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Newark warns of towing as 10 inches snow looms
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (301+ words) Newark, NJ " Newark officials are warning residents to prepare for significant snowfall Sunday, with 7 to 10 inches expected to blanket the city and trigger strict parking enforcement on snow-covered roadways. Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. issued a traffic advisory update…...
Massive sinkhole swallows dump truck as New Jersey town declares state of emergency
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (419+ words) PHILLIPSBURG, NJ " A routine repair operation turned into a crisis Tuesday afternoon when a dump truck was partially swallowed by a sudden sinkhole at the intersection of Summit Avenue and Lewis Street, an area already under closure due to prior…...
DHS shutdown leaves TSA at Newark Airport working without pay as tensions rise
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (419+ words) NEWARK, NJ " As New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill deals with New Jersey Transit delays statewide, a new travel nightmare is taking shape under the leadership of state Democrats in Congress. A lapse in Department of Homeland Security funding has forced…...
Lock them up: Why New Jersey needs to ban people who eat pizza with a knife and fork
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (465+ words) Trenton, NJ " There comes a moment in every serious society when it must decide what behavior it will tolerate and what behavior crosses the line into chaos, and in New Jersey that line is crossed the second someone picks up…...
New Jersey UFO Sighting Was Just A Plane, Tracking Center Says
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (288+ words) ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, N.J. " A December UFO sighting that stirred brief local curiosity in Morris County has been confirmed as a misidentified commercial aircraft, according to a review by the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC). The report, logged under case number 194836, described…...
Government Assistance Fraud is Happening in New Jersey, It's Not Just a Minnesota Thing
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (632+ words) Trenton, NJ " Large-scale government program fraud, like the massive "Feeding Our Future" scandal that shook Minnesota, or the latest child daycare fraud, has not only happened in New Jersey but continues to surface across multiple public funding systems. Experts and…...
National Weather Service Issues Winter Storm Advisory for Jersey Shore and Central New Jersey
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (214+ words) MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. " The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for much of central and southern New Jersey, warning that a mix of snow, sleet, and rain will move into the region late Friday and could make for…...
Delaware state trooper killed in line of duty after saving civilian from gunfire
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (173+ words) DOVER, Del. " A Delaware State Police trooper was fatally shot after pushing a civilian to safety during a confrontation with a gunman on December 23, authorities confirmed. Corporal Matthew "Ty" Snook, 34, died from gunshot wounds sustained while responding to the incident…...
Former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman calls Trump a ‘danger to democracy’
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (224+ words) TRENTON, NJ " Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman sharply criticized Donald Trump in a post Monday, calling the former president "a danger to our democracy" and accusing him of putting personal ego above national interest. Whitman, who led New…...
Newark thief swipes cash register and escapes in taxi cab
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (276+ words) Thief rips cash register from Newark restaurant and flees in taxi with stolen loot Newark, NJ " A brazen early-morning burglary at a Newark health food restaurant ended with a suspect wheeling away a stolen cash register in a shopping cart'then…...