Thunder close out last game of the opening homestand
TRENTON- Dante Bichette Jr. is off to a hot start for the Trenton Thunder. The 23-year old third baseman, who had hit .227 in 85 games over parts of two seasons in 2014-2015, has commenced the 2016...
View ArticleVintage photos of celebs from N.J. when they were young
Some people you know as Jersey natives; others might surprise you. This week, we share photos from the past of people from New Jersey who attained fame and fortune. These pictures depict celebs before...
View ArticleParents plan to honor son an act of courage and grace | Editorial
The parents of a Mercer County teen who took his life have started a nonprofit organization in his memory that will serve as a legacy to the son they so tragically lost. They called him Coby. By all...
View Article100 pinwheels stand against child abuse outside Hamilton YMCA
The Hamilton Area YMCA's preschool and early learning programs planted 100 pinwheels on the organization's lawn in a stand against child abuse. HAMILTON - One hundred pinwheels blow in the breeze...
View ArticlePrinceton's Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood to become historic district
Council members passed an ordinance to make the neighborhood an historic district, nearly a year after they began considering the proposal PRINCETON - The Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, which has...
View ArticleHamilton public library, Grounds For Sculpture host 'The Big Read'
Grounds For Sculpture and the Hamilton Free Public Library will co-host the national "Big Read" program through May, kicking off events April 16. HAMILTON -- Grounds For Sculpture and the Hamilton...
View ArticleKnow the crazy story behind your town's name? Take our quiz
Find out where Avalon, Bass River, the Oranges and other New Jersey towns got their names How did your town get its name? From Weehawken to Whitesboro, the etymology of the 565 towns and hundreds of...
View ArticleMan, 25, shot in Trenton was in city to buy drugs, police say
The Morrisville, Pa., man is in critical but stable condition after receiving emergency surgery for a gunshot wound to the abdomen TRENTON -The man who was shot in Trenton Wednesday afternoon was...
View ArticleFit for entertaining, quarantining? Former NBC doc selling Princeton home for...
Dr. Nancy Snyderman, who resigned as NBC's chief medical editor last year, put the home, on two landscaped acres, on the market this week Nancy Snyderman, the former NBC medical editor who violated a...
View ArticleFirst look: See inside N.J.'s newest Buffalo Wild Wings (PHOTOS)
Bringing 30 beers on draft and more than 20 wing flavors, Buffalo Wild Wings in Raritan Township is expected to open in May. RARITAN TWP. -- Want to try the bright and tart Summer Shandy or the sweet...
View ArticleRaid on Trenton house nets guns, $57,000 in drugs
Police end a two-month investigation with a raid on a Oak Lane house Thursday TRENTON - Police raided an Oak Lane house Wednesday, arresting two men and seizing two guns and $57,000 in cocaine and...
View ArticleLawrence school board member resigns, replacement sought
Glenn Collins, a board member since January 2015, resigned recently for personal reasons, the board said in a statement. LAWRENCE -- A member of Lawrence's school board has resigned for personal...
View ArticlePrinceton private school blamed for teen softball player's injuries
A family claims their daughter was injured by an athletic director four years ago PRINCETON - A Connecticut family claims their teenage daughter was overworked and injured by an athletic director...
View ArticleOpen space, new pool dominate Robbinsville's township address
Robbinsville wants to build a pool on a 16-acre parcel in Town Center South on Route 33. ROBBINSVILLE -- Mayor Dave Fried on Wednesday laid out future plans for four separate parcels of land in the...
View ArticleTrenton police director gets disciplinary notice from council
Director Ernest Parrey, Jr. was given a Rice letter over his conduct TRENTON -- Trenton's police director faces a hearing before City Council next week over council members' concerns about his conduct...
View ArticleTake this week's New Jersey news quiz
NJ Transit, the state Supreme Court and the nation's best beach all made this week's quiz. Time to prove how well you know New Jersey news. Take this week's NJ.com local news quiz below. All seven...
View ArticleTougher penalties needed when victims are elderly, disabled | Editorial
Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) is proposed legislation that would toughen penalties for crimes involving the elderly or disabled. Two widely reported and particularly vicious crimes against elderly...
View ArticleChristie needs to address lead problem, National Architecture Week is upon us...
April 15 Letters to the Editor The battle against lead in New Jersey's drinking water has come to Hamilton. Two elementary schools, Morgan Elementary and Greenwood Elementary, were found to have...
View Article7 things to do this weekend in N.J.
From basset hounds on parade to cherry blossoms in bloom, there's lots to experience in the Garden State. IT'S TIME to release the hounds! More than 500 basset hounds will be in the spotlight Saturday...
View ArticlePair of teens charged, 1 sought, in 2 Trenton burglaries
Police catch 15-year-old after he brings stolen replica gun to school, police say TRENTON - Two Trenton teens have been charged with a pair of burglaries earlier this month on Dresden Avenue and a...
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