By Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida. Students from South Plantation High School, carrying placards, protest in support of gun control. Carlos Garcia/Reuters Thousands of high school students across the nation today are expected to leave their classes precisely at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes. The walkout serves two purposes: to…
A dog has died during a United Airlines flight after a flight attendant insisted it be placed in an overhead bin. The black French bulldog was in a pet carrier during the flight Monday from Houston to New York. United said it took responsibility for the death, saying pets should not be placed in the overhead…
Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $37.4 billion budget plows $242 million more into NJ Transit, but advocates said it was unclear if it would avoid a possible fare increase. Added funding for the agency’s operations would be in addition to $141 million allocated in the fiscal year 2018 budget for a total of $383 million for NJ…
The Trump administration has requested Congress move to strip sanctuary cities of federal grants in the spending bill due by the end of next week, a government official said Tuesday. The official briefed reporters aboard Air Force One as President Trump jetted to California to review the prototypes for his border wall. “We are 100 percent…
Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled an ambitious progressive agenda Tuesday when he pulled back the curtain on his $37.4 billion state budget proposal. The spending plan is a $2.7 billion jump over the state’s last budget signed by former Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican. Murphy, a Democrat, wants to, among other things, fully fund schools and the…
Gov. Phil Murphy is set Tuesday to unveil his first state budget proposal that will include more than $1.5 billion in new revenue from taxes and closing loopholes, including a small spike in the state’s sale tax, NJ Advance Media has learned. The extra revenue would also come from a proposed millionaires tax, closures of corporate…
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office will have to abide by the terms of a $1.3 million settlement it agreed to in order to end a whistleblower suit from a former detective. The New Jersey Law Journal reported that the office had agreed to pay the amount in January but then tried to set additional requirements…
A man has been charged with making terroristic threats after allegedly warning he was going to “shoot up” a march calling for stricter gun laws due to be held in Washington. Shane Steele, 42, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was arrested on suspicion of threatening to open fire using a machine gun at the “March For Our…
by OAG, NJ TRENTON– A Point Pleasant, New Jersey, man
BRICK-Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center Foundation is pleased to
by BCPO Three Charged With Stealing Money From Moorestown Funeral
by NJSP As Troopers, we need to be ready if
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, whose most notable foreign relations
WASHINGTON — Gov. Phil Murphy and the entire 14-member New Jersey congressional delegation stood in unison Friday in opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposal to open the Atlantic Coast to offshore oil drilling. In separate letters to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the governor and the lawmakers again stated their concerns about the threat offshore drilling poses…
The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background checks system, but backed off President Trump’s earlier call to raise the minimum age to purchase some guns to 21 years old from 18 years old. Responding directly to last month’s…
https://twitter.com/JJmagers/status/972974463175286784 A Liberty Helicopters aircraft crashed into the East River
Five passengers were killed after a helicopter chartered for a private photoshoot crashed into New York City’s East River on Sunday, only the pilot survived, authorities have confirmed. According to the Federal Aviation Administration on Twitter, the Eurocopter AS350, an aircraft owned by Liberty Helicopters, crashed just after 7 p.m. In a recording to LaGuardia Airport,…
A helicopter has crashed into New York City’s East River, killing two passengers and critically injuring three others. Police say a sixth person, the pilot, freed himself and was rescued by a passing tugboat on Sunday night. The helicopter was being chartered for a photo shoot when it went down near Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence.…
