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If you're a geologist at heart or maybe your little one is, we've got just the place for you to check out this week's road trip. Close to home news. 12, New Jersey's Isabel Litters and photojournalist, Mike Roberts. Take us to the Franklin Mineral Museum in Sussex County. You know, Franklin is the home to 420 different minerals of which we have almost all of them displayed here. This one right here is my favorite. Uh You picked a good one when you live in Franklin. You know about the minerals right across the road here used to be the country's richest iron mine before they even figured out that they had zinc across the road. Then they crossed the road literally. And they got the world's richest zinc mine here that operated until 1954. Everything that you're looking at it here was waste rock. So I noticed something different about that rock right here. Franklinite. Tell me about that. Well, Franklinite was the most prevalent zinc bearing mineral that we have here. This is what they named the state mineral after the rock is much heavier than what it looks. Oh, my gosh. I was not expecting that. Everything that you're looking in this room was found in the local war body like copper gold manga Brazil Magsi or I be, yeah, it is actually Magnesia Rebeck. Oh gosh. When I was little we got to go to the mineral dump. That's where they put all of waste rock that ended up containing all these wonderful minerals that were standing amongst here. This is the best dump I've ever been to as part of your tour. You will come down here to the buckwheat dump, which is not your average landfill. You can see here these rocks which were actually discarded from the Franklin mine across the street from the museum. And if you spend enough time here, you might actually find some hidden treasures. I like this one. There's about 80 some minerals I believe. Oh, look at that. Oh my God. That will fluoresce different colors when subjected to ultraviolet light. Push that red button. Wow, that is amazing. The best part of it for me is seeing the surprise on their face because they have no clue what they're walking into. Those are pretty amazing. They're coming in on a field trip to go look at rocks. But when they see the rocks that we have, the fact that those colors came together in the same rock naturally. It's amazing. And that's something that you can't anticipate until you've actually seen it for more information on hours and ticket pricing. Just visit news 12 dot com.

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This week, we are exploring a place just as unique as its name. Yeah. And News Twelve's Nikita Ramos is taking us on a road trip to Sugarloaf in Orange County, Sugar Loaf in Chester is a Hamlet that beams with character. Plenty of local businesses offer unique experiences to shop and create. Jay Hangin is a clay and jewelry store with walls adorned with pieces you've never seen before. Everything is made here. I have artistic kind of neutral palette glazes um that I make myself and there's also my jewelry which can be purchased or I also do custom made. You can even sign up for classes and Jessica will teach you how to make your own ring. Hey, have you done this before? I haven't. Perfect. Let's get started. Jessica walks you through the process from choosing the metal to turning it into a canvas for your creativity. Excellent. You texture it, stamp it and bend it and solder it and we try to wrap that all up in three hours, then tie the bow on a beautiful day down the road at a hidden gem Ocean Vineyard sits on at least 100 and 70 acres and offers a front row seat to nature's own color palette and luscious landscape. Pair that with wine made on site and a savory charcuterie board. And this family owned vineyard will feel just like the right escape. Sit back, relax and have a toast to memories made or found on this road trip close to home in Sugarloaf, Nikita Ramos News 12.

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In this week's road trip, close to home. We're taking a trip to the islands and don't worry there is no flight necessary. It's right in the heart of Flatbush, Brooklyn. New Song's Marissa Marcelino takes us on this Caribbean vacation. Are you looking for a tropical adventure without all of that expensive travel? Well, today might just be your lucky day. Flatbush Central Caribbean marketplace has 26 vendors including a food hall in the heart of Brooklyn. Here people can come and experience the Caribbean from uh from cultural products to cultural food. The diversity of tasty options will make your mouth water just thinking about them. Jamaican tacos from two girls in a cook shop, eggnog cheesecake from JD with the grub and even lamb bacon from Prince Abu's butchery. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. You're gonna find events, food and uh dishes that you can't really find anywhere else. Uh There's always like some new type of food cooking session going on this educational stuff. The market and shop for colorful clothing, jewelry, flags, tea and more products you can typically only find in the Caribbean that is convenient. The heart of Flatbush and we're inside. No coldness, no jacket required. And you still taking a trip to the island. The market for of Flatbush Central is open Monday through Saturday and the food hall is open seven days a week in Flatbush. Marissa Marcelino News 12.

