Levoy Theatre, Off Broad Street Players Earn Statewide Honors

The Levoy Theatre and its resident company Off Broad Street Players (OBSP) were awarded New Jersey’s statewide honors for outstanding artistic and technical achievement in community theater at the annual Perry Awards in Union County last month. Beauty and the Beast, performed at the Levoy Theatre in August 2018, took the highest award of the

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Fortescue and Gandy’s Beach Sewer Project Awarded Additional Grant

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that Downe Township has been awarded an additional $4.49 million in funding assistance to construct the new sewer system to serve Fortescue and Gandy’s Beach. “The US Department of Agriculture, the State and the Cumberland County Board of Chosen Freeholders have been tremendous partners on this project,”

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Devilish Detour?

It was a cool day in late October when I led a reconnaissance expedition of sorts to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ. This was in anticipation of taking a larger group there for a caravan along the impoundments bordering the preserve’s Wildlife Drive. As part of our exploration we walked

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Maurice River Township Earns Excellence Award

At the 38th Annual Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR) Symposium, Maurice River Township Recycling Coordinator Louann Karrer was presented with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Excellence Award, an award given to the township for decreasing plastics bags within their recycling stream. “Plastics bags have been a big issue in the recycling

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$5 Million Wash?

The New Jersey Department of Enivornmental Protection (DEP) has proposed to build a $15 million sewer plant in Fortescue, Downe Township, which is one of the most vulnerable areas on the east coast due to sea level rise and storm surges. This is the absolute worst time and place to be spending millions on a

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