New York Times Calls Overpeck Creek a ‘Rowing Paradise’
Former dump now attracts major rowing competitions.
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The New York Times has discovered Bergen County’s Overpeck Creek.
In Tuesday’s edition, the newspaper chronicled the park's rise from dump to rowing destination. The article includes interviews with Teaneck Rowing Coach Clemens Reinke.
Last month, the creek was home to a historic regatta attracting teams from across North Jersey as well as major colleges. The first-ever North Jersey Championship Regatta brought thousands of rowing fans to the park.
Rowers have used the park since 2010, although they hit a brief snag in a dispute between a Leonia councilman and county officials over use of a section in the park. The park also faces continued environmental problems.
The Times story reports:
“Yep, we’re standing on garbage,” Reinke said recently as he stood along the Overpeck, which has been capped on only one side to control seepage from the landfill. “But this is heaven for us. And, of course, it’s much, much better than the alternative.”
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delgado
9:32 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Didnt the Bergen Republicans say that this court ordered mandated park that was forced to be built after the towns DONATED the land to the county a complete waste of money and they would call on Prosecutor/Governor Christie to investigate all the alleged fraud and get all the money back to the taxpayers and that no one should use the park because it was contaimentated and there was no proper front entrance?