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Right now we are in a Chinatown Manhattan where there's restaurants and food and culture galore. But the reasons that make the restaurant just down the steps behind us so special go far beyond just the menu items. Yeah, it's just the best food around. We come here like minimum every two weeks, minimum. It's a gym in this area. Woop restaurant is recognized as the oldest and best restaurant in all of Chinatown traditional old fashioned Chinese restaurant since 1938 and general manager of the world renowned favorite calls it a family affair. Every time they visit New York or they live around here, they bring their new generation here and also they can bring back their memory. Recently awarded the 2022 James Beard America's classic on account of their quote, timeless appeal and reflection of its community. Woop is sure to leave your belly and heart full. What did it feel like when you heard that you won? It was because we didn't know that you can make it. But finally we make it. Huang may have been shocked by the recent win but other Woop regulars were not, the service is wonderful. The food is fantastic. And I think if anyone who wants to economize and get the best high quality kind of Chinese food, really. This is a gift. Long time customer Andrew to calls the traditional Chinese restaurant a generational gem. I've been coming here since 1986 but my wife has been here has been longer than that, like 40 something years. I've been coming here since I was seven years old. My dad, my son who's in Austin comes every month and says mom, we have to go down to Chinatown to Austin as in Austin, Texas. Yep, it's that good. It's beef youngs, chow mein. It's, it's fried noodles with vegetables and all kinds of goodies on top. It's delicious. If you haven't tried it, I'd encourage you to try that one time. So, maybe the secrets in woops history. They're delicious dumplings and mouthwatering Loma. Or maybe it's in the memories of diners past decorating the walls. Either way to says, people know it from all over the world. So you're lucky if you here in Chinatown, Manhattan. I'm Jordan Kisa News 12.

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Well, if you're looking for a place to get creative with the family, we've got you covered. Yeah. On this week's road trip close to home, our Angela Cascarano heads to Graph Lab Studios. It's where you can add a pop of graffiti to your clothes. Host a birthday party, even take a workshop. We're at the Graph Lab studio in Holtsville for this week's road trip close to home and we're here to create some graffiti art. Danny Cross set out to open Graph Lab studio in March of 2020. But the pandemic led him in another direction, came to your lawn and painted like a live graffiti banner. We were like the little light in Long Island that would come and just make something out of, out of a birthday because there was nothing going on after finally being able to do what they do best. Danny and his wife geared up to entertain here at the Graph Lab studio. You can design everything from a jean jacket, a T shirt, even a skateboard. All right. I'm not very artistic, but we are gonna try and see what we come up with today. Let's go when designing your sweatshirt, your T shirt or any other artistic masterpiece. There's hundreds of pencils to choose from. I'm learning from a pro here. So here's my masterpiece. Scrap Lab Studios is open by appointment only for this road trip. Close to home. I'm Angela Cascarano News. 12 Long Island.

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November is Native American Heritage Month and there are five recognized tribes here in Connecticut. The Mohegan tribe has over 2000 members in their museum. Located on Mohegan Hill is the old oldest Native American museum in the United States. And this week's road trip, close to home news, 12 photojournalist, Laurie glass takes us to an, we're at the Tan Aqui Museum in Uncasville, Connecticut. This museum was founded in 1931 and was founded by our medicine woman, Gladys Tanna Quien and her brother, Chief Harold Tanna along with their father John Tanna. So they established the museum here to preserve Mohegan history and culture for future generations. I find that a lot of people don't know about the Mohegan tribe. So this is a great opportunity to learn and discover the tribe's history, some of its folkways. What I find most inspiring about this Han Aqui Museum is the artifacts and the different um locations of topics around this museum, right from Ancus who was chief at the time of contact in the 16 hundreds, right through to modern Mohegan where we still collect and display modern Mohegan items. Our very first leader was Uncus this is a caller that he wore hundreds of years ago. It signifies the separation between the Mohegan and the Pequot outside. We have a traditional uh village set up. Uh There's a wigwam and a long house. There's also our three sisters garden which highlights traditional agriculture. In the three Sister Mounds. We had various programming to support students and educators across the state of Connecticut in the village. You will see some demonstrations going on, cooking demonstrations. There's usually uh somebody out there demonstrating the actual building techniques uh of how these wigwams are constructed. This is glass Quis regalia. This is something that you would wear ceremonially. Her belt that she wears though is a very important belt. This is the medicine woman's belt. It was made by Martha Uncus in the 17 sixties and has been handed down to every medicine woman in our tribe. Sense. There has been a Mohegan that has always fought in every battle of this country, including the revolutionary war. The first native American to die in the revolutionary war was a Mohegan. Another interesting piece is Chief Ockham's regalia from the late 18 hundreds, 18 eighties. And you can see the incorporation of some American flags in into his regalia. This is the place to come to learn about Mohegan history. From the Mohegan perspective. I want people to come to visit to learn more about the tribe and to realize that there's more of a Mohegan than a casino I want people to learn that the natives of Connecticut are still here and we still are thriving today. It's your local history and we're around you.

