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Schools
Best High Schools: New Jersey Well-Represented In New National Rankings
New Jersey is well-represented in brand-new rankings of the nation's best high schools. US News & World report released its annual list on Tuesday morning, April 23. The rankings were determined by performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare students for college. Two New Jersey schools made the top 50 in the U.S: High Technology High School in Lincroft at No. 24, and Edison Academy Magnet School at No. 42. According to US News & World Report, The top 10 best high schools in the Garden State are: No. 10: Academy for Allied Health Sciences …
Business
Trader Joe's Sets Store Opening Date In Middletown, NJ
Popular food items like "Everything but the Bagel" seasoning, "Unexpected Cheddar Cheese", and "Hold the Cone!" ice cream are about to be sold at a new Central Jersey spot. Trader Joe's will open its location in Middletown on Thursday, Apr. 25, the company said on its website on Friday, Apr. 19. The grocery store will hold a grand opening celebration at 8 a.m. The new Trader Joe's will be in the Middletown Plaza shopping center off Route 35. "We've consulted our maps and compass and have found a terrific location for a store in Middletown, NJ," Trade Joe's said in its opening announce…
News
Powerball Ticket Worth $50K Purchased At Jersey Shore Convenience Store
A convenience store in Ocean County sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000, lottery officials said. The New Jersey Lottery said the $50,000 ticket was purchased at Hometown Market on Bridge Avenue in Point Pleasant Borough. The ticket matched four numbers and the Powerball in the drawing on Wednesday, Mar. 3. The winning numbers were 11, 38, 41, 62, and 65. The Powerball was 15. No one matched all six numbers in the drawing with an estimated jackpot of $1.13 billion. A ticket sold in Camden County was one of nine across the country that won $1 million. Jersey Shore lotto players ha…
News
Powerball Numbers 04-04-2024
A convenience store in Monmouth County sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $150,000, lottery officials said. The New Jersey Lottery said the $150,000 ticket was purchased at Speedy Mart on Main Street in Bradley Beach. The Power Play ticket matched four numbers and the Powerball in the drawing on Wednesday, Mar. 3. The winning numbers were 11, 38, 41, 62, and 65. The Powerball was 15 and the Power Play was a multiplier of three. No one matched all six numbers in the drawing with an estimated jackpot of $1.13 billion. A ticket sold in Camden County was one of nine across the country that …
Lifestyle
Morganville Baker Who Runs Family's Freehold Bakery Competes On Food Network Show
Three New Jersey residents are among 10 bakers competing on a brand new Food Network cooking show. "The Next Baking Master" is filmed in Paris and hosted by acclaimed pastry chef Stephanie Boswell and French-born chef and restaurateur Ludo Lefebvre. The Garden State bakers on the show are Joe Settepani of Morganville, Robert Toland of Willingboro, and Jennalyn Walbolt of Union (scroll down for more about each one). The show is Food Network’s newest culinary competition and "gives 10 ambitious and highly-skilled American bakers unprecedented access to the most iconic pastry shops…
Business
Ocean State Job Lot Will Bring Bargains To New Store In Holmdel
A Rhode Island-based chain of discount stores is expanding in the Garden State. Ocean State Job Lot will open a new location in the Kohl's Plaza on Route 35 in Holmdel. The company announced the newest store in a news release on Thursday, Mar. 28. The store will be in the former Stein Mart location and offer more than 37,000 square feet of shopping space. It was expected to open in the late summer or early fall of 2024, and online job applications will begin in late spring. The location is about 15 minutes from the former Ocean State Job Lot store in Shrewsbury that closed in 2019. "We ar…
News
Neptune ShopRite Celebrates Selling $1.13B Mega Millions Ticket: 'Thrilled For This Community'
A Jersey Shore supermarket celebrated selling the ticket that earned someone the largest lottery jackpot in the Garden State's history. The New Jersey Lottery said the winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased at ShopRite Wine & Spirits on Route 66 in Neptune. The jackpot reached $1.13 billion in the drawing on Tuesday, Mar. 26. The NJ Lottery held a news conference at the grocery store to formally announce the lucky ticket on Wednesday, Mar. 27. "I used to live in Neptune," said NJ Lottery executive director James Carey. "I live right down the street right now in Monmouth County…
News
Three $10K Mega Millions Tickets Sold In Monmouth County, Jackpot Climbs To $1.1 Billion
Three Mega Millions tickets worth $10,000 were sold in Monmouth County in the same week, including two tickets purchased at the same supermarket, lottery officials said. The New Jersey Lottery said two winning tickets in the drawing on Tuesday, Mar. 19 were bought at the ShopRite grocery store on Route 35 in Hazlet and Max's Beer, Wine & Liquors on Route 9 in Freehold. The winning numbers were 24, 46, 49, 62, and 66, and the MegaBall was 7. The Hazlet ShopRite also sold a $10,000 ticket in the drawing on Friday, Mar. 22. The winning numbers were 3, 8, 31, 35, and 44, and the M…
