November 9, 2017 at 12:27 PM
NEWTON, NJ - Meeting of the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders November 8, 2017.
The video recordings of the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholder meetings, provided by the Sussex County Website manager.
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Photographer Nancy Orlowski was walking the beachfront when she spotted this seal at about 3 p.m. on April 18 and took these real-time animated photos. It’s not known whether it returned to the ocean.
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