Mystery fish from the sky causes power outages in Sayreville, NJ

SAYREVILLE — It's as if "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" had a spinoff book for pescatarians. Residents in Sayreville experienced an unexpected ...

August 15, 2023
5:08 AM

SAYREVILLE — It's as if "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" had a spinoff book for pescatarians. Residents in Sayreville experienced an unexpected power outage Saturday morning around 10:15 a.m., JCP&L spokesman Chris Hoenig said. There was no work scheduled but suddenly around 2,100 customers were plunged into darkness. The fish in Sayreville, named Gilligan by police (Sayreville police via Facebook) Work began quickly and power was restored within two hours. But amid the outage, a life was lost.

Rick Rickman