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Johnson Lake, Byram, NJ. The Sussex County Farmland Preservation, Recreation and Open Space Fund is due to expire December 31, 2015. Thankfully, the Sussex County Board of Freeholders have placed a public question for its renewal on the November 3 ballot, and I’m urging Sussex County residents to vote ‘Yes’ to prevent the […] Historic Waterloo Village, Byram, NJ – April 16, 2015 There was a very insightful OpEd in the Bergen Record on Tuesday, October 6. “Parks are for people, not development” was written by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, and addresses the ongoing controversy over the privatization of Liberty State Park in Jersey City. You […] In response to the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee’s December 8, 2014 hearing on implementation of Public Question 2 (you can read press reports of that meeting here and here), the Byram Township Mayor and Council passed the resolution below supporting restoration of funding to state parks and historic sites at their meeting […] Senate Environment and Energy Committee to hold first hearing on implementation of Public Ballot Question 2 If you read my November 2nd post, Protect our parks, open space, and clean water: Vote ‘NO’ on New Jersey Ballot Question 2, you know that with passage of Question 2 came serious financial impact on our State Parks […] No, not for yourself (although the weather for Sunday looks seasonably cool) but for someone less fortunate. My friend Andrea Proctor, the Resource Interpretive Specialist at Historic Waterloo Village posted this on their Facebook page shortly after I posted the announcement for the Feast on History program to this blog: Waterloo Village We had […]
Gobble up the food, facts and fun at Feast On History at Waterloo Village Sunday November 23rd, 1 pm – 4 pm Featuring period food by: JAM at Waterloo Village Native American cooking demos by: Heart to Hearth Cookery 17th Century Lenape Indian Village Log Cabin & Farm Site 19th Century Victorian […] Scott Olson photo By Scott Olson November 2, 2014 On Tuesday, I’m voting to protect our parks, historic sites and open space. I’m voting to maintain protections of our drinking water and precious natural resources. I’m voting ‘NO’ on New Jersey’s Open Space Preservation Funding Amendment, Public Question Number 2, and I’m urging […] (Note: The author of this letter – a New Jersey DEP employee with a thorough knowledge of the fiscal impact of SCR84 on NJ State Parks and Historic Sites – has ask to remain anonymous.) I ask that you read this email so you might fully understand the potential impacts of a ballot initiative that […] |