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By DEIRDRE MASTANDREA
April 12, 2026
JEFFERSON, NJ - With April recognized as Autism Acceptance Month, the Jefferson Police Department, with the backing of the Town Council, has implemented updates to give Jefferson residents with Autism better access to services and recreation.“Autism Awareness Month provides an opportunity for all ...
SPARTA, NJ – Local hikers have a new map to guide their experience at the Sparta Glen network of trails. It was the initiative of the members of the Sparta Trails committee together with the Environmental Commission and Sparta Green team members, to “further enhance the outdoor experience for ...
NEWTON, NJ - Residents are invited to a Community Energy Plan Stakeholder meeting on Monday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the town hall court room and on Zoom. According to town officials, a grant from NJ BPU’s Community Energy Plan or CEPG, allows Newton to “complete and adopt a plan” looking at the ...
POMPANO BEACH— Residents gathered at Pompano Beach Fire Station 24 on Saturday for a hands-on open house designed to turn bystanders into lifesavers.The event, which ran from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., offered free training in critical emergency skills, including “Stop the Bleed” techniques, hands-only ...
BELMAR, NJ – The Belmar Public Library will close out its six-part “Living History” series with a powerful tribute to one of America’s most influential literary voices on Saturday, April 18.The program, “Living History: Langston Hughes,” is scheduled for 12 p.m. and will feature performer Keith ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — What started as a $250 Facebook Marketplace deal for a hair dryer ended with a gun in a man's face, $450 in cash gone, and the arrest of a 22-year-old Plantation man.On April 4, at about 12:15 p.m., Anthony James Ackerman pulled a firearm on a buyer at a Shell gas station at ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The family of the 26-year-old pool tech who drowned in a pool at a home in Coral Springs last month is speaking out about who he was.Josemanuel Peña, lovingly known by his family as “Josemanuelito”, according to his family, was found unresponsive in a backyard pool on March 30 ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – The Asbury Park Public Library is inviting the community to celebrate National Poetry Month with an afternoon dedicated to the written word on Saturday, April 18.The event, “Poetry at the Library,” will run from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the library’s First Avenue location, bringing ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The family of the 26-year-old pool tech who drowned in a pool at a home in Coral Springs last month is speaking out about who he was.Josemanuel Peña, lovingly known by his family as “Josemanuelito”, according to his family, was found unresponsive in a backyard pool on March 30 ...
POMPANO BEACH — For Mariella Perez, the dream of owning a spa began more than 15 years ago while working in the treatment rooms of high-end resorts like the Hard Rock and Hilton. For her daughter, Karen Ortiz, the dream started even earlier—around the age of 8, watching her mother work.That ...
BOCA RATON, FL — On the heels of residents overwhelmingly squashing a proposed public-private partnership for downtown at the polls last month, City Manager Mark Sohaney is recommending the creation of a Downtown Civic Engagement Task Force “to facilitate a structured, community-driven process for ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — What started as a $250 Facebook Marketplace deal for a hair dryer ended with a gun in a man's face, $450 in cash gone, and the arrest of a 22-year-old Plantation man.On April 4, at about 12:15 p.m., Anthony James Ackerman pulled a firearm on a buyer at a Shell gas station at ...
BOCA RATON, FL — On the heels of residents overwhelmingly squashing a proposed public-private partnership for downtown at the polls last month, City Manager Mark Sohaney is recommending the creation of a Downtown Civic Engagement Task Force “to facilitate a structured, community-driven process for ...
SPARTA, NJ – Local hikers have a new map to guide their experience at the Sparta Glen network of trails. It was the initiative of the members of the Sparta Trails committee together with the Environmental Commission and Sparta Green team members, to “further enhance the outdoor experience for ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Michigan Deli of Kenilworth has different lunch specials Monday through Friday. Check it out. Cavatelli & Italian Sausage Marinara, served with Garlic Bread $15.50Grilled Chicken &Swiss Cheese Wrap, Lettuce, Tomato, Onions & Chipotle Sauce, served with Tots $15.50“Cobb ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – The Chatham boys track & field team won the distance medley and long jump relays at the Blue Devil Classic held at Westfield High on Saturday. Chatham placed sixth as a team with 35 points.Brady Byrne, Kyle Wickham, Santiago Gebara and Marcus Valenzuela raced to gold in the ...
