Future Is Unknown For South Jersey’s Oldest Land-Based Lighthouse
Well, it doesn t look like visitors will get to check-out New Jersey s oldest land-based lighthouse anytime soon.
That news is a shame in and of itself since the area on which the East Point Lighthouse sits would probably start attracting more and more visitors this time of year as the weather starts to get warmer once again. According to
The issue in question surrounds the DEP s stabilization project which, according to a representative from the historical society, would impact the structure s first floor. The Maurice River Historical Society says it can t agree to the proposed lease agreement unless changes are made to that plan. It seems that the Department of Environmental Protection thinks that moving forward with the proposed plan will address erosion issues, while the president of the historical society says that the changes suggested for the first floor wouldn t address the issue at all. In fact, the pres
Future Is Unknown For South Jersey s Oldest Land-Based Lighthouse
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Keepers of one of N J s oldest lighthouses in dispute with DEP over preservation, operation
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Lincolnville boatbuilding firm Clark & Eisele plans to restore the 1928 Delaware Bay oyster schooner on Belfast’s waterfront starting in September.
A Lincolnville boatbuilding company plans to restore a near-century-old oyster schooner on grounds the company will lease from the city of Belfast this fall.
The Belfast City Council recently agreed to lease a portion of city-owned waterfront land to Clark & Eisele Traditional Boatbuilding, which plans to restore the AJ Meerwald, an 85-foot schooner built in 1928 on the Maurice River in southern New Jersey.
Today the Meerwald, New Jersey s official tall ship and a classic example of a Delaware Bay oyster schooner, remains on the Maurice River (which locally is pronounced Morris ). The ship works as an educational platform, hosting school groups and visitors at the Bayshore Center at Bivalve, an environmental history museum in Point Norris, N.J.