Category: Lenni Lenape

The 11th-seeded Washington Township High School softball team is moving on.

The Minutemaids churned out a comeback win thanks to a six-run sixth inning en route to a 6-3 victory over sixth-seeded Vineland in the opening round of the South Jersey Group 4 tournament on Tuesday.

It was Washington Township’s first playoff win since 2017.

Washington Township will travel to third-seeded Kingsway for Friday’s quarterfinal-round game.

More: Who were the shining stars of South Jersey softball for Week 7?

In other South Jersey Group 4 action:

Kingsway 9, Millville 1: Noelle Flail smacked a two-run homer and Olivia Sciulli and Ava Snyder each scored a pair of runs as the third-seeded Dragons eliminated the Thunderbolts. Jessa Pieters scattered five singles, didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight to earn the win for Kingsway (15-9).

Cherokee 2, Eastern 0: Sammie Friel recorded her 500th career strikeout on her way to a complete-game shutout and Kasey McNee drove in a pair of runs as fourth-seeded Cherokee advanced.

Rancocas Valley 6 Toms River East 5: The Red Devils rallied from a four-run deficit to advance into the quarterfinals.

RV (13-11) will travel to Lenape for Friday’s quarterfinal round.

Lenape 13, Pennsauken 0: Maya Knasiak twirled a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts as second-seeded Lenape       cruised to its 21st win of the season. Vanessa Meyers (three hits, two runs), Leah Taylor (two hits, three runs, three RBIs) and Katie Vuong (two hits, three runs) powered the offense.

Egg Harbor Twp. 11, Williamstown 1: Sienna Walterson singled, doubled and drove in three runs as the top-seeded Eagles started their title defense in dominating fashion. Payton Colbert had three knocks while Madison Dollard, Madison Biddle and Sofia Spatocco added two hits apiece for EHT, which will host GCIT on Friday.

Gloucester County Tech 2, Central Regional 0: Aubrey Miller twirled a gem, shutting down Central…

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First, thank you to the Facebook Page, “I Grew Up Or Lived In Atlantic City, NJ.”

I love this social media page and they are “The Keeper” of so much amazing Atlantic City history.

The photos and encyclopedia of information are wonderful on this site.

The administrators of this Atlantic City Facebook Page do an incredible job.

Early this morning, I saw this photo. Look how many fishing opportunities were available in Atlantic City in 1957.

I Grew Up Or Lived In Atlantic City, NJ via Facebook.

I Grew Up Or Lived In Atlantic City, NJ via Facebook.

While the above ad is about 1957, I also want to take this opportunity to share some amazing history about both Absecon Island and Atlantic City.

The history of Atlantic City as a fishing town runs deep.

The first to live on Absecon Island was The Lenni-Lenape Indians. They spent summers here (migrating from The Mainland) at what is Florida Avenue, today.

There was an abundance of food available in the ocean and bay.

Thomas Budd is officially listed as the first official owner of Absecon Island in the late 1670s.

In those days, Mainland properties were valued at 40 cents per acre, and the beach land sold for 4 cents per acre.

Can you believe that? An acre today is worth millions of dollars.

The Lenni-Lenape Indians and other early Mainland settlers would visit Absecon Island for the next 100 years to hunt and fish.

Among those early rugged individuals was Jeremiah Leeds.

Leeds was the first white man to build a permanent structure on Absecon Island, doing so in 1785 at what is now Arctic and Arkansas Avenues.

Jeremiah Leeds and his family are the first residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

SOURCE: ACNJ.gov

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Officials will unveil circa 1819 painting of Joseph Bonaparte in its original frame that has never before been seen in public

D&R Greenway Land Trust welcomes community members to the public opening of the new Discovery Center at Point Breeze on Saturday, May 20 from 1- 5 p.m.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. in front of the paneled mahogany doors at the entrance to the Discovery Center, 101 Park St., Bordentown.

Barbara “Blue Jay” Michalski will offer a Lenape blessing. Bordentown City Mayor Jennifer Sciortino will be joined with state and local dignitaries to cut the ribbon, along with D&R Greenway President and CEO Linda Mead who oversaw the design of the new museum.

“The two years it took to renovate the 200-year-old house, that was lived in by nuns and priests for the past 80 years, was a flash compared to the property’s 13,000 years of history,” Mead said. “It was a flash that has now put the Bordentown community on the world stage, with a welcoming place full of stories and discoveries that will delight history lovers, nature buffs, and artists alike.”

Preservation of the former estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, exiled King of Spain and older brother of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France, by the state, City of Bordentown and D&R Greenway in 2020, was heralded in the New York Times, the Times of London and the Spanish News Service.

