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1. Princeton’s beaver-shootings unresolved as fall approaches
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... (beavers, bears and coyotes to snakes, with sighting forms for some of those) – a resource three inches thick. One page, “Animal Control Policy – Beavers” opens with this sentence: “Beavers are considered ...

2. Ventnor Beach syringes may not have washed in from ocean
(N.J./State)

... Dorset Avenues. Hypodermic needles and syringes were discovered in the dunes and bulkhead area of the beach and on the Boardwalk in Ventnor Monday morning. Around 8:00 a.m., a jogger reported the sighting ...

3. Shark sightings at N.J. beaches not isolated incidents
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... unconfirmed shark sighting reports. According to NJ.com, lifeguards did see two stingrays in the waters of the Chelsea Avenue beach near Pier Village, causing them to ask swimmers to leave the water. ...

4. State of New Jersey opens exhibit to educate public about tree-killing insects
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... on the board and a short synopsis is posted next to the picture. Information on who to contact if there s a sighting is included. The DEP Forest Service designed and built the display in a "green" manner, ...

5. Stingrays taking New Jersey beaches from the sharks
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Shark Week begins this coming week, and the stingrays aren’t all that happy about it. There have been an increasing number of shark sightings at New Jersey beaches ...

6. Bear cub killing in Clifton prompts demonstration against police
(N.J./State)

... to town employees including the police. As for how the bear cub found his way to Clifton, or why numerous bear sightings have occurred lately in more southern parts of the state far from “bear country,” ...

7. Harrah's Chef Deb Pellegrino wins 'Chocolate Myths' Food Network Challenge
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  Kraken, resembling an enormous octopus, was a sea monster that many early sailors and fisherman reported sightings of all the way back to the 1200s. It was a terrifying creature that would sometimes ...

8. Casey Anthony tweets turn from disgust to sarcasm
(U.S./Nation)

... when Casey Anthony tells u she’s free to babysit Friday.” Others are tweeting Casey sightings from California to North Carolina to the UK. One tweeter expressed disbelief that a “murderer is free ...

9. Has the New Jersey coast become a shark hotbed?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM There were an extraordinary amount of shark sightings in New Jersey during the summer of 2010, and early reports say the creatures may be returning already. Early ...

10. New Jersey baboon followed to Twitter
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... lawn and grabbed his lawn mower handle. Later the baboon was seen on a golf course in Jackson, but it ran before being caught by officials. According to the Courier Post, the sightings were close to ...

11. Escaped baboon loping around Jackson near Great Adventure
(Life/Style)

... Great Adventure employees with dart guns and state troopers had joined the hunt. “We’ve been made aware that a few residents of Jackson contacted the Jackson police about an animal sighting today,” Great ...

12. Dead humpback whale on Long Beach Island apparent victim of ship crash
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... three-year-old female humpback whale lying dead on the sand. This sighting follows the washing up of humpback whale skeletal remains on Long Beach Island shores last week. Bob Schoelkopf, director of ...

13. Safety tips for dealing with New Jersey's increasing bear population
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... over the last four years,” Ehrenclou said, adding that they were not hostile, but certainly aggressive. “Almost everyone you know has seen a bear in this area.” Expect sightings in early to mid-May, ...

14. Pink-footed goose has N.J. birders very excited
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... in northern New Jersey. Isolated pink-footed goose sightings have been on the rise in the past few years throughout New England. Bacinski said that increased numbers and less space in their traditional ...

15. Eastern cougar extinct; Florida panther only surviving kin on coast
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... in the Western Hemisphere. Wednesday, after reviewing decades of evidence including numerous cougar sightings, trail cameras and road kill reports, the US Fish and Wildlife Service concluded the creature ...

16. Meteor sighting
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Saw this on Monday afternoon as we were walking in Derby, CT. I couldn't believe my eyes - it was definately burning!

17. meteor sighting
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I was in the car with my mom in law and we BOTH saw the meteor. We were driving south on Main St. in Bridgeport, CT. right after eating lunch on Feb. 14, 2011. It almost looked like a plane falling from ...

18. Meteor Sighting
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Saw the ball of light from Middlesex county, NJ about 12:30 in the afternoon. Looking east, it was arcing through the sky from South to North. It looked like a large metallic ball with a tail, truly ...

19. Meteor sighting
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I saw it too, in Toms River, NJ.

20. Possible meteor sighted Monday over Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Delaware
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... on their size – many of them are only a few centimeters in length, and most vaporize before they hit the ground. As of Monday evening, there were no sighting reports in New Jersey. – TOM HESTER SR., ...