Long before John McPhee’s The Pine Barrens was published, New Jersey’s vast, dreamlike swath of sand and scrubby pines was seen as a wasteland by the unfamiliar, a place full of pirate lore, monsters, ...

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Tyler Dean had two hits and three RBIs and Nathan Sofield doubled and drove in three runs for Pinelands, which scored nine ...