Subway is offering free sub sandwiches for life to the first person who gets a footlong tattoo on their torso during the store’s Las Vegas block party on Wednesday, July 27. The first person to get a 12″ by 12″ tattoo of the new Subway Series promotion…
Dear Annie: My boyfriend’s family loves me, except for his dad
DEAR ANNIE: I’m a 45-year-old woman, and my boyfriend is 36. His family loves me, except for his dad. I don’t know what I have done for him to dislike me. I should say that at one point, in the past, he used to like me. When my boyfriend’s mom was diag…
7 spots in this N.J. county highlight state’s historic role in Underground Railroad
A four-story hotel on Market Street in Salem in 1834 was turned into an impromptu courtroom where a bounty hunter was put on trial after pulling into town with a wagon of Black men, women and children he believed to be fugitive slaves. Chaos erupted wh…
Christ Hospital debuts new technology: Portable MRI machine
This is not your uncle’s MRI machine. CarePoint Health has recently adopted groundbreaking portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology at Christ Hospital in Jersey City that makes the tests accessible to nearly any patient — in their own hospi…
N.J. launches new effort to take gun industry to court
New Jersey officials on Monday announced a new statewide office established to sue firearms companies over gun deaths where firearms are used in violation of existing states laws, saying they’ll use new legislation signed by Gov. Phil Murphy to hold th…
Firefighters, utility employees work all night to rescue dog trapped 150 feet inside drain pipe (PHOTOS)
Dylan is an explorer. The 8-year-old coonhound is a breed known to follow their nose. And that’s what got him into trouble. For hours Saturday evening, Dylan found himself stuck 150 feet into an 18-inch storm drain pipe in Medford Township, touching of…
Dear Annie: ‘Yes, people do give what they would want to receive’
DEAR ANNIE: I love your column and am writing to offer a different point of view for the woman whose family does not celebrate her birthday or Mother’s Day or Christmas the way she wants. She says she gives them presents, but they don’t reciprocate. We…
First new public housing in at least a decade may come to Bayonne
The Bayonne Housing Authority may build a new senior and supportive housing building just south of Route 440, its first new build in more than a decade. The project, still in early stages, envisions 40 units of public housing in a six-story building on…
Two new 69-story Urby towers planned for Downtown Jersey City
The Urby tower’s staggered profile and stature as the tallest residential building in the state at the time transformed Jersey City’s skyline when it opened for leasing in 2017. The tower has stood alone since then, though. The original plan called for…
Former AG: Local prosecutors need to step up and shut down New Jersey’s Illegal cannabis market | Opinion
By Chris Porrino and Peter Slocum When I was attorney general of New Jersey, the discussion surrounding the legalization of cannabis for adult recreational use was just heating up. We knew back then, based on polling of eligible voters, that cannabis w…