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Middletown cops probe suspected child luring in Cobalt Ridge
Police investigate reported child luring attempt in Middletown’s Cobalt Ridge neighborhood MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, PA – A report of a suspicious vehicle and possible attempted child luring in the Cobalt Ridge neighborhood prompted…
Mayor: Swastika in Jackson Park to be Treated as Hate Crime
JACKSON-Today, the Jackson Township Police Department reported a depiction of a swastika and penis dragged into mulch at the township-owned Woodlane Park and Mayor Michael Reina condemned the incident. “The Township of…
Garden State Parkway lane closed indefinitely for emergency bridge repairs
MONMOUTH COUNTY — One northbound local lane on the Garden State Parkway will be closed “indefinitely” for emergency bridge repairs, officials said. The closure north of exit 109 is necessary because the…
Report: Police called 750 Times to Troubled Downtown Motel
TOMS RIVER — Police have filed a public nuisance complaint against a motel after police have been called to more than 750 times in less than three years to the business. Toms…
Phil Murphy: Terrorist “Jerk” No Reason to End Immigration Amnesty Program
TRENTON — The “jerk” at the center of the deadly New York City bike path attack that killed eight people and left at least 11 injured should not automatically put an end…
Lakewood Vaad Endorses Wall Street Millionaire Phil Murphy for Governor
LAKEWOOD-The influential council of the Lakewood VAAD has endorsed Wall Street Millionaire Phil Murphy for Governor in next week’s election. The VAAD citied Murphy’s long and deep connections to the Orthodox body…
4 more charged in Lakewood fraud sweep seek pre-trial program
TOMS RIVER – Four Lakewood residents accused of wrongfully collecting thousands in public benefits appeared in Superior Court in Ocean County on Wednesday, and their cases will proceed to a grand jury.…
At Least 8 Killed by New York Motorist in ‘Cowardly Act of Terror’
At least eight people were killed Tuesday and more than a dozen others were injured when a man drove a rented truck onto a busy bike path in New York City. “Based…
AG: Public Official Charged After Diverting Public Funds to Personal Charity
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that Kevin Bannon, former executive director of the Mercer County Park Commission, was indicted today on charges that he used his official position to…
Police: Fire at Shopping Center “Suspicious”
Manchester Township – On Sunday afternoon, October 29th, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to 108 Lacey Road, the location of Whiting Shopping Center, for an…
Pedestrian Struck, Airlifted in Ocean County Senior Village
Manchester Twp NJ – On Friday, October 27, 2017, at approximately 10:18 am, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Buckingham Drive and Thornbury Lane in the…
OceanFirst Sand Angel Event Breaks Guinness World Record in Seaside Park
SEASIDE PARK– One thousand six hundred and nine people stood on a windy, but warm, sunny beach in Seaside Park, NJ in hopes to break the Guinness World Record for simultaneous sand…
Mom gets $2.5M settlement from crash while dropping daughter at school
HOWELL — A Howell woman badly injured when her car was rear-ended while she dropped her daughter off at school three years ago has settled her lawsuit for $2.5 million, her attorney…
These 3 things are stressing Jersey out the most, poll says
NEW BRUNSWICK — What frays New Jerseyans’ nerves the most? Parkway traffic? Trenton politics? Family woes? No, it’s money. A new poll by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy found 27…
Hardest hit Sandy victims unhappy with N.J. recovery 5 years later, poll says
More than half of the Superstorm Sandy victims that have been tracked in the five years since the storm decimated New Jersey are still dissatisfied with the state’s recovery efforts, a new…
Five Years After Sandy, Superstorm Continues to Punish Survivors
When the eye of Sandy made landfall just north of Atlantic City five years ago this Sunday, Fran Baronowitz’s neighborhood – which was a few miles away in Ventnor – suddenly turned…
Jersey Shore condo group is latest to push back against dune plans
TOMS RIVER — Trying to beat back the state’s ongoing push for a continuous dune along New Jersey’s Atlantic coastline, a condominium association outside of Island Beach State Park is suing to…
‘I just want justice,’ says husband of woman fatally struck by off-duty cop
LONG BRANCH – When Karen Borkowski was fatally struck by a car driven by an off-duty Long Branch officer last month, she was attempting to cross the street to purchase bandages at…
New Report Shows New Jersey Is Still on the ‘Long Road Home’ After Sandy
On Oct. 29, 2012, hurricane Sandy devastated many communities along New Jersey’s coast. Five years later, many families have yet to recover from the storm and are still not back in their…
N.J. has lots to do to avoid another Sandy catastrophe | Editorial
If the back-to-back-to-back hurricanes that slammed parts of the country earlier this autumn taught us anything, it’s that that next major storm is not a matter of if, it’s a matter of…
Monday commute looks ugly after flooding and heavy winds
Forecasters are advising drivers to avoid standing water left on roads Monday after a coastal storm making its way up the East Coast unleashed heavy rainfall in New Jersey. The National Weather…
Driver dies in head-on crash after fleeing other collision, police say
LAKEWOOD – A man was killed in a head-on collision Saturday night after he had fled the scene of another crash, according to police. German Alonso Velasquez Gonzalez, 41, of Toms River,…
Three North Jersey towns face lawsuits over alleged Orthodox Jewish discrimination
NEWARK — During an Aug. 15, 2015 meeting, Mayor Joanne Minichetti told members of the Upper Saddle River Borough Council that a local member of the Jewish community had reached a deal…
State Senator at Odds with Jackson Council Over Orthodox Eruvs
JACKSON-New Jersey State Senator Samuel D. Thompson advised Jackson Township Council members and Mayor Mike Reina against waging a battle with the Orthodox Jewish population in Jackson over the installation of a…
Murphy Vows to Reverse New Jersey Policy Barring Refugee Resettlement in Garden State
PRINCETON — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy said Thursday he would reverse a Gov. Chris Christie order to refuse to cooperate with the federal government in resettling refugees in New Jersey. Murphy…
Attorney General Issues Stern Warning to Jackson Township; Doesn’t Rule Out Similar Charges
TRENTON-The Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday announced charges against the township council of the City of Mahwah for practices against the Orthodox Jewish community it felt were in violation of…
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