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MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - A very special display was included in Flanders Fire Company 1 and Rescue Squad's centennial celebration in Budd Lake's Turkey Brook Park on Saturday, Aug. 12
View Comments Authorities say it was a flick of a cigarette that caused a historic building in the Flanders section of Mount Olive to go up in flames, leaving behind a shell of what once was a thriving 1800s grist mill. The stone-covered building located on Route 206 and Flanders Netcong Road dates back to at least 1868, the first known record of its existence, according to Thea Dunkle, the president of the Mount Olive Historical Society. The four-story mill was once powered by a tributary to Drakes Brook, milling grains for local farmers to feed their animals, Dunkle said. But just bef...