POMPANO BEACH — For Mariella Perez, the dream of owning a spa began more than 15 years ago while working in the treatment rooms of high-end resorts like the Hard Rock and Hilton. For her daughter, Karen Ortiz, the dream started even earlier—around the age of 8, watching her mother work.That ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The family of the 26-year-old pool tech who drowned in a pool at a home in Coral Springs last month is speaking out about who he was.Josemanuel Peña, lovingly known by his family as “Josemanuelito”, according to his family, was found unresponsive in a backyard pool on March 30 ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton police arrested a West Palm Beach woman whose child was placed in foster care and charged her with aggravated stalking after making dozens of false reports to authorities and taking to Facebook to accuse the foster mother of kidnapping her son.According to a Boca Raton ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two events in the Doylestown area will ring in Arbor Day 2026, which will take place on April 24.Doylestown Township will host the first of the two events with an Arbor Day Tree Planting & Mulching Work Day on Saturday, April 18, from 9-11 a.m. in the township’s Central Park on ...
The Bloomfield High baseball team captured early season wins against Hoboken and Barringer in the early stages of the 2026 season.Head coach Mike Policastro's squad will take on Glen Ridge in back-to-back league games, on April 13, at Glen Ridge and on April 15, at home. Both of those games start ...
CLARK, N.J. — Governor Livingston’s historic 40-game winning streak came to an end Saturday as the Highlanders fell 2-1 to Arthur L. Johnson High School on a ninth-inning walk-off at Johnson High School.In a tightly played pitchers’ duel that featured both mistakes and highlight-reel moments, ...
The Bloomfield High track & field team will face an ambitious schedule this spring.Head coach Terry Iavarone's team competed in the Season Opener Invitational, on April 4, and were at the Moorestown Invitational, on April 11. On April 16, the Bengals will take on Livingston, at 4 p.m. and on ...
BINGHAMTON, NY -The Somerset Patriots beat the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 7-5 at Mirabito Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Somerset closed out the series 2-4 against the Rumble Ponies. Somerset’s pitching staff tallied 12 strikeouts, marking the second consecutive game that Somerset pitchers have ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township Public Schools Board of Education unanimously voted during a special meeting on April 7 to appoint Kenneth Nadzak as the next principal of Montville Township High School. Nadzak, who is currently the school’s assistant principal, will officially assume his new ...
BINGHAMTON, NY -The Somerset Patriots beat the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 7-5 at Mirabito Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Somerset closed out the series 2-4 against the Rumble Ponies. Somerset’s pitching staff tallied 12 strikeouts, marking the second consecutive game that Somerset pitchers have ...
CLARK, NJ — The Clark Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 14.The meeting will open at 5:30 p.m. in the Media Center of the Arthur L. Johnson High School, located at 365 Westfield Ave., and immediately go into Executive Session, not open to the public.The portion of ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Seniors in Morris County will have the opportunity to obtain a Morris County Senior Identification Card during a special outreach event hosted by the Morris County Clerk’s Office later this month.The Senior ID Outreach Program will take place on Thursday, April 23, 2026, from ...
NEWARK - Phase 2 of the Greater Newark Conservancy's Education Building at 32 Prince St. will be completed this spring – marking a major milestone in the transformation of one of the nation’s oldest surviving synagogue structures. Construction of the final phase is scheduled to start in 2027. Once ...
SOMERSET, NJ — The Franklin Township Council will take up the proposed 2026 municipal budget Tuesday, April 14, alongside a public hearing on an Executive Drive ordinance and a wide-ranging agenda that includes proclamations, commendations and multiple special event permits for upcoming community ...