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Heat Advisory Issued for Totowa, Little Falls, Woodland Park and ...
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Another Dog Bitten by Bear in Sparta
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Springtime Bird Sightings in Hawthorne Captured on Film by Holly Cowen
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Rutgers Enlisting State's Teachers, K-12 Students to Fight Against Spotted ...
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Newark Residents, Community Leaders Call For Proposed Power Plant to Go Back to ...
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South Orange Bans Gas Leaf Blowers May 1 through September 30
By JOHN LEE
May 20, 2022NEW YORK, NY - The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a heat advisory for Sat. May 21 from noon to 8 p.m.
Local residents, and those in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union counties should expect high temperatures and high humidity. Heat index values across much of the effected area are expected to approach 100.
Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to ...
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. - The Township celebrated its 150th Arbor Day on April 29. Under sunny skies, local Girl Scouts purchased a tree and planted it in Memorial Park on Wilmore Road.
Arbor Day is dedicated annually to public tree-planting in the U.S. and other countries and is usually observed in late April or early May.
Mayor James Damiano, Councilman Al Kahwaty, Councilman Chris ...
SPARTA, NJ - A third dog has been attacked by a bear in Sparta. On Saturday night around 11:30 p.m. police said they got a call from residents on Meredith Drive. Their dog had received “a laceration” from a bear.
“The homeowner said the dogs were barking like they wanted to go out,” Lt. Jeff McCarrick said. He said when they let the dogs out they ...
WOODLAND PARK, NJ — Batten down the hatches.
Some stormy springtime weather is headed our way Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, which indicated a tornado isn't out of the question in Northeast New Jersey.
“Thunderstorms ahead of an approaching cold front on Monday have the potential to produce damaging winds,” the service warns. “Large ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Holly Cowen, a member of Hawthorne's Green Team, is well known in town for her keen eye in capturing and identifying local birds on film.
She has shared some of her recent pictures with TAPinto Hawthorne, to show residents some of their avian neighbors in their bright array.
The pictures were taken at locations such as Arnold's Pond, the Eight Acre Woods, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – It takes a village to rid a state of spotted lanterflies.
That’s why Rutgers University is enlisting the state’s K-12 teachers and students in a Spotted Lanternfly Eradication Unit through a program designed to teach how to trap and kill the invasive East Asia insect that imperils the Garden State’s crops.
The Rutgers Center for Mathematics, ...
NEWARK, NJ — Newark residents and environmental activists pushed back during a public hearing Tuesday against plans to build a power plant at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) wastewater treatment facility in the city’s Ironbound section, a project they said would impact a community already overburdened with pollution.
PVSC held the meeting to gather public comment on ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - A debate that has simmered for years and often placed neighbors in opposing camps culminated when the South Orange Board of Trustees voted to place heavy restrictions on the use of leaf blowers.
The measure, going into effect almost immediately this Sunday, May 1, bans gas-powered blowers from May through the end of September, while year-round restrictions now limit the use ...
PATERSON, NJ – Paterson officials joined President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Joseph Fiordaliso, on Friday to celebrate Earth Day with a funding announcement for electric vehicles and a flag raising ceremony.
Paterson has taken a major step in its sustainable initiatives, including with an investment in 35 electric vehicles for various ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will celebrate the 52nd Anniversary of Earth Day on Saturday, April 23 at the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, 1 Audrey Zapp Drive in Liberty State Park. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event will include food trucks, lawn games, educational programs, face paintings, a slide and obstacle course, ...