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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 to an immigration program being blasted by President Donald Trump, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Phil Murphy said Wednesday. Murphy, speaking to WNYC’s Brian Lehrer on…
LAKEWOOD-The influential council of the Lakewood VAAD has endorsed Wall
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. Appearing before Judge Linda Baxter was Eliezer, 33, and Elkie Sorotzkin, 31, and Jerome Menchel and his wife, Mottel Friedman. The Sorotzkins are accused…
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 on information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians,”…
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that Kevin
Manchester Township – On Sunday afternoon, October 29th, at approximately
Manchester Twp NJ – On Friday, October 27, 2017, at
SEASIDE PARK– One thousand six hundred and nine people stood
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 said. The New Jersey Law Journal, which was the first to report the Sept. 11 settlement, identified the woman as Gina Peraza, now 50.…
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 percent of New Jersey residents say they have a “great deal” of stress in their lives. Another 44 percent reported “some stress” in the…
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 poll shows. Of 432 people hit hard by the October 2012 storm who have now been interviewed four times since then, 55 percent are…
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 into a lake. Water bubbled up through the air ducts of her home, and the floors buckled so much that she had trouble opening…
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…
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 a CVS to care for her husband. That errand embodied the kind, caring person she was, according to her husband Ed Borkowski “My wife…
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 homes. A new report entitled The Long Road Home, recently published by the New Jersey Resource Project, documents the journey of Sandy-affected families who…
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 when. Even as President Trump rejects the notion of climate change as just so much fake news, the most fervent deniers can see the…
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 Service issued flood warnings in numerous counties Sunday as heavy rain fell throughout the Garden State. More than 20 cities and towns could experience…
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, was driving a 2003 Nissan Altima when he rear-ended a 2016 Nissan Sentra around 8:40 p.m. on the westbound side of Route 88 near…
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 with a utility company to create an eruv, a demarcation of an area that under Orthodox Jewish law allows people to undertake otherwise prohibited…
JACKSON-New Jersey State Senator Samuel D. Thompson advised Jackson Township
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 made the statement at a campaign event with Gold Star father Khizr Khan, who gained national notoriety after his speech at the Democratic National…
TRENTON-The Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday announced charges
New Jersey is often called the California of the east by local Democrats yearning for the complete liberalization of the Garden State, but Wall Street Millionaire Phil Murphy said he will seal the deal if elected to be governor.
Murphy said he will make New Jersey a sanctuary state if he is elected as our governor next month.
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BRICK – A former Brick Township councilman who was facing criminal sexual contact and child endangerment charges pleaded guilty in August to simple assault. Daniel Toth, 40, was accused of touching the genitals of a 15-year-old boy. Toth was in the midst of an election in 2015 when the teen reported the incident to the Jackson…
BRICK — The daughter of a former Brick Township mayor admitted to submitting nearly $1 million in fake insurance claims for chiropractic services from her brother, who leaped to his death with his wife from a Manhattan building this summer. Kim Bogan, a 30-year employee of Brick Township, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Ocean County…
From the Office of Christopher Porrino, NJ Attorney General TRENTON
The Jackson Police Department and the NJ Division of Child
JACKSON-Jackson police are still conducting an investigation into a crash
TRENTON-The New Jersey State PBA’s lobbying arm has spoken and
TOMS RIVER-The Toms River Police Department was on hand this
The state of Alabama Thursday executed a man by lethal injection, convicted for the 1997 murder of a Montgomery Police Cpl. Anderson Gordon III by shooting him multiple times in his patrol car. The Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution against Mcnabb earlier on Thursday evening. The decision of the court reversed a lower court…
Los Angeles police are investigating Harvey Weinstein in relation to a suspected sexual assault four years ago, a spokesman told AFP on Thursday. “The Los Angeles Police Department’s robbery homicide division has interviewed a potential sexual assault victim involving Harvey Weinstein which allegedly occurred in 2013,” officer Drake Madison said. “The case is under investigation.” The…
HOWELL — The family dog that was supposed to be euthanized at a veterinary hospital in May, but was instead discovered still alive Monday did not appear neglected over the past five month, police said Wednesday. Keri Levy, of Freehold, called police and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals after learning that her…
NEWARK — Dozens of pimps and prostitutes were arrested in New Jersey as part of annual international sweep led by the FBI to crackdown on human trafficking, officials said. In what authorities dubbed “Operation Cross Country XI,” 42 people were arrested in the state on warrants and charges of sex trafficking, child exploitation and prostitution. It…
LONG BRANCH – An off-duty Long Branch police officer who fatally struck a woman on Ocean Boulevard last month told officers at the scene he had a green light and that she was jaywalking, newly obtained dashboard camera video shows. Jake Pascucci, 28, was driving a 2016 Jeep Cherokee southbound on Ocean Boulevard when the vehicle…
by Daniel Rodrick, Toms River Special deals given to developers
HOWELL-The Howell Police Department arrested , 37 years old of
by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-On October 13th the Toms
TOMS RIVER – No plea deal was offered to two Lakewood residents who appeared in court on Wednesday after they were arrested earlier this year in a massive fraud sweep. Moshe and Nechama Hirschmann are accused of wrongfully collecting $53,418 in Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from January 2011 and December 2015. They…
HOWELL-After a biker who was involved in a scuffle at
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…
TOMS RIVER-Police today said 13-year-old Antonella Marino has been found
Documents released by Jackson Township detail how the township council
by Brick PD BRICK-On 10/13/17 at 5:02pm Officers were dispatched
by Howell PD HOWELL-Last evening at approximately 8 pm Howell
TOMS RIVER — Authorities are investigating a suspicious package found in the library of Ocean County College, officials said. The school tweeted just after 10 a.m. warning people to stay clear of the area due to police activity. Police are on the scene. More information will be provided as it becomes available. — Ocean County College…
by Phyllis Lacca The old saying goes, “Records are meant
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MONMOUTH COUNTY — A New Jersey man faces up to four years in prison after admitting stealing three ATMs, including one at Boardwalk Hall in Asbury Park, in a 10-day span last year, according to a report. Darren Covington, 52, of Neptune, pleaded guilty to six counts of burglary and two counts of attempted burglary, APP.com…