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Princeton forms group to consider paid sick leave ordinance
Council members will go back to the issue in two months to consider implementing an ordinance that would give paid sick leave to all workers PRINCETON - Three council members will spend the next...
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5 shot after gunman opens fire outside Trenton apartment building
All were expected to recover from their injures, police said TRENTON - Five people were shot by a gunman who opened fire on a group of people outside a Trenton apartment building early Friday, police...
View ArticleWhich N.J. county freeholders are paid the most?
Each of New Jersey's 21 counties is governed by a board of chosen freeholders. The number of freeholders in each county varies as do salaries.
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PennEast pipeline unnecessary, would increase gas rates, study says
New Jersey Conservation Foundation funded study that claims the $1.2 billion pipeline proposal would actually increase natural gas rates, not lower them Watch video The proposed PennEast pipeline is...
View ArticleRisk of brush fires running high in N.J. and Pa.
Weather service advises residents to be aware of possible brush fires Friday afternoon because of very dry air and gusty winds. Watch video With drier air and gusty winds moving into New Jersey and...
View ArticleFormer Miss N.J. Cara McCollum to be remembered at memorial service
McCollum died in February after being critically injured in a Salem County accident. OCEAN CITY -- It was June 15, 2013 that Cara McCollum was crowned Miss New Jersey at the Ocean City Music Pier. On...
View ArticleHistorical society files federal lawsuit over Princeton wetlands
The group announced its plans to file the suit a month ago and said they have seen no change in the construction PRINCETON - A local historical society filed a lawsuit this week, claiming that...
View ArticleN.J. school bus driver charged with sharing child porn
A criminal complaint says the man sent or received nearly 1,600 images of child pornography from 2014 through this year. TRENTON -- A Mercer County school bus driver has been charged with distributing...
View ArticleMan given 10 years for drunken, fatal Father's Day crash
Manuel Gutierrez-Vazquez had a blood alcohol content of .15, prosecutors have said. He will serve over 8 of the 10 years TRENTON - A man who killed a father and daughter in a wrong way, head-on crash...
View ArticleMassive turnout at services for Notre Dame HS soccer star killed by train
Nearly 2,000 people mourned Jacob J. "Coby" St. Phard at a service in Plainsboro Friday. PLAINSBORO -- Well over a thousand mourners paid their respects to Jacob J. "Coby" St. Phard Friday morning...
View ArticleOil slick in creek flows into Delaware River before it's contained
The entry of the substance into the creek was traced to an industrial park in Lawrence, off Enterprise Avenue. LAWRENCE -- An oily substance flowed into the Assunpink Creek from a storm pipe in...
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Mercer County's oldest ongoing murder case is going to trial
Dardar Paye was killed in a Trenton basement in 2011. While five men have been charged in connection to his death, they have never gone to trial Dardar Paye fought for the U.S. military in the 1990s,...
View ArticleEx-firefighter jailed for time sheet fraud loses appeal
Steven Kadir was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2014, and served a little over 1 year. ROBBINSVILLE — A former Robbinsville career firefighter convicted in 2014 and sent to prison for of falsifying...
View ArticleLayoff notices issued as MCCC reorganizes IT department
The layoffs go into effect April 15 WEST WINDSOR -- Mercer County Community College is outsourcing some of its information technology work in a move that is expected to improve services, but result in...
View ArticleMercer County Community College sprouts to life for Philly flower show
For the third year in a row, The Mercer County Community College Horticulture Program will create a display for the Philadelphia Flower Show, running March 5 to 13. WEST WINDSOR -- This year, Mercer...
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Irish 'Parlour' to open at former Dubh Linn Square Pub site
A Chesterfield resident plans to open his Irish pub, "The Parlour," before St. Patrick's Day. BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP -- Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, a new Irish pub is moving into the former Dubh...
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Con man or sick man? Shore contractor leaves Sandy victims broke and in debt...
Multiple complaints against Florida man who claimed to be cousin of Joe Biden Mary Lou Mickiewicz trusted her contractor so much she gave him all of her Sandy recovery money up front. She liked him so...
View ArticleWATCH: Firefighters battle early-morning blaze in Trenton
The fire department is familiar with the vacant homes on Ogden Street, and has fought fires there in the past. Watch video TRENTON -- A suspicious fire ripped through a vacant set of row homes on...
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Ordinance suggesting historic neighborhood in Princeton draws debate
The neighborhood has long been home to minority families in Princeton, but some wonder why it should be labeled historic PRINCETON - Council members plan to consider an ordinance that would make the...
View ArticlePrinceton "Pi Day" brings crowds, costumes and a lot of dessert
People from all over come to celebrate the annual event, which marks both "Pi Day" - 3.14 or March 14 - and Einstein's birthday PRINCETON - Pi Day - or March 14 - passes without note in most towns....
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