The Pinelands Regional School District’s long struggle with the state of New Jersey regarding what Board of Education President Betti Anne McVey once sarcastically referred to as the “damn dam” may be headed to its conclusion.

The dam in question, abutting the side of Giffordtown Lane to hold back the water from the three bogs located behind the high school, may not be a dam at all, but rather a spillway. And that could make all the difference.

Business Administrator Amanda Miller surprised the BOE with the good news at Monday’s board meeting.

“So, during the spring we hired a company called Princeton Hydro to serve as our project manager for the…