Whales ring in the new year at the Jersey Shore and in the East River

BELMAR — One of the world’s largest mammals rang in the new year in the chilly waters of New York and New Jersey. A large whale, believed to be a humpback, was spotted surfacing and spraying water out of its blowhole in the East River near Gracie Mansion on New Year’s Eve, according to the New… Read the rest of this entry »