Pine Barrens News

People in Ocean County should be grateful to the pine snakes for helping to control overdevelopment in our area.

Is there something new to the woods of the Garden State -- or has it always been this way? Horrific, guttural cries that sound like an elderly woman screaming in the middle of the night are being heard.

He's back! New Jersey's official state demon will make an appearance Saturday when the Pinelands Cultural Society presents the 'Legend of the Jersey Devil Show' at Albert Music Hall, 131 Wells Mills Road .

Whether or not you believe in the existence of the paranormal, there is one truly mystifying presence that dwells on Asbury Park's Cookman Avenue with a palpability that cannot be denied, a rogue spirit who's indelible impression on the Jersey Shore - and beyond - is best described in one word: supernatural.

Can't make it out to a haunted hayride or another spooky Halloween event? Don't despair.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey has modified its 20-year master plan and is ready to move forward replacing single-story dormitories near Lake Fred with four- or five-story apartment buildings using the same footprint.

The township council on Tuesday night was expected to approve the preservation of 700 acres at a local farm.

On Nov. 3, voters will have the opportunity to protect drinking water quality by voting for the Green Acres, Clean Water and Farmland Preservation Act.

Under a heavy glass case there is a yellowed, stained letter purportedly from President James Monroe to a decorated Naval war hero.

Local Jeep clubs are organizing the eighth annual cleanup of trash and debris at Wharton State Forest on Sunday.

Mount Holly artist Irvane Spracklin became intrigued by New Jersey's Pine Barrens about 20 years ago.

A Superior Court judge has ruled that developer Joseph Samost must pay most of the estimated $1 million cost of rebuilding two dams on Kenilworth Lake.

This morning's low of 40 in Philadelphia was not as cool as Monday morning's chill -- some early morning cloud cover drifted across the region and prevented a bottoming out of temperatures close to the freezing mark across the suburbs for the most part.

On Nov. 3, New Jersey voters will be asked to approve Public Question No. 1 -- the Green Acres, Clean Water, and Farmland Preservation Act of 2009.

Christmas came in October for 457 municipalities which received $104 million in state funding for local transportation projects, including 47 projects in Monmouth and 33 in Ocean Counties.

Unlike the some other autumn festivals, visitors won't find vendors hawking knock-off designer handbags, Sham-Wows or Wonder Mops at the Sunday's Batsto Country Living Fair, because vendors are limited to selling food or handcrafted items they have made themselves.

Simple: wipe the animal off the endangered species list. At least, that's what Walmart developers want to do in New Jersey.

The first Pine Barrens Jamboree started in 1995 at Wells Mills Park with local musicians, vendors, crafters and demonstrators celebrating life in the Pinelands.

On Thursday, October 22, the Long Island Pine Barrens Society presents its 32nd Anniversary Environmental Awards Gala at Oheka Castle .

The deal, which first has to go before the county's Council on Environmental Quality Oct.