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Two boaters narrowly escape hypothermia after spending the better part of a half-hour in the icy Raritan Bay waters off Keansburg today, according to information from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Safety officials have issued copious warnings to avoid the temptation of walking across ice-covered lakes, and even Barnegat Bay, during the cold snap. But Brick Township police have prepped themselves in case you missed the frosty memo.

My Birthday Week was made a little happier with the addition of a new family member.  I adopted an adorable hound mix named Taylor.  She's settling in nicely, happy to have a forever home after being surrendered when she got pregnant.  Taylor's puppies found families but Taylor remained in the care of a rescue organization, until I adopted her...

The last cute video of a critter making friends with a person that I posted was so popular that I couldn't resist sharing another. In this one, a poor little fox is stuck in a glass jar. Instead of running away from people like a non-domesticated animal usually would, it walks right up to a man for help. Watch the cute video here:

In a summer scarred by beachfront tragedies, a father and son escape harm after being stranded in Barnegat Inlet - and survive an experience that both can tell their respective grandchildren.

Three people, including a 16-year-old girl, save a woman from drowning in the surf at a Ship Bottom beach.