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Amazon Facility, Schools Close Due To Water Pressure Problems Plaguing NJ Communities Amazon Facility, Schools Close Due To Water Pressure Problems Plaguing NJ Communities
Amazon Facility, Schools Close Due To Water Pressure Problems Plaguing NJ Communities Low water pressure or complete lack of water is plaguing communities in Mercer County, local officials say. Aqua New Jersey customers in Chesterfield, Hamilton, Hamilton Square, Robbinsville, and Windsor could experience the issues through Sunday, June 4, the company said. The issues began on Thursday, June 1, after a pump malfunction in one of the wells, Aqua NJ said in a statement. "The team is working around the clock to address this issue...," the statement reads. "We anticipate water pressure will improve significantly by tomorrow (Saturday) evening and will fully recover by Monday m…

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by Cecilia Levine
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8 Nabbed In Trenton Prostitution Bust 8 Nabbed In Trenton Prostitution Bust
8 Nabbed In Trenton Prostitution Bust Eight suspects were arrested during a prostitution investigation in Trenton, authorities announced. The Trenton Police Department Daytime Task Force carried out the operation near South Clinton and Mott in the early morning on Tuesday, Nov. 15, police said in a Wednesday release. The following eight suspects were arrested and charged with loitering for the purpose to engage in prostitution: Jahmiah Miller, 27, of Trenton, NJ Alexis Hall, 29, of Bristol, PA Vanessa Santiago, 44, of Trenton, NJ Barbara Doubt, 39, of Trenton, NJ Albert Brown, 70, of Chesterfield, NJ Lorena Scotto-D'Aniello…

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by Valerie Musson
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Drivers Hospitalized In Serious Crash At Mercer County Intersection, Police Say Drivers Hospitalized In Serious Crash At Mercer County Intersection, Police Say
Drivers Hospitalized In Serious Crash At Mercer County Intersection, Police Say Both drivers were hospitalized following a serious crash at a Mercer County intersection, authorities said. A 17-year-old Hamilton male was driving a 2019 Nissan Sentra when he collided with a 2011 Subaru Outback driven by a 51-year-old Chesterfield man at the intersection of Newkirk and Leonard Avenues around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, Hamilton Police said. The Subaru driver was extricated by the Hamilton Fire Division before being taken to Capital Health at Fuld for treatment of serious injuries, police said. The Nissan driver was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton for tr…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
Newest Wawa Opens With Free Coffee All Weekend In South Jersey Newest Wawa Opens With Free Coffee All Weekend In South Jersey
Newest Wawa Opens With Free Coffee All Weekend In South Jersey A new Wawa store is set to open Thursday in Burlington County.  With the grand opening ceremony comes free coffee to customers from Thursday, Feb. 10 through Sunday, Feb. 13, Wawa officials announced. The newest Wawa store is located at 210 Monmouth Road in Chesterfield. The store will open at 8 a.m. Thursday and hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. The first 100 customers who walk through the door that day will receive a limited-edition Wawa “Goose Vibes Only,” t-shirt. The grand opening of the Chesterfield location is the second store to open this year out of the 54 total new s…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Pickup Driver Was Going 75 MPH When He Struck, Killed Cyclist In Burlington County: Prosecutor Pickup Driver Was Going 75 MPH When He Struck, Killed Cyclist In Burlington County: Prosecutor
Pickup Driver Was Going 75 MPH When He Struck, Killed Cyclist In Burlington County: Prosecutor A 20-year-old motorist from Burlington County has been charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a bicyclist in December, authorities said. Dylan Weatherwalks of Chesterfield surrendered to authorities on Thursday, Feb. 3 and was being held at Burlington County Jail pending a first appearance in Superior Court. He's accused of speeding and driving recklessly, striking Julie Galezniak, 62, of Stratford, who was pronounced dead later that afternoon, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Chesterfield Township Police Chief Michael Davison. Heartbroken cyclists d…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way
Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way After years of planning, a long-awaited New Jersey Wawa store is hours away from opening its doors. The Plainfield location will open at 1470 South Ave., at 8 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, NJ.com reports. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 100 customers, and all customers will get free coffee through Sunday, Dec. 5. The property sold last October for $8.8 million, according to the Kislak Company. The property includes 5,051 square feet of newly-constructed retail space on 1.71 acres and a triple net ground lease with Wawa that includes an initial 20-year term, multiple renewal opt…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hudson Ex-Con Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison Hudson Ex-Con Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison
Hudson Ex-Con Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen For Contraband Drone Drops Into Fort Dix Prison An ex-con from Hudson County is headed back to the big house for using drones to smuggle tobacco, phone chargers and other contraband into the federal prison at Fort Dix following his release. Jason “Juice” Arteaga-Loayza, 30, of Jersey City must serve out just about all of a plea-bargained 3½ years because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Arteaga-Loayza and three other men had the smuggling operation going for several months before officers at Fort Dix spotted a drone with a dangling fishing line hovering above a housing unit, authorities said. The officers also found a cel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
8-Year-Old NJ Girl Critical After Falling Into Retention Pond 8-Year-Old NJ Girl Critical After Falling Into Retention Pond
8-Year-Old NJ Girl Critical After Falling Into Retention Pond An 8-year-old girl was in critical condition after falling into a retention pond near her home Thursday afternoon in Burlington County, authorities said. Crews resuscitated the girl after finding her in a body near the 100 block of Colemantown Drive in Chesterfield around 4 p.m., Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Joel Bewley told Daily Voice. She was flown to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and remains critical, he said. The girl had reportedly left her nearby home a short while earlier, said Bewley, calling the incident "accidental and tragic."

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by Cecilia Levine