Morning audio update: DWI ticket blitz, spotted lanternflies, blue supermoon tonight (Aug. 19, 2024) [Video]

Good morning New Jersey. Here’s your audio update highlighting a two-week enforcement crackdown on drunken driving in more than 100 towns, rough surf and rip currents from Hurricane Ernesto and the emergence of spotted lanterflies once again.

Plus, we’ll tell you about a supermoon rising Monday night that’s also a blue moon.

Listen by clicking the player above and read more about those stories at the links.

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