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For this Friday's main street, New Jersey. We had to Broadway. Lauren do is running around today featuring local businesses there. So we're trying to maximize the fun for everybody. Look, we definitely had fun at River City gaming one price and everything is included. We even do a Coke camp for kids. We teach stem training, we teach programming. So yeah, we got a lot of stuff going on, a lot of tattoos to be done at the garden of it. A female and have female artists like it's just so much more powerful and gives them more of like a safe place for everyone to come. We have everything from that simple white galle style frame to more interesting gold leaf. Look at this, make your home more beautiful. But also we're gonna take care of your artwork here at at Tellier Rosal. OK. Who's hungry? How about some instagrammable drinks and food from Laa? Bring a modern twist of Mexican cuisine, cocktails, mixology, everything that comes with it, tree corn over here. Very popular item. We have the Burrier quesadilla and we have our famous Flautas. Our presentation is unique. We all of Gigi's favorites at Gigi's Latin bistro kind of been part of my culture, you know, um and working for other people, but just serving and bartending and doing stuff like that over the years. But cooking has always been in my blood. So you came to my house. Still the apron, still the smells. It's really a great feeling to be a part of this community. See everything going on the new business, uh the people from the town that are doing everything to pull it all together. It's really kind of fun, wet ticket brewing in all of these businesses is what the mayor thinks makes Broadway happening. We do believe that our small businesses are the backbone of our community. And here in Broadway we try to help them in any way we possibly can. It's a great place to come down and visit. We have a wide array of businesses from restaurants to skate shops, to tattoo parlors, to arcades, checking it all out in Rahway, Lauren de News. 12 New Jersey.

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Governor Murphy joined NHL leaders and legends in East Rutherford today for a major announcement. Next year, two regular season hockey games will be played outside right at Metlife Stadium featuring both the Devils and the Rangers News. 12 New Jersey's Isabel Latos joins us from the field. Isabel, what can we expect from this event? There is a lot of excitement coming to this stadium next February 2 days, two games and two major rivalries right here on this field. You can expect a once in a lifetime experience seeing the Devils face off against the Flyers and the Islanders take on the Rangers all in one weekend. Each year. The NHL selects four teams to participate in two regular season outdoor hockey games. The 2024 event will take place February 17 th and 18. And the governor says they will likely bring a boost to local businesses much like we've seen from other major concerts and athletic events at Metlife this year. And when you think about how much hockey means to this area and the number of people that are involved at the game at all levels, no better place to fill this magnificent 80,000 seat stadium twice in less than 24 hours. It's going to be a great weekend. As the commissioner said, NHL leaders expect to fill this 80,000 seat stadium twice in one weekend. The governor says he expects this to bring a boost to business. It's a win for hockey fans and a big win for the state live in East Ford is News 12 New Jersey.

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The white is Billy Joel's historic MS G run is coming to an end. The piano man set the date for his final residency show at Madison Square Garden. The 104th concert of his unprecedented residency will take place. July 25th tickets go on sale, November 10th at 10 a.m. Speaking of.

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Get ready to rock out and leave no stone unturned as we head to a mineral museum in New Jersey this week. Then we head to New York City to sample Chinatown's oldest restaurant and the tropical tastes of the Caribbean from a Flatbush market.