Business
Tommy's Tavern + Tap Announces New Jersey Shore Location
Tommy's Tavern + Tap has an opening date for its newest location, and announced one more. The fast-growing restaurant chain is opening in Cherry Hill later this month and will soon bring another location to Sea Girt, the business said. Tommy's will open its 9th store in New Jersey, replacing Houlihan’s at 2050 Route 70 at the Market Place at Garden State Park shopping complex on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 p.m. A brand-new Sea Girt location will open at Brook 35, Tommy's Tavern + Tap said on Instagram, noting "We are really, really excited about this one." View this …
Obituaries
Dave Kirby Obituary
Shock and sadness spread following the death of Freehold resident David J. Kirby on Thursday, Feb. 15. He was 48 years old. David, affectionately known as Dave, was born in Brick Township and died at CentraState Medical Center, according to his obituary. Dave most recently served as the vice president of marketing and advertising for Law Enforcement Against Drugs (LEAD), and worked in radio for many years, his obituary says. His LinkedIn profile shows he held marketing positions at several different radio and media agencies. Dave's death is particularly tragic for his colleague's…
News
Mangia! Popular Italian Market Livoti's Opening New Location On Jersey Shore
An Italian grocery store known for gourmet meats and other delicacies is opening its first location in Ocean County. Livoti's Old World Market said it will open its newest store in Brick Township on Thursday, Mar. 7. The store will be located in the Laurel Square shopping plaza on Route 88. This will be the fifth market for Livoti's, which started in 2010 with its first store in Aberdeen. The other three markets are in Monmouth County in Freehold, Marlboro, and Middletown. Fans of Livoti's said they were thrilled when then opening date for the Brick store was announced. "I can't wait…
Weather
Here's Who Got The Most Snow In South Jersey From Winter Storm
Some parts of South Jersey received more than half a foot of snow during a pre-Valentine's Day winter storm. The National Weather Service said snow stopped falling in the region at around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13. While it wasn't as much as North Jersey, plenty of communities saw significant accumulation. The NWS published its final official snowfall reports for the storm: Atlantic County Atlantic City International Airport - trace Burlington County Delran - 2.1 inches Maple Shade - 1.9 inches Mount Holly - 1.4 inches Mount Laurel - 1.4 inches Medford - 1.0 inches Moorestown - 1.0 in…
Lifestyle
The Pony Turns 50: Iconic Asbury Park Music Club Prepares For Anniversary Celebration
A historic concert venue on the oceanfront of Asbury Park known for launching the careers of Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi is celebrating its golden anniversary. The Stone Pony said it will kick off its 50th anniversary celebration on Thursday, Feb. 8, a half-century to the day the music club opened on North Ocean Avenue. The kickoff event starts at 7 p.m. and will include a special set by Lee Mrowicki, an original DJ at the venue. The anniversary celebration will also include a concert by Asbury Park rock band The Parlor Mob on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. The kickoff weekend wr…
Obituaries
Adele Springsteen Obituary
Adele Springsteen, the mother of New Jersey rock and roll icon Bruce Springsteen, has died, according to the musician. Bruce Springsteen said his mother died at 98 years old on Wednesday, Jan. 31. The Freehold native's cause of death was not mentioned. "The Boss" announced Adele Springsteen's death with lyrics to his song "The Wish", a ballad about his love for his mother from his 1998 album 'Tracks'. "I remember in the morning mom hearing your alarm clock ring," Bruce Springsteen said. "I’d lie in bed and listen to you getting ready for work, the sound of your makeup case on the sink…
Weather
Here's Who Got The Most Snow In Monmouth County From Latest Winter Storm
The National Weather Service has released snow totals from the latest winter storm. In New Jersey, the most amount of snow from the Friday, Jan. 19 storm appears to have fallen in Hopewell Township (Cumberland County) and Mount Royal (Gloucester County), where 6.5 inches of snow were reported. Atlantic County: Dorothy, a section of Weymouth, got 6.4 inches, the most amount of snow across Atlantic County. Six inches fell in Atlantic City, 5.6 in Mullica Township, 5.5 in Mays Landing, and on average, between 2 and 6 inches across the county. Burlington County: Medford Township…
News
David Belcher Killed In Freehold Crash: Prosecutor
Authorities have identified the pedestrian who was killed in Freehold on Tuesday, Jan. 9. A spokesperson for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said 61-year-old David Belcher was hit by a pickup on Route 9 South. No hometown for Belcher was given as of Thursday, Jan. 11. Freehold Township police responded to the crash a few hundred feet north of the Route 9 interchange with New Jersey Route 33 just after 5:30 p.m. Officers found Belcher lying in the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 48-year-old male truck driver stayed at the site of the crash. No charges or…
