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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bed bugs are nocturnal insects that are most active during night time. They will bite any exposed areas of a person’s skin while he or she is sleeping. Some of the common areas of the body where bed bug bites are found include the face, neck, arms, and hands. The bites cause small and raised [...]

Bed bug infestations were a serious problem in the US before the Second World War, and DDT pesticide was used across the country between the 1940s and 1950s to eliminate bed bugs. Thereafter, the population of bed bugs in the US was greatly reduced, but other countries around the world continued to experience bed bug [...]