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SInkholes Filled At Jersey Shore Beach, Area Remains Blocked Off SInkholes Filled At Jersey Shore Beach, Area Remains Blocked Off
SInkholes Filled At Jersey Shore Beach, Area Remains Blocked Off Sinkholes that left a Jersey Shore beach unusable earlier this month have largely been filled back in by natural tide cycles, state officials said. The first sinkhole at Bradley Beach was spotted on Thursday, Aug. 11. Several other sinkholes off McCabe Avenue were found the next day.  A section of the beach near the sinkholes remains fenced off as a precaution, according to state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) spokesman Larry Hajna. The holes were caused by breaches in an outflow pipe near the beachfront, local officials said.  The DEP’s Division of Coastal Enginee…

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Environmentalists Seeing Red After Dye Dumped Into Waterway Taints South Jersey Creek Environmentalists Seeing Red After Dye Dumped Into Waterway Taints South Jersey Creek
Environmentalists Seeing Red After Dye Dumped Into Waterway Taints South Jersey Creek Environmental activists were seeing red after a South Jersey company improperly disposed of red dye, tainting a local creek (scroll for photos). TopTop Packaging was responsible for dumping the dye into the waste water system that turned the Pennsauken Creek bright red Tuesday, Aug. 2, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said. "The discoloration was caused by a discharge of food-grade dye from the TopPop Packaging Co. in Evesham that went to the Evesham MUA Woodstream Wastewater Treatment Plant, which discharges to the creek system," NJDEP spokesman Larry Hajna said. The…

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