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Cool New Skateboard Park Being Built In New Jersey
Skateboarders will soon have a new place to hang out and showcase their skills, especially if they live in this New Jersey county. Even with skateboard parks maybe closer to where you live or ones your kids already enjoy going to, it's always fun to try a new location. This new park is being built in a great spot and sounds like a cool new place for kids to go.
Spin Doctors Still Rocking and Rolling with New Album and Bassist
Next on You Oughta Know, check out Camden County’s free Summer Park Concert series. Meet the Spin Doctors and hear what they’ve been up to in the studio. Find out how to live more with less with the “Downsizing Designer.” Discover clues to the past from a famous shipwreck. Visit a local mushroom farm that harvests diverse varieties year-round. See Patrick Stoner’s Flicks featuring Kevin Costner.
Skate Park construction to start soon in South Jersey
PENNSAUKEN — Skaters will soon have more options in Camden County. Come September, construction will begin on a new skate park amounting to over $900,000 at Cooper River Park. County officials say efforts should be completed by the end of the year. Described as a “6,000-square-foot, streetscape-style skatepark” by...
COMINGS AND GOINGS. Two cookie retailers hit Cherry Hill; tasting Cajun in Medford.
Nearly 21 years ago, then-University of Pennsylvania student Seth Berkowitz came up with the perfect remedy for being unable to sleep: cookies. "He was up late with his friends, playing video games, studying and eating a lot of pizza," said Catharine Burns, senior marketing activations manager of Insomnia Cookies, the business Berkowitz started soon after that sleepless night. "He had a sweet tooth, so he baked some cookies, sold them on campus and things really caught on."
Detectives investigating fatal shooting in Camden, NJ
Detectives are investigating a shooting Wednesday evening that killed a man in Camden. Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay says just before 8:00, officers with the Camden County Police Department responded to a ShotSpotter alert for gunfire in the area of the 800 block of Morgan Street. At the scene, cops...
Delaware Valley blood banks are asking people to roll up their sleeves amid national shortage in donations
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Intense heat, busy travel schedules and an increase in accidents and injuries from summer activities are all having an impact on blood donations and supply. Major organizations like...
NJ hospital’s NICU gets bedside cameras for parents
Every hospital in New Jersey that has a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit needs to find a way to do what Inspira Medical Center in Vineland is doing. They are in the process of setting up bedside cameras linked to the Internet so parents can see their babies whenever they want.
Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area closes river access due to high water levels
The National Park Service closed river access at the Delaware River Water Gap Recreation Area on Saturday due to high water levels. The access points will remain closed until river levels drop below 15 feet at the Montague gauge on the New Jersey side of the river, the park service said in a statement. River levels are expected to crest at 17 feet on Saturday afternoon and may drop through the weekend, officials said.
Dead but not buried: NJ funeral home kept remains for 31 years, lawsuit says
MIDDLETOWN — For 31 years Debbie Uraga has dutifully visited her father's grave site on his birthday, holidays and Father's Day. But it turns out his cremated remains were sitting on a shelf in the basement of the funeral home that handled his arrangements, according to a lawsuit. George...
NY, NJ soccer players help US Women’s team win gold medal at Olympics
NEW YORK (PIX11)—A 12-year drought ended on Saturday, and the US Women’s soccer team is once again Olympic champions, taking home gold in the Paris Olympics. In a special treat, six of the players are from Gotham FC, a soccer club in New Jersey and New York. Exuberant cheers rang out at Legends sports bar […]
NJ: Don’t fall for fake tax credits — not from IRS
💲 The IRS has issued an alert about a series of scams and fake social media advice. 💲 The advice leads to false claims for certain tax credits. 💲 This has led to thousands of inflated refund claims during the past tax season. The Internal Revenue Service...
Love thy neighbor, unless they cheat on NJ water restrictions
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection hasn’t issued statewide mandatory water restrictions yet, but conditions are abnormally dry in almost half the state. Which means many towns on their own are already setting rules and restrictions for water use. Pennsville for example has put all residents and businesses...
Two new boating laws in NJ you absolutely need to know about
New Jersey loves passing laws as much as it loves pizza and bagels. If you’re having some fun in the water this summer, there’s a couple of new rules you need to know about. These two new boating regulations just began with the 2024 season and come from New Jersey State Police’s Maritime Services Bureau.
Wawa fan in NJ goes viral collecting every possible receipt number
There’s this old cliche of an answer for mountain climbers asked why they climbed a dangerous, treacherous mountain. Sometimes it’s just as simple as a challenge. Even if the challenge is one only you yourself understand. Maybe for a certain New Jersey guy collecting every Wawa order receipt number 0 through 999 was his mountain.
The longest, most intense heat waves ever recorded in NJ
Yes, it gets hot in New Jersey every single summer. But sometimes, heat and humidity get uncomfortable. Unbearable. Even dangerous. When unrelenting heat settles in day after day after day, that is a heat wave. And that is when we have to ring alarm bells, as the weather becomes hazardous to human health. (Along with animals, infrastructure, utilities, plantlife, and more.)
New Jersey drivers say these are the most hated roads in the state
Consider this: New Jersey has approximately 39,000 miles of public roadways and with 9.3 million people living in the state, traffic jams happen. Of course, that does not include people driving through the Garden State. We are, obviously, right in the middle of an extremely bust part of the country.
Power and Politics 8/10/24: Power & Politics: New Jersey reacts to Gov. Walz joining the Democratic ticket
Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky, Republican strategist Jeanette Hoffman and Jennifer Coffey, executive director of the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, join the show.
10 most expensive homes sold in the Cherry Hill area, July 29 - Aug. 4
A house in Haddonfield that sold for $1.3 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Cherry Hill area in the past week. In total, 37 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $551,554, or $268 per square foot.
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