Transfer Deadline Day sends EPL, fans into chaos and celebration
All around England, people are ducking out of work early (or entirely) for what has become a sort of holiday. What is the best thing about the day of celebration? Just like Christmas, fans of football...
View ArticleMotorcycle helmet violation leads to handgun arrest in Princeton
Jeffrey Yoder was arrested at about 1 p.m. Sunday on Nassau Street. PRINCETON -- Police arrested a Pennsylvania man for unlawfully possessing a handgun after pulling him over for not wearing a helmet...
View ArticleWestminster Choir College students move in (PHOTOS)
The combined classes come from 24 states with the most distant being Washington. PRINCETON - Students attending Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton have begun to move into...
View ArticleMaybe wearing bandolier to WalMart wasn't such a great idea
Township officers detained a man at gunpoint in the Nassau Park shopping center and soon found there was no real threat. WEST WINDSOR -- The report of a man who said he had a grenade and wore a...
View ArticleTrenton Fire Dept. sends retiring chief out in style
Frank Seidl Jr. served the City of Trenton Fire Department for 30 years, retiring as a battalion chief. TRENTON -- Frank Seidl Jr. was a roofer in his early 20s when his father - a city firefighter -...
View ArticleFire director testifies at trial alleging firefighter mistreatment
A former firefighter filed a lawsuit against the city and members of the department, claiming he was mistreated after he complained about a racial slur TRENTON - City Fire Director Qareeb Bashir took...
View ArticleBoys cross-country 2016 preseason Top 20
Take a look at N.J.'s top boys cross-country teams heading into the season
View ArticleVintage photos of jobs and workers in N.J.
Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Labor Day is "dedicated to the social and economic achievements of...
View ArticleRobert Wood Johnson holding health and wellness fair
The hospital said several local businesses and community organizations will be showcasing their services at the expo. HAMILTON -- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton has organized a...
View ArticleHamilton, Robbinsville police blotter Aug. 22 to Aug. 30
Crimes and incidents reported to the Hamilton and Robbinsville police departments in Mercer County, N.J. ROBBINSVILLE Aug. 23 Narcotics - Interstate 195 - Arrested: Alphonse Gilio, 28, of Brick and...
View ArticleSuperior Court judge leaving Mercer County
Judge Pedro Jimenez is leaving Mercer County at the end of the week after 7 years on the bench in the criminal courthouse TRENTON -- Superior Court Judge Pedro Jimenez, who handled criminal cases in...
View ArticleCrystal ball: NJ.com writers predict postseason football awards
Who will be the Players of the Year, Coach of the Year, Team of the Year? Find out who we think could end up holding those titles.
View Article3 loaded guns discovered behind abandoned Trenton house
Ballistics and fingerprint tests will be done TRENTON -- Police found a stash of loaded guns in a bag in the backyard of an abandoned house this week. A .380 semi-automatic pistol loaded with...
View ArticleTrenton woman charged with driving drunk, wrong way
Talaya Brevard, 34, was charged with DWI and other motor vehicle offenses TRENTON -- Police say a Trenton woman was drunk when she rear-ended another vehicle and then fled driving in the wrong...
View ArticleLifeguard rescues unconscious man from community pool
The swimmer was unresponsive and not breathing when lifeguards got the swimmer onto the pool's deck and started CPR. WEST WINDSOR -- Lifeguards pulled a 30-year-old man from the Canal Point...
View ArticleCourt upholds conviction of man who signed for parcel of cocaine
Jason Charles pleaded guilty to three drug crimes and was sentenced to 14 years in state prison, in 2013. TRENTON -- A state appeals court on Thursday upheld the drug convictions of a man who signed...
View ArticleTackling Trenton's trash problem, one block at a time
Councilwoman Phyllis Holly-Ward said the city's garbage problem can no longer be ignored TRENTON -- The front of the houses on Councilwoman Phyllis Holly-Ward's block look clean, but a glimpse behind...
View ArticleHamilton crash sends vehicle down embankment
Details of the 2-vehicle crash, reported about 4:30 p.m., were not immediately available from authorities. HAMILTON -- A collision at Kuser Road and Estates Boulevard Thursday evening sent a vehicle...
View ArticleTake this week's NJ.com news quiz
Springsteen, Sharp and self-serve gas all made this week's quiz. Time to measure yourself against other NJ.com readers in the weekly local news quiz. Below are seven questions based on stories all of...
View ArticlePublic comment extended on proposed tolls for Scudder Falls bridge
The public now has until Tuesday, Sept. 6 to file their comments EWING -- The public has a few more days to file comments on the proposed toll schedule for the new Scudder Falls Bridge. The original...
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