Brian, you are in maplewood. The sound of silence. What you got . The roar of the leaf blower. If that sound drives you nuts you might want to consider moving to maplewood, new jersey. The town council band gas powered leaf blowers the summertime. They give it a try with a oneyear ban last year. They like the peace and quiet so much that they put full effect permanent ban. It is may 15 september 30. No gas leaf blowers. We had meetings with the town council about it. They were trying to compromise but there is never any compromise. The blowers create a Health Hazard and annoyance to area residents. The mayor says increased use of a gas blowers in the summer got way out of hand. About 14 years ago we passed an ordinance requiring landscapers to use a 65decibel leaf blower. We tried to enforce it and it became unenforceable. They did not honor the agreement we had. But landscapers are fighting back. The new jersey Landscape Association says theyre going to challenge this in court. It onl
About 20 different swatting victims, including a congressman from michigan, a federal prosecutor from massachusetts and news4 learned one of the victims, the head of the nra, wayneuph lapierre swatted. That1tn convinces local Law Enforcement to show upl8f at t in some cases to detain them. Wayne lapierre says when he was swatted in 2013, Police Showed up with guns at his Virginia Home and briefly detained him. Theres another component to this scheme. Socalled docksing, taking the credit reports of famous people and putting them online. He admitted that his conspiracy did that and hundreds of thousands of people did that to look at it f rejoin you at 5 00. For now, scott macfarlane, news4. Two breaking news now in michigan. We have live pictures for you from outside the courthouse in Berrien County where a shooting took place in the last 45 minutes. Several reports say it involved a police officer. Details are still coming in. Michigans governor says, meanwhile, the scene is secure and
Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Another fairly warm day is ahead with many of us climbing well into the 80s. The day starts with plentiful sunshine but storms are possible late today as a cold front moves in. The highest chance of from about 5 through 9, and there is the potential for a few of these to turn strong. They wont waste time getting out of here, though. Tuesday is looking dry, but Occasional Storm chan the week into the weekend as a front dangles nearby. It probably wont rain each day, however, and we will fine tune who has the highest and lowest odds as the time draws closer. Today turning partly sunny with a chance of storms late. Wind sw 1015. High 85 alo 84 dbq 83 iow 86 tonight chance of storms early, then decreasing clouds. Wind n 510. Low 57 alo 56 dbq 57 iow 59 thanks justin. For one marion teenager being able to walk is her biggest dren life. 16 year old sasha duval has arthogryposi s , a condition that affects the be able to walk, but sasha is determi
Overnight. The bomb squad trying to diffuse one of five devices found in a backpack. Wh en it exploded. Sot mayor Christian Bollwage elizabeth, nj. This . While Authorities Say it was right near the verranzano bridge. Late sunday night. Where fbi agents stopped. Five men and detained them. As they determine whether they were connected to the bombings nats. Sirens. The explosion in manhattan. The chaos. All happening on a balmy satur officials moving rapidly in piecing together this investigation sot bill sweeney assistant fbi director the evidence weve collected has been taken to our lab in quantico for review and we are following every viable lead as we continue to work jointly with the nypd. Investigators are closely analyzing this dumpster. Twi sted and mangled in the aftermath of the explosion. From the detonation of a pipe bomb in seaside park, new jersey. To the chelsea explosion. Inv estigators say they were able to track rahami. From a cell phone attached to an undetonated Pres
Chester Delaware County, an amtrak does he want has killed two people more than a dozen others were injured. We have information scrolling across the bottom of the screen how you can find loved one affected by ththis accident. Action news report Trish Hartman is live at the staging area in trainer with the latest developments on this. Reporter gray just a few minutes ago a News Conference wrapped up at the staging area. We heard from the chester fire official and amtrak official both who made brief statements. We learned that the two people who died in the ordeal were not passengers on the train. The ntsb is en route and will be investigating the crash and derailment. Service in the northeast corridor is suspended between philadelphia and wilmington. We are at trainer United Methodist church. Amtrak palmetto train was heading to georgia. Two people confirmed dead one of whom what was the operator of the backhoe. Now, one person was seriously injured. 16 people suffered minor injuries.