Elevated fire risk in NJ as Pine Barrens blaze now 60% contained: officials
New Jersey increased the risk of more wildfires on Friday. Just as the giant pine valens flames were finally trapped 60%, burning an area about the size of Newark. In addition to 10-15 mph south and gusts of 20 mph, the temperatures of humidity and low humidity at nearly 80 degrees make the dry garden […]
NJ deputy mayor resigns over post calling Pine Barrens residents – aka ‘Pineys’
She called them rednecks and they gave her something to “pine”. The vice mayor of a southern New Jersey town is under fire after a social media post blasted residents of the state’s rural Pine Barrens region, known as “pineies,” as “mentally retarded, congenital idiots.” Officials announced that he resigned. Natalie Stone, who held that […]