Notes from the Green Truck

An episode in Manhattan last week sent a warning bell clanging through northern New Jersey’s retail industry. Bed bug infestations closed two of Abercrombie & Fitch’s popular Hollister clothing stores in New York City. Hollister Epic, the brand’s 40,000-square foot flagship store in SoHo was reopened after extermination but Hollister’s South Street Seaport store remains closed.
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Summer camp is a rite of passage for many children in Bergen, Morris, Passaic and Hudson counties in northern New Jersey. When you pack your child off to summer camp, you expect him to bring home a load of dirty laundry, plenty of memories, excited stories about outdoor adventures and new friends, a motley collection [...]

Bed bug infestations are reaching epidemic levels in the U.S., increasing the risk that Bergen County travelers will encounter bed bugs during summer travels. Taking precautions when you travel can reduce your risk of infecting your northern New Jersey home with bed bugs; however, these tiny hitchhikers can be hard to detect and may infect [...]

Bed bug infestations are a serious problem in northern New Jersey and are reaching record levels across the United States. As Bergen County residents leave home this summer for graduations, vacations and family reunions, savvy travelers will take precautions to avoid bringing bed bugs home.
In our last post, we described how to check a hotel [...]

If you’re traveling away from your Bergen County home in northern New Jersey this summer for a graduation, wedding, family reunion or vacation, don’t let bed bugs ruin your trip. Bed bug infestations have been reported in all 50 states and are as likely to be a problem in 5-star resorts as economy motels. Savvy [...]

Bed bugs have already ruined at least one family’s graduation celebration and will probably ruin many more before the last New Jersey graduate walks across their university’s stage this June. A family that traveled to Colorado Springs to celebrate their daughter’s graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy was appalled to find their hotel room [...]

Blood-sucking bed bugs are a serious problem in Bergen, Morris, Passaic and Hudson counties in northern New Jersey. Bed bug infestations in northern New Jersey apartments, condos, homes and schools have become so prolific that the New Jersey Assembly this week passed ground-breaking bed bug legislation that would make landlords responsible for bed bug extermination. [...]

Another rash of bed bug infestations in northern New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Indiana, Orlando and numerous other cities across the U.S. has put bed bugs back in the media spotlight. Northern New Jersey pest control professionals call bed bugs the No. 1 pest of the 21st century and warn that the nation’s bed [...]

Bed bugs were found in two Hamilton, New Jersey elementary schools last month causing fear and consternation in the community. The growing prevalence of bed bugs in America has led to increased reports of students bringing bed bugs to school from which they can quickly spread through both the school and community. Bed bug infestations [...]

Bed bugs have become a serious problem for the hospitality industry. Since their resurgence as a public health nuisance over the five years, many hotels and resorts have hired pest control professionals to conduct regular bed bug inspections. However, as we mentioned in our last post, because bed bugs arrive in the luggage of their [...]