Passing Driver Saves Brothers from Burning Home in Brick Township

BRICK TOWNSHIP – A motorist who spotted flames coming from a Montclair Drive home early Wednesday morning is being credited for rescuing a pair of brothers from the blaze that severely damaged…

June 16, 2017

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Jersey Shore town spikes proposal to extend boardwalk music hours

Atlantic County News·Cape May County News·Community News·Government News·Jersey Shore News

SEA ISLE CITY — A popular Cape May County beach town has voted against extending hours for music performances on its boardwalk, according to a report. A proposal to let music continue…

June 16, 2017

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Possible Idiot Fistpumping Outside Car Window Video Goes Viral

Atlantic County News·Jersey Shore News·Police Blotter

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Motorists on the Atlantic City Expressway must have done a double-take on Wednesday when they saw a young man hanging from a speeding luxury car by one arm.…

June 16, 2017

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Russia Claims Death of ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi

Police Blotter·US and World News

Russia has claimed killing the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in an air strike targeting a meeting of ISIL leaders just outside the group’s de-facto capital in…

June 16, 2017

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Man, 64, reportedly indicted on charges he sexually assaulted 11-year-old girl

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

MORRISTOWN — A 64-year-old town man was indicted on Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in March, the Daily Record reported. Antonio Velasquez faces charges of aggravated sexual assault,…

June 16, 2017

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Ex-firefighter gets 3 years for criminal sexual contact with girl, 15

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

NEWTON — A 28-year-old former volunteer firefighter was sentenced to three years in prison for child endangerment and criminal sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl, authorities said. Kile Burke, of Dingmans Ferry,…

June 16, 2017

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School Mourns Girl Who Drowned at Jersey Shore Beach

Community News·Monmouth County News·Police Blotter

BELMAR — The 12-year-old girl who drowned in Belmar Thursday night and her 11-year-old cousin who remains on life support after being pulled from the ocean would have attended their last day…

June 16, 2017

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NASA to Light Up Skies Over Atlantic Coast Tonight

Community News·Entertainment News·Events and Festivals·Police Blotter·US and World News

After seven aborted missions, NASA is going to try again to launch a rocket that will generate colorful artificial clouds in the night sky over the Atlantic coast as part of a…

June 16, 2017

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Good or Bad? Former Dominatrix Seeking Work at a County Jail

Government News·New Jersey News·Police Blotter·Politics

A former dominatrix wanted to change her life and start a career as a sheriff’s officer in Hudson County. She was days away from graduating the police academy when officials found out…

June 16, 2017

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Police: Brick Teen Killed, Mutilated Rabbit While Other Kids Recorded Incident

Community News·Police Blotter

BRICK — Authorities are investigating a teenage boy accused of killing and dismembering a rabbit while others watched and recorded it on video, according to a report. The boy, a resident of…

June 16, 2017

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Wall HS Yearbooks to be Republished After Trump Censorship

Government News·Monmouth County News·Police Blotter·Politics·School and Education News

WALL — Wall Township High School will reprint corrected yearbooks for every student after a photo was intentionally manipulated to cover up a junior’s Donald Trump T-shirt, according to the district. Superintendent…

June 16, 2017

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Ocean County Contractor Facing Charges for $1.5m Sandy Scheme

Ocean County News·Police Blotter

Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a contractor accused of bilking victims of Hurricane Sandy out of more than $1.5 million by skipping out on repair jobs after taking their money. Jamie Lynn…

June 16, 2017

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New Justice League Ride Unveiled at Great Adventure

Business News·Community News·Entertainment News·Events and Festivals

JACKSON – Metropolis is under attack and the Justice League team of superheroes needs help. That is the scenario that riders of Six Flags Great Adventure’s new 4D ride Justice League: Battle…

June 16, 2017

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REPORT: New Jersey is Arresting More People for Weed Than Ever Before

Monmouth County News·Ocean County News·Police Blotter

TRENTON — If you lined up every person who had been arrested on marijuana charges in the Garden State since 2000, according to a new report from the state chapter of the…

June 16, 2017

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Letting Go Of A Balloon Could Soon be a $500 Fine in NJ

Government News·Police Blotter

TRENTON-Imagine the scenario… You’re walking along the boardwalk with your child and she accidentally lets go of the big pink balloon she just received from a stand or vendor. Then a…

June 16, 2017

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Manahawkin butcher wins $1M in World Series of Poker event

Community News·Events and Festivals·Local Sports News·New Jersey News

A butcher from New Jersey outlasted 18,053 other players to win $1 million at a World Series of Poker event on Wednesday. Thomas Pomponio topped the field at the “Colossus” No-limit Hold’em…

June 9, 2017

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Dangerous clinging jellyfish found in N.J. river

Community News·Jersey Shore News·Monmouth County News

The jellyfish with a dangerous sting that caused a scare on the Jersey Shore last summer, prompting the cancellation of several events, have reappeared in a Monmouth County river, researchers say. Clinging…

June 9, 2017

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Huge chocolate heist lands N.J. crime boss behind bars, feds say

Politics

EDGEWATER – A borough man has been identified by the FBI as a leader of an alleged organized crime ring wanted for extortion, fraud and stealing 10,000 pounds of chocolate, authorities said…

June 9, 2017

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The details of NJ Transit's dreaded summer schedule are finally here

New Jersey News

NJ Transit released the final details of its schedule for most of the summer, which will send Morris & Essex Lines riders to Hoboken, but spares 75 percent of rail commuters from…

June 9, 2017

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N.J. cop accused of beating teen after chase placed on paid leave

Police Blotter

CARTERET — A borough police officer under investigation over allegations that he beat and bloodied a 16-year-old after a brief car chase last week has been placed on administrative leave, officials confirmed.…

June 9, 2017

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