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Politics
These Two New Jersey Counties Flipped From Red To Blue In 2020
As President Joe Biden cruised to victory in New Jersey in the 2020 presidential election, he got some help from two counties that went his way after voting for former President Donald Trump in 2016: Morris and Gloucester. Morris County went to Biden, 51.14% to 46.90%, 153,881 votes to 141,134 votes. It was a remarkable turnaround for a county that hadn't voted Democrat at the presidential level since Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater in 1964. In 2016, Morris County voted for Trump, who defeated Clinton 126,071 votes to 115,249 votes, 49.72% to 45.46%. In 2020, Sen. Cory Booker…
Sports
These 23 New Jersey Athletes Are At The Paris Olympic Games: Here's When To Watch
The Paris Olympics have begun! And, in case you missed it, several of Garden State's fittest and most athletic residents are there (scroll for their names, sports, and hometowns). A total of 23 athletes from New Jersey have qualified for the Olympics and are ready to make their run at the gold. Events kicked off Friday, July 26. Click here for a complete schedule of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Garden State athletes include: Paxten Aaronson, of Medford: Soccer Bam Adebayo, of Newark, and 2020 Olympian: Basketball Jack Alexy, of Morristown: Swimming Jackie Dubrovich, of Riverda…
Weather
These NJ Towns Got The Most Rain In This Week's Storm: NWS
Yet another December rain storm has come and gone, leaving many New Jersey towns under water. According to the National Weather Service's Philadelphia/Mount Holly office, between one and three inches of rain fell across the area, ending early Thursday, Dec. 28. The town that got the most amount of rain is Washington Township (Warren County), with 3.38 inches, the weather service said. Bernards Township in Somerset County saw 3.24 inches and Randolph in Morris County saw 3.03 inches. Click here to see totals as of 11:50 a.m. Sussex County got between 2.05 and 2.53 inches; Somers…
Schools
These NJ Schools Are Closed, Delayed Due To Snow Tuesday, Feb. 28
The first winter storm of the season is causing a change in plans for New Jersey schools on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Some districts have delayed openings while others are closed completely. Here's a list of which school are closed or delayed for Tuesday, Feb. 28. Check your school/district's website for details. Bedminster: 10: 50 a.m. start Bellville: Delayed Bergen County Tech: Closed Bergenfield: 2-hour delay Bernards: 2-hour delay Bloomfield: Delay Bloomingdale: Closed Bogota: Delayed Butler: Closed Cliffside Park: 10 a.m. start Clifton: Delayed Closter: Delayed Cresskill: Delayed Demarest: …
News
2.3-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles North Jersey Town
A 2.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Morris County Tuesday, Aug. 29. The 30-second quake struck at 5:14 p.m., less than a mile west of White Meadow Lake in Rockaway Township, the U.S. Geological Survey says. Who felt the 2.3 earthquake in Morris county, NJ at 5:14pm? Appx 3mi from Denville and 6mi from Randolph. #NJearthquake #earthquake pic.twitter.com/dMz4ntUxXx — WeatherReMarks (@WeatherReMarks) August 31, 2022 It was likely connected to the Ramapo Fault Line, an active fault line that runs southwest to northeast through Morristown, geophysicist Jonathan Tytell tells NBC New York.
