News Around New Jersey
By JOHN MOONEY
December 12, 2024
EWING – Sayreville Mayor Kennedy O’Brien was among the elected officials from across the state who attended a briefing at the New Jersey State Police Operations Center on Wednesday, Dec. 11, regarding multiple reports of unidentified drones flying over New Jersey. Although Colonel Patrick Callahan ...
Newark School Superintendent Roger Leon’s “fun day” event that state officials said lacked an educational or professional development component has caught the attention of a state lawmaker, who is calling for a fiscal monitor to oversee the Newark Board of Education’s $1.5 billion ...
NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy has made New Jersey the latest state to prevent the arbitrary banning of books and other educational material from public libraries and school libraries.New Jersey’s stricter limits on book banning comes after similar measures were taken in Illinois and Minnesota. The ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY – A Rutgers student has been charged in connection with more than 12 incidents of lewdness and criminal sexual contact, including incidents that allegedly occurred inside a Rutgers library.Jihad Goines, 21, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, was arrested without ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The stress of dealing with food insecurity, pressure from her landlord and the death of her father recently landed Leticia Perez in the hospital.She came to the Christmas party held by Saint Peter’s University Hospital on Monday in hopes of getting away from her problems, if even ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Bruce is a scaredy-cat who can sometimes get spooked by a wind-tossed wrapper. Jake is a sweetheart who has a soft spot for kids. Marty has earned himself the nickname Mayhem because of his mischievous streak.The horses on Kathy Sperduto’s farm all have distinct personalities and ...
WESTFIELD — When Garrett Vogel headed toward the finish line in the New York City Marathon last month, not only did he have to contend with the challenging course around the five boroughs, but he did so while managing his type 1 diabetes. For Vogel, who is new to the sport of running, it was his ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a 478-bed acute-care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, has received the highest distinction a hospital can earn in several areas from a leading industry resource.Saint Peter’s has been named by U.S. News & ...
CLARK — Police in this Union County town are looking for the culprit who abandoned nine tiny puppies in a five-gallon bucket at Raritan Road and Frances Drive on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Newark-based Associated Humane Society (AHS) hopes to find forever homes for the puppies, estimated to ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Police say there is no danger to the public after being alerted to a social media hoax warning people that a serial killer is on the loose.The post claiming a serial killer named Robert Thibodeau is in our midst with the hashtag #newbrunswick has been circulating around the country, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Seven students with affiliations to Rutgers who sold narcotics through a private social media network are facing drug charges following a multiagency undercover investigation.A large amount of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, Adderall, Xanax, a large amount of cash and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Scott White doesn’t want the next president at Rutgers University to be some C-suite hotshot who’s wading ashore on the Banks of the Old Raritan because it’s a good career move.“I’d love to find a candidate, a president who loves this university, who wants to be here more than ...
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka on Monday was endorsed in his bid for governor by U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, who received the mayor’s support earlier this year as she defeated a crowded field of Democrats seeking the seat left vacant by the death of Donald Payne Jr.McIver said that Baraka, who is her ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Rutgers is taking an important step to address one of the leading causes of climate change as it moves forward with a plan to purchase 700 electric vehicles to replace its entire gas-powered fleet over the next decade.The first round of 24 light-duty electric vehicles (EVs) – a mix ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A smattering of hands went up when a roomful of people was asked if they had been engaged in some political conversations over Thanksgiving dinner.Many more hands shot up when they were asked if they avoided such conversations.Learning how to talk, debate and disagree without being ...
NEWARK — Mildred Crump, a trailblazing public servant who was the first Black woman to serve on the Newark City Council, died Sunday. She was 86.Crump first ran for council in 1986, but was not elected until 1994, initially serving until 1998. She served again from 2006 until she resigned for ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Mettler’s Woods, one of the state’s last remaining virgin forests that sits in a 65-acre patch of land owned and managed by Rutgers-New Brunswick, has been chosen for preservation by a national organization.The Old-Growth Forest Network recently inducted Mettler’s Woods in Franklin ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – There’s a hidden gem inside a stately Victorian building on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus.The Rutgers Geology Museum is home to a Ptolemaic-era mummy named Iset-Ha by way of Egypt, a mastodon skeleton dug from the muck on a farm in Salem County, fluorescent minerals collected ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The first in a series of town hall meetings convened to elicit feedback in the search for a new university president will be on Tuesday, Dec. 3.The meeting at the Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering will run from 3:30-5 p.m., followed by similar meetings on Wednesday (Newark Campus’ ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Sue Pitt Anderson, who had just turned 15, was painfully skinny and coming off a terrible performance in a distance freestyle race.The next night, July 27, 1963, she regained her form and broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly.Fifty-nine years later, she still recalled ...
Armando Fontoura may be stepping down after 34 years as Essex County Sheriff, but he's not going anywhere. He's still busy giving back to the community. Fontoura, 80, showed that on Monday when he and other police officers visited 44 different locations across the city to distribute 515 turkeys as ...
Bayonne Councilman Lloyad Booker was driving along Avenue C on Friday when he noticed smoke pouring from an apartment. His next action, Fire Chief Keith Weaver said, may have saved lives. Weaver reported that Booker, a retired member of the Bayonne Police Department, immediately called 911, then ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, whose 250 or so pediatricians practice across two dozen pediatric specialty services to treat children from birth through young adulthood, has been recognized by a leading industry referral resource.The hospital has been ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Josiah, all 2-foot-something of him, was swaying and swinging to the DJ’s music. His tiny clip-on tie was coming undone and part of his shirt had become untucked, but all he wanted to do was wave his hands in the air and bounce to the beat.“Go Josiah!” yelled someone from the crowd ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy are inviting New Jersey residents to visit Drumthwacket during the holidays.“This beautiful property, appropriately known as the People's House, is a historical and cultural treasure that becomes even more remarkable at this time of year,” ...
TRENTON, NJ — With much of New Jersey receiving between three-quarters of an inch and an inch of rain or more in the past 24 hours, The New Jersey Forest Fire Service announced Thursday that fire restrictions statewide have been lifted.The Forest Fire Service lists the fire danger as “low” on its ...
EVESHAM, NJ – A second teenage boy has been arrested on Tuesday, November 19 in connection with the October 30 forest fire that sent 53 acres of land up in flames, according to a Wednesday announcement by the Evensham Township Police Department.Similarly to the initial suspect, the boy is ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Some of the hundreds of businesses in and around French Street will be banding together and getting a head start on the holiday shopping season.About 20 businesses ranging from New Millennium Bank on Handy Street to Minor Fine Jewelry on French Street to Beauty Boutique on Jersey ...
EDISON — People, police and state wildlife agents are on the lookout for a big black bear last seen wandering in a neighborhood off Oak Tree Road.Homeowners near Doris Court and Jean Place told authorities they saw a big black bear meandering in their area, not far from Plainfield, where a ...
Roxbury Mayor Jaki Albrecht was forced this week to face the limits of her authority when some of her younger constituents requested she outlaw homework.The verbal exchange took place on Nov. 12, when girls from Brownie Troop 98652, and some of their siblings, visited the municipal building right ...