Around New Jersey
By TAPINTO NEWS STAFF
May 31, 2026
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill has a four-prong plan to better regulate New Jersey’s growing number of “data centers,” saying they should pay “their fair share” for utilities and contribute more to communities where they do business.In response to rising local concern about data centers, ...
NEWARK - Delaney Hall detainees are demanding doctors evaluate those in a particular unit of the immigration detention center who were reportedly beaten and pepper-sprayed by guards Thursday during an ongoing strike, advocacy groups and family members say. An American Friends Service Committee ...
NEWARK - Federal officers used pepper spray on protesters outside Delaney Hall in Newark on Memorial Day following days of escalating tensions and denial of New Jersey’s governor to tour the immigrant detention facility. Roughly 300 immigrant detainees allegedly went on a Memorial Day weekend ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Mulligan’s Pub on First Street is known for welcoming some of the most committed soccer fans in the region for matches that often occur much earlier or later than your average American games. On Monday, they hosted a very special guest as Governor Mikie Sherill stepped behind the bar ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — While test driving a vehicle at a Westfield business, the driver took off, leaving the sales representative behind, Westfield Police said Tuesday.The incident took place on May 12 at a business on the 400 block of East North Avenue, police said.“The owner contacted Westfield Police ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A Bridgewater man was arrested early Saturday morning following a 34-hour standoff on Hill Lane, according to a report from the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.Eric J. Thorogood, 25, was charged with second degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, third degree ...
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Health is monitoring two New Jersey residents following potential exposure to hantavirus connected to a passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, state officials announced.According to the department, the possible exposure did not occur aboard the cruise ...
TRENTON, NJ — Widespread networks of automated license plate surveillance cameras that create hoards of data used to track motorists are under increasing scrutiny by lawmakers and privacy advocates in the wake of their recent use in ICE arrests.Lawmakers in New Jersey and 34 other states have ...
TRENTON, NJ —Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed an executive order to address New Jersey’s housing crisis, and her effort got support from ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Jamie Ding, who appeared with the governor and notable lawmakers on Monday.Sherrill’s executive order – her 17th since she took office on Jan.
TRENTON, NJ — From betting on elections to controversial wagers on life-and-death events, prediction markets have exploded in popularity. Now, New Jersey lawmakers want to shut some of them down.Lawmakers have introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at regulating prediction markets, platforms ...
NEW JERSEY — Most New Jerseyans apparently think Gov. Mikie Sherrill has done a good job during her first few months in office, according to two independent university polls.A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll gives Sherrill a 58% approval rating, while a Rutgers-Eagleton survey puts her job ...
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 ...
UNION, N.J. — Authorities have identified the man killed in a shooting Saturday night at a Chick-fil-A on Route 22 as Malek Shepherd, 23, of New York City.According to the Union Police Department and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, officers responding to reports of gunfire at the Chick-fil-A ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ – The Union County Prosecutor’s Office has released some details about the Saturday night shooting at the Chick-fil-A on Route 22 in Union.Prosecutors say while no arrests have been made at this time, the preliminary investigation reveals that the incident does not appear to be a ...
UNION, N.J. — Union police and the Union County Prosecutor's Office are investigating a shooting at a Chick-fil-A location on Route 22, where early, unconfirmed reports indicate one person has been killed and several others were struck.Although unconfirmed, it was reported that the shooting ...
NEW JERSEY — NJ TRANSIT is pursuing “every available legal remedy” after two recent assaults on frontline employees, including one captured on video and another that led to criminal charges, according to a statement from President and CEO Kris Kolluri.In a message to customers, Kolluri said the ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill and her family are moving from Montclair to Drumthwacket, the New Jersey governor’s official Princeton residence, according to a statement from her office.Sherrill, 54, will be the state’s first governor in two decades to live full-time at Drumthwacket, and only ...
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Legislature voted Monday on three bills aimed at regulating and monitoring the state’s growing number of data centers.The Senate passed S3379, which would require data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual reports on water and energy use to the Board of ...
NEWARK - Bagpipes echoed down Mulberry Street on Friday, carrying with them the story of generations of Irish Newarkers — from famine-era immigrants who arrived in the 1800s seeking opportunity to the families who continue to honor that legacy in the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.Friday ...
NEW JERSEY - Governor Mikie Sherrill signed into law Senator Patrick Diegnan’s legislation designating March 10, 2026, as “South Plainfield Day” in New Jersey.Sherrill signed the Senate Joint Resolution on Tuesday, which marked the 100th anniversary of the Borough of South Plainfield’s ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill laid out a record $60.7 billion budget on Tuesday that would provide modest increases in a few key areas balanced by more than $2 billion in cuts to other programs, including property tax relief.“Today, I’m submitting to this legislature the most fiscally ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Saturday at noon, at least 300 people gathered in the Plainfield High School auditorium to celebrate the life of Connor Oldfield.The 19-year-old Plainfield man's late January disappearance energized a large search in our area, by both law enforcement and residents. On February ...
Basking Ridge, NJ - Youth horseback riding lessons are returning this spring to the Lord Stirling Park stable, marking another milestone in Somerset County’s ongoing effort to expand and modernize the popular equestrian facility.The program, offered through the Somerset County Park Commission, is ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill has called out of retirement former New State Police Lt. Col. Jeanne Hengemuhle to become that law enforcement agency’s new superintendent, in charge of 3,400 troopers and its investigative bureaus.Hengemuhle, 55, who lives in Monroe Township, retired from the NJ ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Two events to honor the life of Connor Oldfield, the 19-year-old from Plainfield who tragically lost his life after going missing in late January, have been announced for the next two Saturdays.On Saturday, February 28 at 5:30pm, there will be a candle vigil at 57 Roosevelt Avenue ...
WEST WINDSOR, NJ — A Mercer County man fell victim to a scheme by an unidentified individual or group posting as law enforcement officials who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from him, according to the West Windsor Township Police Department. The Department says that the victim, whose name ...
TRENTON, NJ — Acting NJ Transportation Commissioner Priya Jain has appointed 19th Legislative District political operative Juan Carlos Nordelo as her Chief-of-Staff, according to a state agency’s press release.Nordelo, 36, a Cranford homeowner, made his mark in Middlesex County as the chief policy ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The same week that Dr. Dale Caldwell served as the acting governor of New Jersey for the first time, he was mourning a Civil Rights leader whose legacy helped shape him.Rev. Jesse Jackson, a man who helped transform the country by building on the Civil Rights Movement and expanding ...
TRENTON, NJ – Governor Mikie Sherrill has declared a State of Emergency in New Jersey effective at noon on Sunday, Feb. 22 as a severe winter Nor'easter is expected to cause hazardous blizzard conditions across the state, with wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour, heavy and widespread snow, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — A Morristown, New Jersey family is asking the community for help as they search for a living kidney donor for their 14-year-old son, Thaddeus Giansanti, whose remaining kidney is now failing.The Giansanti family is specifically seeking a Type O blood living donor for Thaddeus, an ...