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Woman Catches Fire After NJ Pair Tosses Fireworks From Jeep: Prosecutor
A pair of New Jersey men have been charged with arson after tossing fireworks that set a woman on fire, authorities said. Justin Liebhauser, 19, of Randolph, and Gianni Aveta, 18, of Wayne, were charged with aggravated arson in the incident that occurred in Beach Haven. On July 22, a 53-year-old woman entered the Beach Haven Police Department to report that at approximately 10:15 p.m., she had been struck by a firework explosive that was thrown from a motor vehicle. She told police that she was walking on Pennsylvania Avenue when a firework was thrown from the&nbs…
Politics
Pete Buttigieg To Visit New Jersey
Pete Buttigieg is coming to New Jersey this week. The U.S. Transportation Secretary will be in the Garden State on Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27. "Mayor Pete" will join Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) for a tour of the Community College of Morris (CCM)’s Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Center (AMEC) in Randolph on Thursday. He will join Representative Andy Kim for an event in New Jersey’s 3rd district Friday, with details to follow. The trip is to "highlight the first six months of President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and how it is helping improve s…
News
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…
News
Four NJ Smoke Shops Raided, Five Busted For Selling Pot, THC Edibles
A group of owners and operators sold pot and THC products out of smoke shops in Englewood, Butler, Randolph, and Scotch Plains, charged authorities who busted them during a series of raids. Detectives assisted by the DEA seized seizure of hundreds of pounds of marijuana, THC edibles and THC wax/oil, along with $305,000 in illicit proceeds, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They arrested co-owners Michael Ligus, 24, and Damian Harry Wesler Sr., 44, along with Damian H. Wesler Jr., 22, all of Ringwood, and were arrested, along with Anthony Garcia, 45, of Secaucus and Ezekiel Pau…
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How Much Snow Did You Get? These Are Totals By Town In New Jersey
New Jerseyans on Friday woke up to several inches of snow on the ground in the first major storm for some and second for others this week. Most of the state got somewhere between four and six inches, according to the National Weather Service. Areas in Sussex County got the last amount of snow, average between 1.8 and 3 inches. The most amount of snow seems to have landed in parts of Bergen and Gloucester counties: 6 to 7.3 inches. Here are the averages across New Jersey from north to south, according to the National Weather Service's legend: Newton: 3 inches Lake Hopatcong: 3.6 Jefferson…
News
Indictment: Latin Kingpin,10 Gang Members In NJ Prison ‘Hit Squad’ Targeted State Investigators
UPDATE: Members of a state prison “hit squad” who were already charged with beating a fellow inmate also attacked others while targeting investigators who got wise to them, an indictment returned by a New Jersey grand jury alleges. State prosecutors earlier this year charged Frank “Lafay” Blake, 33, of Hillside and eight inmates with an assault at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, as well as with plans to carry out another at Northern State Prison in Newark. An indictment returned in Trenton this week adds new assault charges against Blake -- the reputed leader of the Elizabeth chapter of…
News
Beloved Pet Services Company Owner From Clifton, 31, Struck, Killed, Arrest Made
Detectives arrested a driver who they said struck and killed a beloved pet services company owner outside a Clifton supermarket. Chloe Villar-Severino, 31, was struck by an SUV in the parking lot of the Aldi on Lakeview Avenue on Tuesday, authorities said. Villar-Severino, who owned and operated Ruff Lyfe, died the next day at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, they said. “My heart is broken to a million pieces on the passing of my beautiful daughter,” wrote her mother, Esther Velez. Digna A. Lazala, 63, of Randolph, was driving the 2010 Honda Pilot that struck Villar-Seve…
Police & Fire
Double
Suicide
: Men From NJ, PA Found Dead At Gianni Versace's Former Mansion In Miami
Men from Pennsylvania and New Jersey died in an apparent double suicide at fashion icon Gianni Versace's former mansion in Miami -- nearly 24 years to the day the Italian designer was killed on the building's front steps, authorities announced. Housekeeping found the bodies of Adam Rashap, 31, of Randolph, New Jersey, and Alexander Gross, 30, of York, Pennsylvania, inside of The Villa Casa Casuarina luxury hotel around 1:20 p.m., law enforcement in Miami said. Miami Beach spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said the deaths are being investigated as suicides. Serial killer Andrew Cunanan …
News
NJ: State Prison ‘Hit Squad’ Run By Latin King Targeted Inmates, Corrections Investigators
