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Chomping Grounds: Great Whites Lurking Off Jersey Shore, NYC, Long Island Are Social Distancing
Looks like we won't need a bigger boat: Although reports have emerged of a half-dozen or so great white sharks lurking off the Jersey Shore, New York City and Long Island this summer, a real-life version of "Jaws" isn't coming to a beach near you.
Among the maneaters out there is Caroline -- nearly 13 feet long and 1,348 pounds -- whom the OCEARCH shark tracker pinged between Seaside Heights and Barnegat Light on July 1.
Add in Cabot (nine feet, 533 pounds) and Caper (eight feet, 348 pounds), both of whom were pinged off the Hamptons in early June.
And don't forget 16-foot, 3,456-pound Mar…
NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center
UPDATE: New Jersey’s first coronavirus fatality was a 69-year-old Little Ferry man who worked at Yonkers Raceway, which cancelled racing Tuesday night from concerns that others may have contracted the virus, officials said.
John Brennon was a horseman’s field representative for the Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New York, its president, Joseph Faraldo, said Tuesday.
Faraldo said COVID-19 exacerbated existing health conditions, which authorities in New Jersey said included diabetes.
Faraldo, in a Facebook post, said he remained confined himself over his doctor’s concerns that he …
