Sunday, May 12

A whole bunch of kilos of pasta dumped close to New Jersey stream

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — Authorities in a central New Jersey city say they’re now not noodling over the thriller of how lots of of kilos of pasta have been dumped close to a stream.

Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry mentioned Friday that the pasta, together with spaghetti and macaroni, was cleaned up final week by public works crews, shortly after officers discovered concerning the oodles of noodles that rapidly drew nationwide consideration when images of the pasta have been posted on social media.

The estimated 500 kilos (225 kilograms) of pasta have been apparently uncooked when it was dumped, however subsequent heavy rains softened the meals and made the mounds seem like that they had been cooked, officers have mentioned. It’s unclear who dumped the pasta there or why, however it’s not believed the pasta had been on the website for lengthy earlier than it was found.

Henry mentioned the pasta didn’t trigger any environmental injury or well being points and he considers the matter closed.

“It certainly shouldn’t have ended up in the woods — putting in or near the stream bed was not the best idea — but I certainly hope our police are not putting more time into this” he mentioned. “Assuming the pasta was still usable, I wish it had ended up in our food bank, which could have really used it.”

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