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Let's bring in storm watch team Scott sink off and see what the rest of the week is going to look like. It's been a dreary gray Saturday throughout the city. And we are gonna be seeing more of that moisture move in just gonna be a a sweatpants Sunday, so to speak tomorrow. What are we looking at? Temperature is gonna be in the upper forties to around 50. The rain will be moving in by midnight, foggy conditions. Yeah, that's gonna continue. There is a dense fog advisory out on Long Island and in the water. So definitely just take it slow, reduce your speed, leave plenty of following distance between you and other vehicles. If you're gonna be driving throughout the five boroughs, not gonna see really any chances of major flooding, but ponding in the normal spots, of course, in the cars and with the fog, just gotta be careful because that notorious fog plus all that rain gonna be steady, especially midday into the afternoon. That's when we're gonna see more than a half inch of rain throughout the five boroughs. So we are gonna be just seeing this dreary weather throughout the day tomorrow. So what are we looking at? Clouds, fog, continue across the city, gonna be seeing that rain shower activity moving after midnight and then by the time the sun rises, that's when the rain's gonna get steadier and heavier from the morning to midday. That's when we could see the heaviest rain areas of ponding maybe some minor flooding down towards the south shore with that fog. So definitely take it slow because the rain will be with us through the early afternoon. That's when things are gonna start to wind down as we are gonna be seeing some lingering showers towards the evening on Sunday. Even. It's the overnight. But that is when we're gonna see those clearing skies into Monday morning. The fog though. Yeah, nothing we can do about it. It's gonna be lingering here and there. Fifties on your Sunday, cloudy dreary as that black kind of day as we are gonna see drier breezier conditions on your Monday and then cool down Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That's your hyper local forecast.

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We won't be getting snow but we might be getting some rain. Scott joins us. Now with the forecast, Scott, what can you tell us? But we could see like a half inch to one inch of rain and imagine that to be snow. That will be about 10 inches. So, yeah, let's just uh ho focus on the rain, right? Because before the rain comes, we're looking at this all the fog. Well, you can't really see it. We are looking at the dense fog, dense fog advisory out along the Jersey shore as well as in South central Jersey along 195 and south of that through the overnight. So just take it slow, use plenty of falling distance between you and other vehicles and also just make sure to use your loping headlights very, very important there as we are seeing this dense fog. This is a look over at seaside heights as temperatures are gonna be in the forties. So real mild this evening, cloudy skies and areas of fog as well. We are gonna be seeing that continue through the overnight as that rain is gonna be pushing on and the showers will be building throughout the morning, the heaviest gonna be midday into the early afternoon and then things are gonna start to get better 34 o'clock. So all any of those holiday tree lighting, any of the big festivities should be able to go on into the late afternoon, early evening, but still just have the umbrella with you just in case we are seeing this rain pushing on in from West Virginia of Virginia P A is gonna be moving on in from the southwest. That's just gonna be dumping a decent amount of rain. No flooding though because of a lot of the steady rain is not really coming down hard and fast, just gonna be steady up to a half inch or more. Central North Jersey, a little bit less south of 195 Tom's river down the Jersey shore. As we are gonna be seeing more cloudy skies, rain will be continuing to push in as we go through out your Sunday morning steadier and heavier into the late morning and early afternoon. And then we are gonna start to see that dwindle out by 45 o'clock and then cloudy skies, foggy conditions will be lingering with a few isolated showers still in the cars as we go towards your Sunday night. We are looking at these temperatures, forties and fifties into your Sunday, gusty winds as well. And then we are looking at Monday and Tuesday, breezy much cooler weather as we head into the rest of the week ahead.

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Turning now to your forecast with meteorologist Scott Zoff, Scott, what can you tell us? Well, right now, we're dealing with a lot of that notorious fog. We've been seeing a lot of that cloud covered the fog since this morning and really, it's just been a mild day, temperatures peaking around 51 degrees. A few notches above our average high of 48. But right now you can see all this fog. This is Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk if you can see and visibility is reduced to a mile or less along the Long Island Sound and much of Western Connecticut. So definitely take it slow because we are seeing cloudy skies, fog and showers building into the overnight temperatures will be dropping to around 40 degrees or so milder along the sound. As we are going to be seeing that rain build throughout the morning. The heaviest is going to be midday 10 a.m. to around three o'clock in the afternoon and then things are going to be tapering off from there. So let's break things down. We're gonna see up to a half inch of rain or more along and south of 84 A little bit less to the north of 84 to Litchfield County. Not really going to be expecting any major flooding but still take it slow. The usual spots that see the ponding will be seeing them as we go into your Sunday morning, the rain will get steadier and heavier throughout the morning by 910 o'clock, see those yellows along and south of 84 going to be that from lunchtime. That's when we could see that ponding through the afternoon by 34 o'clock though. Just going to be seeing a few lingering showers areas of fog though will be continuing. Sunday will bring highs in the forties, cloudy skies. A little breezy with that on and off rain, especially from lunchtime into the afternoon. And then as we go into your Monday, we are going to be seeing 50 degrees there, breezy and cooler with those highs in the thirties and forties into the end of the work week.