Following two years of renovations by D&R Greenway, the land trust is opening the former Gardener’s House, the only remaining structure from the Bonaparte era. Guests will be treated to stories of the Crown Jewels, archaeological displays and a circa 1819 painting of Joseph Bonaparte in its original frame that has never before been seen in public.

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By John Seidler

Lambertville, with a population of around 4,000 is supposedly one of the smallest cities in the U.S. It is unclear what justifies its claim to be a city. In the U.K. by contrast, a place can only be called a city by royal proclamation and typically it would have a large population and a cathedral. Lambertville is really a village but it does have five active churches of different denominations dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, built before there were distractions like TV.

The area was originally settled by the Lenape, centered mainly in the Delaware River valley. The river’s name was Lenapewimittuk, meaning the largest river in this part of the country. The Lenape tribe lived in villages along the banks and tributaries. It is estimated that there were 10,000 to 12,000 tribe members living in 30 to 50 communities. The women farmed mainly corn, squash and beans, while the men hunted and fished (shad, when in season).

The location by the Delaware River is certainly an important reason for the original settlement. Water from the river was initially a major source of power. There were also a number locally available raw materials such as wood from the forests, grain from the bountiful countryside, coal from the earth and abundant stone from what became quarries.

During the Industrial Revolution era, industry flourished, including milling of grain and feed, as well as manufacture of silk, paper, rubber products and pottery.

In the 1830s, canals on both sides of the Delaware were built with great effort by mainly Irish immigrants, many of whom died of cholera. When the canals were completed, raw materials and merchandise were transported in long barges, pulled by mules walking along parallel towpaths. At one time, 3,000 mule-drawn boats plied the canals….

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Winners

Boys double: Holy Spirit (Nick Sarno, Mike Rodriguez) 5:31.15

Girls double: Mainland Reg. (Molly Lind, Chloe Reganato) :38.86

Boys single: Holy Spirit (Mike Ricciardi) 5:48.09

Boys junior quad: Holy Spirit (Phil Cappuccio, Jake Meli, Kyler Bender, Ryan Bender) 5:18.86

Girls junior quad: Holy Spirit (Jordan Costantino, Makayla Cappuccio, Rosie Handle, Eve Amalfitano) 6:23.78

Girls varsity quad: Atlantic City (Grace Gaskill, Olivia Mule, Yaisha Rios, Mackenzie Morgan) 6:23.78

Boys novice four: Vineland 5:52.60

Girls novice four: Ocean City (Margot Swift, Dani Ritzel, Reese Hemberger, Ava Ryan, coxswain Alivia Adams) 6:13.18

Boys lightweight four: St. Augustine (Cameron Cuff, Evan Brown, Jaden Marchelle, Finn Gallagher, coxswain Zorin Bey) 5:44.60

Girls lightweight four: Holy Spirit (Grace Fishbein, Summer Stevenson, Melissa Ledwold, Caroline Spina, coxswain Gia Rynkiewicz) 5:57.63

Boys junior four: Ocean City (Jake Tracy, Luke Tjimokouris, Gavin Tomaselli, Wesley Dice, coxswain Jake Thurlow) 5:31.80

Girls junior four: Egg Harbor Twp. (Rachel Kent, Rachel Yushan, Sarah Conant, Casey Herron, coxswain Alyssa Backlyki) 6:13.47

Boys junior eight: Mainland Reg. (Brennan Wickersham, Ryan Kennedy, Mark Marrone, James Barrett, Mac Corson, Luke Osbeck, Tyler Waters, Owen Mostecki, coxswain Jack Barnhart) 5:13.10

Girls junior eight: Atlantic City (Maggie Morgan, Kaitlynn Do, Zuzanna Turska, Lauren Fox, Anna Tran, Gabriela Tayoun, Sophia Mammucari, Mardiha Ahmed, coxswain Isabella Gravely) 5:L20.09

Boys novice eight: Egg Harbor Twp. (Liam Craig, Mike Backlyki, Jaxon Merrill, Rocco Ricciardi, Guido Vaccaro, Walt Reber, Bora Kara, Marvin Ervin, coxswain Ryan Naylor) 5:19.60

Girls novice eight: Egg Harbor Twp. (Kaitlynn Zimmerman, Mia Storz, Ella Berg, Lilly Corcoran, Michelle Rodriguez-Guerrara, Skyelar Ellis, Amber Sullivan, Leila Imberti, coxswain Alanna Malc) 5:58.63

Boys freshman eight: Mainland Reg. (Griffin Fitzgerald, Grant Livingston, Logan Burke, Cody Care, Brian Falk, Michael Tiergiovanni, Wesley Leap, Terrance Kepner, coxswain Brody Miller) 5:22.44

Girls freshman eight: Ocean City 5:53.60

Boys second eight: St. Augustine (Brandon Chick, Luke Poyas, Will Dodd, Dean DePalma, Joe Tortella, Jake Casale, Anthony Tramp, Patrick Sacco, coxswain Luke Grippo) 4:57.31

Boys varsity four: Oakcrest (Julien Bouchacourt, Keenan Swoyer, Nikoloz Kurtanidze, Christian Martinez, coxswain Caroline Osborne) 5:33.83

Girls varsity four: Atlantic City (Grace Gaskill, Lexi…

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The regular season is down to the home stretch.

