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The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. In June 2011, William Arias, 46, of Bound Brook, New Jersey was killed by a falling tree while sleeping in a tent in the upper river section of the Bulls Island campground.
This is a list of newspapers in New Jersey. There were, as of 2020, over 300 newspapers in print in New Jersey. Historically, there have been almost 2,000 newspapers published in New Jersey. [1] The Constitutional Courant, founded in 1765 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, is the earliest known New Jersey newspaper. [2]
Little Beach is a barrier island along the coast of New Jersey. It is believed to be the last uninhabited barrier island left on the U.S. Atlantic coast. It is part of Galloway Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey. The island is now part of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Access is permitted only to researchers, who must ...
Five people are confirmed to have died following an explosion at a block of flats in the Jersey capital. States of Jersey Police gave an updated death toll on Sunday evening as specialist teams ...
To this date, Ralph Hudson's 1963 electrocution is the last execution in New Jersey's state history. [4] In 2006, New Jersey lawmakers drafted a moratorium on executions while a task force studied the fairness and cost of the death sentence. New Jersey had eight people on Death Row at the time. [5] On December 10, 2007, the New Jersey Senate ...
Beach Haven, known as the "Queen City," [24] is a late 19th-century beachfront resort originally established in 1873 to house wealthy summer residents from Philadelphia. . Although some of the major structures, including several hotels and a boardwalk, were lost to storms in the 1940s including the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, [25] a large portion of the town retains its Victorian and ...
Type: State Park: Location: Old Bridge, New Jersey: Nearest city: South Amboy, New Jersey: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,610 acres (2.52 sq mi) [2]: Elevation: 52 feet (16 m): Opened: 1940: Etymology: Lenape: Chiskhakink (Cheseh-oh-ke, Chichequaas), meaning "upland," "upland village," or "at the land that has been cleared" [3]: Operated by: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New ...
A New Jersey mother of three was crushed to death by a hippopotamus on safari in Africa, according to a lawsuit by her widower blaming the US-based tour operator for failing to warn of the danger.