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Now, meteorologist Julian C Wright joining us to talk about not just the temperatures but also the rain out there, Julian. Absolutely. So now we are looking at a dry period in temperatures that are rather mild for this time of year, but we are going to see all that change except for the temperatures getting into our Sunday. So like I mentioned earlier for the first update, we are looking at these two systems which have been stalled out over towards the coast and for the northern parts of the northeast near Canada, those are creating a bit of a tunnel which is going to continue to flow this storm system straight into the northeast, which is not only gonna bring us cloudy conditions but even rain by the time we wake up for our Sunday morning, so expect wet conditions throughout the entirety of our Sunday. We do have some breaks though once we get to our Sunday afternoon and Sunday nights, but just notes, if you're gonna be outdoors, definitely bring the umbrella and the rain gear, but it's also not gonna be too bad of a day to just really stay inside and cozy up. Here's what we're seeing for our Sunday afternoon, around noon, widespread rain, a bit of heavier rainfall towards white plains and Yonkers. But temperatures will be into the upper forties, low fifties by the time we get into the noon hour, and that's gonna be pretty steady throughout the course of the day, especially for Yonkers in itself. But on and off showers are going to be possible, especially once we get to around five o'clock and heading closer towards dinner time. Sunday, late nights, we're still dealing with some remnants of some showers and even heavy rain possible just outside of uh Kingston as we get near our midnight hour. But things look to dry up by the time we get into our Monday morning, close to about three quarters of an inch of rainfall is gonna be expected across lower Hudson Valley. So it's not a full wash out, but it will be a day that we are really just going to want to stay inside because it's just gonna be wet near seasonal temperatures in the days ahead, mainly dry with clouds and trending chilly as we get into the later parts of next week, mainly for Tuesday is gonna start that trend. But for Hanukkah, we're looking at temperatures to be on a colder end for our Thursday into the upper thirties and the next weekend warming back up with rain chances. All right, Julian, thank you very much.

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It's gonna cool down again in the 10 day. Let's talk about the bigger issue, which is going to be the rain tomorrow. So we do have cloudy skies all weekend, obviously a fog out there this morning too. So that's creating some visibility issues. But on Sunday, it is a steady rain for a good chunk of the day. So today is the pick out of the weekend. There'll be some peaks of sunshine this afternoon around lunch, but not much of it. Temperatures are in the mid ff maybe even upper fifties if we get enough sunshine, but I would not count on the sun. It's gonna be a possibility that we, you got a few breaks in the clouds, but most of the day is pretty cloudy. This is 5 p.m. the sun is already set and temperatures are still in the fifties. So you don't need the heavy winter jacket. Just a light jacket. Today will do dinner time is mainly dry, but after 89 o'clock, there could be some spritzes and stray showers. It's a all day full LG wash out on Sunday, light rain in the morning, check this out. Temperatures are in the fifties in the morning, that's above average for the afternoon at this point in the year. But we don't warm up on Sunday. It's gonna stay 50 all day with this very persistent, very steady and very damp rain that just sticks around until I'd say about six o'clock or so. So, if you have any brunch lunch, early dinner plans Sunday, I just don't see a lot of opportunity for dry time for you here. So we're gonna keep that in mind. Temperatures are not bad all the way through Monday. We're hanging out in the fifties. Today's high of 56 is the warmest that we've actually seen since mid November morning. Lows are in the forties, so no worries about frost. No worries about cold when you're stepping out the door. Tuesday morning, we're back down to 36. So that's kind of setting the stage for a cooler upcoming work week, 46 there, 43 on Wednesday and 42 on Thursday. It's not the coldest set we've seen, but it is definitely pretty chilly for that first night of Hanukkah. Expected to definitely feel like it is December, but we rebound a little bit next weekend with another chance for some rain. Just a little heads up on that. But the work week does look dry. Not that we want to talk about the work week on a Saturday, but that's how it's shaping up

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