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By STEVE LENOX
April 17, 2026
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A ruptured appendix, a bike crash that left the rider facing blindness, and a serious asthma attack were just some of the remedies that residents have sought care for at the former Christ Hospital over the years.That care, with the gradual, and what elected officials and activists ...
Princeton, NJ – Friends Of Princeton Open Space will host a community hike on Monday, April 20, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. to commemorate the induction of Witherspoon Woods and 153-Acre Wood Old-Growth Areas into the Old-Growth Forest Network. The event will begin at Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain ...
CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY, PA—Two Central Bucks police departments are warning residents that the high school game known as “senior assassin” is back.On Friday, the Buckingham Township Police Department issued a statement noting that it sometimes receives 911 calls about “armed subjects” that turn out ...
New Brunswick, NJ – When you’re born, there are caregivers to help bring you into this world. And when you die, Diana Griebell believes, there should be caregivers to help you leave it.Griebell, 57, a Princeton resident who is graduating in May from Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Social Work with ...
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ Attention Hackettstown residents! It is time to clear out those filing cabinets and protect your personal information. The Town of Hackettstown is hosting a community shredding event on Saturday, April 25, 2026, to help you safely dispose of sensitive documents.The event will take ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The City of Plainfield's Director of Public Works gave the community an update on pothole repair at Monday night's council meeting, with an explanation of some of the complexities involved.At the March meeting of the Plainfield City Council, Councilor Richard Wyatt first asked ...
HAMILTON, NJ - The Hamilton Township School District will host an educator job fair as it looks to fill positions for the 2026–27 school year.The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at Steinert High School, located at 2900 Klockner Road.District officials ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Ben Deane drove in four runs to help power Robbinsville to a 12-4 baseball victory over Bordentown on Thursday.Deane went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored for Robbinsville (6-3), which scored three runs in the second, third and fourth innings.Winning pitcher Josh Yoo ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Brielle Eckel pitched a five-inning one-hitter to lead Steinert to an 11-0 softball victory over Hamilton West/Nottingham on Thursday.Eckel, in her first varsity start, pitched to contact, striking out just one batter, but issuing only two walks and depending on a defense that did ...
Spring is here, which means allergy season is too. In this Q&A, Catherine A. Monteleone, MD, Director of Allergy and Immunology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and affiliate of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, shares how this spring’s ...
Rockaway Township, NJ - This July, a powerful symbol of remembrance and healing will arrive in Rockaway Township. The Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall, a half-scale replica of the Washington, D.C. memorial, will be on display at Peterson Field from July 2nd through July 6th.The Moving Wall provides an ...
KEYPORT, NJ — Paxton Douglass pitched a five-inning no-hitter for Keyport in a 10-0 baseball victory over Neptune on Tuesday.Douglass struck out four batters and walked one.A six‑run fourth inning gave Keyport a 7-0 lead. The rally featured a run‑scoring single by Justin Visaggio and a two‑run ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Olivia Miles, a Sts. Philip and James elementary school graduate who also played in the Lady Liners AAU program, was picked second overall on Monday by the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA player draft at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City.Born in Summit N.J. before moving to ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ — St. Agnes Episcopal Church will hold the final distribution for its food pantry on Saturday, April 18, ending a more than decade-long effort that has served hundreds of local families in need.Church leaders announced the pantry and the church's closure in a letter on March 15. A ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph girls lacrosse team started off the season with a very tough assignment as they were scheduled to play their first six games on the road. The Lady Rams battled through that stretch to come away with a .500 record of 3-3. After dropping the season opener, they rebounded ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — A stabbing incident at a Piscataway motel and an ongoing legal battle over a recently adopted township ordinance fueled tense exchanges during a recent Township Council meeting, underscoring deep divisions over public safety and the regulation of local lodging establishments.Mayor ...
CLARK, NJ — The Clark Board of Education held its annual “Showcase of Success” on Tuesday, April 14. At this meeting, the Governor’s Educators of the Year were recognized as well as the retirement of Valley Road Elementary School Principal Joe Beltramba and the Carl H. Kumpf Middle School Science ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A ruptured appendix, a bike crash that left the rider facing blindness, and a serious asthma attack were just some of the remedies that residents have sought care for at the former Christ Hospital over the years.That care, with the gradual, and what elected officials and activists ...
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11, NJ — Analilia Mejia won Thursday's special election and will represent New Jersey's District 11 in Congress. Polls closed at 8 p.m. Thursday, following early voting from April 6 to April 14. Mejia, a Democrat, a former head of the Working Families Alliance, defeated ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ — The Lunch Bunch of the Activities Club, under the chairmanship of Chris Megalos, convened its April lunch at Black Jack Mulligans.
MT. ARLINGTON, NJ — The Route 80 eastbound Exit 30 ramp to Howard Boulevard in Mt. Arlington is scheduled to be closed and detoured for about two weeks beginning Monday, April 20, according to the state Department of Transportation (NJDOT).The closure is necessitated by the ongoing “Bridges over ...
HIGHTSTOWN, NJ – Mark your calendar! The dates and musical line-up for the annual Hightstown Fun Fridays for 2026 have been announced! Throughout the summer, the Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission hosts Fun Fridays in Memorial Park located at North Main Street in Hightstown. The evenings include ...
SCHOHARIE – A Sharon Springs teenager has built a solid future at Capital Region BOCES, logging more than 100 work-based learning hours in a job he plans to make permanent upon graduation.Wesley Willoughby is a senior in the Heavy Equipment Repair and Operation (HERO) program at the Career and ...
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11, NJ — Analilia Mejia won Thursday's special election and will represent New Jersey's District 11 in Congress. Polls closed at 8 p.m. Thursday, following early voting from April 6 to April 14. Mejia, a Democrat, a former head of the Working Families Alliance, defeated ...
NEWARK - Only 73 out of 1,771 registered Newark teens voted in last year's Board of Education election – the first time 16- and 17-year-olds were able to cast ballots – despite voter registration drives, Vote 16 Town Halls and cash prizes used to bolster voter participation. This year’s Board of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Hundreds of mourners turned out Friday afternoon to a service to memorialize Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer, including many public officials, family and friends. They came to the Church by the Glades for a Celebration of the Life of Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. In addition ...
RED BANK, NJ: The Borough of Red Bank is turning Riverside Gardens Park into an open‑air canvas this spring with the Red Bank Graffiti Jam, a community‑driven celebration of street art, creativity, and local talent. The event will be held Saturday, April 25, from 12 noon to 5:00 pm at Riverside ...
RAHWAY, NJ — While most students were preparing for the quiet of Spring Break, the kindergarten classrooms at Roosevelt Elementary School were bursting with life. The students recently traded their traditional textbooks for incubators and observation journals as they participated in an immersive, ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School varsity softball team faced Metuchen High School on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in a game that also marked Senior Night—an emotional celebration of the players’ final season representing the high school.Continuing a meaningful tradition, the ...
When we talk about binge drinking, it’s often in the context of college-aged adults. However, Alexis LaPietra, DO, FACEP, Medical Director of the RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery (IFPR) and Director of Addiction Medicine for Emergency & Hospitalist Services at ...