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Schools
New Jersey, Meet Your 'Top Educator Of The Year'
Stefanie Lachenauer always puts her students first. Lachenauer, a civics and mindfulness teacher at Montgomery Upper Middle School in the Montgomery Township School District, earned the 2024-2025 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. She remains in the runnings for the national award. ALSO SEE: Top Educator In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties (Nominees) Lachenauer has taught at Montgomery Township for 18 years and her work has fostered socially conscious learners and has positively affected the health and well-being of both students and staff in the school district, the state Depart…
Sports
2026 World Cup Final Heading To MetLife Stadium In New Jersey
The world's biggest sporting event is coming to the East Rutherford. According to multiple reports, the 2026 men's World Cup final is set to be staged at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, after FIFA spurned bids from those representing Dallas' AT&T Stadium and Stan Kroenke's palace in LA. The majority of the action will still take place in Texas, with action shared across venues in Mexico and Canada. But the Garden State drew the big straw, bringing the big event back to the area after Giants Stadium played host during the 1994 event. "While this stadium has been more used to hosti…
Weather
Timing On Powerful Storm Dropping Up To 4 Inches Of Rain On NJ
The National Weather Service has released an event summary of the powerful storm expected Sunday, Dec. 10. Heavy rain, damaging wind, and some snow is expected in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania beginning with rain mid-morning Sunday, Dec. 10. ⚠️🌧️🌬️🌨️ A strong storm system will impact our region beginning today through Monday. Heavy rain, strong winds, and some... Posted by US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly on Sunday, December 10, 2023 We are anticipating strong winds & heavy rainfall in the northern parts of the state, starting Sunday afternoon and …
Lifestyle
Naughty Or Nice? NJ Police Department Gets Festive With New Speed Radar
One New Jersey police department is getting extra festive this Christmas season with its holiday-themed speed radar. “Santa is still making his naughty and nice lists,” reads a Facebook post from Hackettstown Police alongside a photo of the radar signs, which are set up on Warren and Willow Grove Streets. Drivers’ speeds are displayed by the radar as they pass by — underneath, of course, they’ll be able to see if they were “naughty” or “nice” based on their mph. Christmas is just around the corner, but we are reminding 🚗drivers Santa🎅 is still making his naughty and nice lists 📜.... P…
News
Daughter Of Fair Lawn Rabbi Victim Of Jerusalem Bombing
The 18-year-old daughter of a New Jersey rabbi was injured in a bus stop bombing this week in Jerusalem, while a second killed a 16-year-old student from Canada. Naomi Pilichowski — whose father Uri Pilichowski is from Fair Lawn — was walking her usual commute in Jerusalem on her way to a national service job in Beit Shemesh when a Palestinian terrorist detonated a bomb packed with nails and shrapnel on Wednesday, Nov. 23, her father said on Twitter. "One of the pieces flew at Naomi, hitting her, but not seriously," the rabbi said. "She felt ringing in her ears but wasn’t hurt." I am …
Schools
Who Killed East Orange High School Hoops Star Letrell Duncan?