Members of a state prison hit squad assembled by a Latin Kings leader beat one fellow inmate and were about to attack another when corrections officials got wind of their plans, New Jersey's top law enforcement officer said Thursday. Working from the outside, Frank “Lafay” Blake, 33, of Hillside recruited eight inmates for his shank-armed crew at various correctional facilities, including Northern State Prison in Newark and New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Blake, the reputed leader of the Elizabeth chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen…
News
Bergen Sports Memorabilia Store Employee Charged With Stealing, Fencing Collectibles
A now-former employee at a Bergen County collectibles and sports memorabilia store was busted after he stole and sold merchandise, authorities said. The owner of the Wyckoff shop called police after he reviewed security video and “determined that an employee was most likely responsible,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. Detective Sgts. Mark Tagliareni and Michael Ragucci tracked some of the items to a Moonachie business that bought them from Thomas Bowers, 33, of Prospect Park, Soto said. They also recovered other items stolen from the Wyckoff shop at another business in Randolph, the lieutenant said…
News
'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…
Police & Fire
Hudson Corrections Officer Accused Of Shooting Lover, Her Friend Dead In Newark
A Hudson County corrections officer is accused of shooting his lover and another woman dead Tuesday night in Newark, authorities said. Police found Anna Shpilberg, 40, of Randolph suffering a gunshot wound at Edison Place and Bruen Street around 9 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Luiza Shinkarevskaya, 40, of Riverdale, was found suffering the same on the 100 block of Haynes Avenue moments later, they said. Shinkarevskaya was driving and Shpilberg was a passenger in her car when both were appa…
News
These 11 NJ MVC Centers Are Closed Due To Employee
Covid-
19 Cases
Nearly a dozen New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission centers are closed due to employees who tested positive for COVID-19. The most recent center to close is Newton, which will operate by appointment only until Dec. 14. The Freehold licensing center will reopen Dec. 17, due to an employee who tested positive. Here are the other centers that are closed until further notice: RANDOLPH LICENSING CENTER is closed and will reopen Saturday, Dec. 12 due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19. Road test operations and inspections will remain open. EATONTOWN REGIONAL/ LICENSING CENTER LICENSIN…
Business
Wawa Approved In Wayne, 4 Other NJ Locations Opening Soon
Wawa is coming to Wayne. The township's Planning Board on Monday unanimously approved plans for the convenience store and gas station at the former site of Nagel's Candy Barn on Route 23. The 4,736-square-foot convenience store comes with eight fuel pumps with two dispensers each. Nagel's Candy Barn closed in 2015 after the owner got sick, after nearly 60 years in business. Several other Wawa stores are expected to open in the following locations, its website says: Mount Holly: 570 Rancocas Road, Fall 2020 Eatontown: Route 35 Nr. Meridian Way, Winter 2021 Randolph: 502…
News
MVC Mayhem: Enraged Patrons Slam Officials Opening Day In NJ
The promise of efficiency and shorter lines at New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission left many patrons feeling hopeless Tuesday morning, as centers reopened under a new system for the first time in months due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Personnel were deployed to the busiest agencies at 6 a.m. in anticipation of the long lines, officials said. The opening day, slated for June 29, was delayed by a week so issues with a new text notification system could be ironed out. But as patrons turned out in droves Tuesday in hopes of completing transactions they've been waiting on for months, things see…
Police & Fire
Man Gives Motorists Finger, Pair Holds Crap Game: Here's Today's NJ
Covid-
19 'Knuckleheads'
One man walked back and forth along a highway carrying obscene poster boards while giving passing motorists the finger, while two others resumed a huge crap game that was shut down last month. Here's today's list of New Jersey coronavirus state-of-emergency violators provided by authorities. Paterson police charged Elizabeth Fernandez, 56, of Woodland Park and city resident Juan Rosario, 60, of Paterson with violating Gov. Phil Murphy’s state of emergency directives by opening their Quilvio Bar and Liquors on Main Street, where customers were found drinking inside and outside, state Attorney…
News
Covid-
19: Here's Where You Can Get Tested In North Jersey
As expected, the number of coronavirus cases has increased with the opening of testing sites across New Jersey. And that number is only going to increase, Gov. Phil Murphy said. "As the testing regime expands, we’re going to see these numbers go up in a big way," he said. "We are getting a clearer and better sense of how far the coronavirus has already spread.” Here's a list of coronavirus testing sites in New Jersey: Officials are urging New Jersey residents to keep these testing sites open to those who need it saying that if you feel okay, stay home and rest. You'll need state ID…
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