Digging up history at Croft Farm | Inquirer South Jersey
And Burlington County’s new bus route.
Good morning, South Jersey.
Archaeologists are nearly done digging at Croft Farm in Cherry Hill and have found an extensive catalog of items that have accumulated over thousands of years.
And after a legislative journey, Burlington County is expected to get a new bus route in September.
Plus, the U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Gloucester Township School District, and more news of the day.
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After extensive digging at Cherry Hill’s Croft Farm, once a stop along the Underground Railroad, archaeologists are nearly finished with their analysis.
Their findings include hundreds of bones, thousands of ceramic fragments, and historic possessions of the Lenni-Lenape Indigenous people who once lived along the Cooper River.
Most items come from the past three centuries, but some go back as far as 4,500 years.
Eventually, the township could put some of items on display on the first floor of the property’s Kay-Evans House.
The Inquirer’s Sarah Nicell has the story.
A new bus route is coming to Burlington County and is expected to start in September.
Last month, South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) announced that South Jersey Connects, a free regional bus service, would launch routes in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem, and Burlington Counties. They all started on June 1 — except the Burlington route.
That’s because SJTA didn’t have the authority to operate in the county. Legislation was needed to fix the issue. The bill that brings Burlington County into SJTA wasn’t signed into law until a month after the program was announced.
Why wasn’t Burlington County part of the transportation agency before?
Reporter Aliya Schneider has the answer.
What to know today
The Gloucester Township School District is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education as federal officials focus on sexual misconduct by teachers.
Burlington County is working with the state Department of Environmental Protection to clean up a wastewater spill that was discovered early Tuesday morning at Florence’s Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex.
Camden County wants to spend $400 million to improve its various waterways. It hopes voters will approve a referendum to increase the county’s open space tax in November to help pay for the master plan over the next decade.
The genetic testing company 23andMe and more than 40 attorneys general reached a national $18 million settlement following a massive data breach. According to New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, 150,000 customers were impacted in the state.
A new nonprofit is looking to borrow $617 million in tax-free bonds to buy the Marlton-based behavioral health company Advantage Behavioral Health. But the current owner, Clearview Capital, a private equity firm, isn’t stepping away from the South Jersey organization.
Several Federal Donuts in the Philly region are closing following a slowdown in demand of fast-casual lunches, its owners say. The independently owned one in Marlton will remain open.
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