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Trash the Trash Day Program Taken Part by West Paterson Scouts
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New Jersey’s Ban on Certain Single-Use Plastic Products Takes Effect in One Year
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Fox Spotted on Montclair Avenue in Little Falls
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First Falcon Egg Hatches as Peregrine Progeny Prosper
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Six Things To Know About 17-Year Cicadas
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Face Mask Litter Threat to Jersey Shore
By TAPINTO PASSAIC VALLEY STAFF
May 10, 2021WOODLAND PARK, N.J. - Local scouts gave a helping hand to clean and beautify the environment. The West Paterson Boy Scouts from Troop 238 and the Webelos Cub Scouts from Pack 31 came together to pick up trash that had accumulated near the Boys and Girls Club/Senior Center, located at 8 Memorial Drive. They also picked up trash across the street at Memorial Middle School. In total, ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette are encouraging Garden State business owners to prepare for the launch of New Jersey’s ban on single-use carryout bags and polystyrene foam food service products in stores and food service businesses.
On November 4, ...
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — An animal that authorities have confirmed to be a fox was spotted on Montclair Avenue in the Township.
The fox was seen at approximately 12:15 p.m. in the vicinity of residential homes and heading west along the railroad tracks in the area.
The Little Falls Police Department advises residents to stay away from any wildlife they may encounter and never ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - There is a new 'resident' in the nest that sits high atop the historic Union County Courthouse Tower in midtown Elizabeth.
A baby bird is nestled under the feathers of a Peregrine falcon -- a hatchling that emerged at 7:40 a.m. on April 27. Three more eggs in the nest are expected hatch in the coming days. The female falcon that laid the eggs is named ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The leading issue at Tuesday's Fourth Ward community meeting, was the proposed Essex-Hudson Greenway project that would transform a retired railway line from Montclair to Hoboken into a linear green space for walking, cycling, conservation and passive recreation.
Hosted by Fourth Ward Councilor David Cummings, this was his second virtual community ...
New York, NY—The City Council, on Earth Day, passed unanimously Council Member Ben Kallos’ bill to ban toxic pesticides in parks, playgrounds and public spaces.
It’s a hard-earned victory as the Council Member first introduced the bill, which is sponsored by 31 other Council Members, back in 2015, so the passing of the bill on Earth Day is more than just symbolic.
At ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Don’t be alarmed if you start hearing piercing sounds and seeing the brown shells of insect bodies on the ground next month.
JD Stamler, a park naturalist at the Trailside Nature & Science Center in Mountainside, said some of the periodical cicadas in Brood X will emerge from the ground in Union County after 17 years in late May and early June.
“I ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Helping to celebrate the arrival of spring, public officials gathered with preservationists, boy scouts and others to break ground on the restoration of Reservoir No. 3 in Jersey City Heights on April 17.
Located next to Pershing Field between Summit and Central Avenue, the project comes after decades of debate over what to do with the site – which is a state and ...
LBI REGION, NJ - Ocean County Board of Commissioners have report that disposable face masks have been turning up on the beaches and coastline throughout the county. Recognizing that face masks have become a necessity during the ongoing pandemic, improper disposal is a new threat to local waterways.
Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari stated in a recent press release “I ask everyone ...
CAMDEN NJ — Looking around this city, it’s hard to envision that Camden was once an epicenter of urban gardening.
However, Lewis Bivona, a Rutgers-Camden doctoral student, says there was a time when the city may have actually held that title.
BIona points to a 2010 University of Pennsylvania report that indicates home-based growers here once created more backyard and ...
