This Day in History: 1956-05-13

Mahwah and 13 other municipalities and townships in northern Bergen, Sussex and Passaic counties were placed under a Gypsy Moth quarantine by the State Department of Agriculture. Under the terms of the ban, all regulated materials had to be inspected and certified free of gypsy moth contagion by an inspector from the State before being allowed to be shipped to other parts of the state. Included in the banned materials were any timber and timber products, trees, shrubs, plants and vines with woody stems. The Township was notified along with Ramsey and Oakland in Bergen County along with West Milford. Wanaque, Ringwood and Bloomingdale in Passaic County and seven places in Sussex. All were notified by letter from Assistant Secretary of Agriculture William C. Lynn. No expiration date for the quarantine was announced. (Bristow)