POMPTON LAKES — Here's one way to tell spring is getting closer: Black bear sightings have resumed in northern New Jersey. The bruins are coming out of their dens in search of food. The Record ...

Black bear sightings and overall incidents in New Jersey are down in 2025, according to a report from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

A woman in Highland Lakes, New Jersey, has a strange—and potentially dangerous—relationship with the black bears that live in the woods near her home. Susan Kehoe is a self-proclaimed environmentalist ...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- Too many bears, way too close to home -- that's what some Franklin Lakes residents think. CBS2's Vanessa Murdock went in search of black bears, and stumbled on ...

Susan Kehoe, who lives in Highland Lakes, New Jersey, recorded as she gently urged a black bear to close the door of her house after it opened it. A New Jersey woman proved a polite tone can go a ...