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KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (WPVI) — A near-death experience was caught on camera outside of a gas station in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It happened on Monday morning when a massive tree came crashing down on top of a car on Lenape Road in Kennett Square.

Amazingly, the woman was able to open her door and get out of her car. She then runs to the driver in front of her, seemingly dazed and clutching her head.

John De Bow watched it all. He was on the roof of a Karco gas station across the street, checking the HVAC unit when it happened.

“She almost died. It was inches away from her death,” said De Bow. “I heard cracking, and then I looked over and I saw it starting to fall, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God.'”

The tree was so big, he was worried it would hit him from across the street.

The trunk exploded as it crashed in the parking lot.

Workers were busy cleaning up the debris left behind.

De Bow has been worried about something like this. He noticed the dead tree before it fell and says others will likely come down.

“If you look at these other trees up here, they’re all dead, ready to fall down,” he said.

Connor McGivney is a certified arborist who works for Jake’s Tree Service in Glen Mills. He said he could clearly tell that the tree had been dead for years.

McGivney says this is a reminder for people to keep an eye on the trees on their property.

He says while PennDOT is responsible for the road, the property owner has to handle whatever is on their land.

Action News was told by both the neighboring homeowner and the construction company that’s housed near the property that the tree wasn’t their responsibility.

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The Trent House Association will host a talk by Karelle Hall, a member of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware and an expert and activist in the revitalization of the Nanticoke and Lenape languages and cultures. On Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 2 pm Dr. Hall will describe the work being done to restore the availability of squash cultivated by the Lenape and Nanticoke people. This free talk will be given in the Trent House Visitor Center at 15 Market Street, Trenton, New Jersey. Free parking is available at the rear of the property off William Trent Place.

Dr. Karelle Hall holds a doctorate in anthropology from Rutgers University and is a member of the Nanticoke language revitalization team, reclaiming Nanticoke words, concepts, cultural teachings, prayers, and songs. This team has published a beginner Nanticoke language book titled “Once It Has Been Spoken…It Cannot Be Unspoken: Kutiikiitowaakanun.”

During her talk Dr. Hall will describe the work being done to cultivate ancestral varieties of corn, beans, and squash and reconnect Lenape and Nanticoke people with these foods and foodways. She will connect this work with the broader effort to revitalize the language and cultural practices of these tribal communities who were the first to call what is now known as New Jersey their homeland.

Recordings of Dr. Hall’s previous talks for the Trent House – “Lenape Relationship with the Natural World” and “Ties That Bind: Nanticoke and Lenape Language and Revitalization” can be found on the Trent House website at https://www.williamtrenthouse.org/videos.html. The William Trent House Museum is a National Historic Landmark in the Crossroads of the American Revolution National…

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Friday, Apr. 4

BCSL

Pennsauken Tech 2, Camden Tech 0 – Box Score

Cinnaminson 2, Collingswood 1 – Box Score

Rancocas Valley 2, Northern Burlington 0 – Box Score

Hopewell Valley 2, West Windsor-Plainsboro North 1 – Box Score

Hightstown 2, Westampton Tech 1 – Box Score

BIG NORTH

Fair Lawn 2, Demarest 0 – Box Score

Passaic Tech 2, Wayne Hills 0 – Box Score

Bergenfield 2, Passaic 0 – Box Score

Hackensack 2, Clifton 0 – Box Score

Teaneck 2, Cliffside Park 0 – Box Score

Paterson Eastside 2, West Milford 0 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Absegami 2, Pleasantville 0 – Box Score

