Mercer's largest districts revive search for superintendents
Trenton and Hamilton will be starting the new school year with interim leaders. MERCER COUNTY -- The county's two largest school districts, Trenton and Hamilton, are still without permanent...
View ArticlePoll: Should N.J. OK physician-assisted suicide for the terminally-ill?
NJ.com readers reacted strongly to an editorial advocating for the passage of a proposed bill giving terminally-ill patients the right to choose when their life will end. Vote in our informal poll....
View ArticleRuptured gas line causes evacuations in Trenton
The fire department responded to the scene at about 11:30 a.m. Friday and was still on scene at 1:15 p.m. TRENTON -- Utility workers ruptured a 4-inch natural gas line on Cuyler Avenue in Trenton's...
View ArticleTrenton man who committed 2 shootings in 2 weeks goes to prison
Semaj Conway is accused of firing shots outside of a pizzeria and then two weeks later, firing shots into a bodega TRENTON -Over the course of two weeks in 2014, Semaj Conway fired multiple shots...
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Man convicted of setting fire that killed brother gets new trial
Tormu Prall allegedly set fire to a Trenton home in 2007, killing his brother John Prall and seriously injuring John Prall's girlfriend TRENTON -- Citing improperly admitted testimony at his trial, an...
View ArticleTrenton police publicize photo of bank robber
Police described him as a black male, 35 to 45 years old, 5-feet 9-inches to 6-feet tall with a medium build and a mustache. TRENTON -- The police department on Friday made public a photo of the man...
View ArticleDriver seriously injured in head-on collision in Plainsboro
First responders cut a driver from her overturned car and a medical helicopter flew her to a trauma unit in Trenton. PLAINSBORO -- A 49-year-old Plainsboro woman was seriously injured early Friday...
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WATCH: N.J. fire truck readies for takeoff aboard military plane
An old Princeton fire truck bound for Nicaragua is loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane at the joint base Watch video JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST -- The red fire truck looked out of place as it...
View ArticleTrenton blaze damages home, injures firefighter
Firefighters also battled the heat at the 12:45 p.m. fire in the 800 block of Melrose Avenue. TRENTON -- Flames damaged a home on Melrose Avenue in the East Ward Friday and a firefighter was taken to...
View ArticleTrenton police talk suicidal man off bridge over Route 1
The incident began at about 5:30 p.m. and caused police to shut down traffic onto the highway on a stretch just north of Perry Street. TRENTON -- City police officers talked an suicidal man from the...
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Joey Chestnut, Carmen Cincotti in town at Thunder game for Case's Pork Roll...
TRENTON- A Trenton staple was feted Friday night, as the Thunder hosted New Hampshire in the first of a three-game set. Case's Pork Roll had its 2016 Pork Roll Celebration, complete with an eating...
View ArticleN.J. has natural options to control mosquito population | Opinion
There are a variety of ways to control mosquitoes without resorting to chemicals. On a recent trip to Vermont, a friend noticed hundreds of birdhouses on trees surrounding a marsh. Although the...
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Attorney says schizophrenia led man to stab, choke wife
The 31-year-old man was just beginning to show signs of schizophrenia when he crashed his car and repeatedly stabbed his wife, an attorney said TRENTON - Just before Lewis Bowser started stabbing his...
View ArticleHightstown officially swears in new police chief, 2 sergeants
Gendron, as a lieutenant, had been the department's officer-in-charge since November 2014. HIGHTSTOWN -- Frank Gendron was officially sworn-in as police chief Thursday night in a ceremony during which...
View ArticleOff-duty corrections officer fatally shoots man outside his house,...
The corrections officer's girlfriend had a restraining order against the man who was shot, authorities said HAMILTON - An off-duty corrections officer fatally shot a man as he walked up to the...
View ArticleHun, TCA, St. Benedict's gear up for 2016-2017 at the Primetime Summer Shootout
HAMILTON- With the school year fast approaching, there is limited time for high school basketball teams to train together with their coaches. That is why events like the Primetime Summer Shootout,...
View ArticleBug lovers brave heat wave at butterfly festival (PHOTOS)
PENNINGTON — Hundreds of hot but happy butterfly lovers descended on the grounds of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association to attend the 16th Annual Watershed Butterfly Festival. The day-long...
View ArticleTyler Austin, Aaron Judge show the path for the Thunder players to the big...
TRENTON- If any of the current Trenton Thunder need hope on a future path to the big leagues, they can just take a look at three current New York Yankees players that have already made a name for...
View ArticleMan injured when his ATV strikes vehicle in Hamilton
The man was thrown from the vehicle when it struck the rear of a vehicle that was eastbound on Yardville-Allentown Road. HAMILTON -- A 52-year-old township man suffered serious injures when the ATV he...
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N.J. fishermen reel in $767K payday with 236-pound tuna
Brian Suschke, Rich Kosztyu, and boat owner Damien Romeo, have been fishing together in tournaments for years. TRENTON -- A Trenton firefighter and police sergeant fishing from an Ocean County boat...
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