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Showing posts with label NJ/NY border dispute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NJ/NY border dispute. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

At war with the natives... or was it the New Yorkers? A mystery in Montague.

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Sure, it's lightly populated now, at least by New Jersey standards, but it's hard to imagine a time when Sussex County was truly wil...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Three states, one step: setting the New Jersey/New York border

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North and South Carolina have Pedro and South of the Border. New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania have a cemetery. Well, kind of. A few w...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Drawing the line in Rockleigh

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I love a good border dispute, and New Jersey has had its share. The most recent reached the U.S. Supreme Court, when New Jersey won bragging...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Straddling the Jerseys on Province Line Road

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Drive around Mercer County near Princeton, and there's a chance you'll come across Province Line Road. Since you'd be comfortabl...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Wanna buy a lighthouse? We'll throw in the oystercatchers for free.

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A sage person once asked me: if a seagull flies over the bay, does that make it a bagel? That's not why we found ourselves on the shores...
Friday, April 1, 2011

Ellis Island: The Jersey side (no fooling!)

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Though Ellis Island is right in the middle of New York Harbor and hosts more than two million visitors a year, it qualifies as a hidden New ...