Locally, the State’s lawsuit against Trenton auto recycling facility KAARS, Inc., and its owner Isam Abuhumoud alleges violations of the Water Pollution Control Act, the Solid Waste Management Act, and the Spill Compensation and Control Act. May 10, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Commissioner Shawn…
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September 13, 2022 TOMS RIVER, NJ (OCEAN)–On Monday, September 12, 2022, at approximately 2:20 PM, police units were dispatched to Hooper Avenue, just north of Washington Street, for a reported pedestrian struck by a vehicle. Roseann Macchiarelli, 52 of Seaside Heights was traveling north on Hooper Avenue when she struck pedestrian Jessica Descafano, 33 of…
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December 27, 2022 HAMILTON, NJ (MERCER)–Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (RWJUH Hamilton), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, held a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the newly renovated H.H. Tuchman Cardiac Interventional Suite, named in honor of a generous donor’s family member who passed away from heart disease. The unit will provide patients and their families with…
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February 9, 2023 EWING (Mercer) – A vehicle fire disrupted traffic along North Olden Avenue, near the intersection with Pennington Road, this evening (Thursday, Feb. 9). The blaze was reported about 6:00 p.m. by a Ewing Township ambulance crew that was enroute to a medical emergency at the nearby ShopRite supermarket. The ambulance crew reported…
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June 8, 2021 Former NY Giants head coach James Edward Fassel (August 31, 1949 – June 7, 2021) has died at the age of 71 years old, according to the Los Angeles Times Fassel’s son, John, confirmed his father’s death to the Los Angeles Times on Monday night, Jim Fassel, who lived in Las Vegas, suffered…
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March 11, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel Family, friends, and brothers in red remembered the life of former Mercerville Fire Chief Henry W. Ryan Jr. today as he was laid to rest. The beloved veteran of over 50 years passed away peacefully on March 5, 2021. He was 71 years old. Chief Ryan served both on…
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July 19, 2021 OCEAN CITY, NJ — At 12:38 p.m. Monday (July 19, 2021), Ocean City police and fire crews responded to a call that a banner plane made an emergency landing on the Route 52 Causeway between Ocean City and Somers Point. Landon Lucas, an 18-year-old flying for Paramount Air Service, reported that his…
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Heroic actions by neighbors pulled man to safety from a Honda Pilot well involved in flames prior to emergency services saving the man from possible fatal injuries. September 22, 2022 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Hamilton Police say that on September 21, 2022 at 9:51 p.m. Yvenson Dossous 33-years-old of Hamilton, NJ, was operating his 2022 Honda…
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July 7, 2020 EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–On June 28, 2020 at approximately 10:15 am, the unidentified pictured female was captured on Shop-Rite video surveillance shoplifting what was estimated to be $629.23 worth of miscellaneous items. The female was observed placing the items in a shopping cart which included a Daewoo 5000 BTU window unit air…
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February 22, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy today announced Executive Order No. 225, which increases capacity limits for religious services and large sports and entertainment venues. Additionally, limited spectators will be allowed at collegiate sporting events, mirroring last week’s announcement on youth sporting events.“As our COVID-19 metrics continue to trend in the right direction…
