M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel have created yet another timeless collection of pop songs on She & Him “Volume 3,” released Tuesday, May 7.

The retro sound is as authentic as it was on their last three albums – Volumes One and Two and an album of Christmas music released last year – and has stepped up the tone and maturity of the warmly sweet melodies that have defined the She & Him sound.

  Laura Stetser/EHT's youngest students and their parents enjoyed their field trip to Storybook Land Friday, May 10.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Hundreds of preschool and kindergarten students from Slaybaugh Primary, Davenport Primary and Swift Elementary schools converged on Storybook Land amusement park Friday, May 10 for their annual field trip.

A bald eagle takes a rest on an osprey nest in Ocean City over the winter. The species nearly disappeared in the 1980s

 Not long ago, the chances of seeing an eagle in New Jersey were almost infinitesimal. A little while ago, a reporter saw five in one day in Atlantic County, two flying over a Parkway entrance, one high above a group of circling buzzards, and two more flying off a tree in the parking lot of a trailhead. Those two were immature, but definitely bald eagles.

“Eagles have slowly been recovering from the bad old days of DDT, and this protection has started to pay off,” said Mike Crewe, the program director at the Cape May Bird Observatory. “There’s eagles all over the place now.”

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has launched a series of new online services that will allow the public to electronically apply for various permits and licenses or to electronically post certain public notices, Commissioner Bob Martin announced Thursday.

“The Christie Administration has prioritized the reduction of red tape and embraces easy, common-sense processes that alleviate unnecessary burdens for the public,” Martin said. “With our improved technology, our streamlined e-permitting programs have proven successful for property owners and contractors, while still requiring applicants to meet the DEP's same high environmental standards.”