March 2, 2023 FREEHOLD, NJ – When Pastor Terrence K. Porter, senior minister of Pilgrim Baptist Church (PBC) of Red Bank spearheaded the church’s original “Warming Center,” the mission was simple: Offer a warm, comfortable shelter to homeless men in Monmouth County on Code Blue nights – when temperatures drop to 32 degrees or below.…
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August 20, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–The New Jersey State Police have recovered several pieces of jewelry during a motor vehicle stop in Monmouth County and are seeking to return the recovered items to the owners. On August 11, troopers from Troop “C” Hamilton Station stopped a vehicle reported stolen out of Howell Township in…
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June 25, 2021 A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was indicted today for his role in a scheme to defraud banks of more than $1 million using stolen and counterfeited checks and stolen identities, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Benjamin Rich, 37, of Edison, New Jersey, is charged with one count of conspiracy…
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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…
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August 7, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–The Trenton Fire Department responded to the 800 Block of South Clinton Avenue for a reported commercial building fire around 10:50 a.m. Upon arrival firefighters found a fire inside a “taxpayer” (meaning a mixed use of business on the bottom and apartments on top) and quickly extinguished the fire. One…
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March 1, 2023 Update: PLAINSBORO, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–The person who was struck Tuesday night was a 39-year-old man per Plainsboro police Lt. John Bresnen. His identity is not being released pending notification of family. February 28, 2023 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–According to Amtrak representatives, on February 28, 2023, Amtrak train 178 was traveling from Washington D.C.,…
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November 1, 2021 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $1,061,112 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Friday, October 29, drawing. The winning numbers were: 10, 20, 31, 42, and 45 and the XTRA number was: 02. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. That ticket was sold at Pantry 1 Food…
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April 30, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Effective May 10, 2021, a change in state hunting regulations will ban the possession, sale and use of all natural, deer-derived hunting lures (urine and glandular secretions) in New Jersey to help safeguard the health of the state’s deer herd from the threat of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). All natural,…
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EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–The New Jersey State Police and the East Windsor Township Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a man who allegedly broke into three Sea Box freight storage containers and stole several items. On Sunday, April 11, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the suspect cut the padlocks on three storage containers…
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November 18, 2021 MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–The Middlesex County Office of Health Services is reporting that a skunk tested positive for rabies in the Township of Monroe, Middlesex County, in the vicinity of Evergreen Terrace and Astor Place. This is the eighth rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2021 and the first rabid animal…
