Jeannie and the Drivin’ Wheel is a Jersey Shore country
BRIELLE-The Brielle Police Department, Fire Department and EMS responded to
NEW GRETNA–Mark McGovern, a congressional candidate in New Jersey’s second
by Spring Lake PD SPRING LAKE-The heavy, wet snow from
HAMILTON TWP-On March 21, 2018 at approximately 7:49pm Officer Hartman
MILLSTONE-This morning, firefighters in Millstone Township had to battle the
Snow will continue to fall steadily until 2 am Thursday
JACKSON-Hundreds of line workers assembled today at Six Flags Great
BARNEGAT LIGHT-The U.S. Coast Guard today is advising boaters to
Two New Jersey softball teams are getting some attention entering the 2018 season. Both Donovan Catholic and Kingsway are ranked in MaxPreps.com’s Preseason Top 50, occupying the No. 45 and No. 46 spots, respectively. Donovan Catholic’s inclusion comes as no real surprise following a 27-2 season in which it reached the Non-Public A final and finished…
LACEY TWP-Hirsh Singh, an engineer from Linwood has secured the
At approximately 9:48am, there was a report of a vehicle
by Holmdel PD HOLMDEL-This afternoon at 1:14 pm, a tractor-trailer
JACKSON-The Jackson Township Police Department, Ocean County Prosecutors Office Major
TOMS RIVER-Did you ever wonder about the history of your
It’s the first day of spring today and that means
LACEY-The Lacey Township School District on Monday said the language
ASE INTENSITY beats Pt Pleasant Panthers 9-3 to win All-Shore
by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-In the late evening of
by Al DellaFave, OCPO TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018– Students across the country have been
DALLAS-On Monday, the Dallas Fire-Rescue department received word that one
The ill-fated helicopter that crashed Sunday in the East River, killing five, was operated by a company that provides flight services for the Rutgers University football team. The aircraft that went down in icy waters on a photo shoot was being flown by Liberty Helicopters, a long-time sponsor of the Scarlet Knights, which has been regularly…
A 34-year-old Newark man fatally shot Tuesday morning is the city’s third homicide in 24 hours. In a statement, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and Newark Department of Public Safety said police officers found Willie Jackson unresponsive and suffering from apparent gunshot wounds when they arrived in the 100 block of Brookdale Avenue on a report…
A state lawmaker has unveiled a plan to legalize marijuana that would permit hundreds of dispensaries across New Jersey and would allow people to grow a small number of plants at home. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-Mercer, quietly introduced the bill last week after months of speculation about when it would drop and what it would contain.…
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
