Much-anticipated fireworks shows are scheduled on days that may see cloudy skies, rain.
Opening day benefits Youth Soccer of Freehold
The cold front will slowly move through the region on Thursday through Friday morning with periods of heavy rain and embedded thunderstorms.
Independence Day also has become the deadliest holiday weekend for alcohol-related traffic crashes - even ahead of New Year's Day.
A slow-moving cold front combined with a tropical disturbance off the Southeast coast will lead to scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms from Wednesday on through Friday morning.
Patch readers are also offering a playground set (for free), items for sale from a private garage, a sofa, an organ and more.
The Rev. Loraine Priestley-Smith has served United Methodist congregations in South River and Quinton, New Jersey