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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a correct way for a customer to act at the checkout counter? I usually stay silent, except to answer and return pleasantries if the cashier offers them. I occasionally glance at the total and assist in bagging if the cashier…

Growing up in Trenton in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Reggie Wright, 41, knew that if he wanted to achieve his dreams, he had to set a goal. “I used to put my head on the pillow at night and go to sleep and dream about what I wanted to become and wh…

A man died after an afternoon shooting in Trenton Sunday, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. City police responded to a Shot Spotter activation indicating multiple rounds were fired on Ewing Street at 3:10 p.m., officials said. Officers fo…

A motorist was killed last week when his car struck a dump truck on a Gloucester County roadway, police said. Thurman H. Smith Jr., 37, of Chesilhurst, was driving a car west on Route 322/Glassboro Road near Fries Mill Road in Monroe Township shortly b…

New Jersey on Monday reported another 865 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one confirmed death as transmission levels remain steady. The statewide rate of transmission was 0.98 on Monday, state health officials reported. When the transmission rate is 1, th…

New Jersey on Sunday reported another 1,186 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two confirmed deaths as transmission levels remain steady. The statewide rate of transmission was 0.98 on Sunday, state health officials reported. When the transmission rate is 1,…

Vice President Kamala Harris will be raising campaign cash in Princeton Monday en route to an appearance on Seth Meyers’ “Late Night” program on NBC. Harris is scheduled to appear at a Democratic National Committee fundraising event in Princeton, accor…

A 16-year-old was stabbed to death and another juvenile injured following a fight early Sunday in Passaic, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office. Passaic police responded around 1:15 p.m. to Krueger Place and Poplar Street for a reported …

It was conceived of as sort of a playground for the prominent, a haven for the influential and the affluent members of Trenton society — after they were dead. In 1857 when Trenton was flexing its industrial might on the world, Jacob Taylor acquired a h…

By John DiMaio New Jersey’s definition of an independent contractor, and the Murphy administration’s strict enforcement of it, is a threat to the state’s struggling news industry. A free press is vital to keeping government in check as the watchdog for…