If you’re heading to a concert or a football game at MetLife Stadium, you won’t see any road signs that welcome you to Boiling Springs. That was the original name of East Rutherford, the Bergen County borough that serves as home to the sprawling Meadow…
Murphy signs costly auto insurance bill that will affect 1.1M N.J. drivers into law
More than 1 million New Jersey drivers will likely pay more to insure their vehicles after Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed a controversial bill into law. The measure will hike the minimum amount of liability insurance in the Garden State from its cur…
Employee saves choking customer’s life at Rockaway sandwich shop
A sandwich shop employee saved a choking woman’s life Friday afternoon in Rockaway, according to authorities and dramatic security video from inside the shop. Danielle Buccelli, 21, used the Heimlich maneuver once she realized a lunchtime customer was …
Flooding, water rescues after four inches of rain in Lakewood Friday night
An intense rainstorm flooded Lakewood and the surrounding area on Friday night, leaving most of the town impassable and stranding dozens of cars, police said. Four inches of rain were reported in the Lakewood area of Ocean County, causing flooding, blo…
Dear Annie: Mother and adult daughter don’t see eye to eye on the men in one another’s lives
DEAR ANNIE: I recently read your column in which you gave advice on how to deal with a toxic relationship between a mother and adult daughter. I have a similar issue with my 26-year-old daughter who lives with me after my recent divorce. Long story sho…
N.J. man sentenced to 25 years for stabbing death outside liquor store
An Ocean County man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for stabbing a 29-year-old Lakewood man to death outside a township liquor store nearly two years ago. Jorge Santiago-Garcia, 33, of Lakewood, previously pleaded guilty to aggravated mansla…
Ex-Rutgers walk-on Logan Kelly gets 22 years for Tijuana murder as victim’s father decries injustice
Logan Kelley, a former basketball standout at Governor Livingston High who walked onto the Rutgers basketball team, has received a 22-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a homicide charge in the grizzly February 2021 murder of a nightclub wor…
Social security increase news: The latest about a possible raise
The talk of a Social Security increase has been a hot topic recently. Many news outlets have been covering the increase and the impact it would have on beneficiaries. Here is a roundup of the latest news and headlines this week about a potential Social…
Imposter pretended to be N.J.’s Cardinal Tobin on Instagram, Catholic officials say
The head of New Jersey’s largest Catholic diocese was recently impersonated on social media by someone who opened an account in his name, Archdiocese of Newark officials said. Cardinal Joseph Tobin, who has led the archdiocese since 2017, was impersona…
Woman bleeding in truck, yelling for help called a ‘total accident’ by police
South Brunswick police have ruled out criminal activity Friday after a witness on Wednesday reported seeing a woman bleeding from the face and yelling for help in a tractor-trailer cab on Route 130. The case “appears to be a total accident,” said Jim R…