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New Resident of Medford Lakes Asks Borough Council to Consider ‘Chicken Husbandry Ordinance,’ But Officials Cite ‘Pollution’ Concern Draft Demolition Ordinance Written to ‘Try to Preserve Our Historic Log Cabins’ Clears Another Hurdle Following Review by Local Planner, Issuance of Report By Douglas D. M elegari Staff Writer
ALL-INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO NATURE
MEDFORD LAKES—A recent citizen request that Medford Lakes Borough Council pass a “chicken husbandry ordinance” does not appear to have governing body support See CHICKEN/ Page 5
Officials Explore Options to at Least Limit Pinelands Involvement in Plan to Install Well for Water Source at Chatsworth Firehouse
Photo By Andrew King
Shawn M. LaTourette (in sports coat), commissioner of the NJDEP, joins with various officials from the NJDEP’s various agencies and the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA), along with local dignitaries, including 8th District Senator Jean Stanfield and Shamong Mayor Michael Di Croce, to unveil the State Park Service’s “first inclusive playground” at the Atsion Recreation Area.
Committee Postpones Making Decision on Applying for Grant Funding to Treat Any Spotted Lantern Flies, Questioning How to Decide Target
NJDEP Joins with Pinelands Preservation Alliance and Local Dignitaries to Unveil, at the Atsion Recreation Area, the State Park Service’s First Inclusive Playground Supporting Individuals with Physical, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer
SHAMONG—Providing “access to nature” for all populations is a mission that is being undertaken by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Pinelands Preservation Alliance
(PPA) and other area disability advocates, and in reaching a substantial milestone in that regard, officials from the local, state and federal level, as well as the PPA, celebrated on June 29 the grand opening of the State Park Service’s “first inclusive playground” not only in the Pinelands, but in the entire state, at the
By Douglas D. M elegari Staff Writer
Atsion Recreation Area within the Wharton State Forest in Shamong Township. According to a NJDEP press release, the new inclusive playground has “solid rubber surfacing and equipment” that will “enhance the playground experience for people of all
WOODLAND—In the wake of an earlier revelation from Woodland Township Engineer Tom Leisse that an initial plan to install a “separate well and pump” for the Woodland Volunteer Fire and EMS company has turned
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