January 31, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The New Jersey State Police is urging New Jersey residents to prepare for a nor’easter that will affect the entire state. From late Sunday night through Tuesday morning, most of New Jersey will be under a Winter Storm Warning. The storm is expected to create hazardous travel conditions statewide, so…
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May 8, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–A spring clean up of the Locust Hill Cemetery on Hart Avenue was held earlier today. The cemetery contains the remains of 76 or more Africans and included 10 or more Civil War Veterans. It is also reported that graves of Leni Lenape, Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands are…
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June 8, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Assemblyman Dan Benson (Hamilton) joined elected officials and representatives from Hamilton Continuing Care Center (HCCC) and New Jersey Transit (NJT) for a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new NJ Transit bus stop for frontline workers at HCCC. The new NJ Transit bus stop which will assist employees and visitors, who rely on…
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November 6, 2020 NEWARK, NJ –A Colorado man yesterday admitted his role in a conspiracy to offer and sell unregistered securities and tax evasion in connection with a $722 million cryptocurrency mining scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, 39, of Arvada, Colorado, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire C.…
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March 13, 2020 By: Dennis Symons, Jr. ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)—The 2020 Census count is underway and I received my invitation by mail today. As per the instructions I logged onto My2020census.gov and entered my code Census ID Code. There were some very basic questions of who was living in the home and birthdays. It was…
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October 1, 2020 See a related NJ 101.5 news story on the incident here: Kockout punch kills man, 78, after Lacy biker brawl, owner says Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Edward Chandler, 54, of Manalapan, was charged with Aggravated Assault in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(1) relative to an incident which occurred outside…
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June 6, 2022 UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–On Saturday June 4, 2022 the “New Jersey Fallen Firefighters & Fire Museum Memorial Service” was held. In 2021 New Jersey had nine Line-of-Duty Deaths. 2021 Line-of-Duty Deaths (LODDs) in New Jersey: Atlantic City Fire Department, Anthony Carfagno East Orange Fire Department, Vincent Intiso Erskine Lakes Fire Company,…
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Opinion: Due to total chaos and meltdown of the MVC, the head of the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission Should Resign July 9, 2020 Other MidJersey.News stories on this subject here: NJ Motor Vehicle Commission Disaster Day 2 After Reopening NJ MVC FAILURE: 1,000s Wait In Extreme Long Lines At NJ Motor Vehicle Commission Buildings, Complete…
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Includes 9th Straight Year of Flat or Reduced Taxes June 11, 2021 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Robbinsville Township Council members adopted the 2021 municipal budget of $25,920,553.33 – a budget featuring a flat or reduced tax rate for the ninth consecutive year – following a public hearing and vote. The 2021 rate remains steady at 51.8 cents…
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May 17, 2020 BELMAR, NJ (MONMOUTH)– Yesterday Governor Murphy signed Executive Order 146 to reopen charter boat fishing and watercraft rentals. You can view details in yesterday’s story here. This morning at 7:30 am, one and a half hours after the covid-19 chartered fishing ban was lifted the Golden Eagle heads out of the Shark…