Eileen McCay is hoping change will come from tragedy. Her close friend Colleen Brownell and Brownell’s stepsister, Alysia McCloskey, deserve it, she says. The two were at McCloskey’s home in Collingswood on Dec. 30 when they were stabbed to death, prosecutors say. Brownell’s ex-fiance Mark Lyczak, 45, of Burlington City, is charged with their murders and…
An Ocean County Sheriff’s officer was injured Saturday night when he swerved out of the way of another vehicle on a state highway in Tom’s River, the Sheriff’s department said Sunday. The officer, who hasn’t been named, was traveling on Route 37 near Mule Road in his marked Ford Explorer around 10 p.m. The officer swerved…
by Howell Police Department On March 9, 2018, Tristan Reyes,
Authorities in Ocean County announced Friday they dismantled a “sophisticated” drug ring that had tentacles in seven different New Jersey counties and New York and led to 28 arrests, the seizure of more than 90,000 doses of heroin and 191 pounds of cocaine, and $850,000 in cash. The widespread operation, dubbed “Operation Heading Back,” began in…
NJ Makers Day is a statewide celebration that focuses on the
Find Your Grind (FYG), an organization dedicated to helping kids explore
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato announced guilty verdicts in the
TRENTON-There’s a new boss in New Jersey and his name
JACKSON-Jackson Township now officially has an assistant business administrator after
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced today the culmination
JACKSON-The February 27, 2018 meeting of the Jackson Township Council
HOWELL-Police are investigating an incident here where a suspect followed
The southern end of Seaside Heights’ boardwalk — engulfed in a 2013 fire that also devastated neighboring Seaside Park — will be redeveloped in phases as a pool complex with a modern pavilion and cabanas available for daily and summer rentals, with an outdoor bar scheduled to open this Memorial Day, borough and project officials said.…
If you feel live a caveman stuck in the Stone Age, you’re not alone. More than 240,000 Jersey homes and businesses are waiting for utility crews to restore their power after a week of dueling nor’easters packed with heavy snow, rain and wind. And while JCP&L employees have worked 16 hour shifts and restored power to…
Hourly wages for thousands of seasonal workers at Six Flags Great Adventure will go up about $2 this year, to at least $10 an hour, the them park announced. The raises will apply to food service, ride operations, janitorial and other jobs for the 2018 season starting March 24, Great Adventure said in an announcement on…
A planned “National School Walkout” has been scheduled for Wednesday,
The Jersey City middle school teacher arrested yesterday and accused of numerous sex crimes has been identified as a 42-year-old Bayonne man. Sean Lora, a teacher at School 7 in the Jersey City Heights, is accused touching a student in a classroom on Tuesday, according to a statement from Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. Detectives investigating…
If you did not stop believing, here, at long last, is your reward. A long-rumored “Sopranos” prequel has been given the green light, Deadline reports. “The Many Saints of Newark,” a screenplay from “Sopranos” creator David Chase, has been picked up by New Line Cinema, the report says. The story is reportedly set in 1960s Newark,…
Mayor John G. Ducey was named the recipient of the
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156331289569756&set=a.111498344755.93280.656279755&type=3&theater LONG BEACH ISLAND-When you can’t surf the Ocean
TRENTON-The NJEA today released a notice confirming the end is
An eighth-grade Manchester Middle School teacher was struck by lightning during a winter storm as she helped prepare for dismissal at the school Wednesday, authorities said. The 33-year-old teacher reported tingling to her hand and arm after the strike around 2:30 p.m., according to police Capt. Todd Malland. She was alert and conscious, and taken to…
Fire crews on Wednesday battled a fast-spreading blaze at a Lakewood building, at least the second major fire that came as a powerful winter storm brought snow and lighting to the region. The blaze at the Cross Street small business complex, near Damiano Way, continued to burn around 4:30 p.m., about two hours after authorities received…
by Charles Webster, MCPO FREEHOLD-Two Long Branch men pleaded guilty
by Todd Malland MANCHESTER-A 33-year-old middle school teacher from Manchester
LAKEWOOD-Lakewood Police are reporting that an explosion was heard inside
STAFFORD TWP-On March 7, 2018, Stafford Township Police arrested 7
On Saturday, March 3rd, 17 students from Hooper Avenue, North
Continuing New Jersey’s efforts to protect investors from fraud in
SEASIDE HEIGHTS-After receiving approval from the borough planning board, the
In Berkeley Township, the Irish Flag was raised in honor
