DEAR AMY: Our daughter has two daughters who are one year apart. She very obviously favors the younger one. Examples: She features a picture of only the younger one on her phone screen. We will talk at night with our granddaughters and when talking to …
Miss Manners: Please leave my car settings alone!
DEAR MISS MANNERS: It happened AGAIN last week for the umpteenth time: I took my car in for maintenance at the dealership, which prides itself on customer service. I waited in the very comfortable lounge while the work was completed, paid the invoice, …
Man dies after being shot multiple times, police say
A man died Wednesday night after he was shot multiple times in Newark, investigators said. Police were called to the corner of South Orange and Munn Avenue shortly after 7 p.m. and found 50-year-old Kyle Eley, of Irvington, suffering from gunshot wound…
New York teen treated at Jersey City hopital for gunshot wounds
A New York teen was treated at a Jersey City hospital for two gunshots wounds late Wednesday night, authorities said. The 19-year-old Brooklyn man walked into Christ Hospital at 10:40 p.m. with a graze wound to his left finger along with a gunshot woun…
Serial shoplifter with affinity for eye drops is arrested after two Bayonne incidents, police say
A Union City man police describe a chronic offender was arrested after stealing more than $1,500 in eye drops from two Bayonne pharmacies, authorities said. George Xenakis, 33, was arrested in Jersey City at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, hours after the shoplifti…
Racial slur written on Rowan U. student’s dorm room door, officials say
A racial slur was scrawled on the dorm room door of a Black student at Rowan University in Glassboro over the weekend, school officials said. The student discovered the slur when she returned to her room in Holly Pointe Commons late Saturday after bein…
BetMGM signs $3M deal to sponsor NJ Transit’s MetLife Stadium rail line
Online sports betting giant BetMGM has signed an agreement with NJ Transit to get its message out to riders and sports fans, becoming the only corporate sponsor of a rail line in the nation. NJ Transit’s rail line to MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands…
N.J. reports 1,587 COVID cases, 8 deaths as rate of transmission ticks up
New Jersey health officials on Wednesday reported another 1,587 confirmed COVID-19 cases and eight confirmed deaths as the state’s rate of transmission increased slightly. The seven-day average for confirmed positive tests was 1,436 on Wednesday, a 10%…
7 hospitalized after 3-vehicle crash involving NJ Transit bus, cops say
Seven people were hospitalized with “complaints of pain” Wednesday morning after a vehicle struck a New Jersey Transit bus moments after it collided with another car at a busy Newark intersection, officials said. The crash took place shortly before 7:4…
Ask Amy: ‘I was conceived via sperm donor and my parents, who are very private, never told me’
DEAR AMY: I was conceived via sperm donor and my parents, who are very private, never told me. Via a DNA testing site, I was able to figure out the identity of the sperm donor and wrote to him. I knew to be prepared for any possible outcome when I reac…