Longtime Southern Ocean County residents have seen the region’s population explode over the past five decades. But is the area’s population growth slowing?

That’s an especially important question for the residents of Eagleswood, Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor and Burlington County’s Bass River Township. There is currently a proposal being considered to combine the PK-6 school districts of those municipalities with the 7-12 Pinelands Regional School District to create a new and quite large PK-12…