An Assembly panel approved legislation Monday its supporters said would protect patients from getting socked with bills from out-of-network doctors and hospitals — a $1 billion problem lawmakers have failed to settle for nearly a decade. The legislation would protect thousands of New Jerseyans covered by state-regulated health plans from “balance-billing,” or paying what an insurance…
The man accused of killing Livingston native Brendan Tevlin three years ago in a terror-inspired slaying abruptly pleaded guilty during jury selection Tuesday to fatally shooting the Seton Hall Prepatory School graduate at a traffic light in West Orange. During the same hearing, Ali Muhammad Brown, 34, of Seattle, Washington, admitted killing three other men in…
JACKSON-Six Flags isn’t exactly crediting President Trump with a new
Jackson PD JACKSON-The Jackson Police Department is seeking the public’s
TOMS RIVER-A diesel fuel spill has shut down traffic around
MANCHESTER-An Ocean County man has been charged in connection with
A state Senate panel Monday backed legislation that requires New Jerseyans to buy insurance or pay a fee — a mandate the Trump administration will end in 2019. The move is a step toward protecting the health insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The federal landmark health care law requires…
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The National Weather Service is predicting approximately one to two
TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Toms River
BERKELEY TWP-On March 1st, at approximately 7:50 am Berkeley Police
NEWARK- The Division of Consumer Affairs (“the Division”) today announced
Two 19-year-olds from New Jersey and a puppy were killed and a 20-year-old man critically injured when their car drifted off the road and hit a tree in Delaware this morning, according to a report on delawareonline.com. Driver Adrian Velazquez of Kearny and passenger Alfahtee Heuy of Hillside were pronounced dead at the scene of the…
Additional Linemen, Hazard Assessors and Support Personnel from FirstEnergy Utilities and Electrical Contractors Traveling to New Jersey to Assist MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Service has been restored to more than 131,000 Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) customers who lost power following the massive winter storm that pounded the entire Mid-Atlantic and New…
JERSEY CITY-This time last year, Joe Rullo was engaged in
MOUNT HOLLY-The National Weather Service has issued a high wind
TOMS RIVER-The New Jersey Appellate Court today decided that it
Public disapproval ratings plunged for companies that severed their ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) following the Parkland, Florida, massacre of 17 students and teachers, according to a poll released Wednesday by Morning Consult. Gunman Nikolas Cruz slaughtered his victims February 14 at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, prompting a flood of…
Manipulating the statistics on school discipline issues can mean big bucks for districts once the stats tell the feds the story they want to hear, as a piece in recently noted. Unless Secretary of Education Betsy Devos can roll back the Obama-era guidelines that encouraged this, the politically correct recipe for disaster could pave the way…
US retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Wednesday it would stop selling assault-style rifles and bar gun sales to any customers under 21 years old in the wake of the Florida school shooting. Responding to the outcry from victims of the deadly Parkland high school shooting that claimed 17 lives, including 14 children, earlier this month, Dick’s…
Walmart announced that it will raise the age of those who can purchase firearms at its stores to 21. The company also said it will ban toys and items that resemble assault rifles in the wake of the Valentine’s Day Parkland, Florida high school massacre “In light of recent events, we’ve taken an opportunity to review…
US retail giant Walmart announced Wednesday that it was raising to 21 its minimum age to buy firearms and ammunition, the latest US company to recalibrate its stance on weapons after a deadly Florida school shooting. “In light of recent events, we’ve taken an opportunity to review our policy on firearm sales. Going forward, we are…
WASHINGTON, DC-New Jersey Congressman Tom MacArthur paid his respects to
Senator Chris Brown (R-2) is sponsoring bipartisan legislation to fight
https://www.facebook.com/145175556126428/videos/169713283672655/ TRENTON-Democrat legislators in Trenton this week announced a series
One person was killed and another person injured early Wednesday in a house fire in Edison, authorities said. The fire started in the basement of the Edison house at 5:40 a.m., Edison Fire Department officials said. A man was found dead in the basement, according to News 12 New Jersey. Another resident was taken to the…
