January 15, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)—Around 11:00 am., the Trenton Fire Department responded to 1200 Block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard near Calhoun Street for a fire in a two-story building. First arriving crews reported heavy smoke and fire on the second floor and called for an “all hands” sending additional equipment and personnel…
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January 31, 2023 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–As a child, Srinand Tanakala found fun in numbers. There were weekends spent solving puzzles like Sudoku with his sister, in addition to more imaginative games, such as calculating the time between lightning strikes and the ensuing boom of thunder. Today, Tanakala is president of the Robbinsville High School Math…
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March 12, 2020 To our Berkshire East and Catamount Guests and Employees: Berkshire East will close for the season today, Thursday, March 12 at 4pm and Catamount Ski Area will not reopen this weekend. COVID-19 has been discovered in the surrounding hill towns and multiple people are being quarantined. To be clear, no known Berkshire…
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December 10, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER): A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man made his initial appearance today after being charged with illegally possessing a handgun, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Lashawn Alford, 27, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He…
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UPDATE: ADDED ROBBINSVILLE AND HAMILTON TWP SCHOOLS UPDATE TO BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE RATHER THAN START AN ADDITIONAL POST SEE BELOW: March 11, 2020 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Robbinsville Township and the West Windsor Health Department released a statement informing the community of an active public health investigation involving an office site…
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February 22, 2023 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced today that an investigation conducted by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the Trenton Police Department has resulted in the arrest of a Trenton man for last year’s shooting death of Chron Jenks. Trayvon Stokes, 31, of Trenton, is charged with first-degree…
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October 25, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Police called out the Trenton Fire Department around noon today to continue the search for a missing person in the Delaware-Raritan Feeder Canal near Old Rose Street, Route 1 and Southard street. The Trenton Fire Department uses side scan sonar that could locate a body beneath the water. There…
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August 12, 2020 Recovery Advocates of America 8th Annual New Jersey’s Walk/Run for Recovery held on September 19, 2020, at Mercer County Park (West Picnic Area) in West Windsor, NJ. As you know, Covid-19 restrictions have caused the cancellation of some of our most popular fundraising events over the past several months. While the state…
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April 30, 2021 CRANBURY TOWNSHIP, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–A smoke condition in the Amazon TEB6 warehouse at 22 Hightstown-Cranbury Station Road caused an evacuation of the facility yesterday April 28, 2021 around 4:06 pm . The Cranbury Fire Company, Hightstown Fire Company, East Windsor Fire Companies 1 & 2 quickly responded to the scene. After an investigation…
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May 20, 2020 JACKSON, NJ (OCEAN)–On Tuesday May 19, 2020, Police Officer Stephen Cilento was on patrol on Cassville Road when he observed motor vehicle violations regarding a 2011 Hyundai being operated on the roadway. As he followed the vehicle, a lookup of the vehicle license plate indicated that the vehicle registration and registered owner’s…
