In a unique horror film, a New Jersey director centers on his dog. “Good Boy,” a new dog-based film, presents Indy, a Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever whose loyalty and instincts drive the story. A typical pet became the unusual star of a supernatural drama in a remote New Jersey home over three years for…
Club 35, a prominent Sayreville strip club, owners received probation for prostitution and unpaid state taxes. Freehold couple Doreen and Anthony Acciardi Sr. made news across New Jersey. Both pled convicted to brothel ownership and state income tax evasion earlier this year. The Attorney General’s Office charged the pair with multiple felonies after a thorough…
On Friday morning, many people gathered at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Union to mourn Maria Niotis, one of two Cranford teens who died in a horrible accident earlier this week. Residents, churchgoers, and their families mourned and supported each other. The church’s front had Maria’s white coffin. The Greek flag and red roses…
Vincent P. Battiloro, 17, of New Jersey, is charged with first-degree murder in the e-bike crash deaths of Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas. Battiloro voiced complaints, promised vengeance, and obliquely addressed accusations in a 22-minute webcast in the days and hours before the crash. Battiloro reportedly used his livestream to address Maria and her mother’s…
Rutan Hill, often known as the Beemerville Volcano, is a peaceful Sussex County woodland with a sinister mystery. There was volcanic activity in New Jersey. Scientists call the site a volcanic neck, the hardened internal conduit of a volcano whose cone has fallen away. Today, it’s quiet and tree-covered. Rutan Hill rises 1,020 feet, 270…
A New Jersey hospital tech was arrested for sexually abusing a patient. After investigating, local police and county prosecutors caught the suspect ECG technician on Tuesday. According to prosecutors, it happened that morning in the hospital. Dumont resident Asher Younis, 41, was arrested for first-, second-, and third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact. Police said the…
An early-morning bus fire on the northbound eastern New Jersey Turnpike in Secaucus disrupted the commute, officials said. A tire blowout on a NJ Transit carriage caused fires before Exit 15X around 6:12 a.m. All 49 passengers and the driver survived. Early in the morning, the line 113 bus left Plainfield for the Port Authority…
Wednesday’s decision by the Trump administration to freeze $18 billion in federal money for the Hudson River rail tunnel (Gateway project) and the Second Avenue Subway extension was decisive. The pause is related to a broad assessment of whether diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) criteria unlawfully influenced federal funding. The White House Office of Management…
Nine Chilean males were arrested by New Jersey federal officials for transnational theft. The arrests in Jersey City and Princeton on September 19 followed an investigation by ICE Newark and the FBI’s Joint Organized Crime Task Force. All nine individuals entered the US legitimately but stayed longer than their visas allowed, according to law enforcement….
A automobile murdered two 17-year-old e-bike riders in Cranford, New Jersey, on Monday night, shocking the town. Garwood police promptly apprehended a 17-year-old on two first-degree murder charges for Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas. Young women were heading home from school when the 5:30 p.m. Burnside Avenue collision occurred. Local officials said a black 2021…
