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Middlesex, NJ

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Forecasters Were Way Off: 13.8 Inches Of Snow Fell In This Lehigh County Town Forecasters Were Way Off: 13.8 Inches Of Snow Fell In This Lehigh County Town
Forecasters Were Way Off: 13.8 Inches Of Snow Fell In This Lehigh County Town Four inches of snow at most was expected in the second snow storm of the week in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. But much more fell.  In the Friday, Feb. 16 and Saturday, Feb. 17 storm, up to 13 inches of snow fell in some towns across the region, according to the National Weather Service. Here's who got the most snow, according to the National Weather Service: ATLANTIC, NJ: Beuna Vista, 3.3 inches; Hammonton, 2.8 inches; Somers Point, 2.2 inches BERKS, PA: Lyons, 12 inches; Fleetwood, 9 inches; Blandon, 8.5 inches BERGEN, NJ: Westwood 3 inches; Fair Lawn 2.5 inches; River Vale 2 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Masked Burglars Nabbed After Foot Chase Through Bucks County: Police Masked Burglars Nabbed After Foot Chase Through Bucks County: Police
Masked Burglars Nabbed After Foot Chase Through Bucks County: Police Two men face criminal charges after police found them prowling near a Northampton Township home on Monday night, Nov. 20, according to officials.  Police said they spotted a pair of masked men in dark clothes poking around the front yard of a property in Richboro sometime during the evening.  When officers confronted the two, they fled on foot, authorities said. After a brief chase, both men were located and identified.  Giorgi Maxarashvili, 39, and Zurab Kenkishvil, 43, are charged with burglary, possessing an instrument of crime, loitering and prowling at night, and evadin…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Law Enforcement 'Supergroups' In NJ Unite To Fight Organized Violent Criminals Law Enforcement 'Supergroups' In NJ Unite To Fight Organized Violent Criminals
Law Enforcement 'Supergroups' In NJ Unite To Fight Organized Violent Criminals A collection of crime-fighting 'supergroups' nailed 42 defendants in a series of pinpointed attacks on organized gangs dealing drugs, packing weapons and waging street warfare in North Jersey, authorities announced. The Violent Crime Initiative, as it's called, targeted what had been thriving criminal organizations in Newark, Paterson and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Shooting incidents statewide and in cities where the VCIs operate are “appreciably lower” than the year-to-date total from last year, including a 23% reduction statewide, a 30% reduction in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Weather
Tidal Flood Warning Issued For Jersey Shore, South Jersey: NWS Tidal Flood Warning Issued For Jersey Shore, South Jersey: NWS
Tidal Flood Warning Issued For Jersey Shore, South Jersey: NWS Coastal flood warnings are in effect for the Jersey Shore and South Jersey, according to the National Weather Service. The warning from the NWS in Mount Holly/Philadelphia is in effect until 5 p.m. Monday. "The threat will lessen as we go through the new week," the NWS said on Facebook.  The currents causing inland flooding are exacerbated by 10 mph winds from the northeast. The NWS warning includes the following counties  Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean. A coastal flood warning has.been issued for the Jersey Shore and South Jersey near the Delaware Ba…

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by Jon Craig
News
Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison
Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison The wheelman in nearly two dozen gas station and convenience store armed robberies in North Jersey was sent to federal prison for at least nine years. Meshach Whagar, 31, of Newark must serve just about all of the 110-month sentence handed down in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Whager admitted late last year that he drove the getaway car during the 20 predawn holdups in seven counties -- Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union -- in November and December of 2017 (see list of locations below). The gunman…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Weather
Weekend Washout? Here's The Latest Memorial Day Weather Outlook Weekend Washout? Here's The Latest Memorial Day Weather Outlook
Weekend Washout? Here's The Latest Memorial Day Weather Outlook Well, it wasn't the Memorial Day holiday weekend most of us hoped and planned for. Cloudy skies, blustery, howling winds, on-and-off-showers -- none of the sights we usually see this time of year. Near record cold-high temperatures are expected, with highs in the 50s and lows in the 40s, the National Weather Service's Mount Holly office says. Continued drizzle is likely Sunday, possibly tapering off at night. Light winds Saturday and coastal flooding are both likely, forecasters say. "If the official high temperature in Philadelphia and Washington D.C., does not make it out of the lower …

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine