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NY Firefighter, Army Vet Seriously Injured By Wrong-Way Driver On NJ Turnpike NY Firefighter, Army Vet Seriously Injured By Wrong-Way Driver On NJ Turnpike
NY Firefighter, Army Vet Seriously Injured By Wrong-Way Driver On NJ Turnpike A Hudson Valley firefighter, US Army veteran, and young father is facing a long road to recovery after being struck by a wrong-way driver on the NJ Turnpike last weekend, loved ones say. Guillermo Mollins, 39, of Poughkeepsie, was in a Honda sedan when he was struck by a Ford pickup truck driven by 44-year-old Bruce Canfield, of Pottstown, PA, who was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike early Saturday, Jan. 3, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said.  Canfield died as a result of the head-on crash near milepost 117.8, which sent the pickup into a concrete …

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Feds Join Fight To Save 175-Year-Old NJ Family Farm From Bulldozers: 'Not For Sale' Feds Join Fight To Save 175-Year-Old NJ Family Farm From Bulldozers: 'Not For Sale'
Feds Join Fight To Save 175-Year-Old NJ Family Farm From Bulldozers: 'Not For Sale' The federal government is joining the fight to assist a New Jersey farm that has been a fixture off the Turnpike for more than a century.  A 175-year-old family farm in Cranbury (Middlesex County) is now at the center of a high-stakes legal and political showdown after the township began the process of seizing the land for a housing development, triggering a wave of public outrage, national media attention, and direct intervention from the Trump administration. The farm, located at 1234 South River Road, has been in the Henry family for over 150 years.  It’s widely known throughout the com…

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by Zak Failla
News
'Mr. Cash Drop' Hides Money Around NJ For You To Find, And His Identity Was Just Revealed 'Mr. Cash Drop' Hides Money Around NJ For You To Find, And His Identity Was Just Revealed
'Mr. Cash Drop' Hides Money Around NJ For You To Find, And His Identity Was Just Revealed The secret’s out: The man behind New Jersey’s viral cash hunts is not some reclusive millionaire — he’s a warehouse logistics manager from the suburbs. Samuel Norris, 42, has been unmasked as the good-hearted trickster known on Instagram as “Mr. Cash Drop,” according to a New York Post exclusive.  Since March, he’s been stuffing envelopes with $50 to $100 and stashing them in bushes, taping them to beach railings, and sliding them under rocks across the Garden State. Norris and his girlfriend, Trina, started the project for fun — picking drop spots at random while driving along the NJ…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
'Sounds Like Corruption': Elon Musk Slams NJ For Dropping Tesla 'Sounds Like Corruption': Elon Musk Slams NJ For Dropping Tesla
'Sounds Like Corruption': Elon Musk Slams NJ For Dropping Tesla Elon Musk is raising eyebrows after the New Jersey Turnpike Authority confirmed it’s removing 64 Tesla Superchargers from Turnpike service areas starting Thursday, June 6. But officials say there’s a straightforward reason: Tesla’s contract expired. “Sounds like corruption,” Musk wrote on X in response to a Tesla post accusing the NJTA of cutting the company out in favor of a single third-party provider. Sounds like corruption — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 30, 2025 In a statement on May 30, Tesla said the NJTA had “chosen a sole third-party charging provider” and was “not allowing us to …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NJ Taxpayers Owe Extra $10M After Court Tosses Bridge Bid Over Paperwork Mistake NJ Taxpayers Owe Extra $10M After Court Tosses Bridge Bid Over Paperwork Mistake
NJ Taxpayers Owe Extra $10M After Court Tosses Bridge Bid Over Paperwork Mistake New Jersey taxpayers are on the hook for an extra $10 million after the state Supreme Court upheld a decision to toss the lowest bid for a major bridge project over a paperwork error. In a ruling released Monday, May 5, the justices voted 5-2 to back the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s decision to reject a $70.8 million bid from El Sol Contracting and Construction Corp. for failing to properly authorize a key legal document (see attachment). El Sol’s bid was the lowest by nearly $10 million. But according to the Court, the company didn’t submit a valid Consent of Surety — a document that gu…

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by Cecilia Levine