by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Jul 29, 2020 | Energy, Monmouth, New Jersey
The wind turbines, in Atlantic City, powering operations for the Atlantic County Utilities Authority, are currently the largest in the state. That could change dramatically in the coming years. One project plans turbines offshore, with many more proposals in the works...
by Steven Rodas - TAPinto Camden | Jul 23, 2020 | Agriculture, Camden, New Jersey
Augustine Cordero, 94, holding a green pepper in his East Camden garden. (Photo courtesy: Steven Rodas) CAMDEN, NJ — A four-day streak of nonstop sun, racking up 100 degrees Monday, led to what Augustine Cordero, 94, was holding in his hand right now. Half of a...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 23, 2020 | Energy, Hunterdon, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy: Sierra Club NJ) Since 2014, Jacqueline Evans has been at war. After discovering that her organic farm in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, fell along the route of the proposed PennEast Pipeline, the artist and single mom threw herself into a battle many...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Jul 22, 2020 | Atlantic, New Jersey, Water
“Don’t Be a Drip: Online Rain Barrel Workshop,” presented by The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership. (Video courtesy: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Inc. and The Hammonton Gazette) HAMMONTON—Since mid-June, Hammonton and the surrounding...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 16, 2020 | Ecology, Education, Mercer, New Jersey, Wildlife
An iNaturalist user checks out a previous monarch butterfly observation made as part of Tally the Valley. (Photo courtesy: Rachel Kaufman) Every summer, New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) hosts a butterfly count. Volunteers...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Jul 15, 2020 | Atlantic, Ecology, New Jersey
Arnold Cappuccio stands in front of his first koi pond, now 30 years old. (Photo courtesy: THG/Joseph F. Berenato) When Arnold Cappuccio moved into his home, he had no idea that one day his backyard would one day house its own mini-ecosystem. “When I moved here, there...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Jul 15, 2020 | Agriculture, Atlantic, New Jersey
HAMMONTON—For the Catania family, Felice Catania’s garden is a long-standing tradition. Catania’s son, Franco, said that his father has been growing produce for most of his life. “He’s been farming since the age of 16 in Sicily, but in Sicily they did lemon trees and...
by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Jul 15, 2020 | Agriculture, Cape May, New Jersey
Ocean City resident Amy Havens transformed the area around her home into a vegetable garden. Interest in growing food locally was already on the rise before the coronavirus, but it increased, as people have more time at home, more interest in things they can do...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 10, 2020 | Education, Mercer, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy: Painted Oak) As schools across the country debate how to safely reopen in the fall, Lisa Wolff, executive director of New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, has heard her fair share of ideas — some more practical than...
by Steven Rodas - TAPinto Camden | Jul 9, 2020 | Camden, New Jersey, Transportation
James Punderson joined friend Nicole Tyczynska for a ride through Wiggins Waterfront Park on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy: Steven Rodas) Friends James Punderson and Nicole Tyczynska, both 34, were — unbeknownst to them — the perfect case study for a 33-mile multi-use...