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NJ Couple’s US Open Love Story Comes Full Circle With Viral Jumbotron Proposal
Two years after their first kiss lit up the Jumbotron at the US Open, and four years after their first date at the Grand Slam event, a New Jersey couple returned to the same seats.
And this time, the guy had a ring.
Brett Kraft, 39, who grew up in New Providence, proposed to his fiancée Sophia Fredriksson, 27, a native of Sweden, during the Friday, Aug. 29 match between Aryna Sabalenka and Leylah Fernandez at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens.
Kraft, who lives in Madison with Fredriksson, had been quietly planning the proposal for months.
He p…
Nationally Ranked Tennis Player Jane Ross, 90, Dies In NJ Crash
Jane Ross, a nationally ranked tennis player who survived a stroke in 2023, died in a car crash last week in New Jersey, Daily Voice has learned. She was 90 years old
Ross, who grew up in Longmeadow, MA, had been living in Martinsville, NJ, according to police and her obituary on the Higgins Funeral Home website.
On Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, at approximately 12:28 p.m., Bridgewater police responded to 720 US 202/206 for a motor vehicle crash, according to the department.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2015 Lexus RX was traveling west in the parking lot when, for reasons un…
College Kid From NJ Is Crushing The US Open Qualifiers
Michael Zheng is still in college, but he’s already making pros sweat at the US Open.
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The 21-year-old rising Columbia University senior, and reigning NCAA men’s singles national champ, stormed through his opening match Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Zheng, a Montville native who attended Delbarton and won state singles in 2021, took out Japan’s Yasutaka Uchiyama in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, firing three aces and winni…
Sherill Taps NJ University President As Running Mate
Mikie Sherill, the Democrat nominee for governor, announced Dr. Dale Caldwell as her pick for lieutenant governor on Friday, July 25.
Sherill, who currently serves in Congress, said her and Caldwell, a New Brunswick resident are committed to making New Jersey more affordable while protecting New Jerseyians from President Donald Trump's attacks. On Wednesday, July 23, Republican nominee Jack Ciatarelli selected Morris County Sheriff Jim Gannon as his running mate.
Caldwell is the president of Centenary University, a pastor in the United Methodist Church, and a former deputy commiss…
This Jersey Girl Just Took Down World's Best Tennis Player At Wimbledon
Amanda Anisimova just pulled off one of the biggest upsets of Wimbledon 2025, defeating world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals on Center Court Thursday, July 10.
The moment Amanda Anisimova became a #Wimbledon finalist for the first time ✨ pic.twitter.com/tUBSsFCaoZ — Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 10, 2025
Anisimova, who lived in Freehold, NJ, before her family moved to Florida and is seeded 12th, won 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to punch her ticket to the Grand Slam final.
The 23-year-old outplayed 27-year-old Sabalenka in key moments, winning 69 percent of her second-serve points and convertin…
Terri Breen Of West Orange Dies, 63
Terri Breen, of Essex Fells and later of West Orange, passed away on Oct. 14, 2024. She was 63 years old.
Born Mary Theresa Faleskie on Dec. 12, 1960, at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu, HI, Terri graduated from Hawaii Baptist Academy and earned her BA from Pennsylvania State University, State College.
After college, Terri moved to New York City, beginning her career in advertising at Doyle Dane Bernbach and later at Women’s Day Magazine. She left her career to focus on what she considered her most important job of all — raising her beloved sons, Conor and Liam. Devoted to their growth, …
