Will Halloween Pumpkins Draw More Rats? North Jersey Residents Want To Know (VIDEO)
A rat dressed up like a squirrel noshes on a pumpkin in Hoboken. (OK, it's really a squirrel.) (Caren Lissner/Patch) NORTH JERSEY, NJ — With severa...
September 20, 2023
3:52 AM
A rat dressed up like a squirrel noshes on a pumpkin in Hoboken. (OK, it's really a squirrel.) (Caren Lissner/Patch) NORTH JERSEY, NJ — With several neighborhoods around North Jersey battling rat problems — including in Morristown , Hoboken , Bloomfield and Wyckoff — will decorating with Halloween pumpkins make the problem worse? In past years, after the pandemic and other factors caused a rat explosion , one town in the Northeast clamped down on outdoor pumpkin decorating. In Watertown, Mass.
Caren Lissner