Lab Rats

Today, I read in the paper that the site around the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power plant in Forked River, now shut down, has changed the surrounding land for the past 50 years. The plant acted as a “super predator” on the sandy, piney shores of Barnegat Bay. I grew up in Lanoka Harbor, a few […]

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NJ Secretary of Ag Visits Vineland Farm to Highlight Eggplant

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher along with state, county and local officials recently visited Flaim Farms in Vineland to highlight Jersey Fresh eggplant. New Jersey is No. 1 in the nation in acres of eggplant harvested, according to the Census of Agriculture released in April. The visit included seeing a field of

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West Nile Virus

Atlantic County health officials are urging residents to take measures to protect themselves from mosquito-borne illness by reducing their exposure to mosquito bites after two new mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile Virus and the first human case in an Atlantic County resident was reported. “We cannot be sure where the resident may have

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