Cranberry season returns to the New Jersey Pinelands
As autumn settles over South Jersey, the Pine Barrens begin to show off their colors. I’m not talking about the changing leaves. Another shade of red has been part of the autumn landscape for generations. Cranberries — sometimes called the “rubies of the pines”...
The nor’easter is gone. Here’s what it left behind
A powerful September nor’easter left a trail of flooding, stranded vehicles, battered beaches and emergency rescues across the Jersey Shore over the weekend, with some communities receiving more than 4 inches of rain and experiencing tidal flooding comparable to major...
What to expect from this weekend’s Jersey Shore nor’easter
A strengthening nor’easter is expected to make for a rough weekend along the Jersey Shore, bringing damaging wind gusts, periods of heavy rain, coastal flooding and dangerous surf from Friday evening through Sunday. As of Friday morning, Sept. 25, the storm’s track...
South Jersey ospreys face a troubling new threat
For decades, the return of the osprey has been one of New Jersey’s great conservation success stories. Once pushed to the brink by pesticides and habitat loss, the distinctive brown-and-white raptors rebounded across the Jersey Shore. Their sprawling stick nests...