A $10,000 reward was being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the shooting death of a 16-year-old North Jersey basketball standout. Letrell Duncan, 16, was walking with friends when he was approached by two young men on Monday, Oct. 3, his aunt Marsha Douglas tells the New York Times. Something may have been said, but the teen "brushed it off," his aunt told the outlet. They parted ways, and two others wearing black ski masks approached the teen and shot him at the corner of Lincoln Street and Park Avenue around 3 p.m. Letrell was rushed to the hospital, where h…
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Leaked Supreme Court Draft Suggests Roe V Wade Could Be Overturned: Politico Report
A leaked initial draft majority opinion suggests that the US Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe V. Wade, as reported by Politico. The draft was written by Justice Samuel Alito and reads in part, according to Politico: "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start... It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” Right now: Barricades are up around the Supreme Court building, just minutes after reports from Politico were leaked indicating SCOTUS has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/LxR9rbs6TF — Cami Mondeaux (@cam…
Police & Fire
Anti-Semite Was Fresh Off Breakup When He Went On Crime Spree Targeting 'Devil' Jews: Report
A 27-year-old Jersey Shore man had recently broken up with his girlfriend before he went on an hours-long crime spree targeting Hasidic Jews, who he referred to as "the real devils," NJ Advance Media reports. Dion Marsh was found clutching a machete on a bed in his Manchester home when police found him last Friday night, after he struck two victims with his car and stabbed another, the outlet said. Marsh also told family members it was "going to be a blood bath," NJ.com says citing court documents. Marsh, of Manchester, approached a 2016 Toyota Camry, near MLK Drive and Pine Street, assau…
News
Person Of Interest ID'd In Brooklyn Subway Shooting
The NYPD has identified a person of interested in the rush hour subway shooting that left more than two dozen people injured in Brooklyn. Frank James was identified after police found a credit card that he used to a U-haul van connected with the incident, CNN reports. Twenty-nine people were injured, 10 of who were shot, in the incident around 8:30 a.m., the outlet said citing NYPD's top officials. ** WARNING: The following video contains disturbing footage ** Very dramatic video from the incident as the subway arrived at 36th St Sunset Park in Brooklyn. #brooklyn #shooting #nyc pic.t…
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Free COVID Tests Being Mailed To NJ Residents
Residents of New Jersey can now receive free COVID-19 tests in the mail. The state has partnered with Vault Medical Services to send tests to residents via expedited shipping, the health provider’s website says. To receive a test free of charge, order the test and log in to Vault’s virtual waiting room for next steps. The test must be taken during a supervised Zoom meeting with one of Vault’s healthcare professionals. Once the test is taken, ship the sample to the lab with the prepaid UPS package and receive results within 24 to 48 hours. FREE, AT-HOME, SALIVA-BASED COVID-19 TESTS A…
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Covid-
19: NJ Reports Highest Number Of Positive Tests In 1 Day Since January
COVID-19 cases are surging in New Jersey as the state reports 17 deaths and 4,782 confirmed cases of the virus -- the highest number of positive tests in one day since January, according to the state's COVID-19 dashboard. The seven-day average for confirmed positive tests also more than tripled the average from a month ago, increasing to 3,519, as originally reported by NJ Advance Media. NEW JERSEY #COVID19 UPDATE:➡️4,782 new positive PCR tests➡️1,120,973 total positive PCR tests➡️988 new positive antigen tests➡️174,032 total positive antigen tests➡️17 new confirmed deaths➡️25,713 total…
News
NJ Trump Supporters Rally As Biden Visits Right-Leaning Town
"Trump Won" signs were displayed on homes, and nearly 150 Trump supporters greeted President Joe Biden as he touched down in Central Jersey Tuesday morning. Joined by first lady Jill Biden and the Murphys, Biden surveyed Hillsborough Township and Manville -- areas hit hard last week by Tropical Depression Ida. Biden’s helicopter Marine 1 touched down at Central Jersey Airport in Hillsborough at 11:16 a.m. and took off around 3 p.m. Several Marine Corps V-22 Osprey fixed-wing/helicopter aircrafts containing mostly White House staff members followed. Captured by Robbie JoyceRobbie Joyce…
News
Memorials Honor Jersey Shore Lifeguard Killed By Lightning
Monday afternoon was just another work day for South Seaside Park guard Keith Pinto, who sat in the lifeguard chair under clear skies surrounded by his colleagues and beach goers. Seemingly out of nowhere, though, lightning struck. The 19-year-old guard fell out of his chair and the force knocked a nearby group of people to the ground around 4:30 p.m. at the 21st Avenue Beach, witnesses tell CBS2. A visitor recalls it smelling like hair burning. #RIP: Friends of 19-year-old Keith Pinto say the community is heartbroken. They, along with his family, are devastated the young man with a…
News
Indoor Mask Mandate, Social Distancing Ends In New Jersey
