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HILLSBOROUGH: FEMA workers clear public land here

FEMA-directed workers from Arizona cleared trees on public land in Hillsborough on Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday the team of 19 worked in a park in Flagtown. On Friday, they cut up trees in open space next to soccer fields on Amsterdam Drive. Some of the trees had fallen into back yards on Burniston Court.
After a filling lunch at 5 Guys, they were brought to a paved bicycle path leading to Amsterdam School. They cleared a huge oak tree that had fallen across the path, crushing a section of a stockade fence and partially landing in the backyard of John Mammino of Wincot Court, off Pembroke Trail. Mr. Mammino brought bottled water out for the workers.
The team was comprised of wildland firefighters from the Tucson area in southern Arizona. They were being housed at Fort Dix and said they may be in New Jersey for two to three weeks.