Son Charged With Mom's Murder After NJ High Rise Fire: Patch PM

Good evening North Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from North Jersey:

1. A Jersey City man was charged with the murder of his mother following a fire on Thursday morning. Police are still looking for the man, identified as Terrance Nelson, 29. (Read more on Patch)
2. Jacqueline and Michael Silva-Netto served their community as nurses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, three North Jersey organizations have found a way to repay the couple for putting themselves at risk to help others. (Read more on Patch)
3. New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg isn't looking to stop lockdown drills in the state, but she is hoping that administrators take into consideration the mental impact that these drills can have on students. (Read more on Patch)
4. A narcotics taskforce took 250 grams of cocaine, a loaded handgun, over $9,000 in cash, hollow-point bullets, two high capacity magazines, and drug distribution paraphernalia off the streets. And arrested one man. (Read more on Patch)
5. Tecla Kern, born the youngest of five children in Queens, New York, celebrated her 100th birthday on April 21 at Juniper Village in Paramus, New Jersey, where she currently resides. Here's her advice. (Read more on Patch)

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Tomorrow's Preview

Here's a look at tomorrow's weather, as reported by Darksky.

Friday, May 7

Possible light rain overnight.

• High 60, low 42
• Chance of rain: 44 percent
• 6 mph winds

More to follow: The weather may factor in to two things happening skyward in New Jersey. First the weather might be clear enough for the first time to see the Eta Aquariid meteor shower. And if that isn't exciting enough, we might be able to catch a glimpse of a NASA rocket launch as well. Check out our in-depth coverage Friday along with the latest on New Jersey's COVID recovery. Thanks for reading!