SPRINGFIELD (Burlington) Officials have confirmed that the wild storms that raked through New Jersey on Saturday did include a tornado in northwestern Burlington County.
It s the third tornado in New Jersey within just over a week, according to the National Weather Service Mount Holly office, following two tornadoes in Cape May County and Ocean County earlier this month.
The EF-1 tornado developed around 10:30 p.m., with maximum winds of 80 to 90 miles per hour, starting in Springfield Township near the Burlington County Fairgrounds (in the Columbus section of Mansfield Township).
A number of large tree limbs were tossed and one tree was uprooted and snapped, and within ten minutes and 7.9 miles, it had dissipated around the Jacobstown section of North Hanover Township, officials said on Sunday.
NORTH HANOVER TWP., New Jersey (WPVI) Five juveniles and a woman were injured in a two-vehicle collision in South Jersey on Tuesday, authorities confirm to Action News.
It happened around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Jacobstown New Egypt and Meany roads in North Hanover Township, Burlington County.
Chopper 6 was over the wreck after an SUV and sedan collided.
North Hanover Township police say one juvenile was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital and is currently undergoing treatment. There is no immediate word on the victim s condition.
At least seven people were hurt, including one child after a collision in South Jersey on Tuesday, authorities confirm to Action News.
Will we see more primaries than usual this cycle in light of the unrest roiling the American political landscape? TBD, Save Jerseyans, but we’ve already got one State Senate fight in LD12.
InsiderNJ was first to report on Monday that Old Bridge Councilman Mark Razzoli will challenge incumbent State Senator Sam Thompson in next year’s Republican primary. Razzoli is a retired police detective and ex-Democrat who switched parties and unsuccessfully challenged Bonnie Watson Coleman for her U.S. House seat in November.
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Thompson (age 85) – perhaps best known for his Southern accent despite hailing from Middlesex County (he’s originally from Mobile, Alabama) – has been in the legislature since 1998 when he sworn into the General Assembly. He moved to the State Senate in 2010 and has served there over the past decade.