Triton 2, Atlantic Tech 0 – Box Score

Oakcrest 2, Hammonton 1 – Box Score

GMC

Iselin Kennedy 2, Perth Amboy 0 – Box Score

North Plainfield 2, Bound Brook 1 – Box Score

Piscataway 2, Elizabeth 0 – Box Score

Woodbridge 2, South River 0 – Box Score

Monroe 2, Bridgewater-Raritan 1 – Box Score

Watchung Hills 2, Edison 1 – Box Score

East Brunswick 2, North Brunswick 0 – Box Score

HCIAL

Ferris 2, Newark Vocational 1 – Box Score

St. Peter’s Prep 2, Memorial 1 – Box Score

Hudson Catholic 2, McNair 0 – Box Score

Hoboken 2, Lincoln 0 – Box Score

Bayonne 2, Union City 1 – Box Score

North Bergen 2, Kearny 0 – Box Score

NJAC

Ridge 2, Jefferson 0 – Box Score

NJIC

Weehawken 2, Secaucus 0 – Box Score

North Arlington 2, Lyndhurst 1 – Box Score

Paterson Charter 2, Becton 1 – Box Score

Garfield 2, Elmwood Park 0 – Box Score

Wood-Ridge…

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Friday, Apr. 4

BCSL

Northern Burlington 7, Seneca 4 – Box Score

Doane Academy 12, Riverside 3 – Box Score

Bordentown 10, Holy Cross Prep 0 – Box Score

BIG NORTH

DePaul 12, Indian Hills 0 – Box Score

Dumont 11, Teaneck 8 – Box Score

Passaic Valley 10, Paterson Eastside 6 – Box Score

Paramus 6, Westwood 4 – Box Score

Pascack Hills 12, Tenafly 1 – Box Score

Mahwah 4, Northern Highlands 2 – Box Score

Wayne Hills 10, Clifton 0 – Box Score

Passaic Tech 8, Ridgewood 1 – Box Score

River Dell 6, Ridgefield Park 0 – Box Score

St. Joseph (Mont.) 4, Pascack Valley 3 – Box Score

Bergenfield 11, Cliffside Park 7 – Box Score

Ramapo 10, Lakeland 4 – Box Score

Passaic 6, Wayne Valley 3 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Delsea 5, Vineland 3 – Box Score

Ocean City 4, Absegami 2 – Box Score

Atlantic Tech 5, Atlantic City 1 – Box Score

Egg Harbor 11, Oakcrest 1 – Box Score

Mainland 17, Lower Cape May 2 – Box Score

COLONIAL

Pitman 1, Paulsboro 0 – Box Score

GMC

Colonia 8, Sayreville 3 – Box Score

North Plainfield 4, Carteret 3 – Box Score

South Amboy 7, Iselin Kennedy 3 – Box Score

St. Joseph (Met.) 14, South Plainfield 7 – Box Score

East Brunswick 9, Monroe 2 – Box Score

HCIAL

Hoboken 11, Dickinson 0 – Box Score

Union City 3, Memorial 0 – Box Score

St. Peter’s Prep 16, Kearny 0 – Box Score

Bayonne 6, Ferris 5 – Box Score

NJAC

Morristown 4, Pequannock 2 – Box…

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Thursday, Apr. 3

BCSL

Westampton Tech 2, LEAP Academy 0 – Box Score

Pennsauken 2, Camden Tech 0 – Box Score

West Windsor-Plainsboro South 2, Burlington Township 0 – Box Score

Pennsauken 2, Gloucester Tech 1 – Box Score

BIG NORTH

Belleville 2, Passaic 0 – Box Score

Wayne Valley 2, Bergen Catholic 0 – Box Score

Paterson Kennedy 2, West Milford 1 – Box Score

Paterson Eastside 2, College Achieve Paterson 0 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Sterling 2, Cedar Creek 1 – Box Score

Triton 2, Mainland 0 – Box Score

St. Augustine 2, Clearview 0 – Box Score

GMC

Edison 2, Woodbridge 0 – Box Score

Millburn 2, North Plainfield 0 – Box Score

Lakewood 2, Sayreville 1 – Box Score

J.P. Stevens 2, Iselin Kennedy 0 – Box Score

Old Bridge 2, Colonia 0 – Box Score

South Brunswick 2, East Brunswick 0 – Box Score

Monroe 2, St. Joseph (Met.) 0 – Box Score

HCIAL

Hudson Catholic 2, Dickinson 0 – Box Score

NJAC

Randolph 2, Jefferson 0 – Box Score

Morristown 2, Vernon 0 – Box Score

NJIC

Passaic Charter 2, Becton 1 – Box Score

Harrison 2, Livingston 0 – Box Score

Paterson Arts 2, North Arlington 0 – Box Score

OLYMPIC

Sterling 2, Cedar Creek 1 – Box Score

Kingsway 2, Lenape 1 – Box Score

SEC

Belleville 2, Passaic 0 – Box Score

Nutley 2, Payne Tech 1 – Box Score

Glen Ridge 2, West Essex 0 – Box Score

East Orange 2, Barringer 0 – Box Score

Millburn 2, North Plainfield 0 – Box Score

Newark Tech 2, Montclair Immaculate…

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Actor Román Zaragoza, who stars as the character Sass in the CBS comedy “Ghosts,” is sharing details about his character’s struggling love life and how the show has approached incorporating Lenape culture.

