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NJ Ranks Among Top States For Hospital Safety In Fall 2024, Leapfrog Report Finds
New Jersey hospitals are among the safest in the nation, according to the fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grade report from The Leapfrog Group.
The Garden State ranks in the top 10 states for the highest percentage of "A" hospitals, joining states like Utah, Virginia, and Connecticut. The grades, which are updated twice a year, assess nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country on their effectiveness at preventing medical errors, accidents, and infections.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 30 performance measures to assign grades ranging from "A" to "F," offering patients and fami…
NJ Town's GOP Loser Had Help From Loser's Wife Secretly Record Mayor, Deputy Mayor: Officials
Two women, both with ties to one New Jersey town's local Republican party, have been charged with secretly recording conversations had between their rivals at a local restaurant, officials said.
Christina Albrecht, 45, of Flemington, and Jacqueline Hindle, 49, of Whitehouse Station, are both facing charges for secretly recording conversations between Readington Township Mayor Adam Mueller and Deputy Mayor Vincent Panico in July at The Rail at Readington, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said.
Albrecht is married to Hindle's running mate, former mayor Ben Smith, who ran agai…
NJ Field Hockey Coach Sent Sexually Explicit Texts To 17-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor
A 39-year-old Flemington field hockey coach was arrested on Thursday, March 28, and charged with sending one of his players, a 17-year-old girl, sexually explicit texts, authorities said.
Brett Clay, a travel field hockey coach employed by Centercourt Field Hockey in Mount Olive, exchanged the text messages with the teen, a Bridgewater resident, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said.
Clay began sending illicit text messages in late December 2023, at one point offering her money in exchange for her sending him sexually explicit images, said McDonald alongside Chief of Count…
North Jersey's Joseph Luongo, 33, Remembered As Loving Son, Brother
Joseph Vincent Luongo, who died on Saturday, March 25, is being remembered as a loving son and brother, according to his obituary.
Luongo, 33, lived in Pompton Plains and previously lived in Nutley, according to the obituary.
He worked as a boiler operator at Johanna Foods in Flemington, and is survived by his parents, Francisco and Deanna, and his brothers, Francesco and Valentino.
Oh, Joe Luongo, you were a beautiful soul and my family loved you as one of our own. May you rest in peace. Posted by Billy Tooma on Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Just found out another of my classmates pas…
7-Eleven Selling These 18 New Jersey Locations
7-Eleven Inc. is looking to sell or lease 73 of its stores, 18 of which are in New Jersey.
NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC is helping with the process, having posted a list of all of the sites along with a bid deadline of Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Some of the stores are some of the 3,800 Speedway stores that 7-Eleven purchased in May 2021.
The New Jersey stores touting for sale signs are:
Colonia, Saint Georges Avenue
Scotch Plains, Park Avenue
Newark, Broad Street
Newark, Market Street
Newark, Ferry Street
Butler, Route 23
Elmwood Park, Broadway
Holmdel, Route 35
Hackettstown, Main Street…
Trio Wanted For Depositing Bogus School Board Check For Nearly $29K: Flemington Police
Three suspects are wanted by Flemington Police after allegedly altering and depositing a fraudulent school board check for nearly $29,000.
The investigation began Friday, Sept. 9, when officers received a report involving a fraudulent check from the Flemington Raritan School Board, police said in a release on Thursday, Oct. 20.
The following month resulted in the issuing of warrants for the arrests of Jabria Jones, 23, Tynell Mantez, 27, and Kadaiyah Stevens-Whitehurst, 23.
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1 Busted, 3 At Large After Depositing $30K Worth Of Bogus Checks, Flemington Police Say
One suspect was arrested and three remain at large after altering checks that were stolen from PO boxes and making more than $30,000 worth of fraudulent deposits, Flemington police said.
The investigation began on Saturday, June 11, when officers responded to a Flemington business to take a report of fraudulent checks, the department said in a release on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
The following four months resulted in the issuing of warrants for the arrests of Tre Greene, 19, Richard Rowe, 22, Quamae Osborne, 23, and a 17-year-old juvenile, police said.
Investigators found that three separate che…
Hunterdon County Man Killed As SUV Veers Across Rt. 78, Goes Up In Flames: State Police
A Hunterdon County man was killed after he veered across both sides of Rt. 78 in an SUV that then went up in flames, state police said.
The crash occurred just before 6:05 a.m. in both sides of Rt. 78 near milepost 24.8 in Tewksbury on Friday, Oct. 7, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com.
Anthony W. Guglielmo, 77, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Trax east on the on-ramp from CR 523 to Rt. 78 east when he ran off the left side, entered the right shoulder of Rt. 78, re-entered the on-ramp and hit the back of a Mercedes-Benz, Marchan said.
Guglielmo then continued east, heading off t…
‘We Can’t Carry On:' Popular Flemington Restaurant Announces Permanent Closure After A Decade
A popular Flemington breakfast, lunch, and dinner restaurant has announced its plans to shutter the store after more than a decade citing inflation, labor shortages, and more.
Platform One & CTO Catering on Rt. 12 made an announcement on its Facebook page stating that its last day open would be Friday, Oct. 14.
“We simply can’t carry on weathering the storm,” reads the post.
“From food prices being three times higher than pre-Covid levels, labor shortages, utilities, gasoline, and mismanaged government funding, it’s finally a mountain that we can’t overcome.”
Owned by award-winning C…
