August 8, 2020 MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–At 4:38 pm on Friday, August 7, 2020 the Middletown Township Fire Department was dispatched to a back deck fire on a one story structure fire at 97 Stavola Road in the Middletown section of the Township. Upon arrival MTFD Second Assistant Chief John Waltz declared a reported working…

October 26, 2022 FREEHOLD, NJ (MONMOUTH)–A Monmouth County Jury has returned guilty verdicts on nearly all charges against the local man who murdered a longtime family friend a little more than three years ago and set her home on fire in an attempt to cover his tracks, Acting Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael J.…

February 3, 2021 ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–At 10:32 am the Robbinsville Police, Robbinsville Fire Department, RWJ EMS-Hamilton and Capital Health Paramedics responded to 108 North Main Street for an accident. There were unconfirmed reports of a person ejected from a vehicle and pinned along a fence line. The person was located at the rear of the…

July 9, 2022 UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–Around 7:13 p.m. on July 8, 2022 a vehicle lost control overturned and damaged a utility pole on County Road 539 South of Winchester Boulevard about 1/2 mile from Allentown High School. Hope Fire Company of Allentown and Allentown – Capital Health EMS were dispatched for reported entrapment…

January 9, 2022 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Around 10:25 a.m. the NJ State Police, Hamilton Township Fire Department, RWJ EMS and Captial Health Paramedics responded to I-195 West Bound in the area of mile post 3.2 for an overturned truck with reported entrapment. Upon the fire department’s arrival, it was determined that the was no entrapment.…

September 24, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–A Black Lives Matter mural has been painted in front of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, 379 West State Street yesterday an event was held at 4 pm with members of the AACCNJ, Governor Phil Murphy, Reverend Al Sharpton, and more. See press release below for…

November 22, 2022 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–West Windsor Police and West Windsor Emergency Services were dispatched to Old Trenton Road Near Dorchester Drive for a crash. Upon arrival it was determined that there were at least four injuries and extra ambulances were called from East Windsor and Cranbury and a paramedic unit from Captial Health.…

December 9, 2021 CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for stealing more than $350,000 from a special needs trust, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Eugene Young, 70, of Mount Holly, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Joseph…

June 10, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Police Department, Lieutenant Peter Szpakowski told MidJersey.news that three people were shot in the 700 Block of Martin Luther King Boulevard at 5:51 p.m. When Trenton Police arrived they found multiple shell casings on the ground. Three people were being treated at the Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional…

November 10, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy today signed S2852, which clarifies when employees that are denied employment during a summer or holiday break are eligible for unemployment benefits by setting forth a standard for determining whether there is a reasonable assurance of reinstatement after the break. “Our adjunct professors have too often been…