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In Sea Isle City, News 12's Jim Murdoch went to the legendary Mike's Seafood. It's cocktail shrimp cocktail that is in the tiny town of Sea Isle City, year-round population 1200. But come summer, the population swells to more than 40,000, and most nights it seems like half of those hungry beachgoers line up outside Mike's Seafood. Mike's Seafood is probably the busiest place. At the Jersey shore. Our lobsters come right off the harbor here. Our stone crab claws come right off the harbor. We're famous for our steamed clams and our Bianca sauce. And our muscles are the best muscles you'll ever have in your life. Mike's grandparents left Italy in 1911. Two of the more than 12 million immigrants to first set foot in the United States at Ellis Island. Here's a picture of my grandfather. That's the early days of my grandfather selling fish from the original Mike's Seafood. They also planted a fig tree, now 114 years old, carried from home, then just a cutting wrapped in a wet towel. I don't want to be anywhere else in. I can go anywhere, but I want to be in Seattle City. It's the people, the grounds. It's the relationship and my relationship's here with Seattle City. There you go, a spot to check out if you're going to South Jersey. Just get there early. Obviously they are. How's it gonna be at the shore this weekend? So there's a chance. Saturday is not looking all that great. Sunday we're going to be dodging some showers and some isolated thunderstorms, so it looks like Sunday is going to be the better day of the upcoming weekend. Don't cancel any outdoor plans, but don't plan on a lot of sunshine for Saturday. 81 right now and the temperatures are fading. Some showers kind of being shunted down towards the south. This is all part of the frontal boundary that moved the heat. Back down towards the Carolinas, replacing it with this wonderful feeling Canadian air mass. Now that will stay with us for tonight and for the first part of tomorrow. That cold front will now rebound back through New Jersey as a warm front, allowing the temperatures to warm back up and allowing the humidity to come with it. This is also going to bring some scattered rain showers with it along that frontal boundary. Now temperatures are very comfortable. They're running anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees cooler right now than where we were just this time yesterday. Now there come the clouds. There's some passing showers early on, primarily over towards Island Beach State Park, the northern end of Long Beach Island from High Bar Harbor to Loveladies to Barna get Light, maybe a few passing showers over towards. Let's say Surf City, and then we'll start to see those showers kind of lifting up towards the north, potentially scraping Asbury Park and then eventually over towards Seabright and again some on again off again showers for the remainder of the afternoon. There isn't Saturday is just not the greatest of days, but by Sunday we do see some improvements. Watch the temperatures warm up quickly. The sun is back out in a few isolated showers. Widely scattered for Sunday afternoon, I think they become a little bit more pronounced by Sunday evening and there could be some bumpy weather for Sunday evening because that front comes through, cleanses our atmospheric palette for Monday and Tuesday with mainly sunny skies, and then the heat returns for the following week. I'll have more details on the forecast coming up. It's not easy being green, as you'll find out in 3 things to know.

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It was a much-needed change from the rain these past few weekends.

Long Branch

Jersey Shore

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New Jersey

Beachgoers enjoy the weather in Long Branch ahead of the weekend

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Hundreds are out enjoying the beautiful weather down the shore right now as we take a live look. Uh, this is right along long branch right now. Much needed break and change from the rain the past few weekends. News trial's Joe Ricke is at the beach right now and just, uh, soaking it all in this evening, Joe. Eric, I mean, could we really have asked for a better way to start the weekend? What a beautiful Friday we have going on here this evening, even with the potential for rain. I think that I went for the best assignment of the night. And if you don't have a time to check out this beautiful weather, don't worry, we have some video for you on this picture perfect Friday. Check it out. People are here just soaking it in, enjoying the sunshine, the calm. Waves and a nice breeze here in Long Branch. They're taking in the view and the sound of the waves, relaxing, sunbathing, enjoying one another's company, tossing the football and volleyball around. I've seen several people also shopping at local stores and eating at restaurants that have been quiet with the rain these past few days. In fact, several of the area hotels and resorts, they are busy this weekend too, with guests during what finally feels like summer. We're out today because it's such a beautiful day with a beautiful breeze. My girlfriend and I are going to happy hour over here at the Avenue on this gorgeous day. It's super busy. A lot of, a lot of traffic, a lot of foot traffic and car traffic, but it's really nice to have people out here, especially your family because we have kids and having this environment is really nice. Are you here the whole weekend? No, just for a couple of hours just to enjoy the sand and the sea. And I'm gonna continue to enjoy this little bit of sunshine that we have left for this evening along with all these people, and I will check in with you later on this evening reporting live in Long Branch, Joy Reike News, New Jersey. I feel like you're rubbing in just a little too much, Joy. Thanks a lot.

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Mounds of trash are piled high outside of homes along Glenside Place in North Plainfield.

