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April 21, 2024

WAYNE, NJ – New Jersey’s top-lawyer, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkiin announced that Wayne emergency room physician Shar Kennet has had her medical license revoked “with prejudice, for “alleged conduct that resulted in a patient’s death at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, in ...

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BRIDGEWATER, NJ — A married couple from Piscataway have been arrested on theft charges for allegedly stealing $45,000 worth of jewelry from elderly residents at a Bridgewater assisted living facility. Ana Rios, 40, and her husband Ezequiel Rios, 43, are accused in connection with multiple ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Four Westfield High School students, who are part of the school’s chapter of Model United Nations, were selected to go to Philadelphia last week to watch the solar eclipse alongside Vice President Kamala Harris. Model UN is a program run as part of the civic engagement programs ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, which prohibits people under 18 unaccompanied by an adult ...

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TRENTON — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police announced that eight people have been arrested and charged after law enforcement executed search warrants at a Cumberland County compound and two other locations related to a ...

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FAIR LAWN, NJ - A 33-year-old Garfield man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while she was a passenger in his car utilizing a ride-sharing service, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor. The man, Ahmet Yusuf Aydemir of Garfield, stands accused of "sexual assault and criminal sexual ...

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SPARTA, NJ – In what could have implications beyond Sparta, Hon. Stuart Minkowitz has ruled that people who have joined a Facebook page can be removed from the planning board.  Mega warehouse developer Diamond Chip Realty sued the Sparta Township Planning Board claiming eight members should be ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ — New details continue to emerge in the tragic case of a borough man accused of murdering his 9-year-old son, then setting his car on fire with the boy inside it. Before Manuel Rivera whisked away his young son from their Eisenhower Drive home late on Thursday, March 28th, the ...

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BAYONNE, NJ -  A Bayonne woman reportedly defrauded the 89-year-old woman for whom she was working for as a homemaker out of $4,700 between July 14, 2023 and February 20, Bayonne Police Captain Eric Amato reported. According to Amato, the victim notified police and reported that the suspect, ...

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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — An Avenel family’s pet pitbull, that killed their 3-month-old baby boy on Saturday, March 9th, has been euthanized by a local veterinarian, a Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson  confirmed. The grieving family does not face charges in connection with the infant ...

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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," ...

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The Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers-Newark is now the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Race in Politics in America. University officials, along with state and local officials, renamed the school at a ceremony attended by family members of the late lieutenant governor on Friday, ...

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OLD BRIDGE, NJ — On Monday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone confirmed the identity of the man shot by Old Bridge Police early Sunday morning. The incident took place at the Hampton Inn, on Spring Valley Road. The man who was shot is Christopher Serrano, 42, of Manalapan. At around ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ - 23-year-old Sayreville resident Kyle Finn was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Friday, March 1, for the crimes of Aggravated Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault, as announced by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Daniel Plumacker of the Sayreville Police ...

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FANWOOD, NJ -- Glenn Stuart, one of Fanwood's best known and most loved residents and the lead singer of Bruce Springsteen tribute band, B Street Band, lost his long battle with lung cancer on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Stuart had been battling cancer since 2020 and was surrounded by his wife, Grace, his ...

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MARLTON, NJ — The Evesham Township Police Department (ETPD) is asking for the public's help with its investigation into a burglary of a Route 70 gun shop that took place this week in the middle of the night.  The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Monday, February 26. Evesham patrol ...

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WEST ORANGE, NJ -- Turtle Back Zoo (TBZ) issued a statement that someone is posting a fake "deeply discounted offer on admissions" to various zoos, including TBZ.   A spokesperson stated, "We always look forward to welcoming visitors, but this is not our promotion. Many of our fellow ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — The facility that hosted a youth baseball game in 2022 where a Westfield boy was hit in the head by a line drive and seriously injured was negligent in allowing the use of aluminum bats and otherwise failing to protect young players, a new lawsuit asserts. The New York State ...

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BELLEVILLE, NJ - During Super Bowl Weekend, readers bombarded TAPinto Nutley with email, texts, and social media messages about "busloads of illegal immigrants" and "Mexican migrants" walking on Washington Ave. in Belleville. The stories varied, but they were all proven false. A video of a group ...

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TRENTON, NJ —The state Attorney General’s office has released body-worn and dashboard-camera videos of the Dec. 28th fatal shooting of a Perth Amboy man who exchanged gunfire with Cranford police officers at a Parkway exit in Woodbridge, NJ. The shooting death of Kevin J. Harlfinger, 40, is ...

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NEWARK, NJ — The City Council’s decision to lower the voting age in school board races to 16 — one that made national headlines — won’t take effect for the April Board of Education contest. City Clerk Kecia Daniels said that while Newark is working with its partners at the county and state ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY — According to the SPCA, it was an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen that led authorities to discover a dog-fighting ring on Embury Avenue in Neptune last week. When Monmouth County SPCA Humane Law Enforcement and Neptune officers arrived on the scene, they followed a ...

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BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The judgment in a settlement between the Husain family and Bridgewater Township regarding the incident at the Bridgewater Commons Mall in February 2022 was decided at the end of January, but the decision has been made confidential. Bridgewater Township officials did not respond ...

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BASKING RIDGE, NJ - In a recent turn of events, the lawsuit filed against the Ridge Baseball Club (RBC) and Township of Bernards by eight residential property owners has been voluntarily dismissed on Monday. The legal challenge, initiated on January 26th, aimed to contest the Township's December ...

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MEADOWLANDS, NJ - The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced today that the Finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in New Jersey, at MetLife Stadium. Governor Phil Murphy tweeted his delight, "As a lifelong soccer fan, I am thrilled to announce that the FIFA ...

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WEST ORANGE, NJ — Lady Edwina of Essex, Essex County Turtle Back Zoo’s resident groundhog, did not see her shadow during Turtle Back’s Annual Groundhog Day celebration on Friday and is predicting an early spring, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. announced Friday morning.  During the ...

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SHORT HILLS, NJ – Eataly, a gourmet restaurant and shop, has announced that it will be opening in The Mall at Short Hills by the end of 2024. Construction has already begun on the former Primo Mercado on the lower level near Bloomingdales. Eataly was founded in Turin, Italy in 2007, and is ...

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NEWARK, NJ — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-NJ) has intervened in federal court to support a 36-year-old Paterson man with a civil rights lawsuit against Woodbridge Township and its police department for his alleged wrongful arrest in 2019. Paterson resident Nijeer Parks, in a federal ...

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