Committee clears Dancer, Space bill creating task force to control invasive species

TRENTON, N.J. – The pesky polka-dotted bugs known as spotted lantern flies, a notorious invasive species, and the threat of other non-native plants, animals and insects to New Jersey’s ecosystem would be…

Dancer proposes school bus safety reforms to protect children from dangerous operators

TRENTON, N.J. – Following a staggering report by the USA TODAY Network that revealed dangerous bus operators were able to continue transporting students, Assemblyman Ron Dancer introduced legislation to close loopholes and…

Ginny Haines, Freeholder Discussing Plan to Build Regional Homeless Shelter in Jackson Township

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Ocean County Commissioner Virginia E. Haines has been holding preliminary and private discussions to build a county-sponsored homeless shelter on a site in Jackson where the Freeholders once…

Howell Xscape Theater Latest Victim of Murphy COVID-19 Restrictions

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ – When the Howell Xscape Theater opened just four years ago, it filled a much-needed theater entertainment void in the Howell, Jackson, and Lakewood area. It became an instant…

Joe Wiz, one of nation’s top sports betting analysts takes the madness out of March Madness 2021

NEW YORK, NY – Joe Wiz, one of the nation’s top sports betting experts is helping his clients take the madness out of March Madness and providing sports bettors service that he…

Trenton George Floyd Rioter Charged for throwing explosive device at State Trooper, Molotov cocktail

TRENTON,NJ – A Trenton man participating in the May 2020 peaceful George Floyd protest in Trenton threw a Molotov cocktail at a police car with the intent to burn and possibly kill New…

Phil Murphy just asked Ocean County to give back doses of vaccine

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In January, the New Jersey Department of Health cut Ocean County’s monthly vaccine number by 40%, instead, sending those vaccines to lower-income and impoverished areas of the state. …

NJ fire chief gives post-mortem on 170-acre Lakewood forest fire

BRICK, NJ – The massive 170-acre fire that destroyed commercial buildings in Lakewood and threatened one of Ocean County’s busiest retail corridors has been brought completely under control. As of 2 p.m.…

Lakewood business cited after second employee loses finger in ice cream machine

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Despite two severe amputation injuries in 2018 and 2020 on the same machine at a Lakewood ice cream manufacturing plant, a recent federal safety and health inspection found the company…

Zoom call reveals Murphy administration warned about nursing home deaths, did nothing

Senator Joe Pennacchio said a bombshell news report proves without a doubt that the Murphy administration was warned by nursing home administrators last year that an order forcing them to accept COVID-positive…

Amityville Horror killer Ronald DeFeo Dead at 69

Ronald DeFeo’s gruesome 1974 killing of his mother, father and four siblings in their home in Amityville, New York. His gruesome murder inspired the cult movie classic, The Amityville Horror. DeFeo was…

Sex Offender Who Fled with Girlfriend to Mexico Sentenced for Violating Sex Offender Laws

CONNECTICUT – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LESTER B. JOY, 40, formerly of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R.…

Three charged with 120 kilos of cocaine and $1,000,000 in drug money

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S.…

Two charged for attack against U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick

WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania and West Virginia man were arrested Sunday on criminal charges related to their alleged conspiring to injure officers and assaulting federal officers, among other charges. According to court…

Lakewood Forest Fire Update: Garden State Parkway Reopened

LAKEWOOD, NJ – A forest fire that burned through 170 acres between Lakewood Township and Brick Township continued to burn into the night as hundreds of firefighters from the region worked overnight…

Atlantic City man who escaped federal custody captured again

CAMDEN, N.J. – An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man appeared today following his arrest on charges of escaping from federal custody, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Patrick Giblin, 56, of…

Hilton Hotel on Route 70 in Brick Evacuated as Fire Draws Near

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Hilton Garden Inn, located in the path of the fire that started earlier this afternoon in Lakewood is being evacuated. Here’s what we know so far about…

Lakewood Fire Chief: Numerous structures caught fire as blaze heads to Brick

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Lakewood Fire Chief John Yahr today said moments ago that a fire that began in Lakewood Township has quickly spread and is headed south toward Brick Township. “At about…

$50,000 winning Powerball ticket sold in Manasquan

MANASQUAN, NJ (March 11, 2021) – Two New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn for the Wednesday, March 10, drawing winning the $50,000 third-tier…

Here’s what Toms River Mayor Tom Kelaher said about Mo Hill in his final interview

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Two months before the passing of Toms River Mayor Tom Kelaher, I decided to give him a call and see how things were going since he left office. …

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