October 28, 2022 PRINCETON, NJ (MERCER)–Princeton Police Department reports that on October 28, 2022, at 10:38 a.m., a 2010 Kia Forte driven by Linda Simmins, 73 of Lawrenceville, was traveling south on Mercer Road. The pedestrian/victim, Salvatore Esposito-Dimarcant, 70,of Ewing was performing landscaping work in the 900 block of Mercer Road. Preliminary on-scene investigation revealed…

July 1, 2021 WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–The NJ Urban Search And Rescue Task Force One has deployed to Surfside, Miami, Florida for a building collapse. The team left this morning around 6:45 a.m. and was spotted in Robbinsville, NJ at New Jersey Turnpike Exit 7A with a police escort en route to Florida. Known locals…

April 14, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy today announced his nomination of Shawn LaTourette as the next Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. LaTourette has served as Acting Commissioner of the Department since Catherine R. McCabe announced her retirement in January 2021. “The decisions made by the Department of Environmental Protection…

February 12, 2022 EWING, NJ (MERCER) – A house fire was quickly extinguished by Ewing Township fire companies on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 12). The blaze at 84 Florence Avenue was reported shortly after 4:15 p.m. Smoke was visible from the roof line of the two-story home when the first firefighters arrived a few minutes later.…

June 1, 2020 See related stories here: Trenton Burns As Rioters Torch Cars, Loot Stores And Clash With Police After “Peaceful Protest” Goes Violent At Dusk BREAKING: Chaos In the City; Peaceful “Black Lives Matter” Protest Turns Violent After Dark HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)—Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin announced a curfew effective 7 pm tonight…

April 16, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a suspended senior engineer for the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) was indicted today for submitting false academic credentials in order to obtain his state position and promotions. The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) obtained a state grand…

June 12, 2022 HIGHTSTOWN, NJ – Farmers are gearing up and improvements have been made at the historic Tri-County farmers’ cooperative and auction market on Route 33. First opened in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression, in recent years, the market has opened itself up to the public and a variety of restaurant…

March 5, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel HAMILTON TOWNSHIP (MERCER)– Mayor Jeff Martin and County Executive Brian Hughes release the below statements after visiting a Johnson & Johnson vaccination clinic held by the Hamilton Township Health Department at the Alvin E. Gershen Apartments. Expressing his gratitude, County Executive Hughes stated, “just a week ago the Johnson…

December 21, 2022 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–A fifth-grade teacher at Mercerville Elementary School in Hamilton has been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported today. Jennifer Debiec, 39, of Bordentown, was arrested on Tuesday following an investigation conducted by the Mercer…

In mid-October 2020, Ryan Lee, 35, used an internet-based application to communicate with an undercover officer, who Lee believed was a 13-year-old child. During the conversations, which were sexual in nature, Lee repeatedly asked the individual who he believed was 13 to send him nude photographs, while also sending multiple photographs of his penis to…