A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night – as dangerous wildfires continued to cause bad air quality across the tri-state region amid a historic drought. Firefighters responded to a 2,000-acre forest fire near the Greenwood Lake Turnpike along state lines in Orange County when a tree … Read more
New York City awoke Saturday to the acrid smell of smoke that left a haze hanging over the skyline as several wildfires burned in the region, including a new blaze sparked in the early morning hours near the northern New York-New Jersey border. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service battled the latest outbreak in Pompton … Read more
Gentlemen, start your ovens! A popular thin-crust pizzeria in northern New Jersey has taken food-truck culture to the next level by outfitting a pair of Tesla Cybertrucks with two-tier ovens to fire up pies on the go — and they certainly take the fast lane. Food trucks have long claimed parking spots on the nation’s … Read more
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires returned to the Big Apple, bringing hazy conditions to the region Wednesday, forecasters said. Light smoke could be seen in parts of New Jersey and New York City Wednesday morning as smoke from wildfires burning up in parts of Canada drifts south, according to the National Weather Service. In 2023, thick … Read more
The official start of summer is delivering New York City its first heat wave of the season. The Big Apple is bracing for temperatures expected to rise through the work week and hit the 90s by Thursday — the first day of summer — and Friday. It marks the first sweltering stretch since September. A … Read more
An intense four-alarm fire scorched through a large warehouse in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Friday morning, shooting a column of thick black smoke into the sky. The massive inferno ignited inside an industrial building just southeast of Newark Liberty International Airport just before 5:30 am — with smoke billowing as far as Staten Island, where locals … Read more
An intense four-alarm fire scorched through a large warehouse in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Friday morning, shooting a column of thick black smoke into the sky. The massive inferno ignited inside an industrial building just southeast of Newark Liberty International Airport just before 5:30 am — with smoke billowing as far as Staten Island, where locals … Read more
Labor Day weekend is here, but there is no need to kiss summer goodbye just yet. Several more beach days are on the horizon, meteorologists say, and heat and humidity are set to linger a little longer. The long weekend will grow progressively warmer and more humid, said Dan Pydynowski, senior meteorologist for AccuWeather, with … Read more
Staten Island’s bitter opposition to the MTA’s congestion pricing plan has revived the borough’s long-dormant secession movement. “I think it’s time to secede,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) told The Post. “There’s no real value in being part of this city or the state. We didn’t vote for this mayor; we didn’t vote for this governor; … Read more
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a contentious plan to impose the nation’s first congestion pricing toll system on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The Garden State governor’s suit in New Jersey federal court claims the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration didn’t conduct a proper … Read more