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North Plainfield

Central Jersey

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Central Jersey continues cleanup nearly a week after devastating floods

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North Plainfield, 10 homes have been condemned in the aftermath of Monday's flash floods. Uh, the work continues for those families who are in the process of cleaning up and renovating from yet another storm. News 12 New Jersey's Chris Keating with the update for us. There are mounds of trash piled high outside of homes in North Plainfield along Glenside Place. Some homes took on 4 ft of water inside of basements or garages. Today some families are fortunate to have a new water heater installed or an air conditioner replaced. Close by, the community center serves as a hub for those in need of cleaning supplies, water, or clothing. There's people still scrubbing out their basement. Trying to pump out their basements. We have homes that are going to be condemned. Mayor Laurent has not only been organizing the collection of cleaning material, but he's also on hand to console his neighbors and in some cases co-workers who are going through a rebuild from flooding yet again. The mayor says they are still accepting donations over at the community center, but what he really wants is young, strong people, people willing to volunteer and get inside of these. Homes and clean. Meanwhile at the Humane Society in Plainfield, staffers are dealing with a flooded basement and storage area. And there was about 3 ft of water in the building. They found some of the dogs chest high in water, yeah, yeah, yeah, but everybody was safe. The cats and dogs inside are perfectly healthy. They're not in danger. It's the overabundance of donations which volunteers have been hustling to open, organize and store. Site every day trucks coming from Amazon, multiple trucks at a time. You can see and we have to sort through everything and move them off site because it is preventing us from doing our renovation and clean up. That cleanup starts tomorrow and Rosado is hoping the deliveries stop by then. In Plainfield, I'm Chris Keating, News 12, New Jersey. Home for Pause Humane Society says that they will certainly accept monetary donations. They're asking and those wanting to help no longer send physical donations.

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Members of the lodge will be there cleaning up through the weekend.

South Plainfield

Elks Lodge

South Plainfield Elks Lodge seeks community’s help following flood damage

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The after effect of Monday night storm continues to be felt across the state. News 12 New Jersey's Asia McKenzie was in South Plainfield, where a nonprofit is calling on the community for help after more than 30 inches of water flooded their building. But you don't want A long road ahead for the South Plainfield Elks Lodge there's the Monday's heavy rain and flash flooding giving this community staple no time to prepare. Thomas Perry, the exalted ruler of the lodge, says 39 inches of water filled their building despite precautions put in place after Hurricane Ida in 2021. We had um steel boards put in so they're like flood resistant but they're only 36 inches high so. It didn't help at all. Every room affected. The thing is we want to clean up the floor. We have to make sure, of course there's no chance of getting any mold or anything, and all the liquor gets thrown out. Any liquor that was hit by the water or the mud or whatever and the carpet in the banquet hall. Needs to be replaced as well quoted us $12,000 to replace the rug. That's a little bit high for us, but we'll see what happens. We'll do what we have to do. Now this is just day one of the clean up and Tom says the work is far from over and any help would be beneficial whether that's. Donating your time donating cleaning supplies, a monetary donation, but especially help in the kitchen. Take a look at the mess in here. You can see the freezer and the fridge toppled over. They need assistance lifting this all up and overall getting the place back in order. After floodwaters receded, Tom sent out an SOS to other Elks lodges in the district and the community to pitch in. I'm here to help Tom get get the lodge back in order and back and running. If anything happened to our lodge, he would do the same. He said we're a community organization we're here for the community basically and whatever anybody can do to help, we appreciate it in South Plainfield, Asia McKenzie, Newswell, New Jersey.

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Monday’s storm was the third time that Darby Road Public House and Restaurant flooded.

Scotch Plains

Scotch Plains pub reopens after flash flood damage

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As floodwaters rose in Scotch Plains Monday night, one downtown pub offered a refuge for those needing to wait out the storm. After heavy clean up, its doors are back open tonight, but as News 12 New Jersey's Tom Krasnowski found out, insurance questions loom large. It was crazy. Cars were floating by. Basements were full of water. It was really bad. Monday's storm was the 3rd time that Darby Road Pub flooded. General manager Donna Miller says this one was the worst. This one rose faster. This time the water came in from just about everywhere. In through the moldings and also from the tops of the windows because it was raining literally sideways. We got to about 3 inches. We kind of gave up. Police told those inside not to leave the building. The pub offered free food to those stuck inside and those who needed a place to go. One of the Darby Road vans was also stranded in the flood. It took the work of 30 people to get Darby Place up and running 2 days after the storm. The kitchen was spared. The floors and furniture dried and sanitized. The managers still aren't sure how much insurance can cover. It's not looking so good. So hopefully we can probably file for something, but I don't think this was under the umbrella of our insurance generally speaking, Miller says some of the guests inside were unfazed by the water pouring in from Park Avenue. It didn't seem to bother that many people, to be honest with you. It was kind of almost like a novelty. They're like, Oh, we're sitting in water, but we're just blessed. We're thankful. In Scotch Plains, Tom Krasnowski, News 12, New Jersey.

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