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NJ temperatures soar into the 80s for 3 days, showery cooldown coming Friday
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (484+ words) Popup thunderstorms are possible Tuesday evening, which could produce localized gusty winds, heavy rain, and dangerous lightning. Additional isolated showers and thunderstorms may affect northern New Jersey Wednesday night. Breezy conditions will persist for the next several days, with regular…...
Meet Coco: The sidewalk robot taking over Jersey City deliveries
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (783+ words) JERSEY CITY " It weighs 100 pounds, has zero emissions, is better for the environment, is punctual, and travels about 5mph mostly on sidewalks to deliver food right to your front door. Coco, the robot, has debuted in New Jersey, specifically in the…...
New Jersey braces for an active wildfire season with over 200 fires reported
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (425+ words) Over 200 wildfires have spread across'New Jersey this spring, and firefighters expect to deal with hundreds more. The state is concerningly dry despite this winter's historic snowstorms and last week's rain. Around 1. 3 million New Jerseyans live in areas'experiencing moderate drought. All…...
NJ's weather trending warm and a bit unsettled as March turns to April
2+ week, 2+ day ago (376+ words) Many New Jersey school districts are on Spring Break this week " and if you are among the lucky students and teachers enjoying some time off, you are going to have some good weather. Just a few bumps in the road…...
Marine biologists scramble to figure out how a humpback whale that washed ashore in Sandy Hook died
1+ week, 6+ day ago (229+ words) A dead whale washed up on the beach in Sandy Hook on Wednesday morning. Officials at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine received a report just before 8 am on April 1 of a dead whale floating just offshore of Sandy…...
What Was The Source of The 2024 Drone Sightings In New Jersey?
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (402+ words) Remember New Jersey's mystery drones? They're now the subject of a documentary series If you lived in New Jersey during the strange drone sightings that had everyone looking up in the sky instead of down at their phones, you probably…...
Why your NJ water smells off " and when it finally goes back to normal
1+ week, 1+ day ago (166+ words) If you're a'New Jersey American Water customer and your water has smelled and tasted weird, don't worry. All that should dissipate the week of April 20, when the utility resumes its normal treatment process at its two water treatment plants. As…...
Daytime meteor dazzles NJ skies with green and blue streaks
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (278+ words) A rare daytime meteor streaked across the sky over New Jersey on Tuesday afternoon. The sighting around 2: 30 p. m. generated 147 reports to the American Meteor Society as of 5 p. m. , mostly from New Jersey but also from as far north as Hartford, Connecticut, the…...
New Jersey ranks high for UFO sightings with 3, 083 reports across the state
1+ week, 1+ day ago (279+ words) With the coverage of NASA's Artemis mission, space travel has been top of mind lately. Personally, I have no interest in going to space, but everyone around me seems to. In my opinion, it seems like a very expensive and…...
Mixed weather news for Easter weekend in NJ: Warm air returns, rain does too
1+ week, 5+ day ago (607+ words) Our long, tortuous, unbearable one-day cooldown is over " phew! Temperatures will warm right back up by Friday afternoon. But we will have to be patient, as it will take a while for brighter skies to resume. Friday morning is a…...