N.J. woman helped steal $565K in tax refund checks from mail

Politicians and law enforcement officials across New Jersey stood united Friday night in their condemnation of the five Tennessee police officers charged with murder in the violent beating death of Tyre Nichols — video footage of which was released earlier in the evening. “We are horrified,” Gov. Phil Murphy...

The news that the Holland Tunnel to New Jersey is closing overnights for six days a week starting on Feb. 5 to permanently fix damage from Hurricane Sandy caught many people by surprise. Though the area just marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating storm, some damage at the Holland...

For the second time this month, residents across southern New Jersey have been reporting long periods of shaking inside their homes Thursday afternoon, with windows and walls rattling. And just like before, there have been no earthquakes reported anywhere in the eastern United States. There also have been no thunderstorms...

The past president of a parent-teacher organization (PTO) in Hunterdon County has admitted to making $14,500 of unauthorized charges on the group’s debit card, Raritan Township Police said Friday. Nicole Sanchez, who PTO members told police was president of the PTO at J.P. Case Middle School in Flemington from...

Much of the federal coronavirus relief money went to help hospitals, assistance programs, and counties in New Jersey recover and rebuild after the pandemic. The state government also used more than half a million dollars to buy SUVs to carry Gov. Phil Murphy and state officials around the state.

As the state board governing the Garden State’s legal weed marketplace prepares to adopt revised rules and regulations in the coming weeks, New Jersey’s cannabis business community continues to forge forward, working on expanding the market. Among the changes ahead is a lift on the cap the law...

Two men who were raised in the New Brunswick area were sentenced Friday for their roles in the Jan. 6 assault of Brian Sicknick, another New Jersey native who died the day after the rioting at the U.S. Capitol. A federal judge in Washington D.C. sentenced Julian Khater, 33, to...

Two women were arrested on robbery and other charges after attacking two employees in an Atlantic City convenience store early Tuesday — all to steal bags of potato chips and a few packs of cigarettes, authorities said. The employees were not badly injured during the robbery but the store...

Dave Williamson died alone. The Absecon resident was hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus in December 2021. He died a month later, never seeing his family again.

Authorities have charged an 81-year-old nursing home resident in the death of Clara Sutowski, 91, a fellow resident who suffered grievous injuries after he allegedly hit her in a hallway at AristaCare at Cedar Oaks in South Plainfield earlier this month. Angel Bermontiz, 81, of Piscataway, is accused of reckless...

Katie Horn woke to a hushed voice with a thick Eastern European accent the night she was kidnapped. “Katherine … Katherine,” the woman said. “It’s time for your discharge.”

Two brothers from Essex County men were charged early Wednesday morning after Jersey City police say they broke into a Kennedy Boulevard building and attempted to burglarize the pharmacy next door. Asaph Francois, 29, and Melec Francois, 36, both of Orange, were arrested after trying to flee from the area...

A state appeals court on Thursday upheld the firing of a state Department of Corrections officer who made several online posts that were derogatory about race, the Black Lives Matter movement, and George Floyd, the man killed by police in Minneapolis in 2020. Samantha Chirichello was a corrections officer from...

Nearly 32 acres of open land owned by the Catholic Church in Brick will be preserved and a plan to build dozens of houses on the site will be scrapped under a preliminary deal reached Wednesday, county officials said. The Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund Advisory Committee approved the...

A well-regarded New Jersey restaurant just made Yelp’s new list of the Top 100 U.S. restaurants of 2023. Jessica’s Café, a popular eatery in Plainfield inspired by French and Italian cooking techniques, ranked No. 40 on the list, with Yelp praising its “branzino filets with crispy skin (and) plump Prince Edward Island mussels in a buttery sauce with applewood-smoked bacon and fresh herbs.

A renovated indoor go-kart track has reopened in New Jersey. RPM Raceway unveiled its upgraded indoor go-kart experience in Jersey City on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The entertainment center at 99 Caven Point Rd. went through a six-month remodel that RPM Raceway now heralds as one of the world’s largest go-kart tracks.

New Jersey health officials on Friday reported another 1,637 COVID-19 cases and three new confirmed deaths. Those numbers were offset by some promising news: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lowered the number of counties it considers to have ‘high’ community levels of COVID-19 from seven to four Friday.

Authorities have identified the resident killed in a fire in a condominium fire in East Brunswick on Thursday. Gabriel Mesica, 65, was pronounced dead shortly after being found inside the Lakes Estates condo on Lake Avenue, East Brunswick police said.

We are three months away from the one year anniversary of recreational weed sales in New Jersey. While the size of the market isn’t expanding as fast or wide as many hoped, there are new product releases happening frequently. Curaleaf, the Garden State’s largest legal weed grown and seller,...

Two police officers were injured Friday morning while they attempted to detain a knife-wielding man who was allegedly assaulting a woman in Woodbury, authorities said. Officers from the Woodbury Police Department were called to a home on Glover Street for a report of a disturbance and when they arrived they witnessed an assault happening, according to a statement from the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. Two Woodbury officers were injured as they attempted to arrest the man and he resisted, officials said.