The future looked uncertain this time last year in New Jersey. How long will this last? Will someone I love get sick? Will things ever return to normal? On the morning of Friday, May 28, things in New Jersey felt almost back to normal. Mandates on indoor mask-wearing for those who are fully-vaccinated and social distancing guidelines were lifted for most public settings for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. Businesses such as restaurants, bars, shopping centers, gyms and movie theaters can operate at full capacity and those who are vaccinated don't have to wear a mask. …
News
Covid-
19: Atlantic City Vaccine Mega-Site Offering 700 Walk-In Appointments This Week
The Atlantic County COVID-19 vaccine mega-site is offering hundreds of walk-in appointments this week. The site at 1 Convention Boulevard in Atlantic City is offering 700 appointments on a first-come first served basis between April 21 and 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. IMPORTANT VACCINE UPDATE: The Atlantic County vaccine mega-site will offer up to 700 walk-in vaccinations appointments from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM on April 21st – April 23rd.⁰⁰Those who have registered online & made an appointment through https://t.co/qPVkCiATW9 will be prioritized. — Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) April 20, 202…
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North Jersey Bar Facing 28 COVID Violations Could Lose Liquor License, Report Says
A North Jersey bar could have its liquor license revoked for repeated COVID-19 violations, a recent news report says. ZuluBa Lounge in West Orange was slapped with the charges Tuesday from the New Jersey Division of Alcohol Beverage Control, and has 30 days to respond, NJ.com reports. The Main Street bar was apparently over the 25 percent capacity limit on Nov. 21, and people were without face masks when investigators arrived. Patrons were also allegedly being served from the bar, which at the time was banned under Gov. Phil Murphy's executive orders. ZulaBa was accused of simi…
News
Bergen Youth Hoops Program Continues During NJ Indoor Sports Ban
The director of a Bergen County-based organization said he's found a way to keep from shutting down a youth basketball program amid a COVID-related statewide suspension of all indoor sports that began Saturday. An indoor kids basketball program operated by Englewood-based CMEK will continue uninterrupted "through the month of December and beyond," Director Chad Mekles wrote this past week to parents. Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the suspension, which covers all youth and adult sports, amid a rising resurgence in COVID-19 cases. It remains in place at least until Jan. 2, he said. The decision t…
Business
NJ Officials Allow Reopening Of Malls: Here Are The Rules
New Jersey's indoor malls have an opening date. New Jersey State Police Col. Pat Callahan will be signing an administrative order to allow the reopening of indoor portions of malls on Monday, June 29, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday. Non-essential retail shopping including outdoor portions of malls were allowed to reopen Monday after weeks of being closed due to coronavirus. The move comes as a delight to some New Jersey mayors, who earlier this month formed a coalition in hopes of persuading state officials to reopen the malls. Here are the rules for shopping at indoor malls: …
Police & Fire
Special Delivery: State Troopers Usher Baby Girl Into New World On NJ Turnpike
Two State Police troopers delivered a healthy baby girl on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. The parents, who’d traveled from Memphis, Tennessee, had to pull over at Interchange 8A at Jamesburg/Cranbury for help, State Police Supt. Col. Patrick Callahan said. The woman's husband led Troopers Robert Murray and Pierre Noel from the Troop D Cranbury barracks to the cab of his tractor, where his wife was lying in a bunk preparing to give birth to their fifth child, Callahan said during Saturday’s daily coronavirus briefing with Gov. Phil Murphy. The troopers and members of M…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Ex-Con Violating Distancing Rules Jailed For Not Registering As NJ Sex Offender
A Passaic County ex-con with a lengthy criminal record got more than he bargained for when authorities said he went berserk at a Paterson 7-Eleven. Travis Mann, 38, of West Milford was “yelling at employees, alarming customers, shoplifting, and not social distancing or wearing a mask” when city police arrived at the Main Street convenience store, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. As they processed him at headquarters for disorderly conduct and violating Gov. Phil Murphy’s emergency social distancing order, police learned that Mann is a registered sex offender wh…
Police & Fire
Police: Middlesex County Woman Beats Rival In Street, Charge With Violating NJ
Covid-
19 Order
A Middlesex County resident dragged another woman dating the same man out of her house and began beating her in the street before police came to the victim's rescue, authorities said. Hazlet police arrested Katie Orszulski, 29, of the Parlin section of Old Bridge, after she broke into the victim's home and assaulted her, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Orszulski was charged with burglary, assault, criminal mischief and violating Gov. Phil Murphy's coronavirus orders.
