East Windsor residents can get free gun locks in March
East Windsor will be giving away free gun locks to residents at the township police department and courthouse in March. EAST WINDSOR -- The township announced Wednesday it will be distributing free...
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Will a divider be installed at site of fatal Turnpike crash?
The Turnpike Authority says it will consider putting in a divider at the Turnpike's 14C toll plaza in the wake of Monday's fatal crash there. JERSEY CITY -- The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will...
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Box truck slams car into building, driver flees, crashes again
Box truck delivering U.S. Mail hit a Honda Civic so hard the car was pushed into a neighboring business, police said HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - A box truck driver was arrested in Somerset County following...
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Helium released from failed cryogenic container at Princeton U.
A cryogenic liquid storage container failed Wednesday, releasing gas into a laboratory PRINCETON - A cryogenic liquid storage container ruptured in a laboratory at Princeton University early Thursday,...
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Woman groped on Princeton street, police investigating
A woman said a man walked up behind her, grabbed her buttocks and ran off PRINCETON - Princeton Police are investigating a groping incident that took place Wednesday, authorities said. File...
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Assault rifles, ammo, found in vacant Trenton house
Acting on a tip, police seized a large duffle bag filled with guns an ammunition TRENTON - Trenton police seized two assault rifles among a stashed cache of guns found in an abandoned house Wednesday,...
View ArticleClosed school playgrounds to get $458K in repairs
Hamilton anticipates the playgrounds will reopen by late spring HAMILTON -- It's been five months since most of Hamilton's school playgrounds have been closed, but the kids are one step closer to...
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Hamilton to buy 120 police body cameras for $595K
First-year startup costs would be $194,000, and then drop to about $100,000 for the following four years. Watch video HAMILTON -- Mayor Kelly Yaede has submitted a request to purchase 120 police body...
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Family blames Lawrence bar, driver for pedestrian's death
The man was killed when trying to cross Brunswick Pike in March last year. LAWRENCE - The family of a man who was hit by a car and killed after a night of drinking last year is blaming both a local...
View ArticleTimeline of events after teacher, 5-year-old daughter die in Turnpike crash
A community continues to mourn the tragic deaths of a local teacher and his 5-year-old daughter. A community continues to mourn three days after the tragic deaths of a local teacher and his 5-year-old...
View ArticleFlorence cop honored for saving heroin victim in Hamilton
Officer Nathan Tompkins saved a heroin overdose victim at the intersection of Whitehorse Avenue and Arena Drive last August. FLORENCE -- An off-duty township police officer who saved an heroin...
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Investigation into fatal Florence fire progressing
The Feb. 19 fire tore through building 39 at the complex killing 72-year-old Irene Thorn Avillion. FLORENCE -- The origin of the flames that killed a woman at the Florence Tollgate Apartments last...
View ArticleTake this week's NJ.com news quiz
You probably think you'll get a perfect score this week. Not a chance. How well do you remember the biggest New Jersey stories of the week? Take the NJ.com news quiz and find out. the seven questions...
View ArticleMost N.J. hospitals to lose some charity care aid
Under Gov. Christie's formula nearly 48 hospitals lost some charity aid. TRENTON -- In 2014, the first full year of the Affordable Care Act, the amount of charity care hospitals provided to treat the...
View ArticleJustice Scalia was with secret society of hunters when he died, report says
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was at a Texas ranch with members of the International Order of St. Hubertus when he died Feb. 13, 2016. WASHINGTON -- Justice Antonin Scalia was on a trip with an...
View ArticleTransit pass from 1898 found in walls of Paul Robeson house in Princeton
Workers at the Paul Robeson house found a transit pass from 1898 that Robeson's brother used to go to school during Princeton's Jim Crow era. PRINCETON - A little piece of history fell from the walls...
View ArticleRoute 206 closed at state's oldest bridge in Princeton
All traffic on Friday was detoured around the Stony Brook Bridge, the state's oldest bridge Watch video PRINCETON - Police Friday morning announced that Route 206 is closed in both directions at Stony...
View Article2 N.J. men charged in separate sexual assaults of young girls
Two men were charged in separate incidents with two different young female victims TRENTON - Two Trenton men in separate arrests Thursday were charged with sexually assaulting young girls, police...
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Trenton man gets 5 years for shooting man in the neck
The shooting happened in June, 2014. Jordan Hayes was arrested in connection with the incident two months later. TRENTON- A Trenton man who was arrested over a year ago in connection with a Hamilton...
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Ex-Monmouth County prosecutor charged with drunken driving
Luis Valentin is due to face drunken driving charges in East Windsor Monday stemming from a December arrest EAST WINDSOR - Former Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin is due in court to face...
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