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1. Navigating New Jersey’s interstates
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES Living in the Boonies has its advantages and its disadvantages. We're blessed with cooler temperatures during the heat of summer, gorgeous vistas when the leaves ...

2. From the N.J. boonies to ‘somewhere over the rainbow’
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES My real job as a drug dealer allows me the luxury of escaping from the Boonies of New Jersey every so often. I'd like to be able to impress you with tales of ...

3. We’re having a heat wave
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES When we moved to the Boonies, one thing that immediately impressed me was how much cooler it was even during the "Dog Days" of summer, like where we find ourselves ...

4. Rutgers Not Really a DIV 1 Program, in any sport
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Anybody who has ever tried to FIND Rutger's Campus, or get from any NYC Area Airport to anywhere in New Jersey, GOOD LUCK. Rutgers is truly 'in-the-boonies' as compared to the NYC Metro Area .... If you ...

5. Boyhood memories from ‘Tornado Alley’
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES Thunderstorms exploded through the atmosphere during the Memorial Day weekend in some places here in New Jersey. The displays of lightning followed by the crash ...

6. Real men not afraid to shed their image
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES Up here in the Boonies there are lots of real men. This begs the question, what is a real man? A real man is not someone who drives a 4X4 or who rides a Harley. ...

7. Circle of life: Rebirth, death and resurrection
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES I stood in my garden last night pondering the irony of recent events. It was a little over two months ago that my yard was a study in sepia, gray and white. ...

8. Reminders at the curb of life’s chapters
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES One bright and sunny afternoon earlier this spring I noticed that my neighbor had put some stuff out by the curb presumably for the next day's garbage collection. ...

9. Sitting and fuming on a New Jersey highway
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES It's a gorgeous, sunny afternoon. The breeze caresses my face as I drive along in the right lane on I-287 southbound approaching the Riverdale quarry, which ...

10. Once upon a time in New Jersey …
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BY GREGORY J. RUMMO LIFE IN THE BOONIES It was almost 18 years ago when we moved from Paterson, the urban center of Passaic County, to northern Morris County, "The Boonies," as my brother-in-law characterizes ...

11. Stop making excuses and drop in on N.J.'s natural resources
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... from the distance (thank you for slowing down) is, well ... spectacular! Nature works its magic on me whether it's far out in the boonies, a plane ride away or an 18-mile drive to beautiful Pompton Lakes. ...