July 2, 2021 ASBURY PARK, NJ (MONMOUTH)—Reaffirming his commitment to end New Jersey’s opioid epidemic, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a comprehensive legislative package into law to address the state’s opioid crisis through overdose prevention and recovery resilience. The six bills focus on overdose prevention by expanding low-barrier access to naloxone and bridges to medication…

September 11, 2020 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Members of the Trenton Fire Department ran together through the city in Remembrance of all the lives lost Sept 11, 2001. The route started at Headquarters, escorting Runners and Bicyclists to each and every fire station. Ending at Station 1 on Calhoun St, all participants accumulated over their goal of…

LAKEWOOD, NJ (0CEAN)–Around 4:30 a.m. Lakewood Police department received 9-1-1 calls reporting a possible structure fire in the area of 357 357 Squankum Road and Engine 5 was dispatched. Upon arrival police confirmed and reported a working fire, reporting flames from the 2nd floor. Engine 5 laid a supply line and started an interior attack…

October 15, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MECER)–Yesterday the NJ Forrest Service released the “Current New Jersey Fall Foliage Conditions” and the northern most sections of New Jersey are at the mid-pint or near peak for fall foliage viewing. Today, October 15, we visited Wawayanda State Park in Vernon Township on the Sussex County side of the…

June 12, 2021 MANASQUAN INLET, N.J. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a man from a tugboat approximately 10 miles north of Manasquan Inlet on Friday June 11, 2021. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Command Center in Philadelphia received an alert that the individual was suffering from abdominal pain while aboard the…

Ed Note: COVID-19 is serious business, this is not a “snow day” or “extended spring break” from school or work. It is not an excuse to got to the mall, theater, skiing, vacation, parties, etc. Mid-Jersey News follows snow sports since many from the Mid-Jersey region travel to locations such as the Poconos, New York,…

Trenton Man Arrested in Arizona for October Double Homicide in Trenton October 29, 2021 — Updated UPDATE ON FRIDAY’S DOUBLE HOMICIDE ON CLEVELAND AVENUE:  The victims of yesterday’s double homicide in Trenton have been identified as Edwin Obdulio Gomez Interiano, 41, of Trenton, and Everth Barrera, 56, of Ewing.  There are no additional updates in that…

June 11, 2021 PRINCETON – WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–It has been a little over two weeks since the last Brood X cicada update. At West Windsor in the area of Van Nest Park in the Grover’s Mill section cicadas could be heard at the park and around the memorial to the War of the Worlds.…

June 10, 2022 JAMESBURG, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Jamesburg Police Chief James Craparotta announced today that a 19-year-old Jamesburg woman has been charged with killing her newborn. On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at approximately 10:15 PM Jamesburg Police Department was called out on a welfare check for 19-year-old Jamesburg resident, Jessica Farag.…

April 4, 2021 update here: Update: Fatal Pedestrian Crash On Route 29 April 3, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Around 8:30 pm Trenton Police, Trenton Fire Department, Trenton EMS and Capital Health Paramedics were dispatched to Route 29 North Bound near South Hermitage Avenue for a serious pedestrian accident near the pedestrian overpass. The highway was shut…