Rubber Ducks Return to Pompeston Creek

The Watchdogs of the Watershed will hold their second annual rubber duck race to showcase the Pompeston Creek this weekend.

'Turtle Lady' at the Helm of a New Organization

Cindy Pierson has started the Watchdogs of the Watersheds, an environmental group focusing on the lower region of the Pompeston Creek.

Cindy Pierson wants folks to know that she’s still in the area, and ever concerned about the Pompeston Creek—she’s just traveled downstream a bit, where her stalwart vigilance of the waterway will continue. Pierson for the last 12 years had been a formidable member of the Pompeston Creek Watershed Association (PCWA). The grassroots organization was started in 1963 by locals, the late Ruth Allen and the late Sybil Taylor. But in November 2012, Pierson, who was president, resigned from the PCWA’s board, mainly because she wants to concentrate specifically on the areas of the creek located from Route 130 to the Delaware River, a region that has “been the most neglected, but needs the most attention.”  Recently, Pierson and a small band of …

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Once Upon a Time: Part 1

Cindy Pierson, the Turtle Lady, talks about her family history in East Riverton.

The following is Part 1 of a three-part series about Cindy Pierson's family and the ancestral home she lives in on Pompess Avenue in the East Riverton section of Cinnaminson. She's also included some tidbits of local history.   Pierson writes a blog for Cinnaminson Patch. I have decided that I need to stop thinking about the flooding and the water in basement for a while, and realized that you readers might like a change of pace as well. When I first started writing my blog, I said that I would throw in some history every now and again. So let's head down memory lane, shall we? Back in 1983, my husband and I were living in an apartment in Beverly. In the middle of June, we were told that our apartment building had been sold. The new …

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The Turtle Lady Talks

Pompeston Creek Watershed Association's president re-affirms her mission.

Cindy Pierson doesn’t care what people think about her.  “I know some people think I’m crazy,” Pierson cracks. But, more seriously, “I want to help educate people in our communities about keeping the waterway and the grounds nearby clean and free of pollutants.”  Pierson speaks rapidly—words and phrases plunge. She’s eager, and so passionate about the local environment; one marvels at her devotion—she recently showed up dressed as a bee at a neighborhood event.  Yes, Cinnaminson Has Wetlands The waterway Pierson safeguards is the Pompeston Creek which flows through five area towns: Cinnaminson, Moorestown, Delran, Riverton and Riverside. As president of the Pompeston Creek Watershed Association (PCWA), Pierson and her volunteers keep …

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