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Pedestrians Find Body Face Down In Grassy Area Of NJ Town: Police Pedestrians Find Body Face Down In Grassy Area Of NJ Town: Police
Pedestrians Find Body Face Down In Grassy Area Of NJ Town: Police The body of a 66-year-old man was found face down in a grassy area of a New Jersey town on Monday, April 8, police said. The identified Eves Drive resident was found by pedestrians "down and unresponsive" in the grass between the Shell gas station and Bank of America along Amwell Road around 4:25 p.m. in Hillsborough Township, local police said. He was positioned face down dressed in black clothing and was not easily visible from the roadway, police said. Officers and rescue squad personnel responded and determined the man was dead.  "It is believed at this time that the male suffere…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says
Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says One of the nation's major oil companies says it will close 1,000 gas stations. Shell made the announcement in its 2024 Energy Transition Strategy report, saying the measure is “in response to customer needs” and aimed at reallocating those resources towards EV charging stations. Shell said it will close 500 stations in 2024 and the other 500 in 2025. "We believe growth in oil demand is set to slow in the second half of this decade and could start falling in the 2030s because of increasing vehicle efficiency and growth in electric vehicles," the company stated in the report. "Toda…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $1M Prize In North Jersey Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $1M Prize In North Jersey
Jersey Cash 5 Players Split $1M Prize In North Jersey It was a million dollar Wednesday for two lottery players in North Jersey. Two tickets, one sold in Bergen County and the other sold in Hudson County, matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot drawing on Wednesday, Dec. 13, splitting the $1.05 million jackpot and earning each player $525,330. The tickets were sold at Mister K Stationary in Teaneck and a Shell station in Jersey City. The winning numbers were: 01, 12, 29, 40 and 41 and the XTRA number was: 03. 

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by Sam Barron
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Parkway Gas Stations Robbed Minutes Apart: State Police Parkway Gas Stations Robbed Minutes Apart: State Police
Parkway Gas Stations Robbed Minutes Apart: State Police Two gas stations along the Garden State Parkway were robbed within minutes of each other on Friday, Aug. 18, authorities said. Troopers responded to an armed robbery on at 12:44 a.m. at the parkway's Shell and Exxon stations in the northbound and southbound Colonia Service Areas in Woodbridge Township, according to Detective Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman with the New Jersey State Police. Based on a preliminary investigation, the gas stations were robbed at gunpoint separately within minutes by four unknown suspects in a black Mercedes Benz, Lebron said.  The unknown suspects demand…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Baseball Bat Beating Leaves Jersey City Gas Station Worker Critical: Police Baseball Bat Beating Leaves Jersey City Gas Station Worker Critical: Police
Baseball Bat Beating Leaves Jersey City Gas Station Worker Critical: Police A 25-year-old North Bergen man beat a 54-year-old Jersey City gas station employee with a baseball bat, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries, authorities said. What started as an argument ended with Nixon Marquez beating the victim at the 164 14th St. Shell station around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, Jersey City police said. The victim suffered serious injuries to his face and back of his head. Marquez was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and aggravated assault.

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by Cecilia Levine
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These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday
These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday Ever wonder how cheap gas in New Jersey would be if it was self-serve? More than 70 New Jersey stations will be offering fuel at a discounted rate to show drivers just that on Friday, May 13. The initiative promoting self-serving fueling was launched by Fuel Your Way NJ, a coalition that advocates for self-serve gas stations that still offer full service. The coalition appropriately titled the day " Fuel Your Way NJ Self-Serve Day of Awareness." Self-service stations were proposed in a measure by lawmakers in March, however, it was halted by in the General Assembly by the Motoris…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Parsippany Gas Stations Targeted In Back-To-Back Armed Robberies: Prosecutor Parsippany Gas Stations Targeted In Back-To-Back Armed Robberies: Prosecutor
Parsippany Gas Stations Targeted In Back-To-Back Armed Robberies: Prosecutor Two gas stations in Parsippany were targeted in back-to-back robberies, authorities said Tuesday. The first occurred when a man driving a black or dark gray BMW X5 stopped at Shell on Route 46 East, asked the attendant for $25 worth of gas and pulled a knife when their back was turned around 7:55 p.m. Friday, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The vehicle then fled eastbound on Route 46, authorities said. About 10 minutes later, a man driving a vehicle with the same description stopped at Conoco on Route 46 West and asked for a gas refill before approaching the attendant from…

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by Valerie Musson
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WINNERS: Powerball Tickets Worth $100K, $50K Sold In New Jersey; Jackpot Rolls To $640M WINNERS: Powerball Tickets Worth $100K, $50K Sold In New Jersey; Jackpot Rolls To $640M
Winners: Powerball Tickets Worth $100K, $50K Sold In New Jersey; Jackpot Rolls To $640M There was no jackpot winner in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, but there were five lower-tier winners in New Jersey including a $100,000 prize in Somerset County. The jackpot now rolls to $640 million for Saturday's drawing. A third-prize Powerball ticket — which doubled in value to $100,000 with the Power Play option for an extra $1 — was bought at Krauszer’s on 435 Amwell Road in Hillsborough, state Lottery officials said. It was one of five New Jersey tickets to match four of five what balls plus the red Powerball. The other four — worth $50,000 apiece — were sold at the following locati…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
COVID Price Gougers Include Jersey Shore Biz That Marked Up Masks 600%, State Charges COVID Price Gougers Include Jersey Shore Biz That Marked Up Masks 600%, State Charges
COVID Price Gougers Include Jersey Shore Biz That Marked Up Masks 600%, State Charges A dozen COVID price gougers fined by the state include a Jersey Shore business that sold masks at a 600% markup, a Bergen County pharmacy that peddled at-home antibody tests and several other merchants who jacked up prices on bottled water, rice and other essentials, authorities announced Monday.  Performance Supply LLC made “false and misleading statements in advertising N95 mask respirators for sale to personnel from the New York City Office of Citywide Procurement,” New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The Manalapan-based business “misleadingly suggested the company i…

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by Jerry DeMarco