Overcast 71°
News
Wawa To Break Ground In Sussex County Wawa To Break Ground In Sussex County
Wawa To Break Ground In Sussex County Wawa will be breaking ground in Sussex County on Dec. 10 for the opening of their newest location, NJ Advance Media reports. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wawa will happen at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Route 15 and Route 206 in Frankford Township. The store will occupy the former space of The Chatterbox, an iconic New Jersey drive-in restaurant that shut down three years ago and was demolished in March 2021. The latest location for the convenience chain will be the first Wawa in Sussex County. It is expected to open in the summer of 2022 Wawa has seen a massive expansion o…

SHARE

by Joe Gomez
Business
Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way
Another Wawa Opens In NJ & More On The Way After years of planning, a long-awaited New Jersey Wawa store is hours away from opening its doors. The Plainfield location will open at 1470 South Ave., at 8 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, NJ.com reports. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 100 customers, and all customers will get free coffee through Sunday, Dec. 5. The property sold last October for $8.8 million, according to the Kislak Company. The property includes 5,051 square feet of newly-constructed retail space on 1.71 acres and a triple net ground lease with Wawa that includes an initial 20-year term, multiple renewal opt…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Paterson Vice: Patrons Scatter At Barber Shop Turned Gambling Den, Illegal Nightspot Draws 500 Paterson Vice: Patrons Scatter At Barber Shop Turned Gambling Den, Illegal Nightspot Draws 500
Paterson Vice: Patrons Scatter At Barber Shop Turned Gambling Den, Illegal Nightspot Draws 500 Patrons of a barber shop turned after-hours gambling den scattered in all directions -- some of them stuffing cash into their pockets as they fled -- during a raid by members of Paterson's vice squad, authorities said. Meanwhile, in an industrial area on the city's south side, police responding to a large fight discovered a warehouse that they said two Glen Rock women had illegally converted into an event space -- complete with bar, DJ and no fewer than 500 patrons. Detectives who raided the 9J Barber Shop on Park Avenue seized $1,943 while arresting Maximo Beltray, 51, on charges of promot…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Speed Bump Kills North Jersey Sanitation Worker Riding On Truck, Police Say Speed Bump Kills North Jersey Sanitation Worker Riding On Truck, Police Say
Speed Bump Kills North Jersey Sanitation Worker Riding On Truck, Police Say A 74-year-old sanitation worker died after the truck he was riding on hit a speed bump and he fell off earlier this month in Scotch Plains, police announced. Ismael Oliva was riding on the rear platform of the truck when he fell off and hit is head on the 300 block of Henry Street around 9:30 a.m. Sept. 2, local police said. Good Samaritans had rushed outside to help the Plainfield sanitation worker when paramedics arrive. Oliva was rushed to Overlook Medical Center in Summit, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The crash remains under investigation.

