Bill Barlow
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Bears awaken to ongoing debate about their place in N.J.
According to some wildlife experts, New Jersey has the densest population of black bears in the nation, and the population far exceeds what the environment can support, leading to increasing conflicts with human beings. → Read More
Red foxes, piping plovers battle for survival along N.J. coast
Red foxes prey on endangered piping plovers along the New Jersey Shore. Managing their numbers can be controversial because the foxes are championed by coastal residents who hate to see them killed. → Read More
Why engineers use different barriers to protect N.J. coastal towns
If you live on the Jersey Shore sometimes you'll see a variety of barriers used to prevent flooding. Here's a look at a few of the most common techniques used. → Read More
Why so many people visit Cape May in December
While some shore towns seem ready for hibernation as winter approaches, Cape May keeps things lively through the holidays, with historic buildings decked in lights and garland → Read More
Why Frank Farley has a rest stop named after him
“Frank Farley is a giant in 20th century New Jersey history,” said Nelson Johnson, author of “Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City.” → Read More
Can this New Jersey lighthouse be saved?
An intense wind from the west frothed the Delaware Bay and tore at the signs activists held as they gathered on the beach near the East Point Lighthouse, which has marked the mouth of the Maurice River since 1849 in New Jersey’s Cumberland County. → Read More
Nuns plan to demolish Cape May Point retreat center
Saint Mary by-the-Sea is in the area hilghlighted in yellow. (Google Earth) An iconic building that has stood near the beach for more than a century in Cape May Point will be demolished in a few years under a plan announced by the owners, the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. → Read More
The history of submarine warfare off the Jersey coast
Imagine yourself on a beach in Sea Isle City in the winter of 1942. It’s night, and a cold, steady breeze off the Atlantic numbs your nose. The shock and horror of the attack on Pearl Harbor remains fresh and raw as you look out toward a distant orange glow on the horizon. → Read More
With sports betting now legal in New Jersey, here's what you need to know
Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport has announced it will open for sports betting on Thursday at 10:30 a.m., and the governor is expected too place the first wager. → Read More
Preview of Stockton University's new beachfront locale
Amid the cacophony of a major construction site, a wide wall of windows offers the kind of view that draws high rollers to Atlantic City’s beachfront casinos spread out to the north. Across the narrow herringbone pattern of the Boardwalk, a wide beach spreads out to the immense ocean. → Read More
Mayor envisions pot-friendly zones in Atlantic City if N.J. legalizes marijuana
Assembly begins hearings on legalizing recreational pot in Garden State. → Read More
The future of flood insurance rates up for debate in Congress
In the south end of Ocean City, N.J., Jim Wolfe has seen his costs for flood insurance rise steadily for the past few years. He knows it will continue to climb in the years to come, as the federal insurance program moves to bring costs closer to the real market value of such policies. → Read More
Did you know New Jersey had a Levittown?
William Levitt built his third Levittown in New Jersey. He set it on the banks of Rancocas Creek in Burlington County. → Read More
New Jersey opposing Trump's efforts expand off-shore drilling
For decades, the East Coast has been off limits to oil and gas drilling or exploration. Near the end of his term, President Obama moved to put a large amount of the ocean floor off limits to... → Read More
2017 Ocean City, N.J., Air Festival photos
A thick fog that shrouded Ocean City, New Jersey, Saturday morning, Sept. 16, kept several planes away from landing at the annual Air Festival, but more and more planes arrived as it burned off... → Read More
Advice from Superstorm Sandy survivors: 'document everything'
New Jerseyans who survived Hurricane Sandy five years ago have watched heartbroken as scenes of devastation have unfolded in Houston and beyond from Hurricane Harvey, and with dread as Hurricane... → Read More
Panic is the biggest enemy for those caught in a rip current
'Don't Panic.' In Douglas Adam's brilliant sci-fi comedy 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,' that phrase is written on the cover of the titular, fictional guide in what the author describes... → Read More
What do you mean there's another Ocean City?
It happens a couple of times a summer, according to those that work in shore tourism: someone ends up in the wrong Ocean City. The two beach towns, one in southern New Jersey, the other in... → Read More
Hey New Jersey, ever wonder what's swimming with you in the ocean?
The summer ocean may be inviting, but we can never truly be at home there, Cape May Beach Patrol Captain Geoff Rife points out. Human beings are only visitors. The fish, the marine mammals,... → Read More
Airbnb presents fresh challenges in Atlantic City, and possible opportunities
Atlantic City City Councilman Jesse Kurtz said he does not oppose the rise of internet-based vacation rentals such as AirBnB or VRBO in a resort town that has long depended on tourist revenue. → Read More