Around New Jersey
By CHIP ARMONAITIS
January 26, 2026
NEW JERSEY– The NJSIAA met on January 21st, and one of the items that came out of the meeting was that there will be a vote at a later meeting in the spring to determine whether or not the NJSIAA should institute shot-clock rules for lacrosse and boys and girls basketball.While there are pros and ...
TRENTON, NJ - As New Jersey prepares for a major winter storm this weekend, Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) are warning sellers that price gouging New Jersey’s consumers during the declared state of emergency will not be tolerated.
PATERSON, NJ - Florio “Floyd” Vivino, the Paterson native best known to generations of fans as Uncle Floyd, has died after a lengthy battle with health issues, his family announced early Friday morning. He was 74.Vivino’s brother, Jerry Vivino, shared the news in a Facebook post, saying Floyd died ...
TRENTON, NJ — Want a fork with that take-out order? You’ll have to ask for it.Among the bills Phil Murphy signed on his last day as governor was “Skip the Stuff,” legislation which will require restaurants to provide single-use utensils and condiment packets only to people who specifically request ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy has signed new legislation intended to keep New Jersey’s vaccine guidance and insurance coverage standards anchored in recommendations from the New Jersey Department of Health, rather than automatically relying on federal advisory guidance.In tandem with the new law, ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his final state of the state address on Tuesday in front of a joint session of the Legislature gathered in the Assembly chambers.From recognizing local diners to mentioning Tony Soprano, an animated Murphy closed the book on the past eight years in true ...
LIVINGSTON — Macy’s, Inc. announced 14 new store closures on Thursday that included the Livingston Mall location. This announcement comes as part of the company’s “A Bold New Chapter” strategy, which aims to “strengthen the Macy’s nameplate, accelerate luxury growth, and simplify and modernize ...
SUMMIT, NJ — Brayton Elementary School and Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School (LCJSMS) were placed in shelter-in-place at approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday after the Summit Police Department received a report from an outside law enforcement agency that a threat had been made, and the caller was ...
RAMSEY, NJ — Public school districts across New Jersey will have to come up with a plan to ban student cell phone use for the entire school day by the start of the 2026-2027 school year under a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday.“With today’s bill signing, we are ensuring New Jersey ...
TRENTON, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy announced the sixth round of New Jersey’s Medical Debt Relief Initiative, eliminating more than $86 million in medical debt for over 53,000 residents statewide.The latest round is part of the State’s ongoing partnership with national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt ...
NEW JERSEY — Driving in New Jersey will cost more starting Jan. 1, thanks to increasing fuel taxes and highway, bridge and tunnel tolls.One fee, called the petroleum products gross receipts tax, will increase by 4.2 cents per gallon. For gasoline, that new rate will be 38.6 cents, and for diesel, ...
UPDATE 9:30 PM - TAPinto confirmed that no one was transported to a hospital because of the incident at the Willowbrook Mall. Wayne Police confirmed this….UPDATE 9:05 PM - We spotted officers searching the outside of the mall and asked them if they were looking for someone on the run.“No, we're ...
TOTOWA, NJ - Totowa Police Chief Carmen Veneziano has spent the past two nights in Bergen County's jail -- and could remain held there through Christmas -- on a fugitive warrant out of Massachusetts.Meanwhile, information has also emerged of a driving-while-impaired stop at the Jersey Shore earlier ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A weekend snowfall followed by a deep chill, did nothing to discourage the crowd of officials from the symbolic groundbreaking on 1888 Studios in Bayonne, a state-of-the-art film and television production campus set to become the largest in New Jersey. Paramount has signed a minimum ...
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ — The Stafford Township Police Department has confirmed the recovery of a 19-year-old male who had been the subject of a massive multi-agency search since late November.The individual was located on the evening of Wednesday, December 17, 2025, bringing a tragic conclusion to ...
TRENTON, NJ — Restaurants and other places that serve food in New Jersey would be banned from providing single-use utensils and condiments to customers, except upon request, under legislation sponsored by Sen. Bob Smith (D - District 17) and Raj Mukherji (D - District 32).The bill, S3195, would ...
The people have spoken, and the next governor of the state of New Jersey is Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill. The 53-year-old has prevailed over the Republican candidate and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, in a hotly contested race that included a fair share of mud-slinging on both ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey highway drivers would be required to change lanes or slow down when approaching any stationary vehicle under a bill sponsored by Democratic Senators Paul Moriarty of Washington Township in Gloucester County and Raj Mukherji of Jersey City.Anyone found violating the law ...
NEW JERSEY - In recent years, significant data breaches have compromised many Americans’ personal information. U.S. consumers reported losing 25% more money due to fraud last year compared to the previous year, totaling nearly $12.5 billion in losses nationwide. This year, a major data breach ...
Ahead of Road Work Suspension for Holiday, Lane Closures Planned at the George Washington Bridge, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Bayonne Bridge, Goethals Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing NEW JERSEY – The Port Authority of New York and New ...
TRENTON, NJ – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy has temporarily suspended the license of a Somerset County massage therapist charged with criminal sexual assault against a client. Robert ...
MAHWAY, NJ - Mahwah police quickly subdued an accused pimp outside a local hotel after it looked like he was reaching for something in his pocket, authorities said. Investigative and patrol division members were working an anti-crime/quality-of-life detail when they found repeat offender Shahiyd ...
NEWARK - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 13 people working at Ocean Seafood Depot during a Wednesday raid — making it the second raid on the same seafood business in Newark’s Ironbound this year. “On Nov. 19, while executing a search warrant as part of a criminal ...
PRINCETON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy are inviting New Jersey residents to attend The Holidays at Drumthwacket, continuing the tradition of open house tours at the Governor’s official residence in Princeton.This year’s theme is America’s 250th Anniversary, according to a news ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Authorities have solved one of two phony Election Day bomb threats that forced a last-minute swap of polling places in North Brunswick and in the Avenel section of Woodbridge.A bomb threat at the Livingston Park Elementary School polling site in North Brunswick was reportedly ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey users of social media platforms would gain a way to report fraud on their accounts under legislation released by the Senate Commerce Committee on Monday.The bill, S3017, would require the sites’ operators to provide a 24-hour, toll-free phone number to contact live customer ...
TRENTON, NJ – The Senate Legislative Oversight Committee will meet Monday to receive testimony from invited guests on the future of public broadcasting in New Jersey, according to Senator Andrew Zwicker, the committee’s chair. “With NJ PBS currently set to shutter operations in 2026, our residents ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jerseyans would observe a statewide "Day of Civility" in November each year under a resolution approved by lawmakers in Trenton. “New Jersey will set the stage for this to be a domino effect for the world, not just our country,” the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Angela McKnight, (D - ...
NEW JERSEY — Democrat Mikie Sherrill was elected governor over Republican Jack Ciattarelli on Tuesday to become the first woman from her party to lead the Garden State. With almost 90% of ballots counted, Sherrill had 56% of the vote to Ciattarelli’s 44%, according to The Associated Press, which ...
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement officers have responded at each affected polling place, and they have worked swiftly to ...