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SAVE OUR PARKS
9 Parks are Slated to Close
Reduced Hours and Services at Others
The Governor’s budget proposal will close nine parks, among them
High Point and Shepard Lake. Reduction in services intended at others,
including Ringwood Manor historic site. The Ringwood Manor reduction is
drastic; it will affect school programs, tours, maintainence, special
programs (Independence Day Celebration, reenactments, etc.), and collection
management. In total, the Park Service will be losing 80 permanent positions.
PLEASE HELP: Contact your state legislators to let them
know you are not happy with this. Ask them to help restore the money necessary
to allow the parks to operate.
To find your district’s legislator: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp
and write to them, asking them to stop the cuts in the already understaffed
parks.
The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society is a non-profit
organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting New Jersey history
and the rich local history of the North Jersey Highlands Region. For over
50 years, the Society has published the Highlander, a scholarly journal
of regional history, as well as books, pamphlets and maps. We have also
funded various historic restoration projects, produced annual conferences,
field trips, exhibits and historical reenactments. The Society also operates
the gift shop at Ringwood Manor and maintains at Ringwood Manor a historical
reference library of some renown.
The public is welcome to attend Historical Society Meetings, held at
8:00 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month at the Long Pond Ironworks
Visitor’s Center, 1334 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, Hewitt, NJ. Educational
programs are offered monthly and there is no fee to attend these programs.
NJIT
MSPTC
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