News
Male Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Truck In Freehold
A 61-year-old man was struck and killed by a pickup in Freehold on Tuesday, Jan. 9, authorities said. Freehold Township police responded to a crash on Route 9 South just after 5:30 p.m., Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The crash happened a few hundred feet north of the interchange with New Jersey Route 33. Officers found the man lying in the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 48-year-old male truck driver stayed at the site of the crash. No charges or traffic summons have been issued in the crash. The Monmouth County Ser…
Police & Fire
Sliding RV Kills Mechanic, 29, At New Jersey Garage: Police
A 29-year-old mechanic was killed over the weekend when an RV slid off jack stands and crushed him at a New Jersey garage, authorities said. The unidentified mechanic from Freehold was working at GasTime on West Commodore Boulevard in Jackson around 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, when the vehicle came off the jack stand and down on him,Jackson Police Chief Matthew Kunz said. The mechanic was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where he died. Kunz said the incident was accidental in nature. OSHA was notified of the incident, and presumably will conduct a rev…
News
Springsteen Visits Robert's Freehold Grill
Just in time for the holidays, Bruce Springsteen paid a visit to a popular hometown restaurant on the Jersey Shore. It was Springsteen's third visit to Roberto's Freehold Grill in two months. The 74-year-old rocker is seen posing with some of the restaurant’s employees in the kitchen. On Facebook, the eatery said, "The Boss stopped by the kitchen to spread some holiday cheer." Word is Springsteen digs the pancakes at Roberto’s enough to shoot the eight miles or so up Dutch Lane Road from his Colts Neck farm every now and then. The Freehold native also did the E (Main) Street sh…
Police & Fire
Ex-Jersey Shore Man Gets 20 Years, No Parole For Serial Threats Against Police, Judges, Others
A former New Jersey resident with a cockamamie political history must spend the next 20 years in federal prison for threatening to kill police officers, lawyers and judges, among others, in and around Monmouth County. Eric G. Hafner, 32, formerly of Fair Haven, also made calls and sent messages to state officials while phoning in bogus bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and the Monmouth Park Racetrack during a two-year terror campaign, federal authorities in Trenton said. Hafner told newspaper reporters in 2018 that he was on the lam for d…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Gets Prison Time For Fatal Crash In Stolen Car That Killed Freehold Man: Prosecutor
A 21-year-old driver was sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison for a fatal crash during a police chase, authorities said. Samuel Villar, of Somerset, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in connection with the November 2022 Old Bridge accident that killed 33-year-old Arturo Tlapa Luna, of Freehold, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Old Bridge Acting Police Chief, Donald F. Fritz, Jr. said. On Nov. 9, 2022, at about 2:15 a.m. Old Bridge police responded to a crash that occurred during a pursuit by Marlboro Police, near the intersection of Spring Valle…
Police & Fire
One Dead In 7-Car Crash On Route 9 In Freehold (
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One person died in a seven-car pileup on Route 9 Tuesday, Dec. 5 in Freehold, authorities said. It happened at the intersection of Routes 9 and 33 around 10:30 a.m., a spokesperson for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team (SCART), and the Freehold Township Police Department are investigating. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is urged to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Brian Boryszewski at 800-533-7443 or Freehold Township Police Officer Justin Nunno 732-46…
News
Bruce Springsteen Hits Freehold Diner Twice In One Weekend
So you had a peptic ulcer that forced you to postpone a world tour and where do you go for a bite when you're feeling better? How 'bout a landmark diner in your hometown? Word is Bruce Springsteen digs the pancakes at Roberto’s Freehold Grill enough to shoot the eight miles or so up Dutch Lane Road from his Colts Neck farm every now and then. His stomach was obviously healthy enough for him to head there twice in the same weekend. The Freehold native did the E (Main) Street shuffle on Friday, Nov. 17 and again on Sunday, posing for pics at the former Tony’s Freehold Grill with Chef Robert…
Police & Fire
Family Ran Multimillion-Dollar Cathouse At NJ Strip Club, New Indictment Alleges
