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Hood: Why North Carolinians downsized their governors

The Robesonian 02 Apr 2025
... horse (colonial Spanish mustang), mollusk (Scotch bonnet), dog (Plott Hound), and mammal (eastern gray squirrel), as well as two state amphibians (the marbled salamander and Pine Barrens tree frog).
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Roberto Clemente Park dumping trial: Jury selection to begin

Newsday 29 Mar 2025
The case sparked concern that illegal dumping was rampant across Long Island, often occurring in locations such as parks and the state-protected pine barrens that typically are unused and unlit late at night.
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Suffolk starts collecting new revenue for long-term sewer upgrade plan

Newsday 26 Mar 2025
Romaine ... The sales tax increased by one-eighth of a percent from 8.625% to 8.75% ... Southampton Supervisor Maria Moore will represent the Central Pine Barrens Commission, whose mission is to protect the region's ground and surface water ... Romaine ... ....
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Guest Oped: The Incredible Value of New Jersey’s Freshwater Wetlands

The Trentonian 25 Mar 2025
Gathered round Martha’s Pond in New Jersey’s iconic Pine Barrens, students in Claude Epstein’s environmental science class were instructed to put down their notebooks and simply observe ... And this was in New Jersey!” ... ....
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Pooler Wawa not expected to open until second quarter of year

Savannah Morning News 24 Mar 2025
ESPLOST Passes, Pine Barren Road moves up priority list ... The Pooler educational complex is planned for a 100-acre property off Pine Barren Road that the school board already owns.
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With 500 species, Long Island is a birders' paradise

Newsday 24 Mar 2025
You’ve got the ocean, you’ve got the sandy beaches of the South Shore, the rocky coast of the North Shore, salt marsh, pine barrens, an incredible range of habitats for birds.”.
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Five pine barrens forests set to undergo controlled burns this spring to combat wildfires

Newsday 22 Mar 2025
Nina Leonhardt, acting executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, the nonprofit dedicated to promoting the preservation of the Long Island Central pine barrens as open space, said at ...
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Pooler infrastructure updates: City approves contract for $19.3 million to expand Quacco Road

Savannah Morning News 21 Mar 2025
ESPLOST Passes, Pine Barren Road moves up priority list ... The Pooler educational complex is planned for a 100-acre property off Pine Barren Road that the school board already owns.
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Cardinal Dolan rang in St. Patrick’s Day with a breakfast where the jokes — and ...

New York Post 18 Mar 2025
Feeding the marching souls. Ireland. Doesn’t come up a lot in conversation — but be it known Halloween was invented in Ireland ... Patrick’s Day parade ... Cobbled together the few hundred or so looked like the Pine Barrens in the Hamptons ... Pat’s Mass ... And ... ... So.
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Man dies after being ejected from dirt bike at Manchester's Heritage Minerals site

My Central Jersey 16 Mar 2025
Choose APP for breaking news. APP is your source for breaking news ... But that hasn't stopped many enthusiasts, who have made their own trails on private property and protected Pinelands areas across Ocean County and the Pine Barrens ... Contact her.
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Savannah-Chatham school's ESPLOST referendum vote happens Tuesday

Savannah Morning News 16 Mar 2025
... and an educational space dubbed the Bull Street Center for Architecture and Design, and Pooler's first high school (as part of a larger educational complex in West Chatham on Pine Barren Road).
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9 charming communities in New Jersey for retirement, according to WorldAtlas

app 15 Mar 2025
Retirement on the horizon?. New Jersey is an attractive option, says World Atlas ... And that's not all ... Tinton Falls ... Senior Centers ... $550,000Berkeley. Jersey Shore westward into the Pine Barrens is Berkeley Township which is a haven for retirees ... St.
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How tree bark can lift your spirits

Bangor Daily News 15 Mar 2025
Staring at tree bark doesn’t seem that exciting. Yet it could benefit you ... Credit ... The late Tom Brown, a naturalist and author from the New Jersey Pine Barrens, described a few different approaches in his “Nature Observation and Tracking” field guide.
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Finding Mystery and Wilderness…in New Jersey?

Wall Street Journal 14 Mar 2025
Jokes about the Pine Barrens abound. But visitors willing to look closer will find a place steeped in nature, history and adventure ... .
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More controlled fires needed to manage Long Island pine barrens, ecologists say

Newsday 13 Mar 2025
Long Island’s pine barrens have burned too little in recent years ... On Long Island the turning point came 30 years ago, when the Sunrise Fire consumed 4,500 acres of overly dense pine barrens ... Pine barrens susceptible.
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