{"id":771940,"date":"2026-07-19T11:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/771940\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:17:12","slug":"black-bears-spotted-near-apartment-complex-in-hunterdon-county-police-say-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/771940\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bears spotted near apartment complex in Hunterdon County, police say | Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLINTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. &#8212; Police in Hunterdon County are warning residents to look out for two black bears that have been spotted in the area of an apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p>The bears were spotted in the area of 101 West Main Street in Clinton Township, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are advising people to keep all pets indoors or on a short leash, and to secure trash cans, bird feeders, and outdoor pet food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police also say to not approach, corner, or feed the bears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u200bLocal authorities are aware and monitoring their activities.<\/p>\n<p>You can report bear sightings to Clinton Police at 908-735-8611, or for emergencies call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLINTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. &#8212; Police in Hunterdon County are warning residents to look out for two black bears&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[61345,248603,79,201],"class_list":["post-771940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-hunterdon-county","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}