UPDATE: A fierce battle between a Middlesex County family and authorities who've charged them with operating a wildly lucrative whorehouse masquerading as a strip club intensified with a new round of charges. The owners of Club XXXV on Route 35 in Sayreville used “various illegal means to turn their club into a multimillion-dollar racket (that) doubled as a house of prostitution,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said a superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in Trenton alleges. More than $10 million in proceeds from the business “moved through numerous bank accounts c…
Police & Fire
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say
Life imitated art when a reputed Gambino crime family captain threatened to burn down a Jersey Shore restaurant, then went to a service station across the street and tried to buy and fill a plastic gas can, federal authorities said. In what could’ve been a scene from any number of modern-day mob movies, Joseph Lanni of Staten Island became a walking cliché, the Justice Department said in announcing an organized-crime takedown that stretched all the way to Sicily. Lanni and fellow Staten Islander Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero “became belligerent” after being asked to leave Roxy’s Bar and G…
Police & Fire
Plumsted Woman, 63, Killed In Mobile Home Fire: Prosecutor
A 63-year-old woman from Ocean County was killed in a fire at a mobile home, authorities said. Catherine Hakos's body was recovered from the back bedroom of the residence, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, at approximately 10 a.m., a mobile home fire was reported on Lakewood Road in Plumsted Township. Upon arrival, emergency service personnel observed heavy smoke emanating from the mobile home, with a male victim outside the residence and another victim still trapped inside. The male victim, later identifie…
Lifestyle
Freehold Teacher Wins Car, Trip To St. Lucia, $59K, On 'Wheel Of Fortune'
A teacher from Monmouth County was a big winner on a recent "Wheel of Fortune" show. Sam Levine, of Freehold, won a total of $59,578 in cash and prizes, including a trip to St. Lucia and a 2023 Nissan Leaf. Levine appeared on Oct. 4 as part of Wheel of Fortune’s Teacher’s Week. Sam has been a teacher at different schools over the past 13 years and currently teaches 4th and 5th grade at Lloyd Elementary School in Matawan. He also is director of the school’s 5th-grade chorus, called the “Huskies in Harmony,” along with the vocal director for the school district’s Summer Theatre Program. …
Lifestyle
Freehold Pizzeria Crowned Among Best In NJ For NY Style
They might be deep in New Jersey, but they've sure got New York state of mind. Six pizzerias, most in the central part of the Garden State, have been crowned by the Washington Post as having the best New York-style pizza. The eateries earned recognition as part of a new national database by the Post that categorizes the best restaurants in each state specializing in Chicago, Detroit, Neapolitan, New York, Roman, Sicilian, and Tavern-style pizza. According to the rankings, the pizzerias that are pros at serving up NY-style pies are: Roma Pizza, Ocean City Rome Pizza, Dunellen Scotto’s Pi…
Lifestyle
Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Movie Comes To NJ Theaters (And Tickets Are Just $19.89)
Couldn't get tickets to see Taylor Swift's The Era Tour in person? You're very much not alone. But don't worry, Swifties, there's a way to experience the pop culture juggernaut. "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" will be premiering at AMC Theatres throughout the Garden State starting on Friday, Oct. 13 (obviously) with tickets going on sale Thursday, Aug. 31. Showtimes will run Thursdays to Sundays. Standard showings are priced at $19.89 (cute!) for adults and $13.13 for seniors and children (of course). The concert film, which will run 2 hours and 45 minutes long (or short),&…
Schools
U.S. News Ranks NJ's Top Public High Schools: Here's How It Compares To Niche's List
Days after Daily Voice reported on Niche's list of Best High Schools in New Jersey, U.S. News & World Report has released its own. U.S. News studies data from nearly 25,000 public high schools across the country, with a focus on how well students are prepared for college and performance on state assessments, the website says. Here are the top 10 best public high schools in the Garden State, according to U.S. News & World Report: No. 1 - Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains No. 2 - Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics & Engineering, Edison No.…
Police & Fire
Update
: New Details Emerge In 'White Lives Matter' Attack On Asbury Church Concert Crowd
A Toms River man made several social media posts recounting how he threw smoke bombs and shot bear spray at the attendees of an Asbury Park church's anti-racism concert while shouting "White lives matter, too," according to an indictment returned by a state grand jury. The allegations are among new details that emerged with the release of the indictment against Nicholas G. Mucci, 28, who was arrested five weeks after the Jan. 27 attack at the Trinity Episcopal Parish on Asbury Avenue.Search warrants executed at Mucci’s home turned up an AR-style assault rifle, several large-capacit…
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