Wicked Local
CARVER – A free offer of water quality testing isn’t something at least one Carver resident can’t pass up, and she recommends that the owners of private wells in town don’t pass it up either.
Plymouth Street resident Mary Dormer speaks from experience. Her family has lived with the presence of the organic compound 1,4-dioxane from the North Carver landfill in their water supply. The town owns the landfill, she said, and is responsible for it.
“I think everybody in Carver should have it done,” she said. “It is free, and it does say on the website that they’re going to look for the source of where it’s coming from. They’re not going to assume that you dump on your own property.”
New Jersey could see a bumper crop of mosquitoes this year
If it happens, expect a bumper crop of mosquitoes.
Scott Crans, the administrator of the Office of Mosquito Control Coordination within the Department of Environmental Protection, said rainfall tends to drive the mosquito population “and temperature regulates how fast those mosquito populations develop so hot and rainy is a worst-case scenario.”
Jen Gruener, the superintendent of the Warren County Mosquito Control Commission, said even though it’s already been hot we haven’t had a lot of rain lately. One or two rainfalls of at least an inch of rain is enough to spawn mosquitoes.
Posted 5/24/21
Governor Phil Murphy today announced several new vaccination incentives as part of “Operation Jersey Summer”, the statewide public awareness campaign aimed at vaccinating all eligible individuals who live, work, or study in New Jersey against COVID-19. The new incentives include a State Parks Vax Pass, providing free access to New Jersey’s 51 state parks and facilities including Island Beach State Park; a free glass of wine at participating New Jersey wineries; and dinner with Governor Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy.
“Millions of New Jerseyans have rolled up their sleeves and received a vaccination to protect themselves and their loved ones from COVID-19, but there is still much work to be done in order to reach our goal of 4.7 million fully vaccinated New Jersey adults by June 30,”