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Flooding, Crashes Close NJ Roadways On Wet Morning: Here's Where Flooding, Crashes Close NJ Roadways On Wet Morning: Here's Where
Flooding, Crashes Close NJ Roadways On Wet Morning: Here's Where Several traffic- and weather-related incidents closed some of New Jersey's roadways Tuesday morning, Nov. 26. The NJDOT site shows the following roadways were closed as of 9:45 a.m: Route 9W north, in Alpine: closed at Closter Dock Road due to flooding Route 9 in Lakewood, closed at 8th Street due to a downed utility pole and traffic signal Route 30 in Berlin, closed at Franklin Avenue due to a crash New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck, northbound local lanes closed south of Exit 71 due to a crash, right lane blocked Garden State Parkway in Barnegat, vehicle off the side of the road at Exit 67 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl LVIII In First Season With NFL Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl LVIII In First Season With NFL
Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl Lviii In First Season With NFL A Trenton native is gearing up for the biggest game of his life when he takes the field for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Ji'Ayir Brown is a starting safety for the Niners and will be ending his rookie season with a trip to the Super Bowl. He had ten tackles in San Francisco's comeback 34-31 win over the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Brown became a starter on the elite 49ers defense after fellow safety Talanoa Hufanga tore his right ACL in the third quarter of a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023.  Brown stepped right …

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by Chris Spiker
Sports
NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl LVIII NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl LVIII
NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl Lviii Three former Rutgers University football players will face off in Super Bowl LVIII, including one New Jersey native trying to win his third Lombardi Trophy and two Scarlet Knights looking to earn their second championship. Kansas City Chiefs starting running back Isiah Pacheco, of Vineland, helped lead the defending champions in the AFC title game at Baltimore on Sunday, Jan. 28. He rushed for 68 yards, caught four balls for 14 yards, and scored a second-quarter touchdown to put the Chiefs ahead of the Ravens for good in their 17-10 win. In a postgame interview with FOX Sports, Pacheco said…

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by Chris Spiker
Lifestyle
Cousins' Christmas Surprise For NJ Grandparents Goes Viral With 5.7M Views On TikTok Cousins' Christmas Surprise For NJ Grandparents Goes Viral With 5.7M Views On TikTok
Cousins' Christmas Surprise For NJ Grandparents Goes Viral With 5.7M Views On TikTok A TikTok video of a group of New Jersey cousins showing up to their grandparents one by one in a pre-Christmas surprise is going viral. The grandparents were identified by CBS News as Tony and Pat Sindoni, of Berlin. "Come with me and my ten adult cousins to surprise our grandparents by showing up one by one," Emily Sindoni captioned her 1-minute and 31-second clip. The video had 5.7M views as of Christmas morning. "Our favorite people in the world!" Tony says as he opens the door for Emily, the first to arrive. Then, more come in. And each time, Emily's video flashes text over…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Vehicle In South Jersey ID'd Authorities identified a man who was struck and killed by a police car in South Jersey before dawn on Thanksgiving as a 44-year-old resident of Berlin. Christofe “Christopher” Wita was hit on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) near Whispering Pine Drive in the Atco section of Camden County's Waterford Township at 2:19 a.m. Nov. 23, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.  Wita was pronounced dead at the scene, Platkin said. Driving was Sgt. Richard Sbarra of the Waterford Township Police Department, who was on duty, he said.  State law and his own guidelines req…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
WINNER: Mega Millions Lottery Player Takes Home $10K WINNER: Mega Millions Lottery Player Takes Home $10K
Winner: Mega Millions Lottery Player Takes Home $10K There was one third-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Tuesday, June 13, drawing. The winner matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega.  The prize was worth $10,000. The winning ticket was purchased at Center Food Mart, 501 Tansboro Rd., Berlin in Camden County. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, June 13, drawing were: 08, 10, 19, 44 and 47. The Gold Mega Ball was 04, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04.

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by Jon Craig
Business
High-Tech Go-Kart Track Brings New Life To Shuttered South Jersey Kmart Store High-Tech Go-Kart Track Brings New Life To Shuttered South Jersey Kmart Store
High-Tech Go-Kart Track Brings New Life To Shuttered South Jersey Kmart Store A former Central Jersey Kmart store is in the process of being transformed into a larger-than-life go-kart track. The building at 328 S. White Horse Pike in the Berlin Shopping Center of Berlin will soon boast 32 electric go-karts, arcades, a ninja course and rock climbing. "This new FEC is bound to breathe life back into this shopping center and the local community," said vendor DFX on Facebook. According to NJ Advance Media, company is leasing about two-thirds of the 92.000-square-foot Kmart building, which closed in 2014. DFX is also providing video systems, lighting and audio, the out…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday
These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday Ever wonder how cheap gas in New Jersey would be if it was self-serve? More than 70 New Jersey stations will be offering fuel at a discounted rate to show drivers just that on Friday, May 13. The initiative promoting self-serving fueling was launched by Fuel Your Way NJ, a coalition that advocates for self-serve gas stations that still offer full service. The coalition appropriately titled the day " Fuel Your Way NJ Self-Serve Day of Awareness." Self-service stations were proposed in a measure by lawmakers in March, however, it was halted by in the General Assembly by the Motoris…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
WINNER: Powerball Player Takes Home $50K In Bergen County WINNER: Powerball Player Takes Home $50K In Bergen County
Winner: Powerball Player Takes Home $50K In Bergen County No one in the Garden State won Wednesday's $731 million Powerball jackpot. But six New Jersey lottery players won prizes of at least $50,000 apiece and three others became Powerball millionaires, state officials said. Six New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. One of those tickets was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $150,000.  The winning numbers for the Jan. 20 drawing were: 40, 53, 60, 68, and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 22. The Multiplier number was 03. The third-t…

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by Jon Craig