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By TONY GALLOTTO
April 3, 2024
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — New Jersey’s third-largest shopping mall – Woodbridge Center – sold for $70.4 million in February. A Manhattan bond-rating agency now says its investors lost a whopping $155 million in that discount deal. Woodbridge Center’s new, yet-to-be identified, buyer took ownership on ...
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 ...
NEWARK, NJ -- The estimated 715-pound longhorn steer that stopped the trains at Newark Penn Station on Dec. 14, becoming a New Jersey sensation in the process, reached one of his horns around the right side of his body last week and scratched his hindquarters. “Nice, he’s got his own ...
NEWARK, NJ — The bull that tied up train traffic at Newark Penn Station last week could help bring home the bacon for NJ Transit and the Sussex County rescue organization that adopted him. NJ Transit announced it is selling plush “Ricardo the Bull” toys at $20 each and donating a portion of the ...
NEW JERSEY -- New Jersey's favorite dog is the cute and cuddly... German Shepherd! The German shepherd ranked as the No. 1 favored dog breed in New Jersey and 15 other states, according to a study by Forbes. The Australian Shepherd and Labrador Retriever were the most popular in 10 states, ...
NEWARK, NJ – It seems like a blink since Lucia Gallo was in eighth grade, sitting in the cafeteria at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark. The topic of discussion that day was the impending closure of the all-girls Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth and its plans to immediately shut ...
NEWARK, NJ -- Newark Penn Station will receive $59 million for improving passenger circulation — one part of a $4.5 billion package of federal funding that officials described as a historic investment in public transportation for New Jersey and the region. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, with state and ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – MusiCares® has named Jon Bon Jovi, GRAMMY® Award winner and an 11-time nominee as the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year. The Sayreville, NJ, native is the honoree of the 33rd annual Person of the Year benefit gala. Proceeds from the event will provide essential support for ...
The major annual fundraiser for one of North Jersey's best-known nonprofits this weekend will center on a form of family entertainment well-known to fans of the film, The Big Lebowski - bowling. The upcoming Bowl for Kids' Sake fundraiser event, on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Bowlero bowling alley ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Immediately following a solidarity march from Suburban Torah to the Livingston Memorial Oval on Sunday afternoon, more than 5,000 residents of Livingston and beyond gathered with the Greater MetroWest New Jersey community near the Doris Beck Gazebo for a rally to “fight terrorism, ...
NEW YORK, NY - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has been indicted in a wide-ranging federal investigation alleging bribe taking, influence peddling and attempted interference with state and federal investigations. According to the indictment announced on Friday, during the course of the investigation ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — It began at a ‘Cinco de Mayo’ party. George Beato couldn’t show up empty-handed to his co-worker’s Cinco de Mayo house party in May 2021. So he brought a tray of his homemade empanadas. They were a big hit with other guests. “Somebody suggested, ‘Hey, you could sell ...
EDISON, NJ - State veterans' homes in Edison and Paramus have been cited for causing unreasonable harm and risk to their residents during the COVID-19 pandemic and continually, according to a state and federal investigation. The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the U.S.
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Rashid Ali Bynum pled not guilty in the murder of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour during the accused's court appearance in Middlesex County on Monday. Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone denied bail for the 29-year-old Portsmouth, Virginia, resident because of "overwhelming ...
Newark’s Central Planning Board, reversing course on its prior denial, has approved Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon’s cannabis dispensary and lounge, Hashstoria — a budding business with three existing West Coast locations. The board on July 24 approved the application for the establishment at ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ - The Essex County Historic Courthouse will open its doors to the public on Friday, Aug. 11, to pay tribute to the late Honorable Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, whose remarkable career in New Jersey's government and trailblazing achievements have left an indelible mark on the state ...
NEWARK, NJ -- The New Jersey Hall of Fame (NJHOF) has announced its 15th class of inductees, who represent some of the Garden State's best and brightest. The 2023 inductees include former New Jersey Governor Charles Edison (son of Thomas Edison). Other inductees include NY Giants RB Tiki Barber, E ...
NEWARK, NJ -- The Newark Board of Education's refusal to disclose the full taxpayer cost of reacquiring ownership of the State Street School is being challenged in court by TAPinto Newark. TAPinto Newark has filed an appeal of an Open Public Records Act request response that heavily redacted ...
TRENTON – When Thomas Dellane was sworn in as president of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) last June, he was already prepared with a list of objectives for his one-year term. And now, as Dellane is preparing to hand off the president’s gavel to Spring Lake Police ...
NEWARK, NJ -- An iconic Portuguese restaurant known for its seafood is closing after 49 years in Newark’s Ironbound section, and its owners are retiring. Iberia Tavern & Restaurant on Ferry Street served its last meals to the public on Sunday, June 4. Ilda Loureiro, with her husband, ...
NEWARK, NJ — City officials said that people living at a homeless shelter in the Central Ward have been relocated after authorities found “appalling conditions” at the facility on Sussex Avenue. Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Newark Homelessness Czar Luis Ulerio in a statement on May 25 said people ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A 28-year-old Portsmouth, Virginia, man has been charged in the February shooting death of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice K. Dwumfour. Rashid Ali Bynum has been charged with first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, Middlesex County Prosecutor ...
CLARK, NJ – Customers of a local Dunkin' got more than just their caffeine fix on Tuesday morning when they pulled into the drive-thru and were greeted by former NY Giants quarterback Eli Manning. The retired football star stopped by the store located at Central and Terminal avenues on May 23 ...
PATERSON, NJ -- Hinchliffe Stadium, one of the last two remaining Negro League ballparks in the United States, reopened its doors on Friday after undergoing a transformative redevelopment. The historic 90-year-old stadium welcomed Mayor Andre Sayegh, developer Baye Adofo-Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - An advancement of efforts by the New York City Metropolitan Authority (MTA) to implement an additional toll on drivers heading into Manhattan’s Central Business District, the area below 60th street, has been met again with the strong rebuke of Representatives Josh Gottheimer ...
NEWARK, NJ — Federal and city officials are pushing the U.S. Department of Justice to fully implement recently approved federal rules that help to close the gun-seller background-check loophole. They voiced the gun safety push Monday at a news conference, which Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez said ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A cold breeze off New York Harbor and gradually heavier rain did not keep officials from gathering at the Tear Drop 9/11 memorial on May 4, joining former US Secretary of Army Patrick Murphy, former Governor Jim McGreevey, and other dignitaries to launch a groundbreaking initiative ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The first day of the first strike in the 257-year history of Rutgers University reached a booming crescendo when about 1,500 protestors converged on Voorhees Mall. That’s where they were riled up by Todd Wolfson, general vice president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, who directed them ...
NEWARK, NJ — Newark's first major cannabis lounge has gone up in smoke. Or so it appears. However, a Hackensack lawyer for Wu-Tang Clan hip-hop artist “Raekwon” – who is behind the “Hashstoria” project – warned city officials that a court appeal would easily overturn their denial. The Central ...
UPDATE: ALL CLEAR The below message was released by MU administration: "Dear Members of the Monmouth University Community: At 9:15 p.m. on March 22, 2023, the Monmouth University Police Department received a call with a report of a person with a possible weapon on campus in the area of ...
