Three Garden State Equality Action Fund endorsed candidates were officially sworn in at the ceremony January 2, 2023 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Garden State Equality said in a press release that, yesterday, Jennifer Williams was sworn in to Trenton’s City Council, making her the first LGBTQ+ city council member in Trenton and the first transgender person to…

November 1, 2020 – Updated with information emailed from Brian J. Betze, Superintendent Robbinsville Public Schools ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–According to an email shared on the Around Robbinsville Facebook group (see below) there was someone associated with the high school was in close contact with someone with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and will be switching…

November 6, 2021 FREEHOLD , NJ (MONMOUTH)–A former Holmdel Township man was sentenced to a total of 10 years in a New Jersey State Prison relating to an arson and firing a weapon into a township business, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Leonard J. Mazzarisi, III, 32, formerly of Burgundy Drive in Holmdel,…

October 24, 2022 NEWARK, N.J. – Two men from New Jersey and another from Nevada were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in defrauding multiple victims out of money through a $1 million “upfront-fee” scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Following a five-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge John Michael…

January 25, 2023 Boca Raton, FL, – Peter Grehlinger, a 61-year-old survivor of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia met the man who saved his life with a blood stem cell transplant, 34-year-old Tory Foster. The heartwarming and emotional introduction took place at the Gift of Life Marrow Registry Steps for Life 5k Run & Walk in Boca Raton…

August 14, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department are investigating a shooting homicide that occurred Friday evening in Trenton.  At approximately 7:10 p.m. on Friday, August 13, Trenton police received a 911 call for a male shot at McKinley Avenue and N. Anderson Street.  Upon arrival, officers…

December 18, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy today, alongside NJ TRANSIT Board Chair and Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett, Amtrak President Stephen Gardner, Federal Railroad Administrator Ron Batory, and Parsons Corporation’s Terry Fetters, announced that NJ TRANSIT’s Positive Train Control (PTC) system has been certified by…

October 14, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Just after 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, Trenton police received a Shot Spotter activation for multiple rounds at 900 Southard Street.  Also, a Trenton Police Donnelly Homes post was parked stationary approximately 50 yards away from the shooting and heard gunshots.  The officers immediately drove toward the shots…

January 6, 2023 MANCHESTER, NJ (OCEAN)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio announced that on January 6, 2023, Harry Bray, Jr., 35, of Manchester, was charged with Attempted Murder, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, in connection with an incident that…

Eric Coran, 41, of Medford, NJ a 21-year employee of the Robbinsville Township Police Department has been charged with stealing and selling property and equipment belonging to the police department for personal gain. August 12, 2022 ROBBINSVILLE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office press release: Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri and Robbinsville Township…