1826 ATSION MANSION SLATED FOR RESTORATION

The Monday issue of the Burlington County Times - January 30, 2006 - carried a story about the possible restoration of the Atsion Mansion in Shamong Township. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protaction has announced an effort to restore the 180-year-old Atsion Mansion to its original appearance and operate it as a musem that would be open to the public. Click here for the full text of the article by Katrina M. O'Toole.

THREE RECENT BOOKS BY BURLINGTON COUNTY AUTHORS HIGHLIGHT LOCAL HISTORY

• THE LITTLE BOY AND HIS STARS: A Memoir of a Little Boy, by Henry Moore. 197 pages. $22.95 - Vantage Press, 419 Park Ave., South, New York, NY 10016. Southampton Resident, Henry Moore writes about growing up in Vincentown during the Depression and World War II. The second half of the book tells the story of the famous Vincentown Baseball Team ("The Vincentown Merchants"). There will be a special book signing at the Vincentown Library on Februar 11, 2006 from 10 AM to 2 PM. Copies of the book will be available for $20 and Auther Henry Moore will sign them. Click here for a review of the book by Joe Laufer.

• The story of New Jersey's first Indian Reservation, Brotherton,(Shamong) recently in the news again because of the interest of anIndian Tribe in getting the land back for a Casino, is told by Southampton resident George D. Fleming. BROTHERTON , by George D. Fleming. $34.95 hardcover or $24.95 softcover. Plexus Publishing Inc., Medford. Click here to link to an article about the book in the Courier Post (Sunday, January 15, 2006) by Kevin Riordan.

• Barbara Solem-Stull has written a book about the New Jersey Pine Barrens that will hopefully keep alive the rich history of this area and provide more people with the opporunity to visit the sites to see for themselves (in keeping with New Jersey's new travel motto) what a rich history lies hidden there. GHOST TOWNS AND OTHER QUIRKY PLACES IN THE NEW JERSEY PINE BARRENS by Barbara Solem-Stull. 350 pages. $19.95 - Plexus Publishing Inc., Medford. Click here for a review of the book by Ben Ruset on the NJ Pine Barrens website.

ROEBLING'S 100th ANNIVERSARY

The Saturday issue of the Burlington County Times - September 24, 2005 - contains the first installment of an excellent two-part feature story by Lauri Sheibley on Roebeling. Entitled "An old company town comes of age", the main story features interviews with two families, the Vargas and the Mitres. Another story takes a quick look at Roebling's unique place in history, and a third is a photo essay providing snapshots of the village: Then and now.

Sunday's Burlington County Times - September 25, 2005 -published the second installment in the series entitled "A Village history worth preserving", wherein plans of the Roebling Historical Society to restore the old mill's Main Gate building and open a Roebling museum are described. A second article, entitled "Search continues for new mission at site of old mill" is also a part of the feature.