Remembering New Jersey’s Underground Rock Mecca, City Gardens
In the annals of American music and cultural history, City Gardens in Trenton, New Jersey, holds a unique and enduring place. From its humble beginnings as a simple club in the late…
Phil Murphy killed 13 Charlie Brown’s in 2020, but one restaurant is reopening in 2022.
During the pandemic, Charlie Brown’s, a popular restaurant chain in New Jersey shut down 13 of its once-popular restaurants. The restaurant chain was forced to close its doors in all but one…
Despite masking, mandates, high vaccination rate, New Jersey logs the worst COVID-19 day since January
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey leads the nation in vaccinations per capita. School children in the Garden State are forced to wear face masks to school. Many state government offices remain closed…
Prosecutor launches investigation into fire that killed 8-year-old boy in Somerville
SOMERVILLE, N.J. – Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Somerville Chief of Police Dennis Manning announced an on-going investigation into…
DiMaio to Democrats: Standing up for New Jersey is not ‘political theater’, you should try it sometime
TRENTON, NJ – Assembly Republican Leader Elect John DiMaio spoke after today’s legislative session, which was delayed after a policy was put in place mandating proof of vaccination or a negative test…
After being locked out of Statehouse over vax mandate, New Jersey Senator votes from nursing home forced to take COVID-19 positive patients during pandemic
State Senator Joe Pennacchio participated remotely in Thursday morning’s Senate Economic Growth Committee, voting from the parking lot of the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home. Pennacchio’s actions were in response to Democrat leaderships’…
As overdevelopment encroaches, New Jersey farmers are under attack with bad faith complaints
Legislation sponsored by Senator Steve Oroho that would strengthen the legal protection of commercial farmers under the Right to Farm Act was endorsed today by the Senate Economic Growth Committee. The bipartisan…
New Jersey’s latest toll hike comes amid record inflation, high unemployment, pandemic, legislators say
Senator Christopher Connors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove are calling on Trenton to end automatic toll increases that commuters and businesses can no longer afford. In May of last year Connors, Rumpf…
Editorial: New Jersey doesn’t need vaccine passports based on irrational fears
By Declan O’Scanlon, Steven Oroho New Jersey State Senators Vaccine passports in New Jersey are unnecessary, based on irrational fear, and would offer little more than the illusion of safety. Forcing people…
Bucco: New Jersey Democrats colluding to hide huge costs of Phil Murphy green energy tax
Senator Anthony M. Bucco said Governor Phil Murphy and Democrats in the Legislature are colluding on an effort to reduce scrutiny of the administration’s absurdly expensive green energy plans that would result…
Parents threaten Jackson BOE with homeschooling over Phil Murphy COVID-19 mandates
JACKSON, NJ – Parents upset with Governor Phil Murphy’s school mask mandate and the Jackson Board of Education’s acceptance of the mandate are now threatening to pull their students and start homeschooling.…
Jackson police seeking Mercedes involved in car thefts at golf course
JACKSON ,NJ – The Jackson Police Department is asking the public for assistance in identifying a suspect believed to be involved in the burglaries of two motor vehicles parked at the Pine…
14-year-old with 9mm Smith & Wesson charged for Sunday shooting in Newark
NEWARK, NJ – Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara commends Newark Police Officers R. Ramasahai, J. Aquino, T. Hughes, and A. Giron for outstanding police work. These officers apprehended a group of…
Brick police confiscate pellet gun after student makes ‘suspicious’ comments
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Brick police say they confiscated a family’s pellet gun for ‘safe-keeping’ after their child made a threat that involved a firearm at the Lake Riviera Middle School. The…
Tractor-trailer driver issued summons after excavator he was hauling fell on car in Toms River
TOMS RIVER, NJ – On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at approximately 5:40 PM police units were dispatched to the intersection of Whitesville Road and Route 70 for a reported motor vehicle accident.…
Monmouth County jail locked down after COVID-19 outbreak, report
FREEHOLD, NJ – A report in the Asbury Park Press says that the Monmouth County Jail is on lockdown after a COVID-19 outbreak earlier this week. According to the report, this is…
O’mi’cron! Fully boosted New Jersey man contracts omicron, mild systems, recovered
TRENTON, NJ – A second reported case of the omicron variant in New Jersey has been reported, once again, contracted at the November anime convention held at New York City’s Javits Center.…
Man killed stepfather because he disapproved of gay dinner guest in his mom’s ‘House of God’
WOOLRICH, NJ – On October 9th, Christian A. Smith, 23, of Philadelphia shot and killed his stepfather after learning that a guest at his mother’s home was a homosexual. The feud occurred…
Lacey Township Weekly Police Blotter; Warrants, Mischief and DUI
LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – The following events were reported by the Lacey Township Police department representing police blotter reports from December 2nd through December 6th. Warrant Arrest- On Thursday, December 2, 2021,…
Lacey police, firefighters rescue a dozen deer from a frigid lagoon
LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Thursday, December 9, 2021, at approximately 8:30 a.m., this agency received multiple phone calls regarding approximately 12 deer submerged in a lagoon near Capstan and Varuna Drives…
Camden County Woman Convicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was found guilty for her role in an extensive scheme to obtain money through fraudulently obtained refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. …