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NJ Beach Named Among 25 Best In America
You don't have to go to Hawaii to find a great beach. Well, you can — or you can stay right here in New Jersey.
Not only is Asbury Park a good beach, it's among the 25 best in America, TravelAndLeisure.com says.
Privacy, accessible parking, boardwalk and public transportation are just some of the factors the website looked at in choosing the best beaches in the country.
"Stretching about a mile along New Jersey's Atlantic coast, Asbury Park Beach is a lively, clean, white-sand beach. Sunbathing, swimming, surfing, fishing, and people-watching are favorite activities here," the website said…
3.8 Million Pennsylvania Birds Hit With Avian Flu, 19K Linked To Duck Meat Farm
A total of 3.8 million birds have been affected by an outbreak of avian flu in Pennsylvania as of Monday, May 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced.
More cases were linked to a seventh commercial farm described only as a "duck meat bird facility" in Lancaster County, with the outbreak having been reported late last month, the USDA said.
More than 19,300 birds at the facility were depopulated, according to a chart on the USDA website.
Most of the cases in Pennsylvania were reported in flocks of commercial table egg layers, totaling about 3,450,100, according to USDA da…
Pair Of Lucky NJ Lottery Players Split $1.3M Jackpot
A pair of New Jersey Lottery players split the $1,325,988 jackpot from Saturday's, April 30 drawing.
The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold.
Those tickets were sold at:
Essex County: Shoppers Express, 155 Roseland Ave., ATT Business Center, Caldwell; and,
Somerset County: Shoprite #470 Branchburg, 3166 Route 22, Somerville.
The winning numbers were: 05, 17, 32, 34, and 44 and the XTRA number was: 04.
Each ticket is worth $662,994.
