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By JACK WILLIAMS
April 14, 2024
PARAMUS, NJ — Opening day arrived for The Valley Hospital’s new, state-of-the-art facility in Paramus, as it welcomed its first patients on Sunday morning. At 6 a.m., the hospital’s Ridgewood emergency room shut down and, an hour later, staff began individually transporting over 200 patients to the ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - Excitement fills the air in Mountainside as Echo Lake Park transforms into a bustling Hollywood set for the filming of a highly anticipated Bob Dylan biopic movie. Starring Timothée Chalamet, the film promises to captivate audiences with the folk legend's story. Fans eagerly ...
WAYNE, NJ – New Jersey’s Warrior Hockey Team, led by two Wayne residents, Head Coach Ted Curtin and Captain Ernie Hernandez defeated the Nebraska Warriors 2-0 in the finals of Tier V, becoming this division’s first-ever national championship. The New Jersey Warriors are sponsored by the New ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Opa! Demi Lovato, singer, songwriter and actress, stopped into Ambeli Greek Taverna for a bite to eat on Friday evening. Lovato, who is in town filming scenes for the movie “Tow,” posed for photos with employees outside the popular Cranford restaurant. Residents would surely agree ...
WAYNE, NJ – The Ice Vault in Wayne is hosting the inaugural USA Hockey Warrior National Championships, where 34 teams from states all over the U.S. will compete for a national championship. The New Jersey Warriors, co-founded and coached by Wayne’s own Ted Curtin, won their first-round game on ...
PATERSON, NJ - Kenzi McMillan, a third-grader from Norman S. Weir Elementary School, was announced as one of the winners of the 2024 Future Chef competition. Kenzi's winning dish, "Kenzi's French Toast," has earned her a spot in the regional competition, where she will represent Paterson. To ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police arrested the Wynmoor community’s director of security and a building manager this week after first-responders took a resident away in an ambulance, and they entered his condo without permission, according to police reports. On March 15, Oneil Elliot, who ...
CAMDEN – Falio Leyba-Martinez looked out at the middle schoolers at the Dudley Family School on Thursday and asked them about their last birthdays. The City Council member, who previously sat on the Camden City District advisory school board, asked: “How many of you received money for your last ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — One Mount Laurel Fire Department (MLFD) firefighter suited up on his down time for a great cause last weekend. Firefighter Matt Schwartz represented the MLFD on April 6 for the American Lung Association’s “Fight For Air Climb” fundraiser in Philadelphia. Fight For Air ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The Rutgers University Police Department is investigating after the Center for Islamic Life on College Avenue was burglarized as the world’s Muslims began the celebration of Eid, the ending of Ramadan. The center was broken into and “several items of value” were taken during a ...
PERTH AMBOY – For decades, motorists approaching the city over the Victory Bridge have been greeted by a brownfield strewn with ramshackle buildings and discarded tires. A $110 million plan to develop the 44-acre tract, however, will put a vibrant, fresh face on Perth Amboy, Mayor Helmin J. Caba ...
WASHINGTON, DC - The South Plainfield Model United Nations Club recently participated in George Washington University’s annual Washington Area Model United Nations Conference (WAMUNC). Departing on March 21st and returning on the 25th, 2024, the club members spent several days engaging in debate ...
UPDATE: Newark Delays Enforcement of Annual Youth Curfew NEWARK — City youths who do not stay within 100 feet of their homes during certain nighttime hours could face police action starting Friday, April 12. The city announced that officers will enforce Newark's longstanding curfew ordinance, ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Three young sisters from Roxbury are making names for themselves in snowboarding across the nation. The girls, Harper Beach, 13, Piper Beach, 12 and Keller Beach 10, compete in United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) events. The USASA is a ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Despite having a new home and new name, Teddy the cat is still fighting for another chance at life. Westfield business owner Maria Ferreira, along with Westfield residents Hannah Caicdeo and her daughter, Leah Caicedo, are seeking donations to support Teddy’s medical expenses and ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - A new two-year contract for garbage collection in Hoboken is costing the City over $7.5 million, a 73 percent increase from the previous contract. Despite the price hike, services provided by Cali Carting will remain the same. According to officials, Hoboken, where garbage is ...
