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Just when she thought she was out, the call to eat a whole lot of hot dogs pulled her back in. Freshly-retired Montville School District superintendent René Rovtar will be competing in her sixth consecutive Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International …

By Stephen Dunn I used to believe that if you get hit by a car, it’s your fault. If you die in a car crash, you probably made a mistake. When I became an EMT, it was sound logic to help me sleep at night. Every time I responded to the scene of a fatal …

Christmas comes every June in New Jersey, at least for some members of the political party that holds power in Trenton. It’s the time of year when state policymakers try to snag money for their individual districts while the governor and legislative le…

Gov. Phil Murphy is scheduled to crisscross between the U.S. and Italy in the coming days to spend time with his family at their villa and be sworn in as chairman of the National Governors Association. The governor will leave the state Tuesday evening …

DEAR ABBY: I have what I think is the opposite problem that many adult children have. My father DOESN’T want to spend holidays with me or my sister. I’ve noticed this trend in the last few years, and it is really painful to accept. When I told him I wa…

The Hard Rock casino reached agreement with Atlantic City’s main casino workers union on Saturday, removing the last threat of a strike during the busy holiday weekend and clearing the way for the gambling halls and their workers to concentrate on boun…

To cheers from friends and relatives, Randy Wussler dipped his bicycle into the waters at the beach in Manasquan Saturday morning. It was a fitting conclusion to the 3,300-mile journey he began in late April in California, dipping the tires of his bike…

Nestled between Bally’s Atlantic City historic Dennis Hotel towers stands a 10,000-square-foot glass structure that looks like it doesn’t belong. Dark tinted windows and slick industrial design contrasts against the early 1900s classic hotel. Modern me…

New Jersey on Saturday reported another 2,759 confirmed COVID-19 positive tests and seven new confirmed deaths as has now topped 87 million positive tests. The statewide positivity rate for tests conducted Monday, the most recent day with available dat…

Weather in New Jersey for the July 4th holiday weekend is looking good for Sunday and Monday. Saturday, on the other hand, is a different story. The National Weather Service said on Saturday morning that scattered showers and thunderstorms, with the po…