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Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path
Residents who live near Teterboro Airport have had enough with the noise.
More than 840 people in the Pascack Valley region, who have formed the group Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions, have signed a petition requesting the FAA to change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19, by having them fly over Route 17.
Signers include the mayors of Emerson, Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Oradell, Park Ridge, River Vale, Washington Township, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. Residents say this route avoids Hackensack University Medical Center and the Pascack Valley regio…
There's More To NJ Than Congestion, Says Local Comic Bringing Standup To 'AGT'
Award-winning broadcaster, international comedian, and Garden State native Maureen Langan is bringing her standup skills to America’s Got Talent next week.
Langan, who grew up in Lake Hiawatha, found her spot on the comedy stage after more than seven years at Bloomberg broadcasting all sorts of commentary, celebrity interviews, satirical world news, and person-on-the-street interviews.
She lives in Manhattan and says the Garden State holds a special place in her heart.
“I love Jersey. I think it’s so diverse, and people have no idea, they just see the congestion of traffic by the Lincoln …
Capitol Riot Suspects Arrested For Assault On Officer Brian Sicknick Grew Up In Central Jersey
A Pennsylvania and West Virginia man -- both natives of Central Jersey -- were arrested Sunday on criminal charges related to their alleged conspiring to injure Capitol Hill police officers, federal officials said.
During the Jan. 6 riot, they allegedly sprayed bear repellant into the faces of three officers, one of whom -- Brian D. Sicknick -- later died, authorities said. Sicknick 42, previously lived in South River, New Jersey.
Sicknick's exact cause of death has never been clarified.
According to court documents, Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pennsylvania, and G…
'Just Arrest Me, Bro,' Crazed Boyfriend Tells Police After Shooting GF, BFF Dead: Report
Details are emerging in the killings of a pair of Morris County best friends both shot dead earlier this month by a crazed Hudson County corrections officer whom one of the women was dating.
Anna Shpilberg and Luiza Shinkarevskaya, both 40 and of Morris County, had just landed at Newark Airport after a last-minute girls trip to Cancun with other friends, when they were fatally shot by Shpilberg's boyfriend, John Menendez on Feb. 16, NJ.com reports.
Menendez, 24, angered by the fact that his multiple calls to 40-year-old Shpilberg went unanswered, shot Shpilberg, his girlfriend, and Shi…
FBI Seeks Help Finding More Victims Of Jersey Pimp Who Beat, Raped Escorts
ALERT: For several years, an Elizabeth man lured out-of-state escorts to New Jersey with promises of tens of thousands of dollars for sex, then choked, raped and threatened them, federal authorities charged.
The FBI captured Jose Torres, 43, after finding four victims, but they believe there are many more.
The bureau and the Department of Homeland Security are asking the public for help identifying them.
The victims may be in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, as well as in New Hampshire, South Carolina and California, among other states, federal authorities said.
Torres met the es…
FBI: Middlesex Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Then Beat, Raped And Threatened Them
For more than four years, a Middlesex County man lured out-of-state escorts to New Jersey with promises of tens of thousands of dollars for sex – then slapped, choked, raped and threatened them, federal authorities charged.
Jose Torres, 42, was captured in Boston on Valentine’s Day and brought to New Jersey this week to face federal counts of coercion and enticement, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Torres met the women through websites for online escorts and on Backpage.com beginning in May 2015, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says.
Promising big money, he “p…
