A Brooklyn, New York teen police describe as a gang member was arrested and two loaded guns were recovered, authorities say. The 17-year-old was “acting in a suspicious manner” in the area of 25th Street and Avenue C at 4:14 p.m. Friday, according to p…
Skittles not safe to eat because of ‘known toxin,’ lawsuit claims
A consumer is suing Mars Inc., the parent company ofSkittles, alleging that the rainbow-colored candy contains a “known toxin,” making it “unfit for human consumption,” according to the lawsuit. Attorneys for consumer Jenile Thames filed the lawsuit in…
N.J. students shine in a national competition that’s a springboard to stardom
Sonya Redd remembers her first ACT-SO competition. The Rev. Jesse Jackson introduced a young teen abandoned by her family and living alone in a shell of a house in New York City. “An NAACP family found that young lady and took her into their home, said…
N.J. reports 2,425 cases, 0 deaths, 1st day in almost a week with less than 2,500 cases
New Jersey on Sunday reported another 2,425 confirmedCOVID-19 positive tests and no confirmed deaths, the first time in six days that there were less than 2,500 new cases reported. Cases had been climbing recently with omnicron’s subvariant BA.5. The s…
A child drowned, a pool was abandoned. Public pools are for so much more than recreation. | Opinion
By Khadijah Costley White and Devyani Guha One late summer day in 2020, two weeks before his senior year would begin, a Black boy from Maplewood drowned. The silence after Omar Hutchinson’s death was deafening. There was no local news story about his l…
N.J. breweries getting hammered by strict state rules, owners say
The taps were flowing steadily at the Montclair Brewery on Thursday night as the after-work crowd filtered in for the weekly open mic night in the parking lot out back. Local comedian Arthur Carlson paced the makeshift stage and managed to squeeze out …
N.J. police detective killed in off-duty crash
A 29-year-old police officer from Monmouth County was killed overnight in an off-duty car crash. Union Beach Police Detective Corporal Timothy Kelly Jr. was a 5-year member of the department and the son of retired Union Beach Police Sgt. Timothy Kelly …
1 confirmed dead in South Jersey crash, police say
One person was confirmed dead an early morning single-vehicle crash in Oldmans Township, State Police spokeswoman Brandi Slota said. Authorities have not released the identity of the person killed in the Salem County crash, which was reported at 5:09 a…
Heights residents sound alarm over zoning changes to allow more development
Proposed zoning changes that could expand several mixed residential-commercial corridors in the Heights have touched off a debate between pro- and anti-development neighbors and the city over the future of the neighborhood. Zoning amendments sponsored …
Dear Annie: Woman finds dog hair in meal made by friend, says it was ‘nasty’ and feeds it to her canine
DEAR ANNIE: My friend recently asked me to cook her dinner because she was tired of working long hours and eating fast food. I felt bad for her, so I cooked her dinner. She later told me she had found a hair in the food. It was dog hair. She said it wa…