Green Jersey

Weekend news roundup

A bus strike won’t go off at midnight tonight — Lakeland Bus Lines agreed to a temporary truce this afternoon. About 5,000 commuters take the bus, says the Daily Record.

The “Dog Beach” wetlands in Egg Harbor Township are being treated to a cleanup and new soil, native marsh grass and trees. Click here for an Atlantic City Press map/graphic.

In Carlstadt, more than 250 acres of the Meadowlands may be turned into a more natural marshland over the course of the next several years.

Morris County’s new county park at Greystone — 300 acres it got from the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, via the state — will include skating rinks, walking paths, athletic fields and a dog park. Its inaugural event, a street soccer tournament, is tentatively scheduled for June 21.

Union County schools will get rid of old lab chemicals as a safety precaution starting this summer.

May Day volunteers cleaned and prettified sites throughout Madison.

The free Cape May County Zoo celebrates its 30th anniversary Tuesday.