WAYNE, NJ – If you’ve been on Pompton Plains Crossroad lately, then you’ve likely seen the rather large mound of dirt set off the road - what Wayne Mayor Chris Vergano recently called, “The largest mountain in New Jersey right now.” He was exaggerating, but a business known as Topsoil Depot has a ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Kouao-Eric Ekoue took a job parking cars in Newark to earn money to send to his mother back in his native Ivory Coast. He went about his job with such enthusiasm and professionalism that the administrators at the Newark Watershed Corporation took notice and offered him a job. If ...
NEWARK — Just as 3:24 p.m. approached, the crowd in front of the Newark Museum of Art counted down from 10 to mark the 90% eclipse that was seen from Horizon Plaza on Monday, April 8. Organizers counted over 1,000 people gathered for the eclipse-watching event for which folding chairs were ...
CAMDEN – Chronic absenteeism rates in some grades for Camden students in the 2022-23 school year were as much as four times the average rate for the same grades statewide, according to data released last week by the state Department of Education. Annual rates for chronic absenteeism have been ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Hillside Intermediate School fifth grader Olivia Sorensen wrote a story for her English class called “A Day In the Life of a 5th Grade Girl” – and now her story is being turned into a book. Sorensen’s teacher, Kiran Masud, said she stumbled on a program called “Student ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Residents of Longview Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights showed up to object to an application for a development that would put 18 townhouses and four affordable housing units on an undeveloped lot across the street from their homes at the April 3 meeting of the Hasbrouck Heights ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A 20-something in a hoodie is be-bop-bopping to the music, his head gently nodding to the bounce of the drums. A few tables over, a gray-haired gentleman polishing off his Pabst Blue Ribbon can’t take his eyes off the band. Nearby, a woman gives a hearty “Whoa!” at the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Is Saint Andrew's church closing? Parishioners will have to wait to find out. While attendees at an April 4 meeting hoped to get some answers from church officials about the future of the church, they were told instead to submit their questions in writing and that they’d be ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- There was the earthquake that registered 4.8 in the morning and the 4.0 aftershock that some felt during the fifth inning of Chatham's home-opening baseball game on Friday afternoon behind Chatham High School. As far as the Cougars were concerned, the Roxbury bats threatened to ...
Essex County’s Branch Brook Park boasts 5,300 cherry blossom trees - more than the nation’s capital - and starting Saturday, April 6, it will celebrate with its 48th annual Cherry Blossom Festival. For the record, East Potomac Park, in Washington, D.C., has just 3,800 trees, according to the ...
WAYNE, NJ – The call came in just after 8:00pm on Thursday evening for a working structure fire on Van Duyne Avenue in Wayne and volunteer Companies #1 and #2 responded. Wayne Police arrived on scene first and confirmed a working fire and that all occupants had escaped the home. Chief Paul Gleba ...
Ten families comprising 25 adults and three children in Newark were displaced due to structural damage resulting from the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt across the region on Friday morning, the city's public safety director said. Firefighters responded to 313, 315, 317 7th Avenue on a ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — A GoFundMe page for the family of slain 9-year-old Christian Naszier Rivera has raised more than $71,327 as of April 8th, with over 1,290 people and organizations pledging donations, according to the online website. The crowdfunding page, called The Christian Naszier Rivera ...
WAYNE, NJ – Superintendent of Wayne Schools Dr. Mark Toback along with Assistant Superintendent Donna Reichman provided a mid-year update on the district’s annual goals during a recent school board meeting. One of the six goals for the year was in response to a sudden increase in bullying that came ...