Weather channel reporter gets attacked by zombies in Bergen County!!

Here's an instructabe on making your own MRE. There's a bazillion reasons to DIY on these things. Like what? Lesseee... price, tayloring it to what you like to eat, taste, price, avoiding chemicals/preservatives or anything you don't like or may be allergic to... umm... did I mention price? The entry here isn't exactly groundbreaking, but it's ( Read more... )

Multiple sightings of coyotes in the Hackensack and Maywood area have folks unnerved. You think?

Back in 2004 I asked politely, and was granted, permission to tag along with the Coast Guard on their spring maitenance tour of Delaware Bay lighthouses. It was for a project I was working on and they were happy to oblige. We started out at the Wildwood Coast Guard base and we drove up to a dock put near Salem where we put into the water. it was a ( Read more... )

The state recommended that residents of Upper Ringwood, especially children, get tested for lead poisoning because of the contaminaton left there decades ago by the Ford Motor company. Several remediation efforts have removed thousands of tons of chemical waste but their presence has left high levels of chemical residue in the ground. High rates of ( Read more... )

they need a lot of work however. About 5-6 years ago I convinced the Coast Guard to let me go w/them on one of their spring maitenance runs to all the lighthouses in the delaware bay so i got to see them and some of them you have to climb a ladder from a rocking board deck up to the lighthouse because they're built on top of a submerged shoal. ( Read more... )

Garden State home to many unusual names

In other news, there's a NJ ANimal HOF. Who knew?

Across NJ, the ugly side

All across NJ there are historic black cemeteries, Many in poor condition