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How vulnerable is the Burlington-Bristol Bridge to ship collision? Check it out.
A 623-foot, 33,000-ton cargo vessel lost power as it headed south on the Delaware River near Bristol. As the Agia Irini drew closer to the heavily traveled Burlington-Bristol Bridge, the crew heeled the ship hard to port, and she ran aground at Burlington City, plowing up river muck as its bow nosed toward the city’s promenade walk.
The Lyrids meteor shower will pass by this weekend. Here's the peak time for NJ
One of the oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrids, will be visible from New Jersey on Sunday night into Monday. The passing of fireballs will peak at 5:23 a.m. Monday, but anyone will be able to see some of the shooting stars anytime from Sunday night until dawn on Monday, astronomy website EarthSky reported. Enthusiasts might just want to just wake up a little earlier on Monday, as the time right before dawn is the darkest moment of the night and tends to allow better viewing of these type of celestial events, NASA recommends.
Man in custody after trying to rape and kidnap a woman in a supermarket parking lot in Levittown
Forty-one-year-old Daniel Pierson of Yardley is in custody after police said he tried to rape and kidnap a woman in a supermarket parking lot in the Langhorne Square Shopping Center on Tuesday night.
Toms River Motorcyclist Killed in Accident With State Trooper
The Attorney General’s Office today identified the motorcyclist who died after being involved in a collision with a New Jersey State Police (NJSP) vehicle on April 9, 2024, in Southampton Township, New Jersey. The civilian who died during the encounter has been identified as Frank Lando, Jr., 65, of Toms River, New Jersey.
‘Skimming’ fraud for gov’t benefits highest in these 2 N.J. counties, leaving taxpayers on the hook
Until recently, if you lost certain government benefits to fraud, you were simply out of luck. You could report the fraud, but the federal government didn’t allow even legitimate fraud claims to be reimbursed. But under a recent change in the law, New Jersey has reimbursed more than $2.8...
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