The response to my essay on Alexander Hamilton’s New Jersey exploits was very gratifying.
News Around New Jersey
By ROD HIRSCH
April 27, 2024
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - WWII aviator Donald Stern, who survived 32 combat missions in Italy as a bombardier onboard a B17 Flying Fortress, returned to the skies Thursday, taking off from Central Jersey Airport with his son Russel and pilot, Ret. Air Force Major Glenn Sinibaldi, who briefly handed over ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — When the red scissors cut through the ribbon at The Valley Hospital's new location in Paramus, it had to feel like déjà vu for Joan Gilson. 73 years earlier, she was at the official dedication of the Ridgewood facility on Van Dien Ave. as the second employee ever hired by a small ...
METUCHEN, NJ — Most folks around here already know downtown Metuchen is a terrific place to visit, dine, shop, and enjoy the arts. Now, the rest of America will realize that too. Money Magazine has named Middlesex County’s “Brainy Boro” as New Jersey’s 2024 Best Place to Live. In fact, Metuchen ...
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 ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy wants to pump nearly $1 billion more into New Jersey schools. The new spending would increase state aid to public schools by 5% over the current level and is meant to “fully fund” K-12 education to ensure that New Jersey children receive a top-notch ...
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 ...
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, NJ — New Jersey is trying to give Vermont a run for its money as our nation’s largest maple syrup-maker. Stockton State University is leading the Garden State’s charge with 300 acres planted with hundreds of native South Jersey red maple trees on its sprawling Atlantic County ...
CARTERET, NJ — Savnoor Kaur’s keen artistic vision turned trash into treasure. This 17-year-old Carteret High School junior’s art class creation – a stunning gown made entirely of recyclable “junk” – took Savnor all the way to the French Riviera. That’s where this smart, lovely teen made her ...
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution Monday to “reaffirm freedom of access and protection of reproductive health care services,” including in vitro fertilization (IVF), in New Jersey. The resolution was a direct response to an Alabama Supreme Court ruling earlier this ...
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Senate unanimously passed a resolution Monday calling on Congress and President Biden to raise the threshold for the federal poverty level in states like New Jersey. The resolution, SCR-93, is an official expression of state support for a proposal introduced by Rep.
The groundbreaking on Monday, March 4, for the first phase of the Millard E. Terrell Homes redevelopment in Newark's East Ward was bitter-sweet for Newark native Rosemary Horsley. The 75-year-old raised in the since-closed Terrell Homes low-income housing development had been one of the last to ...
NEWARK — Free classes being offered to Newark women aim to improve their financial literacy in a place where wide economic disparities persist. First Lady Linda J. Baraka announced the “Newark Women Moving Forward” initiative during a news conference with city leaders at the Krueger-Scott ...
TRENTON, NJ — The Senate Education Committee has advanced a proposal to allow some school districts to ask voters to raise local property taxes over the current 2% cap to cover reductions in state support for the district. Districts facing cuts in state aid or spending below the state’s ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a $55.9 billion budget Tuesday -- the largest ever -- that he told a joint session of the Legislature would "ensure New Jersey retains its proud reputation as the best place, anywhere, to raise a family." The spending plan for Fiscal Year 25 increases ...
Newark Public Schools will spend $4.5 million to create a museum at a building it sold many years ago for $650,000, public records show. The $4.5 million “contract price” to repurchase and rehabilitate the historic State Street School building was revealed this week after a Superior Court judge ...
TRENTON, NJ — A South Jersey lawmaker wants to prohibit part-time county and municipal officials from receiving costly taxpayer-paid medical insurance coverage and other perks. The NJ Assembly bill (A3559) would require county commissioners, mayors and council members to work at least 35 hours ...
TRENTON, NJ — The state's largest law enforcement agency has 86 new officers. The New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) welcomed Class 255, the largest class since 2019 to graduate from the department's Correctional Staff Training Academy. The officers were sworn in Tuesday at Patriots ...
UNION, NJ — Conflicting accounts of the city’s fireboats during the fatal July fire at Port Newark were apparent in testimony on Wednesday, Jan 17, from the Newark fire chief then in charge and a port security specialist for the U.S. Coast Guard. After their testimony, family members of ...
UNION, NJ - A mother, father and two children were found dead in their Lincrest home Wednesday morning in an apparent murder/suicide, according to Union Business Administrator Don Travisano. At approximately 10 a.m. this morning, Union County Sheriff's officers arrived at the home on Lincrest ...
TRENTON, NJ -- The New Jersey National Guard held a farewell ceremony on Sunday at the CURE Insurance Arena honoring the more than 1,500 members of the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team who are deploying to the Middle East as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. The National Guard said ...
TRENTON, NJ — For the first time in nearly 100 years, big changes are coming to New Jersey's liquor license laws. In addition, restrictions on breweries and distilleries are being eased. Gov. Phil Murphy signed S4265/A5912 into law Tuesday in Trenton. Murphy and lawmakers called the old laws ...
NEWARK, NJ — He saw the flames before he saw the smoke, but first, he heard something. Gavin Puchinsky, the worker who drove the Jeep that started the deadly fire aboard the Grande Costa D’Avorio, told federal investigators that he heard a loud “clunky noise” while using a yellow Wrangler to ...
Elizabeth, N.J. - On Friday, January 5, a large fire broke out in Elizabeth, around 5:30 a.m. on Trumbull Street in the Elizabethport area. The flames began in building F6 and quickly spread to other structures in the industrial complex. The complex's numerous dead fire hydrants initially ...
TRENTON, NJ — School districts in New Jersey are now required to add lessons about grieving to health classes for students in eighth through 12th grade. Gov. Phil Murphy signed S3330/A501 Thursday in Trenton. The law requires schools to provide instruction on coping mechanisms and techniques ...
NEW JERSEY — A busload of migrants has arrived at several train stations and bus terminals in the state, including Edison, after being transported out of Texas and Louisiana, according to officials. Jersey City officials say they are waiting for guidance from New Jersey Governor Murphy’s ...
TRENTON, NJ - Efforts to battle food insecurity among New Jersey youth took a step forward Thursday when the New Jersey General Assembly, by a vote of 74-1, passed legislation requiring school districts to provide information to parents and guardians about the National School Lunch Program and the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The 134-day nurses strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital that was often filled with harsh words in the media and shouting in the streets came to a quiet conclusion Friday night, Dec. 15. Word that the nurses represented by United Steel Workers Local 4-200 have ...
NEWARK, NJ — A Bird e-scooter parked on the sidewalk at Broad and New streets in front of the Whole Foods store on Wednesday night, Dec. 13, gleamed under a streetlight and, as a reporter photographed it, the rider of a Veo e-bike swerved around the obstacle. Riding on sidewalks is prohibited.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A $7 million design contract has been awarded to infrastructure consulting firm AECOM in the first step of the revitalization of the New Brunswick Train Station. It represents the first investment by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA), in partnership with NJ ...
MT. HOLLY, NJ -- The former resident of Mt. Laurel, Edward. C. Mathews, who was caught on camera spewing racing slurs and attacking neighbors in his neighborhood will serve eight years in New Jersey State Prison, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Mathews, 47, ...