The following is a partial list of Jewish choral performances in New Jersey this spring: Kol Dodi will perform a Lag b’Omer concert May 3 at Morristown Jewish Center-Beit Yisrael. Photo courtesy Marcia Solkoff Eskin “Sing Hallelujah-Chichester Psalms and More,” Sharim v’Sharot, in honor of the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, featuring other area choirs and…
“Does this smartphone make my nose look big?” It might, according to researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who point out that most people are unaware that close-up selfies produce a distorted image. The nose can appear 30 percent wider according to a new analysis, which adds a new wrinkle to modern day vanity. “Young…
New Jersey State Police troopers used CPR to save a man’s life when they found him unresponsive and without a pulse in a vehicle in the median of the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County. Sgt. Karen Fahy and Trooper Christopher Herman were on patrol near milepost 80 on the southbound side of the Garden State…
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at New Jersey, Philly and New York airports due to a powerful nor’easter making its way through the area packing wind gusts up to 60 mph and heavy rain. As of 7:50 a.m., Newark Liberty International Airport had 132 cancellations, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking service. There were hundreds…
Overdose deaths continue to skyrocket in New Jersey even as other states appear to be getting a grip on the opioid crisis, according to the latest available data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the 12-month period from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, 2,284 people died of an overdose…
A New Jersey man made it home safe Friday after a night of partying by way of a $1,000 Uber ride, which he said he doesn’t remember. Kenneth Bachman claimed had been partying near the campus of West Virginia University located in Morgantown, West Virginia, with his buddies when he decided to call an Uber home.…
A report today on NJ.com says ICE has been effective in New Jersey in detaining illegal immigrants in the Garden State…
More than twice as many undocumented immigrants in New Jersey with no criminal histories were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year as compared to 2016, a direct result of the dragnet-style policy set forth by President Trump. Of the 3,189 immigrants arrested by ICE in the Garden State in fiscal year 2017, 1,271…
Update: Nguyen was released from jail after a pretrial hearing.
The head volleyball coach at Millburn High School engaged in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl after giving the teen alcohol, authorities have charged. Peter Nguyen, 50, of Edison, also served as a coach at the all-girls Impact Volleyball Club in Rahway, where the teen was a player, authorities said. He also worked as a bookkeeper…
Two Gloucester County school districts have been closed after a threatening email was sent to a district staff member, officials said. The Franklin Township and Delsea Regional school districts are closed Thursday after authorities said they were investigating the email sent to the Franklin Township School District staff member overnight. “We are working diligently to identify…
SEASIDE HEIGHTS-Karma, the iconic nightclub on the Boulevard in Seaside
TOMS RIVER-Rasheed Jaron Sanders is in Ocean County Jail and
A man accused of beating his girlfriend to death inside a Jersey Shore motel room last week stopped for drinks before he checked himself into a hospital following the “brutal beating,” a prosecutor said Wednesday. Matthew Demartin, 37, was charged with murder in the killing of Sharon Falcetano, 59, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced last…
Two people were killed in a crash Sunday afternoon when an intoxicated driver ran a red light and crashed into their vehicle, according to police. The crash took place on Highway 49 at 4:15 p.m. in Hopewell Township, according to Lt. Ted Schafer, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. The driver of a 1994…
If you want the best doughnuts in the Garden State, Thrillist says you need to head down to the Jersey Shore. The popular food site recently published with its 31 best doughnuts shops in America, and Uncle Dood’s Donuts in Toms River was the lone New Jersey spot to make the list. Thrillist praised Uncle Dood’s…
State lawmakers will hold a a marathon public hearing Wednesday to debate seven bills that would further tighten New Jersey’s gun laws on the heels of mass shootings across the country. Many of the measures were introduced during former Gov. Chris Christie’s tenure, but the Republican governor blocked efforts by Democrats in the Legislature to strengthen…
TRENTON-A Marine Corps veteran from New Jersey has announced he
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Long Beach Township
Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey announced today that a
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Seaside Heights Police
ATLANTIC CITY-Hirsh Singh, a 32 year old aerospace engineer who ran
JACKSON-Jackson Valley was once a proposed 958 unit age-restricted community,
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