Red Mens Hall in 1978.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/RedMansHall11_78.jpg

Guy

 

[NewSchoolPiney]

Guy,

Is this still the Indian Mills municipal building? I was wondering if the town had outgrown it yet.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/municipal.jpg

Yes, that is still our municipal building. It's great to still have the small town appeal kept even though new families are building $350,000+ houses on every available acre of former farm fields.

The Red Mens Hall in 1978.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/RedMansHall11_78.jpg

If this building is what I think it is, it is directly across from the municipal building. However, now it is a Pre-School/Home called "Noah's Ark." A friend I knew from middle school lived there and his mom owned the Pre-School.

Peace,
Justin