Cedar Grove to Step Up Enforcement of "No Swimming" at Devil's Hole - News
Devil's Hole CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Cedar Grove police will soon have more authority to enforce the no swimming rule at Devil's Hole in the township. Devil's Hole is a ravine in the Peckman River, located behind Foodtown and the apartments on Little Falls Road near Community Park. It has long been a picturesque place to visit, but has also been a gathering place for young people. "Thoughout the years young people have visited the location," said Township Manager Tom Tucci at the town council meeting Monday . "It seems lately, with the advent of social media, it has become an attractive nuisance with large groups of young and sometimes older people going there." Tucci noted that the area is not safe for swimming for a number of reasons. The ravine is deep and a young man drowned there in 2014. The water quality also makes the water unsafe for swimming. Tucci pointed out that the flow of the Peckman River contains discharge from both the Verona and Ced...