“He’s a hopeless romantic. He wants to be loved. He wants to feel that love, and I think because he died so young that he still has that young heart. He’s an old soul, but young heart,” Zaragoza said in an interview with “CBS Mornings” about Sass.

Zaragoza revealed it was partially his idea for his character to be a virgin.

“We talked about it for awhile, and I pitched it because I was curious, because they were leading up to the fact that I feel like he was going to be a virgin, and then I think that something came out that he wasn’t, and I was like, ‘I think it’s funnier if he is.'”

In this week’s episode, another ghost brings back Joan, a potential love interest for Sass, who is a Lenape ghost.

“As a Native actor, it’s hard. A lot of the time, you get cast as an actor and as a consultant and you’re like, you know, I’m not Lenape. I’m not an expert on Lenape history or culture.”

Zaragoza credits the “Ghosts” showrunners for bringing someone in who is Lenape and an expert on its culture.

“Not every set does that, and I just gotta really thank Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, but we brought in Joe Baker who is the executive director of the Lenape Center … and he’s been just an incredible asset to our show,” Zaragoza said. Baker is also an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, according to the Lenape Center.

Beyond his character, Zaragoza joked about his height. While he stands at 5’10,” a Google search claims he’s…

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Actor Román Zaragoza, who stars as the character Sass in the CBS comedy “Ghosts,” is sharing details about his character’s struggling love life and how the show has approached incorporating Lenape culture.

“He’s a hopeless romantic. He wants to be loved. He wants to feel that love, and I think because he died so young that he still has that young heart. He’s an old soul, but young heart,” Zaragoza said in an interview with “CBS Mornings” about Sass.

Zaragoza revealed it was partially his idea for his character to be a virgin.

“We talked about it for awhile, and I pitched it because I was curious, because they were leading up to the fact that I feel like he was going to be a virgin, and then I think that something came out that he wasn’t, and I was like, ‘I think it’s funnier if he is.'”

In this week’s episode, another ghost brings back Joan, a potential love interest for Sass, who is a Lenape ghost.

“As a Native actor, it’s hard. A lot of the time, you get cast as an actor and as a consultant and you’re like, you know, I’m not Lenape. I’m not an expert on Lenape history or culture.”

Zaragoza credits the “Ghosts” showrunners for bringing someone in who is Lenape and an expert on its culture.

“Not every set does that, and I just gotta really thank Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, but we brought in Joe Baker who is the executive director of the Lenape Center … and he’s been just an incredible asset to our show,” Zaragoza said. Baker is also an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, according to the Lenape Center.

Beyond his character, Zaragoza joked about his height. While he stands at 5’10,” a Google search claims he’s 5’3,”…

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CRANFORD, NJ — The American woodcock is a plump, camouflaged, adorable shorebird.

The species also known as the timberdoodle, Labrador twister, night partridge, mudbat or bog sucker, has several distinct features. It has a rotund, orange-fluff belly, long bill and short legs. It’s also recognized for its preference for damp, dense woodlands. It can be found in the eastern half of North America, including New Jersey.

Recently, experienced nature enthusiast Peter Axelrod gave a “Woodcock Talk and Walk” at Lenape Park in Cranford. He gave a PowerPoint presentation, followed by a guided outdoor experience exploring the lifestyle and behaviors of the woodcock. Twenty-one people signed up for the free event.

“They’re silent, except when they do the mating call,” said Axelrod.

He further explained that they are a shorebird, they live in the forest and are related to the sandpiper. They have a cryptic coloration, the color of leaves and large prominent eyes. And they are very plump. Their beak is 10 to 12 inches long.

“It is one strange bird,” said Axelrod. “It can be confused with Wilson’s snipe, also an average shore bird who adapted to living in the forest.”

The woodcock nest is a small shallow depression in the ground surrounded by leaves. “Males do not participate in nest building or rearing the young,” said Axelrod.

For food, woodcocks mostly eat earth worms. “They are known to eat their weight in earth worms every day,” said Axelrod.

Downed woodcocks can be found in Newark and New York City, where they crash into buildings. They are nocturnal, active at night. Shakespeare mentions 64 bird species in his writings, with 10 references to woodcocks.

When a male woodcock is ready to mate, their call is a distinctive, loud “Peent!” The sound is often heard in…

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