After threats, warnings and arrests, Long Branch is looking to crash the parties. Attorneys for the city have gone to court seeking a temporary restraining order against the six organizers of another unlicensed pop-up party being advertised for later t…
Bayonne schools to initiate independent probe of pool tragedy that claimed two brothers
Just two weeks before school was set to let out for summer vacation, the Bayonne school community was consumed by tragedy Wednesday when two teenage brothers drowned in a school swimming pool. Few details of what led to the incident and how it turned f…
N.J. legal weed delayed in Montclair after being sold for a few hours
EDITOR’S NOTE:NJ Cannabis Insider is hosting an in-person business networking event July 14 at The Asbury in Asbury Park. Tickets are limited. Not so fast. It may have gotten state approval, but a dispensary in Montclair Township will have to wait a li…
The Mayor of Maple Avenue: Desperate mom turns to Penn State University for help in Chapter 3
Marianne Sinisi’s early expectations that if she could get her son Shawn into treatment, his addiction could be “fixed” had given way to dismay after meeting with one disappointment after another. But she wasn’t ready to give up. She turned to lawyer A…
Girl, 17, shot and killed in Newark, officials say
A 17-year-old was killed Wednesday night in a shooting in Newark, authorities said Nyasia Peppers, of Newark, was shot on the 100 block of Goodwin Avenue sometime before 11:15 p.m., the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday. When police arrive…
Motorist indicted in head-on crash that killed 92-year-old
A grand jury has indicted a Bridgeton motorist on aggravated manslaughter and death by auto charges in a 2021 fatal crash that killed a 92-year-old man. Rufino Perez, 22, was driving a pickup truck on the 400 block of Irving Avenue/Route 552 in Upper D…
N.J. man, 60, charged with sexually assaulting a child
A Fairview man was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexually assaulting a child on several occasions, authorities said. Eliseo Estrada, 60, is charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and second- degree endangering the welfare of a child, a…
These N.J. homes sold for more than $200K over asking price
Low inventory and buyers eager to lock in a home before interest rates rise even more continued to drive up prices in April when the median sales price of a home in New Jersey was $460,000, according to the most recent data available from New Jersey Re…
3 N.J. boardwalks ranked among U.S. top 15, according to national travel site
It isn’t just New Jersey’s incredible beaches that are getting national acclaim as the summer starts. The boardwalks that help make those beaches special are getting noticed as well. TrendingTravel.org recently posted a list of the 15 best boardwalks i…
Family hopes to speak to witnesses after man rescued from Delaware River dies
The family of a man who died after he was rescued from the Delaware River last month is hoping to hear from anyone who saw him in his final hours. Charles Delvaille, 55, of Middletown, Connecticut, entered the river in Carneys Point Township on the aft…