A self-described salesman from New Jersey was sentenced Friday to one month in prison after he admitted earlier this month that he entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, joined by a multitude of others who tried to stop the certification of the 2020…
Wildwood looks to triple fines for unsanctioned events following deadly car rally
Following a pop-up H2oi car rally in Wildwood last month that left two people dead another person seriously injured, city officials said they were looking to triple fines for similar unsanctioned events as a way to deter them from happening in the futu…
Surprise! Stunned N.J. teacher wins $25K ‘Oscars of teaching’ award.
An Ocean County teacher won a $25,000 national award for educators on Friday — and it was all a huge surprise. The Milken Family Foundation, which awards cash prizes to outstanding U.S. educators, stunned Shaina Brenner with its educator award during a…
Dr. Oz under fire for animal testing | Sheneman
According to a report in Jezebel earlier this week, Dr. Mehmet Oz was the lead scientist in a years long animal study that experimented on over 1000 live animals. That number included the death or euthanizing of 31 pigs, 661 rabbits and more than 329 d…
Man who fatally struck pedestrian was driving with suspended license, officials say
The driver of a vehicle that hit a Trenton man on Route 129 in the city Sunday evening has a driver’s license from South Carolina that is currently suspended, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Miller, 54, of Columbia, South Carolina, struck Shawn Kemp,…
Kearny homicide victim apparently bled to death from leg wound; accused killer ordered detained
The Kearny man who was killed last month apparently bled to death from a stab wound to the thigh, according to information from his accused killer’s criminal complaint. Matthew Kochell, 32, was ordered detained through prosecution Thursday in the death…
The Supreme Court is looking to finish off the Voting Rights Act | Sheneman
The Supreme Court seems to have settled into a comfortable routine lately. The conservative majority spends the term dismantling treasured precedents and rights for wide swathes of the population in defiance of public sentiment. Those whose rights have…
WABC talk radio host Bernard McGuirk, former producer of ‘Imus in the Morning,’ dead at 64
Bernard McGuirk, host of “Bernie & Sid in the Morning” on radio’s 77 WABC and former executive producer of “Imus in the Morning,” has died. McGuirk, 64, died of prostate cancer Wednesday, 77 WABC announced. Chad Lopez, president of Red Apple Media, whi…
Music producer killed in N.J. recording studio by gunman who allegedly said, ‘I had to do it.’
A man killed in Lindenwold last week was shot in the head while inside a recording studio, court documents show. The victim, Isaiah Shaw, 23, worked as a music producer and used the name “DJ Zay.” The man charged with his murder, Ronin A. Nevels, also …
N.J. man, 64, charged with illegally growing dozens of marijuana plants, police say
A Bergen County man was arrested Thursday and charged with growing 62 marijuana plants in an illegal farm operation in Hackensack, authorities said. Anthony Dias, 64, of Hackensack, was charged with manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing illegal m…