November 7, 2023 Newark, N.J. – U.S. Customs Supervisor Jacqueline Montanaro, a Hazlet resident who died while trying to rescue her daughter from a housefire, was one of 12 fallen police officers honored at the Archdiocese of Newark’s 30th Annual Blue Mass led by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, on Nov. 2 in Newark’s…

Today’s Agreement Is the State’s Largest-Ever False Claims Act Settlement Outside the Healthcare Sector February 11, 2022 TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced today that Academy Bus, LLC (Academy) and several related entities and individuals will pay a total of $20.5 million to resolve the State’s lawsuit accusing the defendants of overcharging New Jersey Transit…

June 19, 2021 HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)-The Mercer County Park Commission joined the African American Cultural Collaborative in celebration of Juneteenth today, June 19, 2021 at the Mercer County Stables. Visitors learned about Black Equestrians and the fascinating history of Black Cowboys! To learn more about the Juneteenth celebrations, see www.taacf.com Photo gallery of today’s event…

November 9, 2023 FREEHOLD – A Manalapan man who recently obtained a new job as a school bus driver in Jackson Township was arrested and charged with the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday. Brian R. McBride, 28, was arrested and charged on Wednesday…

January 27, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri today announced that a month-long investigation into narcotics distribution in the Trenton area has culminated with the arrest of a Jersey City man and the seizure of approximately $100,000 in cocaine. On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, as part of an ongoing investigation, members of…

Man had also been arrested 187 times and has 16 felony convictions. February 10, 2022 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 63-year-old man who was found guilty of causing the deaths of his elderly mother and her companion in a 2018 Browns Mills house fire was sentenced today to 11 years in New…

UPDATE: Ewing Police Reported at 5:26 p.m. that Slater is in custody. June 21, 2023 EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Ewing Township Police Department reports that at 1:53 p.m. the Ewing Police Department was notified of an inmate who escaped a minimum-security work detail on Stuyvesant Avenue. Information provided to us at the time indicated a confirmed…

June 21, 2023 EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP. NJ (MERCER)– Mayor Janice S. Mironov, joined by Deputy Mayor Marc Lippman and Council Members Peter Yeager and John Zoller and AJ Madison Owner Michael Gross and staff, held a grand opening of the national home and kitchen appliance retailer AJ Madison’s newly constructed 168,436 square foot distribution center at…

July 23, 2023 EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–On Saturday July 22, 2023, at 10:41 p.m. both East Windsor Fire Companies, Plainsboro Fire Department and Hightstown Fire Company were dispatched to a home on Berkley Place for a reported fire from a fan in the basement. Upon arrival the fire chief stated that there was a fire…

February 20, 2023 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Dr. Leonidas Harris Berry was a Black physician who pioneered gastroenterology, the branch of medicine concerned with the digestive system, whose tireless work has inspired generations of African American students. Christian Wright, a Robbinsville High School senior, is one example. Wright spoke about Berry during a research presentation at the…