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…
Bloomfield Democrats try to block Christian values based Chik-fil-A Parkway rest stop restaurant
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Cancel culture is alive in predominantly blue New Jersey as the Bloomfield Mayor seeks to block a plan for Chik-fil-A, a conservative Christian-based corporation from locating its restaurant at…
Jackson man never came home after New Orleans business trip, police say
JACKSON, NJ – The Jackson Township man has been reported missing by the New Orleans Police Department after he didn’t return home from a business trip last week. Police said 33-year-old Michael…
Middletown boy hospitalized after being stabbed by brother
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – A boy from Middletown is recovering in stable condition in the hospital after being stabbed by his older brother police have reported. The Middletown police department did not release…
In Phil Murphy’s New Jersey Pandemic 2.0, COVID is cool with photo ops
TRENTON, NJ – This week, Governor Phil Murphy swore in New Jersey State Police Superintendent Patrick Callahan despite declaring a fresh, new public health emergency hours earlier. At the event, Governor Murphy…
Jackson man charged for theft at Extreme Marine Construction facility
BRICK, NJ – On 12/18/2021 a theft occurred at Extreme Marine Construction on Princeton Ave in Brick. The suspect loaded expensive aluminum beams onto a flat trailer owned by the business and…
Monmouth County Sheriff, other county bigwigs received illegal pay raises, state comptroller’s office claims
TRENTON – An investigation by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) finds that the Monmouth County Board of Commissioners disregarded the public process required by law to raise commissioners’ salaries. The Board also did…
Egg Harbor arsonist pleads guilty to burning home with three people inside
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Egg Harbor Township, pled guilty before the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, J.S.C., to one count of Aggravated Arson – by purposely or knowingly placing another in danger of…
New Yorkers charged with defrauding elderly shore woman
BARNEGAT, NJ – Barnegat Township Police Chief Keith A. Germain announced that on January 6, 2022, Jorge Peguero-Mendez, 34, and Richard Quinones-Perez, 24, both of the Bronx, New York, were each charged…
Newly-elected Republicans join GOP press release parade against Murphy’s Pandemic 2.0
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno and Kim Eulner, two new Republican members of the Assembly, said Gov. Phil Murphy reinstating New Jersey’s Public Health Emergency despite legislative objections undermines the government’s balance…
Corrado seeks financial details of Phil Murphy’s over-the-top Christmas COVID commercial
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Kristin Corrado wrote to New Jersey’s health commissioner seeking financial details about the Department of Health’s holiday season advertising campaign featuring school-age children asking for COVID shots. “In…
Robotics lab co-founder indicted for criminal sexual contact with children
SUMMIT, NJ – A Union County grand jury has returned a fourteen-count indictment against the co-founder of a Summit-based robotics laboratory charged with sexual crimes against six students, Union County Prosecutor William…
Powerball Jackpot Increases to $48 Million
TRENTON, NJ – The winning numbers for the Wednesday, January 12, drawing were: 12, 21, 22, 30, and 33. The Red Power Ball number was 24. The Power Play was 4X. 15,025 New Jersey players took home an estimated $109,327 in prizes ranging from $4 to $400.…
Can you help the Newark Police Department identify this robbery suspect?
NEWARK, NJ – Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara requests the public’s help with identifying the below-pictured suspect in connection with a robbery that occurred on December 30, 2021. Police responded…
AG investigating after teen armed with knife shot and killed by Hillsborough police
Hillsborough, N.J. – The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on Jan. 9, 2022 in Hillsborough, N.J. One male civilian sustained fatal injuries. The decedent has…
Murphy, Hochul sign off on massive half-million-acre windfarm off the coast of the Jersey Shore
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, alongside New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and Liz Shuler, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, announced today that the Bureau…
New Jersey Senate votes to ban public pelvic exams that affect minorities, poor women
Trenton – The Senate today approved legislation sponsored by Senators Fred Madden and Shirley Turner that would prohibit invasive examinations of an unconscious patient by a health care practitioner without a patient’s prior…
Ocean County Republicans say Phil Murphy ‘blatantly disregarding’ the legislative process
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Senator Jim Holzapfel and Assemblyman John Catalano called Governor Murphy’s renewal of his public health emergency powers, which were set to expire on January 11, a blatant disregard…
O’Scanlon says Phil Murphy power trip must be reigned in
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Declan O’Scanlon said Governor Phil Murphy has wielded immense powers through emergency declarations during the COVID-19 pandemic and demonstrated why the Legislature must limit executive authority and establish…
Roommate charged for murder of 39-year-old in Paterson
PATERSON, NJ – Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announce that at approximately 6:20 a.m. on Sunday, January 9, 2022, members of the Paterson Police Department…
North Arlington couple charged for child endangerment, murder of two month old daughter
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of AARON MEDRANO (DOB: 3/23/94; single; unemployed) of 505 Schuyler Avenue, 2nd Floor, North Arlington, NJ on charges of murder,…