TOP LOCAL News
By JIM LONERGAN
July 10, 2024
MANASQUAN, NJ - At the recent Manasquan Council Meeting, the governing body provided an update on the pending offshore wind energy project progressing under the Biden and Murphy Administrations. This article - the fourth in a seven-part series on Wind Energy-focuses on transparency and ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Carol Bongiovi, the mother of rock star Jon Bon Jovi and a former Sayreville resident, has died at age 83 on Tuesday, July 9, just three days short of her 84th birthday, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, according to PEOPLE magazine. A native of Erie, PA, Carol ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick's Bobby Mahoney rocked the tiny window stage at Revilla Grooves and Gear in Milltown last week, belting out some familiar tunes and introducing new work from Another Deadbeat Summer, the new album that he will "drop" on music streaming services and vinyl this ...
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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - New Brunswick Avenue from Rues Lane to Old Stage Road is closed from 7:30 am to 4 pm for through traffic due to construction from Henley to Village on New Brunswick Ave. Police personnel are on the scene to control traffic and assist motorists. Motorists are advised to ...
CARTERET, NJ — Properties along Port Reading Avenue, near this borough’s border with Woodbridge, could be redeveloped for a large, new three-story Sikh temple. The Carteret Zoning Board of Adjustment is to decide this significant proposal on Tuesday, July 16, from Singh Sabha Inc., a Sikh ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Being named the second-best mullet man in the nation last year was great. But – like any real competitor – former Roxbury resident David Houtz wants to be Number One. The 2014 Roxbury High School graduate is asking his former friends, neighbors and schoolmates to vote for him in ...
CAMDEN – George E. Norcross III, pleading not guilty on Tuesday to a grand jury indictment by the New Jersey Attorney General, did what he did for the good of Camden and Cooper University Health Care, his attorney claimed in court. The South Jersey Democratic kingpin and several others were the ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Not many tears were shed in East Brunswick when the notorious Hostways Hotel and the businesses surrounding it were torn down in 1993. Local lore is full of stories about the pyramid-shaped building, built in 1963 as the prototype for the Ivory Tower Hotel Group. Many of ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Brunswick Square Mall on Route 18 South in East Brunswick has partnered with local food resourcing services to host the Annual "Walk to End Hunger" for Feeding Middlesex County and Replenish inside the mall on Saturday, July 27. Check-in is from 8:30-9:45 am, with the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Gary Wong, 56, from East Brunswick, died in a swimming accident as he tried to rescue his father-in-law who was snorkeling in San Solomon Springs inside Balmorhea State Park in Reeves, Texas. This historic park in West Texas hosts the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Rob Fessock grew up in South Plainfield, graduated from South Plainfield High School and attended Towson University, where he joined ROTC. "I was partying and didn’t have direction until I joined the military. He continued with ROTC at Loyola College, and then I graduated ...
PERTH AMBOY, NJ -- Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D, LD-19) is devising legislation that would prohibit landlords from using rent-setting software that she says drives apartment prices up. “As the costs of housing, especially in the rental market, continue to increase, the last thing working ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The typical Rutgers undergraduate student will face a 4% tuition increase for the 2024-25 academic year, and mandatory student fees will also rise by 4%. Additionally, housing room rates and residents’ education fees will go up 6% and dining plan rates will increase by 8% for ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On January 2024, more than 1,500 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers deployed overseas in support of U.S. Central Command’s Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. It was the largest deployment of New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers since 2008. As ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — More hot weather is headed our way this week. East Brunswick is under a heat advisory from Monday, July 8 at noon until Tuesday, July 9, at 8 p.m., the National Weather Service said. Heat index values of 95 to 100 are expected on Monday, and around 100 on Tuesday, the ...
CARTERET, NJ — Drag race celebrity-driver Elizabeth “Lizzy” Musi – who grew up in this Middlesex County community – has lost her toughest challenge against breast cancer at age 33. Elizabeth Patricia Musi was born and raised here, and was a 2009 Carteret High School graduate. She went on to ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Board of Education has announced that the meeting planned for August 15, 2024, has been canceled. There is no notice of a rescheduling of this meeting. The Board Office has confirmed that there will be a meeting this Thursday night, July 11, at 7:30 pm.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - He has always been attracted to books and television shows that put different, sometimes unrelated, topics together – and now 28-year Bridgewater resident Geoffrey Engelstein has written his own book, “The Universe Explained with a Cookie,” in that same vein. About 15 years ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Well, Bears, if you haven't caught on to playing pickleball yet, you need to get with the program! The East Brunswick Department of Recreation and Parks will host a Pickleball Tournament on Friday, August 9 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm, at the courts in Community Park on 350 ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Anchor’s Tiki Bar officially opens today at the municipal marina along the Sewaren waterfront, just in time to enjoy on Independence Day weekend. The 215-seat full-service bar will be open from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. today, July 6, and on Sunday, July 7, according to Mayor John E.
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - Captain Raymond Lopez reports the “Miss Liane” is now sailing for billfish and tuna. Their last trip out was excellent as they hooked onto a white marlin and blue marlin. They sail offshore every week for tuna and billfish, weather permitting. Captain Gary Dugan has ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — An unusual marina mishap, an overturned van, and a tractor-trailer blaze kept firefighters from Avenel, Colonia, Hopelawn, Keasby and Woodbridge fire companies really busy in recent days. The most recent incident came at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, when Hopelawn and Keasby ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ—East Brunswick Public Library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive) has always hosted several bestselling authors for programs and events as special guests. Thanks to a new partnership, the library has increased the number and frequency of online programs accessible from home or ...
MANHATTAN, NY - A South Brunswick man has been arrested and charged with a fatal car accident in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, according to the New York Police Department. Authorities say Daniel Hyden, age 44, from Monmouth Junction, drove into a park while intoxicated, resulting in the death of ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - Repeat Pete didn't become Three-peat Pete in the 2024 pizza eating contest sponsored by Milltown's popular Maria's Pizza on Thursday. Tyrus Lazar defeated the two-time Milltown Fourth of July Pizza Eating Contest winner Pete Lewandowski. Lewandowski won the inaugural contest in 2022 ...
White House officials hosted advocates and allies last month for a panel discussion to commemorate the 25thanniversary of the Olmstead Act – a Supreme Court decision stating that people with disabilities have a qualified right to receive state-funded support and services in the community and ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The borough's annual Fourth of July Parade is always a big draw. This year, though, the crowds of people lining the parade route were larger than usual. The parade featured a full line-up including bag pipes, the Milltown Fourth of July Band, local politicians, area Boy and Girls ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Police Department recommends taking a photo of your children before attending today's 4th of July Celebration in case they are lost or separated from you. When you exit your car, take a quick cellphone picture of your kids in the clothes that they are ...
NEW JERSEY: As you watch the rockets glare and bombs burst into the New Jersey skies this week, share this bit of Jerseyana with the people on the blanket or lawn chairs next to you. The first “fireworks” display to celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was ordered by ...