Bill Barlow

If New Jersey legalizes marijuana, this is what it could look like

Clearly, Joe Lindsey loves his job. At the High Country Healing dispensary in Silverthorne, Colorado, he pulls out plastic tubs of ...

7 years ago

Hereford Lighthouse (Bill Barlow/for WHYY)

Community

North Wildwood changes lock on lighthouse, sparking public feud

New Jersey has a host of popular lighthouses, but you may not have heard of the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse in North Wildwood. It’s n ...

7 years ago

Talib Kweli, the keynote speaker at this year’s hip hop summit at Stockton University. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)

Community

Talib Kweli: BLM is a peaceful movement fighting ‘a violent police state’

The rapper made his comments on Thursday as the keynote speaker at this year’s Hip Hop Summit at Stockton University.

7 years ago

Congress Hall lit up in December 2017. (Bill Barlow/for WHYY)

Lifestyle

At night, Cape May illustrates why it’s among 25 ‘most festive towns’ in U.S.

When the sun goes down on these short December days, the lights go on in Cape May’s parks, bed-and-breakfast inns, private homes an ...

7 years ago

This photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)

Health

Cooper Health specialist: Time to treat opioid addiction like a disease — with medicine

“Opioid epidemic.” The phrase has become ingrained in American public discourse, at candidate debates and community meetings, and in ...

7 years ago

Politics & Policy

The future of flood insurance rates up for debate in Congress

The National Flood Insurance Program is billions of dollars in the red and has been operating a deficit for years. Congress has until Dec. 8 to decide what to do.

7 years ago

Community

Did you know New Jersey had a Levittown?

William Levitt built his third Levittown in New Jersey. He set it on the banks of Rancocas Creek in Burlington County.

7 years ago

Trash piles up at Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s warehouse (Bill Barlow for WHYY)

Science

Atlantic County could one day vaporize trash to energy

In a large warehouse in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, trucks and front-end loaders are building a mountain of trash. A quick gl ...

7 years ago

The author's home in the process of being elevated 5 feet higher.

Urban Planning

Why more and more homes are getting taller in Ocean City, N.J.

Many more homes are being lifted above expected future flood heights, or razed and replaced to comply with newer, more stringent flood protection standards.

7 years ago

Science

Margate to U.S. Army Corps: Get off our beach! [photos]

With angry residents packed into the meeting room at Margate’s historic City Hall, not to mention spilling into the hall, onto the fron ...

7 years ago

Lifestyle

Airbnb presents fresh challenges in Atlantic City, and possible opportunities

City Councilman Jesse Kurtz says he does not oppose the rise of internet-based vacation rentals such as AirBnB or VRBO in a resort town t ...

7 years ago

Science

Margate mayor: Aren’t we lucky?

A massive dune building project by the Army Corps of Engineers, one which Margate didn’t want to go ahead at all, is underway on Ma ...