A man who set off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple terms of life in prison. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, who was born in Afghanistan but lived in New Jersey, injured 30 people when one of his pressure cooker…
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Bomber from N.J. handed multiple life sentences for NYC, Seaside Heights bombings
Two Ocean County Towns Announce They Won’t Ban Marijuana Sales Should it Become Legal in New Jersey
With the marijuana legalization debate set to heat up this year in New Jersey, leaders in two of the state’s highest-profile towns say they have no problem with weed businesses in their cities. Should state lawmakers legalize pot, count Jersey City and Asbury Park among those likely to be a part of what could eventually be…
Outgoing Gov. Christie to NJ: You’ll Miss Me!
The first time I asked Gov. Chris Christie a question we were 2,000 miles from New Jersey. I was a year into my first newspaper job in southeast New Mexico. Christie, just eight months into his first term, was there to stump for Susana Martinez’s campaign for governor. Noting the candidate’s law-and-order record, Christie played up…
Arby’s owner buying Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.9 billion
Looks like Arby’s is about to add some Buffalo to its menu! The parent company of the “we have the meats” restaurant announced plans to acquire Buffalo Wild Wings in a deal valued at $2.9 billion. RELATED: 17 senior restaurant discounts for those 50 and older Buffalo Wild Wings is getting a new owner On November…
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 stop the massive dune project there. In court documents filed Friday in Superior Court, members of the Midway Beach Condominium Association say they shouldn’t…
E-Z Pass Coming to 5 Jersey Shore Bridges This Year
CAPE MAY COUNTY — The first of the five Cape May county bridges to get E-ZPass will start to offer the service within the next two months. The installation of E-ZPass at the Ocean City-Longport Bridge could be finished as soon as late November, but will be complete no later than mid-December, according to Cape May…
Police ID man who died after being pulled from surf off Long Branch
LONG BRANCH – The man who died after he was pulled from the ocean off Seven Presidents Park on Sept. 23 has been identified as a 34-year-old Piscataway man. Weining Liu was on the beach, which is a county park, with his family when he went swimming and became distressed from the currents, Long Branch police…
Officials: Woman Drowned in Rough Surf Off Seaside Park on Sunday
A lifelong resident of Toms River, Joell Lanfrank passed away on Sunday after being pulled from the Atlantic Ocean in Seaside Park.
SEASIDE PARK — A 44-year-old woman died Sunday after she was pulled from the ocean off Seaside Park, officials said. The woman was brought in by lifeguards around 2 p.m., according to Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy. He said additional information on the incident would have to come from Seaside Park police Chief Francis Larkin, who…
Best Disaster Preparation, No Matter Where You Are
Like everyone else in the field of journalism, I have seen and heard a lot of things in my 15 years in the business. And while advancements in technology have allowed us to write and cover stories faster in recent years, one thing remains the same. People are not prepared for disasters. And that must change.…
State of emergency in Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma
Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) declared a state of emergency on Monday evening in every county in the state in preparation for Hurricane Irma, which was upgraded earlier to a Category 4 storm. Scott’s order notes that the National Hurricane Center predicts the storm will be a “major hurricane located somewhere north of Cuba and south…
6 people rescued off Sandy Hook after boat capsizes
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS — The Coast Guard rescued six people on Monday off the coast of Sandy Hook after their boat capsized. All six people on board a 22-foot Pleasurecraft boat were safely brought to the Atlantic Highlands Marina with no injuries, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The Coast Guard’s Sandy Hook crew received a…