Police & Fire
Stranded Jersey Shore Kite Surfer Rescued, Charged With Violating Coronavirus Beach Closure
A kite surfer was rescued in the water off Toms River -- and then charged with violating state coronavirus emergency orders, authorities said. Geoffrey T. Vonderlinden, 51, of Basking Ridge, got stuck about 50 yards from the Normandy Beach Shore on Friday after strong winds and the current kept him from getting back, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Fire department rescue crews and another surfer reached Vonderlinden and all returned to shore safely, he said. Police issued a summons to Vonderlinden for violating an emergency directive from Gov. Phil Murphy that included a prov…
News
Officials: Nearly 40 Percent Of NJ's Coronavirus Deaths In Nursing Homes
Nearly two of every five coronavirus deaths in New Jersey have been in the state's long-term care facilities, authorities said. Of the 3,840 Garden State residents killed by COVID-19, a total of 1,530 -- almost 40 percent -- died in long-term care facilities in New Jersey, officials said on Friday afternoon. And 868 of those LTC patient deaths were in four NJ counties: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Morris. (See county details of COVID-19 nursing home patients at bottom.) More than 300 New Jersey residents died of COVID-19 since Thursday, but social distancing continues to save many more…
Police & Fire
'Want Rona?' Police Say Video Shows Morris Man Deliberately Coughing On Estranged Wife's Things
A Morris County man was caught on surveillance video coughing on and touching objects in his estranged wife’s home, saying he had “the 'rona,” authorities charged. “Do you want the 'rona?” Nikolas Whitehill, 39, of Parsippany, is heard asking on the video, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. A court order allowed Whitehill to enter his wife’s house on alternating dates when she isn’t home to feed the fish, Grewal said. She provided video footage to the police from March 28, he added. Police charged Whitehill with violating an executive order issued by Gov. Phil Murphy that make …
News
Covid-
19: New Jersey Sees More Than 4,400 Cases, Hospital Expansion, Hopefully Financial Aid
New Jersey had more than 4,402 coronavirus cases and 62 deaths as of Wednesday, officials said. Gov. Phil Murphy announced an additional 736 cases and 18 deaths in Ocean (4), Monmouth (2), and one each in Bergen, Burlington, Cumberland, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties. The increase in cases were a result of community spreading and "aggressive" testing, Murphy said. But cases are expected to increase -- and the state is working to expand hospitals to accommodate new patients, the governor said. "We must be able to ensure hospital capacit…
Police & Fire
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: State Officials Address Deadly Jersey City Shooting
State officials gathered Wednesday afternoon to address Tuesday's deadly Jersey City shooting that left a police detective, three civilians and the two gunmen dead. Governor Phil Murphy assured the public that there is no ongoing security concern, noting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is working with Jewish and other communities of faith to address their concerns during a press conference at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Jersey City. "We saw the very worst of humanity," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. "But in the response… we also saw the very best.…
News
State's First Death From Vaping-Related Illness Reported In North Jersey
New Jersey's first death associated with a vaping-related illness has been reported by the state's health department. The woman's death was reported to the health department in August and is under investigation by Department of Health Acting Commissioner Judith Persichilli. There are 12 confirmed cases of serious vaping-related lung disease in New Jersey, and two probable cases -- including this death. Thirty-two reports of severe lung illness among people ages 15 and 51 are under investigation as well. Most of those cases are male. There are currently 800 confirmed and probable case…
Police & Fire
Mahwah Man, 66, Killed By NJ Transit Train In Ramsey
NJ Transit on Wednesday said a man struck and killed by a commuter train in Ramsey the day before was a 66-year-old Mahwah resident. The Main Line train -- bound for Suffern from Hoboken -- struck him around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday just west of the Main Street station, a spokesman said. Service was suspended in both directions for nearly an hour and a half. Last month, Governor Phil Murphy passed "Tommy's Law," nearly two years after 27-year-old Tommy Ryan was struck and killed by a train at the Main Street station in Ramsey. The law -- sponsored by state Sen. Gerald Cardinale and A…
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