Light Snow Fog/Mist 31°
Tag:

Easter Sunday

News
North Jersey Restaurant Owner Wins $1,000 A Week For Life North Jersey Restaurant Owner Wins $1,000 A Week For Life
North Jersey Restaurant Owner Wins $1,000 A Week For Life A Passaic County restaurant owner is celebrating the Easter Sunday of a lifetime. Jay Shortway won $1,000 a week for life from New Jersey Lottery, with a ticket he bought on Sunday April 9, from his own restaurant. Shortway's Barn, which has been operating in Hawthorne since 1933, was closed for Easter, but Shortway was working to ensure everything was in order for the restaurant's reopening on Monday, lottery officials said. While in the restaurant, Shortway purchased a CASH4LIFE ticket for himself and put in his wallet, lottery officials said. On Monday, April 10, a representative from N…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
News
Bergen County Woman, 63, Struck By Sedan Driven By Sister Bergen County Woman, 63, Struck By Sedan Driven By Sister
Bergen County Woman, 63, Struck By Sedan Driven By Sister A 63-year-old Bergen County woman was hospitalized after her sister accidentally hit her with a sedan on Easter Sunday. The victim complained of leg pain after being struck by the 2005 Nissan Altima on private property near the Hasbrouck Heights football field just off southbound Route 17 shortly after 12:30 p.m. April 9, police said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, they said.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Weather
Post-Easter Nor'easter? Brace For Freezing Temps, Wintry Mix Post-Easter Nor'easter? Brace For Freezing Temps, Wintry Mix
Post-Easter Nor'easter? Brace For Freezing Temps, Wintry Mix A post-Easter Nor'easter could dump snow on parts of the region this week as winter clings on for dear life, AccuWeather meteorologists say. The projected time frame for the storm is from early Monday evening, April 18 until around midday on Tuesday, April 19.  Rain and thunderstorms were likely in New Jersey, Maryland and the Philadelphia region, save for a wintry mix including snow in much of Central PA, forecasters say. Easter Sunday, April 17 will be mostly sunny and brisk with a high temperature only in the upper 40s, according to the National Weather Service. Freeze watche…

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi & Cecilia Levine
Weather
'Powerhouse' Storm Headed Our Way 'Powerhouse' Storm Headed Our Way
'Powerhouse' Storm Headed Our Way Intense thunderstorms that began sweeping across Texas and the Southern Plains on Saturday are expected to bring possible tornadoes to the Gulf states and intense weather to the Northeast late Easter Sunday, meteorologists warn. "This storm is impressive," New York-area meteorologist Joe Cioffi said. "A powerhouse." Much of Easter Sunday in our area will be pleasant, though cloudy, as the gusty winds of the past few days finally die down. "It will feel much better outside," with temperatures pushing toward 60, Cioffi said Saturday. The trouble starts with rain Sunday night and contin…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Weather
Projected Snowfall Totals Increase For Storm That Will Sweep Through Area Projected Snowfall Totals Increase For Storm That Will Sweep Through Area
Projected Snowfall Totals Increase For Storm That Will Sweep Through Area Click here for an updated story: Latest Snowfall Totals Released For Storm That Will Sweep Through Area It looks like Old Man Winter didn't get the memo that the calendar has turned from March to April. The start of the first workweek of the month will be ushered in by a quick-moving storm system that is now expected to bring 3 to 4 inches of snowfall to most of the area. Snowfall rates of around one inch per hour are possible Monday morning. And that's no April Fool's Day joke, folks. A look at projected snowfall totals for the storm, released by the National Weather Service early Sunday…

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi