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News Happenings 2013
Cumberland County receives grant to study Revolutionary War battle site
By Spencer Kent/South Jersey Times
on August 20, 2013 at 3:32 PM, updated August 20, 2013 at 3:53 PM
BRIDGETON — The National Park Service has awarded Cumberland County $49,500 to study what’s believed to be the only documented military action in the county during the American Revolution.
The grant, which is part of the American Battlefield Protection Program, focuses on the Battle of Dallas Landing, a deadly 1781 confrontation on the Maurice River between Continental troops and British loyalists. In December 2012, the county Freeholder board gave the green light to pursue a grant up to $75,000 from the National Park Service.
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South Jersey Times - August 20, 2013
thedailyjournal.com - August 21, 2013
The Daily Journal - September 6, 2014
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Marsh fire leaves 68 acres scorched
in Port Norris
By Phillip Tomlinson/South Jersey Times
on August 15, 2013 at 1:23 PM, updated August 15, 2013 at 10:09 PM
COMMERCIAL TWP. — State Forest Fire officials are still investigating the cause of a blaze that left approximately 67 acres of meadow and one acre of forest along both sides of Memorial Avenue burned down to the stubble.
The blaze, which was first reported at around 5 p.m. Tuesday night, was declared fully contained by about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Four properties along Memorial Avenue were evacuated for a short time Tuesday evening for precautionary reasons, as crews from Port Norris, Laurel Lake, Mauricetown, Dividing Creek and Leesburg fire departments, as well as the NJ Forest Fire Service worked to contain the fire.
"The strategy [for fighting the fire] was to let it burn itself out," NJDEP spokesman Larry Hajna said. The location of the fire on a tidal wetland impeded crews' abilities to bring equipment within range.
Other than the small patch of woodlands at the meadows edge, the fire was contained to the meadow, though it did jump across the road.
Officially, the fire is under investigation by the N.J. Forest Fire Service, though there is some speculation that it may have been sparked by a lightning strike.
"There were some storms in the area around that time," Hajna said.
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South Jersey Times - August 15, 2013
August 17, 2013. Photo Rachel Cobb
She did it! Meghan Wren completes 13.1-mile swim
South Jersey Times By Phillip Tomlinson
on August 03, 2013 at 6:55 PM, updated August 03, 2013 at 7:58 P
Meghan Wren begins her swim across the Delaware Bay from the coast of Port Mahon, Del. with support from family and friends. Support team members board boat that will escort her as she swims across to Fortescue, New Jersey, where more friends and family wait her arrival, Saturday, August 3, 2013. (Staff Photo by Cindy Hepner/South Jersey Times) Read More, Click Here
Delaware River Basin Commission
August 5, 2013
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August 4, 2013
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Bayshore Center at Bivalve
August 3, 2013
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South Jersey Times By Jack Hummel
July 07, 2013 at 8:11 PM, updated July 08, 2013 at 7:30 AM
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