N.J. pets in need: March 28, 2016
A gallery of pets in need of adoption in northern and central New Jersey. Here is this week's collection of some of the thousands of dogs and cats in need of adoption in northern and central New...
View ArticleAssault charges for Trenton man who held knife to woman's throat
Ronald Rogers punched a woman, threatened her with a knife before running out of the house, police said TRENTON - A Trenton man was arrested and charged with assault after he punched a woman and put a...
View ArticleTrenton man charged with assault after swinging butcher knife
Eliot Santos got into an argument, took a butcher knife from the kitchen and began swinging it at several people, police said TRENTON - A Trenton man was arrested after swinging a butcher knife at a...
View ArticleTrenton man charged with gun possession after brief chase
Joshua McCray ran from police who approached him, throwing a gun along the way TRENTON - A Trenton man was arrested and charged with gun and drug possession after leading police on a brief chase,...
View ArticleTrenton man arrested in armed robbery of pocket change
Donnaven Miller, 23, robbed a teen of pocket change. His bail was set at $50,000, police said TRENTON - A Trenton man who threatened another man with a gun, making off with pocket change faces was...
View ArticleBlue Mass will force road closures around Trenton cathedral
Numerous roads will be closed around St. Mary's Cathedral between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. TRENTON - Several roads will be closed Tuesday during the celebration of the Blue Mass Tuesday, police said. The...
View ArticleAnti-Semitic fliers at Princeton U., other colleges were work of known hacker
Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer was convicted in the widely-publicized theft of email addresses of AT&T-connected iPads, but the verdict was overturned Watch video PRINCETON -- The anti-Semitic fliers...
View ArticlePrinceton's McCarter Theater opens auditions for 'Christmas Carol'
The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton announced open auditions for a part in the 2016 annual of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will run until April 9. PRINCETON -- The McCarter Theatre in...
View Article4 women charged with prostitution in Plainsboro
Four women have been charged in connection with a prostitution ring run from a massage parlor in Plainsboro, police said. Four women were charged with being part of a prostitution ring operating out...
View Article3 break-ins stir neighborhood concerns
Residents in the Trenton neighborhood want more of a police presence TRENTON -- Residents in Trenton's Glen Afton neighborhood want police to step up patrols on their streets after a string of...
View ArticleHamilton sex assault suspect also charged in Trenton attack
Eric G. Ford, 32, of Robbinsville is charged with an assault two days apart recently. TRENTON -- The Robbinsvile man charged with raping a woman at gunpoint in a Hamilton cemetery recently faces the...
View Article13-year-old Pennsylvania boy struck by car in Hamilton
The Bensalem resident was struck Sunday on South Broad Street near Chambers Street. HAMILTON -- A 13-year-old Bensalem, Pa. boy was struck by a car on South Broad Street Sunday evening, Hamilton...
View ArticleBudget shortfall impacts Trenton's special needs children | Editorial
Trenton announced it will close the Stokes Early Learning Center at the same time it told the Special Needs Community Resource Center that it cannot continue to use district space. Trenton's...
View ArticleTCNJ chorus to perform with Japanese tsunami survivors
The TCNJ chorus will perform with Japanese students and the Philharmonia Orchestra of New York at Lincoln Center to benefit 2011 earthquake survivors. Watch video EWING -- Five years ago this month,...
View ArticleLove locked down on N.J. scenic overlook bridge
Dozens of love locks have been popping up on the scenic overlook over Interstate 295 It's no Paris or Rome, but love has found its way onto the scenic overlook over Interstate 295 near Bordentown....
View ArticleWhy can't escalator at Hamilton train station be fixed?
A reader wants to know when a critical escalator at Hamilton station will be fixed by NJ Transit. People never notice those little conveniences in their lives until they stop working, and especially...
View ArticleHead-on collision in Hopewell sends 2 to hospital
A Ewing man crossed the center line on Route 546 around 7 p.m., police said HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - Two people were hospitalized after a head-on collision on Route 546 Monday night, police said. File...
View ArticleKentucky man found with missing N.J. 13-year-old faces sex assault charges
Lance Jyrkinen, 18, had a bail hearing Tuesday during which Superior Court Judge Timothy Lydon reduced his bail from $250,000 to $200,000. TRENTON - An Kentucky man who met a Mercer County 13-year-old...
View ArticleBestselling author Jodi Picoult named Princeton U. Class Day speaker
Jodi Picoult, an alumna of Princeton U. has written 26 books, some of which have made the New York Times bestseller list PRINCETON - Bestselling author and Princeton alumna Jodi Picoult will be...
View Article92-year-old woman tied-up overnight after home invasion
The woman was found bound and injured in her Manor Drive home at about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. EWING — Police officers checking out a possible burglary on Manor Drive Tuesday morning found a 92-year-old...
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