Central Dauphin High School has fired a 39-year-old assistant band director after he was arrested on child porn charges.Stephen Gugoff, of Harrisburg, became the center of a state-wide investigation when an officer with the Derry Township Police Department discovered an Internet Protocol (IP) address sharing files of child pornography on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, ...

Police in Jersey City were investigating after a student apparently sent a text message of a gun to another student, city officials said.The 15-year-old boy sent the photo of the handgun in a text to a 14-year-old girl at The Ethical Community Charter School (TECCS), Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione told Daily Voice.The incident was reported Friday at 10:15 a.m.As ...

Viva Margarita is opening a fourth location.The popular Bergen County Mexican restaurant chain will open an outpost on Main Street in Hackensack, BoozyBurbs reports.The restaurant will replace sports bar Cheers, at 774 Main St.Viva Margarita has locations in Wallington and Edgewater, and last summer relocated its Cliffside Park restaurant to Anderson Avenue.The Lawton ...

A 19-year-old Morris County man died and five others were hurt in a boating accident Sunday on the Jersey Shore.The pontoon boat struck a marker near the Route 37 bridge in Barnegat Bay, throwing two of the six individuals on board into the water around 1:30 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said.Corey Molinari, of Whippany, was airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical ...

Two people were hospitalized Sunday after a boat on the log flume ride tipped at Six Flags Great Adventure.The boat apparently malfunctioned and tipped at an angle -- but did not overturn at the Jackson, NJ amusement park, officials said.Several guests were stuck on the boat and were helped off by park officials.

A 24-year-old motorcyclist died following a crash Saturday at a local hospital, officials said.David Scheidegg, of Rising Sun, MD, lost control on Seven Valleys and Grothey roads in North Codorus Township and crashed into a parked truck around 1:20 p.m., the York County Coroner's Office said.He was rushed to Wellspan York Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 2 ...

An 18-year-old Jeep driver died in a Sussex County crash early Sunday morning.The crash occurred at the intersection of County Routes 519 and 650 in Wantage around 1:30 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said.Jonathan Fett of Wantage, was behind the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee going west on 650 when he was struck by a GMC Sierra going north on 519, the sergeant ...

A sign outside a Paterson hookah shop calling Israelis "the new Nazis" is stirring controversy.The sign outside of Clifton Hookah on Main Street bears a swastika and a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hitler-styled mustache.A photo of the sign was shared on by StopAntisemitism.org on Twitter, which called it a "vile comparison deemed Antisemitic by ...

A man was struck and killed by a SEPTA train Friday night in Bucks County.The southbound West Trenton Line train was approaching the Langhorne station when the man walked into its path north of the station around 8:05 p.m., SEPTA officials said.The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 20-year-old Coatesville man playing with a handgun accidentally shot and killed his friend while playing dice, authorities announced.Dapree Bryant and Daryl Perry, 18, were playing dice at a house on the 300block of Community Lane in Coatesville on May 29, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said.Perry was sitting in a chair looking at his phone when Bryant picked up a ...