New Jersey News

TOMS RIVER-Did you ever wonder about the history of your home?  Who owned it before you?  What was it used for before?  Well, now is your chance to find out …

It’s the first day of spring today and that means free cones at your locally participating Dairy Queen and Rita’s Ice shops.   Each spring, both businesses offer free cones to …

LACEY-The Lacey Township School District on Monday said the language in their student handbook that landed two students with suspension for posting photos of themselves legally possessing and using firearms …

ASE INTENSITY beats Pt Pleasant Panthers 9-3 to win All-Shore ‘s Spring Classic on travel softball’s opening weekend   ASE Intensity is a local independent travel team out of Manalapan NJ …

by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-In the late evening of March 13th the Toms River Police Department was made aware of an Instagram social media posting alluding to a violent …

by Al DellaFave, OCPO TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced that on March 13, 2018, Sevon Hill, 24, of Toms River and Shakar Barksdale, a.k.a. “Anthony” Barksdale, 24, …

Tuesday, March 13, 2018– Students across the country have been making their voices heard on the issue of gun violence following the tragedy in Parkland, Florida last month. Toms River …

DALLAS-On Monday, the Dallas Fire-Rescue department received word that one of their own was killed.   Fire-Rescue Officer, Brian McDaniel, tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash while on vacation …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

by OAG, NJ TRENTON– A Point Pleasant, New Jersey, man today admitted that he planned to construct and use a pressure cooker bomb in New York on behalf of the …

BRICK-Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce a $1 million commitment from the Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation of Toms River to support the hospital’s new …

After being sued by Roy Rogers who opened across the street, Hardee’s is finally coming back to the Jersey Shore.   The restaurant is being built in the Bay Harbor Stop …

by BCPO Three Charged With Stealing Money From Moorestown Funeral Home.  Entrusted with running the operation, they allegedly stole $1.3 million Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Moorestown Police Department Chief Lee …

by NJSP As Troopers, we need to be ready if we encounter life and death situations–on or off-duty. And whether you just graduated the academy or are a 10-year veteran, we …

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, whose most notable foreign relations activities included plane rides to the Dominican Republic with his now imprisoned partner,  Dr. Salomon Melgen, says has concerns with President Trump’s …