As the postseason draws near, we take another swing at the South Jersey Mean 15 rankings for our seven-county coverage area.

More: Who were the shining stars of South Jersey softball for Week 6?

Mean 15 rankings

1. Egg Harbor Township (16-1, last week’s ranking: 1). The Eagles attempt to defend their Cape-Atlantic League Tournament title this week. EHT is the top seed in the six-team field.

2. Clayton (20-1, 2). The Clippers became the area’s first 20-win team of the season. Clayton has won 19 games in a row, including three en route to the Fred Powell Tournament title on Saturday. Clayton has won 20-or-more games in three straight seasons.

3. Paul VI (17-3, 3). The Eagles extended their winning streak to 10 games and kept pace with Moorestown in the Olympic Conference National Division title race.

4. Cinnaminson (16-3, 5). It’s 14 wins in a row for the Pirates, who clinched the Burlington County League Patriot Division title.

5. Delran (15-4, 6). The Bears have won seven straight games and earned the crown in what many feel is one of the toughest divisions in the Garden State: the Burlington County League Liberty Division.

6. Lenape (18-6, 4). Lenape suffered its first lost in the Olympic Conference American Division with a 4-3 setback to Rancocas Valley.

7. Northern Burlington (12-6, 7). The Greyhounds are 3-4 in their last seven games, but hope the bumps and bruises of the past two weeks turn into muscle in the season’s most important stretch.

8. Cherokee (15-4, 8). A nine-game winning streak came to a halt with a 5-4 loss to Lenape.

9. Haddon Heights (15-5, 10)….

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Michael A. Lloyd of Boalsburg was found tending to his neighbor when State College Police arrived at the scene of the shooting on Lenape Lane in College Township on Dec. 4, 2021, as Daily Voice previously reported.

Lloyd had fired two shots from a .45mm semiautomatic pistol at a “deer” on a hill across the road or about 10 to 15 yards up the bottom of his neighbor’s driveway, according to the criminal complaint.

He had hoped out, fired, got back in his car, went home, and surveyed his neighbor’s land for the deer– which is when he found his neighbor, according to investigators. 

The 81-year-old man had a 1 to 2-inch section of his skull removed at UPMC Altoona, but he pulled through although he testified that his life has “dramatically changed,” as WJAC reported. 

Photos posted to Lloyd’s Facebook page show deer taxidermy hanging in his home.

Lloyd was charged with the following on Jan. 28, 2022, according to his court docket:

• M2 Recklessly Endangering Another Person
• M2 Shoot At Kill Injuring A Human Hunting
• S2 Taking/Possession Of Game Or Wildlife
• S3 Use Vehicle Conveyance Propelled By Other Than Military Personnel
• S4 Unlawful Presence Of A Loaded Firearm Vehicle
• S4 Unlawful Shooting On Or Across Highway
• S5 Use Semi Automatic Rifle or Pistol
• M2 Propulsion Of Missiles Onto Roadways

Lloyd has since apologized and submitted a plea, court records show. He will serve three to 23.5 months in prison and pay approximately $30,000 in restitution.

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Video: Chemical spill in Bristol causes alarm throughout Philadelphia region

A chemical spill Friday night sent some 8,100 gallons of water and polymer solution into the Otter Creek, which feeds into the Delaware River

Bucks County Courier Times

My recent column (“Beavers, the historic dam builders, make a comeback” published March 17, 2023) drew the interest of Clarence King. The Northampton resident is a knowledgeable expert on the origins and ecology of Silver Lake Park in Bristol Township.

“Excellent article on beavers. You have returned back into my little world again,” Clarence began. “Bristol has a Beaver Street which extends into Bristol Township as Beaver Dam Road. I have no idea when that road received its name, but the road has been there since 1696. You have to assume the beaver dam in the road’s name is for a beaver dam north of Silver Lake or somewhere on nearby Mill Creek.

“My family, the King family, have been living along Silver Lake for four generations since 1850.  Research I have done suggests that beaver along the Delaware River were mostly gone by the time William Penn arrived in 1682. They had all been trapped and the furs sent to Europe. From information fed down through my…

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