DEAR ANNIE: Growing up, my parents were alcoholics who got sober when I was 10 years old. Since then, my father has become very preachy about not drinking. I am now 29, and in recent years, my father has become a little less preachy. But at first, he a…
Voter anger over abortion rights could be big wild card in N.J. and nation at Biden midterm
A job led Amy Bloodworth away from home in Monmouth County to relocate in Texas six years ago. But it was politics — and the freedom to work remotely — that convinced her to move back to New Jersey this summer. Bloodworth said she could no longer toler…
The long journey home
It took eight years for Carol and Jim Ferraioli to finally get back to their place in Port Monmouth. Their home off Compton Creek, less than a mile from Sandy Hook Bay, was left badly damaged during Sandy. They had qualified for a state reconstruction …
Social Security increase 2023: When will the new COLA take effect?
Social Security recipients will see a hefty Social Security increase of 8.7%, the largest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) since the 1980s. The first group to see the $146 bump in monthly benefits will be Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, …
Headline: Today’s daily horoscope for Oct. 29, 2022
Mercury Opens a Mystery Mercury, the minister of communication, enters Scorpio, the realm of mystery, deep truth and transformation. The drive will be to dig into a deeper sense of reality and to find out not just how things really are, but why they ar…
Man who killed father and set his house on fire gets decades in prison, officials say
A man who was convicted of killing his father and a family friend at a Jamesburg home they shared in 2019 and then setting it on fire, was sentenced Friday to 70 years in state prison, authorities said. Jaree Kitchen, 24, of Jamesburg, was found guilty…
Is a fever a symptom of RSV?
RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, shares many symptoms with other viruses such as the cold, flu and COVID-19. This can mean it can be difficult to detect without testing for these viruses and seeking the advice of a medical professional when necessa…
Jury deliberating case against N.J. man charged in killing of apartment building neighbor
A jury in Bergen County began deliberations Thursday in the trial of a man charged with stabbinga 25-year-old woman to death in an apartment building in East Rutherford where the two were neighbors. Francis Tattoli, now 30, is charged with murder, kidn…
N.J. woman freed as she awaits trial for allegedly driving car into crowd, hitting 3 teens
A woman charged with attempted murder after she allegedly ran over three teenagers following a melee at an apartment complex in Gloucester County has been ordered released from jail pending trial. A judge ordered Mikayla A. Rodriguez-Green’s release wi…
Dear Annie: On our 40th wedding anniversary, my husband didn’t say happy anniversary or get me a card
DEAR ANNIE: I have created an uncaring, selfish husband. On our 40th wedding anniversary, my husband didn’t say happy anniversary or even get me a card. We agreed not to get each other gifts, but I did get him a card and wish him a happy anniversary. H…