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W
oodbine
was founded in 1891 as a haven for Eastern European Jews who were being
persecuted in the Czarist pogroms. The Baron DeHirsch Fund, organized
by the millionaire The community started the Baron DeHirsch Agricultural College in 1894. Until it closed during World War I (1917), the college was a model of progressive education. The college and its graduates won many state, national, and international awards. World War I, however, signalled a change in the community from a community with an agricultural economy to one with a light manufacturing economy. The Baron DeHirsch Agricultural College became what is today the Woodbine Developmental Center, a state run facility for training mentally-handicapped men. The Developmental Center is Cape May County's largest employer. After World War II, many of the founding families left Woodbine for the new suburbs that were springing up around America's cities. At the time, new settlers arrived looking for a good place to live, this time from the American South and the Caribbean. They have settled into the community and helped created a vibrant, multi-ethnic community in the middle of the Cape May County mainland with the same spirit of Brotherhood that enlivened the original colonists. Events at the Woodbine banch library: current program Pursuant to NJDCA Winter Termination Program, Woodbine Borough will not shut off any residential water service for non-payment between November 15 and March 15. See the new Woodbine Master Plan. Final Pedestrian and Bicycle plan
For more information about Borough activities, see our public access TV channel Comcast, Channel 97 |
Access the Official Borough Calendar pages here | Updated trash schedule and other public works schedules | |
National Weather Service site configured for the Woodbine area. | Click here for the NJ Weather and Climate Network page for Woodbine. | Click here for the NJ Tax Relief (ANCHOR) web page. |
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Woodbine is a Sustainable Jersey Champion! | |
More information about the Senior Freeze reimbursement program. | Download the OPRA request form | .
Any questions call 609-861-2153 or email the mayor's office.
Mailing address: Borough of Woodbine, 501 Washington Avenue, Woodbine NJ 08270
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