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Big Lots To Shut These New Jersey Stores: Closing Sales Under Way Big Lots To Shut These New Jersey Stores: Closing Sales Under Way
Big Lots To Shut These New Jersey Stores: Closing Sales Under Way Big Lots! has announced the closures of even more locations since filing for bankruptcy in September. The company announced on Monday, Sept. 9 that it will sell its assets to an affiliate of private equity firm Nexus Capital Management. Additional closures were approved this month in bankruptcy court.  New Jersey has 27 stores, and 13 of them are set to close with closing sales underway. They are: Cherry Hill, 949 Church Road Dover, 550 Mount Pleasant Avenue East Brunswick, 275 Route 18 Freehold, 220 Trotters Way Glassboro, 811 N Delsea Drive Jersey Ci…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Father, Three Sons Killed Daughter: Union County Prosecutor Father, Three Sons Killed Daughter: Union County Prosecutor
Father, Three Sons Killed Daughter: Union County Prosecutor A father and his three sons were indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, Oct. 9 with manslaughter in the death of his daughter, a  28-year-old Union Township woman last May, authorities said. On Friday, May 10, the Union Police Department responded to the 300 block of Greenbriar Drive for a welfare check and found Kerline Joseph Charles dead at the scene, Union County Prosecutor William  Daniel and Union Police Director Christopher Donnelly said. The Union County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be cardiac arrest following physical restraint and…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 78 Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 78
Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 78 All lanes of Route 78 were closed in Union Township due to a crash Monday, Sept. 23, the NJDOT site shows. The crash happened in the local westbound lanes at Exit 50 to Vaux Hall Road. All lanes were closed as of 7:45 a.m. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Bride-To-Be Goes Viral In Search For NJ Mother's Wedding Dress Bride-To-Be Goes Viral In Search For NJ Mother's Wedding Dress
Bride-To-Be Goes Viral In Search For NJ Mother's Wedding Dress For 30 years, Samantha Pereira's mother had been preserving her wedding dress in a box in her house. The bride-to-be, a Rutgers grad formerly of Union Township, explained that she had planned on trying it on for her own wedding. But when Pereira took the dress out of the box last month, she and her mother discovered that someone else's dress was inside. "My mother was heartbroken and tears when she finally opened up her wedding dress which she had preserved for 30 years so I can try on for my wedding," Pereira captioned a video shared to Facebook and TikTok. "When we opened up the box we …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
School Bus Crashes Into Vehicle In Hunterdon County: NJSP School Bus Crashes Into Vehicle In Hunterdon County: NJSP
School Bus Crashes Into Vehicle In Hunterdon County: Njsp Nobody was injured after a school bus collided with a vehicle in Hunterdon County on the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 3, authorities said. At 3:25 p.m., troopers responded to the crash on Pattenburg Road and Bellwood Avenue in Union Township after the bus struck the right side of the Subaru, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Bayonne Motorcyclist Killed In Route 78 Crash: NJSP Bayonne Motorcyclist Killed In Route 78 Crash: NJSP
Bayonne Motorcyclist Killed In Route 78 Crash: Njsp A 35-year-old Bayonne man was killed after his motorcycle overturned on Route 78 in Hunterdon County on Tuesday evening, Sept. 3, authorities said. At 11:47 p.m., Raquan Hicks was traveling east on Route 78 in Union Township when his Harley-Davidson veered off the roadway to the left, reentered the road and overturned, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. R.i.p Raquan T. Hicks (rocky) you will be missed 💔💔 Posted by Danica McRae on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 During the crash, Hicks was ejected and struck the guardrail and sustained fatal injuries, Leb…

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by Sam Barron
News
Handgun Loaded With Hollow-Point Bullets Found On Woman In Stolen Lexus At Paramus Mall: Cops Handgun Loaded With Hollow-Point Bullets Found On Woman In Stolen Lexus At Paramus Mall: Cops
Handgun Loaded With Hollow-Point Bullets Found On Woman In Stolen Lexus At Paramus Mall: Cops An Essex County pair wanted out of multiple towns were arrested at a Paramus mall getting into a stolen Lexus, before one was found with a handgun, police said. Officer Kevin Grady was patrolling the parking lot at Westfield's Garden State Plaza Saturday, July 6, when he noticed a 2012 white Lexus R35 that had ben stolen out of Orange on July 3, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. While surveilling the car, Grady — assisted by Officer Connor Nutland — saw a man and woman get into the car. The individuals were identified as Destiny M. Johnson, 25, of East Orange, and Quaysh…

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by Cecilia Levine