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By NEILL BOROWSKI
March 26, 2024
Willie Nelson's annual Fourth of July Picnic, which reached its 50th year in 2023 and is almost always held in Texas, will celebrate Independence Day on Camden's waterfront this summer. Nelson, who turns 91 in April, wanted to be close to Philadelphia for this year's picnic, which will be held ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A home on North Avenue West was severely damaged when it was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon. Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said that a crash near the intersection of Tuttle Parkway and North Avenue West resulted in an Infiniti EX 35 crashing into the home at 3:21 ...
GLEN ROCK, NJ - Locals are calling for the resignation of Councilwoman Paula Gilligan after an Instagram post that some believed mocked the Christian holiday of Easter. Gilligan posted the following on Instagram: "Easter eggs are aborted chicken babies that are painted in drag for small children ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- The Chatham Borough Historical Society set out to recreate the 1930 photo commemorating the first time an electric-powered train stopped at the Chatham Train Station, and the organizers were blessed with picture-perfect weather for the event on Sunday. Chatham residents love their ...
OCEAN GROVE, NJ — The recently rebuilt Ocean Grove Pier, which cost $1.3 million was only operational for less than nine months and will continue to remain closed for safety reasons after suffering damages in October and December 2023. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, the group that ...
A 2-year-old boy is in “stable” condition after falling out of a second-floor window in the 100 block of South 16th Avenue in Newark on Sunday night, March 17, police said. The boy’s mother carried him to the 4th precinct police station and police took him to University Hospital, Public Safety ...
NEWARK — A significant expansion of the Newark Museum of Art that proposes the construction of 250 apartments and 2,598 square feet of retail space in downtown may be delayed as City Council withholds its award of a tax incentive to the developer. City officials said the move is to force L+M ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - They’re counting chickens on the Coconut Creek City Commission. Should there be six chickens allowed per home per quarter acre? Maybe it’s 4. No, 2, says another. What’s clear is that a group of residents knows what they want: zero chickens. That was the ...
CAMDEN – The Battleship New Jersey was quietly pushed into a 180-degree turn on the Delaware River just after noon on Thursday as it began a journey south to spend a couple of months for bow maintenance in dry dock at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. “Is it moving? Is it moving?” one spectator, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Fire Director Robert Rawls, who has been prohibited from driving city-issued vehicles following a crash in January, was also involved in a crash while driving a city truck about two months earlier. The city-issued Chevy Tahoe that Rawls was driving hit the back of a 2016 Mazda ...
NEWARK — An investigation into the city’s nationally heralded replacement of lead water service lines found that of 90 residences examined so far, 12 still contained lead components, the state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner said on Wednesday, March 20. DEP Commissioner Shawn ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Evergreen Elementary School’s own Salvator Gano (AKA “Mr. Sal”) has advanced to the finals of the Cintas "Custodian of the Year Contest" and is in the running for a $10,000 prize and a trip to Las Vegas. Mr. Sal has dedicated himself to the Scotch Plains-Fanwood community ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Baseball trailblazer Carolyn “Carrie” Kilbourn was a side-winding wunderkind whose exploits against men in semipro competition were carried in newspapers from New Brunswick to Norman, Okla. Once word of her pitching prowess spread, she was invited by Connie Mack, the winningest ...
PARAMUS, NJ - A 75-year-old resident has died after being struck by a car in library lot on Saturday, March 16, police said. "Sadly, Helen Koons succumbed to her injuries and passed away at 11:42 a.m. on Sunday, March 17," police said. The driver of the 2013 Toyota Corolla, Claire Plager, 94, ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. On Sunday afternoon, the Chatham Historical Society hopes a recreated picture will help celebrate Chatham's history for another 100 years. As part of the Chatham Historical Society's Centennial celebration, the Dec. 18, ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ- Jersey City has recently highlighted a local pencil company in The Heights that has been operating in the City for over 13 decades. The General Pencil Company at 67 Fleet Street has been manufacturing writing utensils for use by everyone from school children to architects and ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Mable the therapy dog and her handler Nadja Carneol paid a visit to Bayonne students on March 8. The Bayonne Board of Education recently approved an agreement with the Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs, Inc. to provide some furry companionship to students at Mary J. Donohoe ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Suydam Street Reformed Church, a congregation of just 30 families that somehow manages to donate hundreds of turkeys on Thanksgiving, distributes more than 1,000 toys at its annual children’s Christmas celebration and gives to the community in myriad ways, is in need of the ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - Over the weekend, police tracked down complaints of a burning car that "had driven off the roadway from Saddle River Road," according to a police Facebook post. Two officers had minor injuries and were released at the scene. The car drove into the park area "behind a home," ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Four eighth graders wore their hearts on their sleeves, if not on their canvas, when they set out to create a piece of art for the district-wide Day of Understanding event. Two hands with their thumbs and index fingers forming a heart are superimposed over an aerial view of the ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ -- The artwork of 16 Piscataway students will hang in the district’s permanent art collection in the boardroom of the administration building through next year. Superintendent Dr. Frank Ranelli and Board President Shantell Cherry joined Rebekah Sterlacci, Supervisor of Visual and ...
At a state Senate budget hearing earlier this week, advocates for the media and transparency voiced their concerns about proposed changes to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, and by Friday, March 15, the measure had been put on hold. Bill A-4045 was to be heard in committee on Thursday, ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Not in our backyard. That's the sentiment of Scotch Plains residents and the Township Council, which approved Resolution 2024-68 opposing the location of the proposed Westfield cell tower at the governing body’s meeting on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. This cell tower is ...
WASHINGTON, NJ – Sparta’s Helen Morgan School had two teams competing in the New Jersey State 3D championship tournament held at Warren Hills High School. The Blue team successfully defended their state title with a score of 1390 putting a 34 point buffer between them and the second place ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – A Piscataway 3rd grader’s artistic abilities won her the 2023 Safe Routes to School Bookmark Contest. Sally Jiang, a student at Grandview Elementary School, was presented with a $100 gift card last Wednesday and enough of the bookmarks to share with friends, family and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The woman who had bellied up to the counter was very pregnant and very hungry, but couldn’t cover the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich she had ordered. The man behind the register gruffly insisted that she cough up the $12.61 for the food. When bystander Violet Robinson heard their ...
WAYNE, NJ – The Passaic County 200 Club, a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to support county first responders, fulfilled its mission on Sunday night when President Chris Schultz handed a $10,000 check to Michelle Steines, the widow of long-time West Milford volunteer firefighter and ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The intersection of Eyland Avenue, Unneberg Avenue and Pleasant Hill Road in Succasunna is “a threat to the well-being of our community,” asserts a petition that presses township officials to make it less dangerous. The petition was created March 10 by Succasunna resident Nicole ...
TRENTON — Advocates for transparency and open government testified Monday, March 11, against an overhaul to the state’s Open Public Records Act as government interests lauded the measure. The bill (S-2930), which if passed would be the first major update to the state’s public records law in over ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The community raffle, created by the Westfield United Fund, was the non-profit’s new fundraising initiative that offered an exclusive experience for the winners. On March 8, Gauri Rijhsinghani, 7, and her brother, Anuj Rijhsinghani, 5, spent an afternoon learning about the roles ...