The Gazette of Really Small News

1562: In Wassy, France, 63 Huguenots are murdered in a massacre that begins the French Wars of Religion. 1692: The Salem, Massachusetts, witch trials begin. Twenty people, including 14 women, will be executed by officials of what is now recognized as a Puritan theocracy. 1910: Ninety-six people die when an avalanche buries a passenger train in King County, Washington.

Sunrise on the horizon off Ocean Grove.

A tree thought to be a silver maple blooms on a street in Ocean Grove. Spring begins Tuesday, March 20.

Ocean Grove's North End pavilion at sunrise, Tuesday, Feb. 27.

1887: Russian composer Alexander Borodin dies. 1892: French designed Louis Vuitton dies. 2010: More than 500 people die in an earthquake in central Chile.

A pair of jeans enjoys the sun and unseasonable warmth in Ocean Grove on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The temperature reached 77 shortly after 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The old Asbury Park steam plant, left, rises from the fog on Ocean Grove's North End boardwalk at dawn, Wednesday, Feb. 21.