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Risky NJ Road Among 50 Most Feared Routes In America, Study Finds Risky NJ Road Among 50 Most Feared Routes In America, Study Finds
Risky NJ Road Among 50 Most Feared Routes In America, Study Finds Beware while traveling here: New Jersey's Route 72 was voted as the 21st most feared road trip in the country in a survey by Gunther Mitsubishi. Route 72 cuts through the Pine Barrens, a remote, forested and relatively isolated region of the Garden State. The route has some truly bad company: New Mexico Route 285, California's Death Valley Road (Route 190) and Texas' Route 90 round out the top three. Route 72 runs 28.74 miles from the Four Mile Circle with Route 70 in Woodland Township in Burlington County to Route 607 in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island in Ocean County. You'll want to h…

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by Jon Craig
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Massive Forest Fire In Ocean County Doused By Tropical Storm Fay Massive Forest Fire In Ocean County Doused By Tropical Storm Fay
Massive Forest Fire In Ocean County Doused By Tropical Storm Fay A bright side to a massive storm dropping a month's worth of rainfall in a day: A destructive forest fire in the northern Pine Barrens is being capped by three to five inches of rain. Tropical Storm Fay is expected to extinguish a forest fire that has destroyed about 200 acres in a remote area the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area just northwest of the Cassville section of Jackson Township, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The area on fire is south of Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service was monitoring the path of the fire. …

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by Jon Craig
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VIDEO: Edison Native Halsey Talks New Jersey Quirks On YouTube Series 'Hot Ones' VIDEO: Edison Native Halsey Talks New Jersey Quirks On YouTube Series 'Hot Ones'
Video: Edison Native Halsey Talks New Jersey Quirks On YouTube Series 'Hot Ones' Vocalist and Edison native Halsey gave a shout out to the Garden State while putting her taste buds to the test on the popular YouTube series "Hot Ones." In the series, produced by First We Feast and Complex Media, host Sean Evans pitches questions to celebrities while both eating a plate of increasingly-spicy chicken wings. Halsey, twice nominated for a Grammy Award, talked New Jersey's quirks and legends. “Probably the funniest thing about New Jersey is the way people say Italian foods," the singer said around the 15-minute mark. “Like, if something ends with a vowel, you take the vowel…

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by Valerie Musson