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The Herald And The Lantern

Thursday, August 9,1979

Dredging Of Inlets Slated

WASHINGTON. DC. - An Army Corps of Engineers dredge -will soom be arriving in Cape May #>unty to clean out ihe channels in both Townsend and Hereford Inlets. according to Congressman Bill Hughes (D-NJ). Hughes said he pressed the Army Corps and the State of New Jersey to do the dredging to head off a potentially dangerous situation for boaters who ipe the two Inlets "In recent weeks, many boats have had a difficult ^he navigating the Inlets

because large amounts of sand have been building up in the channels." Hughes said. "This situation is particularly dangerous because we are in the middle of »he summer tourist season, and the Inlets are used by hundreds of pleasure boats and commercial fishing boats each day. The Congressman explained that the dredging will be done by the Army Corps, but will be paid for by the State. He praised Assistant Commissioner Donald Graham of New

National Stamp Show

WILDWOOD - The National Association of Precancel (Stamp) Collectors will hold thier 30 th annual convention during the 5 days of August 15 through 19 - Wednesday • Suday inclusive, It will be held at the Wildwood Recreation Center. 243 East Rio Grande Ave., Wildwood, (one block from the Atlantic OCean on State Route 47 > (hiring this period, there will be a sta mp exhibit and the local Postmaster (Mr.

Fitzpatrick) has arranged for a special branch postal facility that will be in operation to sell you regular postal commens; and cancel outgoing mail with a special canceller. This special canceller features Mr Smiley (last used on a cachet in 1965 for Precanex.) There are no admission fees of any kind to visit the exhibit which will be from 10a.m. to 10p.m. every day but Sunday. Sunday closes at 5p.m.

.Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and Bernard Moore of the DEPs Office of Shore Protection, for their quick response to the situation. Hughes has been negotiation this arrangement between the Army Corps and the State for several seeks, the discussions were snagged, however, because the dredge which the Corps plans to use in new Jersey has been docked in Norfolk, Va., and its crew has been scattered around the country to work on other dredges. Hughes said the Army Corffc has developed a plan to mobilize the crew, and he expects the dredge "Frye" t<T arrive in Cape May County sometime late next week. Specific details on the scope of the dredging projects are not yet available, because the State has not completed its feasibility studies on the two Inlets. However, Hughes said he has been assured that the dredging will be thorough, apd will make the Inlets safe for navigation.

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