New Jersey close to accepting island park
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
By: Susan Phillips
sphillips@whyy.org
New Jersey officials are on the verge of accepting an offer to take over an island in the Delaware River and turn it into a park. The fate of Petty's Island, which lies near the Betsy Ross Bridge between Port Richmond and Camden, once pitted South Jersey Democrats against environmentalists and an oil company. WHYY's Susan Phillips reports.
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