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Travel restriction extended in New Jersey until 12 p.m. Monday
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (329+ words) PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A nor'easter is bringing heavy snow and high winds to the Philadelphia region. The snow will last through Monday morning. Areas along the shore are seeing blizzard-like conditions. Travel may be very difficult to impossible as areas of…...
New Jersey issues travel ban due to winter storm
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (82+ words) TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, under the Division of the New Jersey State Police, has issued a mandatory travel restriction beginning 9:00 p.m. Sunday. All non-exempt vehicles are prohibited from operating on state, county, municipal, and interstate roadways…...
14-year-old boy from NJ in desperate need of kidney transplant
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (376+ words) Find out if you are a match for 14-year-old Thaddeus Giansanti. There is an urgent plea from a family in Morris County, New Jersey, to find a kidney donor for a 14-year-old boy whose only remaining kidney is failing, and…...
Why this New Jersey gym is known as the 'most dangerous gym in America"
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1870+ words) AT THE "MOSTdangerous gym in America," not even the cameraman is safe. After finishing the first set of 300 triceps pushdowns with sweat dripping from my face, my arms felt as if they might burst. I dropped to the wooden push-up…...
New Jersey declares State of Emergency ahead winter storm
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (197+ words) TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has declared a State of Emergency ahead of this weekend's winter storm. The emergency declaration will go into effect at 5 p.m. Saturday for all 21 counties in the Garden State. "I'm urging New Jerseyans to…...
NJ Governor Phil Murphy signs new e-bike safety legislation after a number of dangerous crashes
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (233+ words) TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed new e-bike safety legislation into law today, as one of his last acts as governor. Electric bicycles in the Garden State will now be regulated, following a number of dangerous crashes. RELATED:…...
New Jersey is the latest state to ban cellphones during the school day in grades K-12
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (307+ words) TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- New Jersey on Thursday joined a growing list of states to limit students' cellphone use during the school day. In the remaining days of his second term, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation requiring the state education commission…...
Drone locates escaped dog that ran 26 miles along New Jersey Turnpike
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) NEW JERSEY -- An escaped pooch is back in safe hands thanks in part to a local search and rescue team that used drone technology to track down the lost dog that ran over 25 miles along the New Jersey Turnpike over…...
Stolen mandolins returned to NJ guitar shop with apology note: 'Sorry, I been drunk.'
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (168+ words) TEANECK, N.J. -- Two instruments stolen from a vintage guitar shop last week in New Jersey were returned in an unusual way: with a handwritten apology note. The store's owner said the thief gave back the mandolins after surveillance video of the…...
Crews battle fire at TD Bank in South Jersey
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (209+ words) SALEM, N.J. (WPVI) -- Firefighters in Salem County, New Jersey, battled a blaze at a strip mall on Christmas Day. Crews arrived around 3:15 p.m. to find smoke coming from a TD Bank along the 400 block ... Crews battle fire at TD Bank in South…...