The highly unusual weather factors that brought superstorm Sandy to New Jersey caused "the worst coastal battering on record," the state’s official climatologist said in a new report. The early study, released Thursday night by state climatolog…
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Pollen Increasing at Feverish Pace, Study Finds
Many people believe that this was the worst year for hay fever, but seasonal allergies will get worse as pollen counts more than double over the next 28 years, a new study predicts. In 2040, pollen levels are predicted to peak on April 8, according to …
Area man in Inventors Hall of Fame
A Rutgers professor emeritus and Millstone resident credited with saving the U.S. dogwood industry has been inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Elwin Orton, professor emeritus of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University, devel…
Global Warming May Double Pollen by 2040
"By the year 2040, we will get about 1.5 to two times the amount of pollen that we have now," says Leonard Bielory, MD. Bielory is professor of environmental prediction at Rutgers University and attending physician at Robert Wood Johnson Univer…
Rutgers Class Helps Grow Better Pumpkins
The 2013 edition of the Mid-Atlantic Pumpkin School will meet at the Burlington County RCE office on Jan. 18.
$56K Raised for Kids of Couple Killed During Sandy
In just 24 hours, friends, family and strangers alike donated more than $56,000 to the children of Rich and Beth Everett via the Internet, only 10 days after the couple was killed by a fallen tree during Hurricane Sandy. On Thursday night, a thank you …
After Hurricane Sandy kills parents, Rutgers student must raise 3 siblings
A 19-year-old Rutgers University student has decided to put college on hold to care for her three younger siblings after their parents were killed by a falling tree during Hurricane Sandy."At 11 p.m. on Oct. 29, I found out both of my parents had b…
New Jersey Community Pulls Together To Help Children Of Couple Killed By Sandy
Hurricane Sandy left thousands without power. Many lost family heirlooms, all of their belongings or even their homes. But those things are replaceable. Zoe Everett lost something far more valuable: her family. In a horrible twist of fate, both of the …
4-H Clubs are alive and well in West Milford and throughout Passaic County
It would be easy to imagine that in this high-tech, urbanized culture, the last thing teenagers would be interested in is raising farm animals and learning to grow plants. Spend a few minutes talking to Celeste Hampton, a 4-H Club leader in Passaic Cou…
Rutgers student forced to care for siblings after parents were killed in Hurricane Sandy
The Wish Upon a Hero Foundation is helping a 19-year-old Rutgers student from Randolph take care of her three younger siblings after their parents were killed during Hurricane Sandy. Richard Everett, 54, and his wife, Elizabeth, 46, were killed while d…