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Gunman Killed Amazon Worker Making Delivery, Authorities Say NJ Gunman Killed Amazon Worker Making Delivery, Authorities Say
NJ Gunman Killed Amazon Worker Making Delivery, Authorities Say A Plainfield man has been arrested in the shooting death of a delivery driver subcontracted by Amazon Wednesday, authorities in Union County announced Friday. Quahif Lane, 26, is accused of shooting 36-year-old Jamar S. Harris, of Newark, dead while working Wednesday in Plainfield, according to Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Department Officer In Charge Capt. David M. Guarino said. Lane is charged with first-degree homicide and two related second-degree weapons offenses. He was taken into custody without incident Thursday, and l…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 287 In Edison UPDATE: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 287 In Edison
Update: Union County Motorcyclist, 61, Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On Route 287 In Edison A Union County motorcyclist was killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer and ejected on Route 287 in Edison Monday morning, state police confirmed. Terrance R. Erwin, 61, was riding a Honda motorcycle southbound toward Route 440 north when she collided with a tractor-trailer near milepost .01 in Edison just before 5:30 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Erwin, of Plainfield, was thrown from the bike and suffered fatal injuries, Marchan said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Dennis R. Brown, 74, of Acme, PA, was uninjured in the crash, which remains under investiga…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
BUSTED: 31 Nabbed, 14 Pounds Of Coke, Firearms Seized In Massive Drug Distribution Scheme BUSTED: 31 Nabbed, 14 Pounds Of Coke, Firearms Seized In Massive Drug Distribution Scheme
Busted: 31 Nabbed, 14 Pounds Of Coke, Firearms Seized In Massive Drug Distribution Scheme Thirty-one people were arrested following a months-long New Jersey drug distribution scheme that netted 14.3 pounds of cocaine, two firearms and more than $193,000 in cash, authorities announced. An investigation into “Operation Triple Tragedy” involved law enforcement agencies from Somerset, Union, and Middlesex counties and the U.S. Postal Service. Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said the following arrests were made on June 4: Arrests made in “Operation Triple Tragedy”Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Joselin Castillo, aka “Tragedy," 30, Grandview Avenue Edison Po…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Aspiring NJ Attorney Found Dead In PA Was 'Trying To Figure Out Way To Change The World' Aspiring NJ Attorney Found Dead In PA Was 'Trying To Figure Out Way To Change The World'
Aspiring NJ Attorney Found Dead In PA Was 'Trying To Figure Out Way To Change The World' Support is surging for the family of a 26-year-old aspiring attorney from New Jersey who was found dead in Pennsylvania last week. Funeral services for Kevin Rosero will be at the Judkins Colonial Home in Plainfield from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 26. Rosero's body was found in a wooded area of Richland Township, Pennsylvania last week. Brothers Anthony Gamble, 19, and Joshua Gamble, 17, of Franklin Township (Somerset County) have been charged in Rosero's death. As of Wednesday, more than $12,400 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for Rosero's family. A Plainfield High School and…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say
UPS Employee Heading To Work Struck, Killed In Bridgewater Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say A 28-year-old Plainfield man was on his way to work at UPS when he was struck and killed by a tractor trailer that fled the scene around 2 a.n. in Bridgewater, authorities announced. Robert C. Cepeda had gotten off an NJ Transit commuter bus on the westbound side of Route 28 with two co-workers when he was struck near Chimney Rock Road while walking across an intersection toward a nearby convenience store, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The trailer was brown or red and heading eastbound, and slowed down but failed to stop at the scene, Robertson said alongside lo…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One' Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One'
Dad Killed In Weekend Plainfield Shooting Was 'Respectable Guy, Harmed No One' One man died and another was injured in a Plainfield shooting over the weekend, authorities said. Michael Price Jr., 29, of Dunellen, was shot near West eighth Street and Grant Avenue in the late afternoon hours, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess jointly announced Monday. This little girl woke up today without a father. Hurt deeply about the news. Michael Price My former HS teammate and... Posted by Make-Allen Brown on Monday, May 3, 2021 A 30-year-old Piscataway whose name was not released was also found at that location with…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: NJ Murder Suspect Who Charred Victim Captured At US-Mexico Border Prosecutor: NJ Murder Suspect Who Charred Victim Captured At US-Mexico Border
Prosecutor: NJ Murder Suspect Who Charred Victim Captured At Us-mexico Border A Union County man wanted for murder after burning a victim's body beyond recognition last year was captured in Texas at the border of U.S. and Mexico, authorities announced Tuesday. Plainfield's Oscar E. Rodriguez, 24, is facing charges of first-degree murder and second-degree desecration of human remains in connection with the death of David Chacon, 42, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. Police responding to reports of human remains found Chacon's charred body at an outdoor area near the 800 block of West Front Street, said Union County Assistant Prosecutor Peter Benza, …

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Drunken Driver, 25, Was Going 70 MPH, Ran 2 Lights In Deadly NJ Wreck Prosecutor: Drunken Driver, 25, Was Going 70 MPH, Ran 2 Lights In Deadly NJ Wreck
Prosecutor: Drunken Driver, 25, Was Going 70 MPH, Ran 2 Lights In Deadly NJ Wreck A 25-year-old Union County man had been drinking when he sped through a pair of red lights at more than 70 miles an hour, killing a 39-year-old Central Jersey man last year, authorities said. Mike A. Ramos, 25, of Plainfield was charged with a single count of second-degree vehicular manslaughter in connection with the May 5, 2020 crash, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess jointly announced Wednesday. Ramos had consumed alcohol, ran two red lights and was traveling at speeds of more than 70 miles per hour in a 25 mile an hour zone when …

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine