by Dana DiFilippo | May 17, 2022 | Article, Cities-Parks, Ecology, Education, Mercer, New Jersey, Policy
State has $500M backlog in capital projects for parks system Sylvia Kocses had a great second date in 1967 at Washington Crossing State Park with the man who would become her husband. When they had kids, the park in Mercer County became their go-to, with its...
by M. Blessing Akeju | Jan 19, 2022 | Article, Cities-Parks, Environmental Justice, Hudson, Infrastructure, New Jersey, Water
As climate change becomes more of a threat, weather patterns are increasingly severe. In New Jersey, one way to prevent flooding could be through rain gardens. Hurricane Ida reminded people that there is a huge flooding problem in the Garden State. When the storm tore...
by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | May 27, 2020 | Atlantic, Cape May, New Jersey, Water
Fred Akers, of Buena Vista Township, patrols the Great Egg Harbor River and finds many types of large debris floating in the water, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (VERNON OGRODNEK / For The Press) You could call him a river sweeper. Fred Akers has made it his job to try to...
by Dan Preston - CivicStory | Apr 14, 2020 | Burlington, Camden, Ecology, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, New Jersey, Other Sources, Salem, Sussex, Warren, Water
Story and video produced by CivicStory as part of “From the Source: Stories of the Delaware River,” a reporting collaborative organized by the Lenfest Institute. The Delaware River watershed provides drinking water to more than 13 million people, including...
by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Feb 18, 2020 | Cape May, Infrastructure, New Jersey
Steel and stone protects Ocean Drive, between Strathmere and Ocean City, where most of the inlet beach has eroded. State and federal officials are looking at options to protect homes and infrastructure from rising water. Bill Barlow STRATHMERE – In 30 years,...
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