The Dancing With the Stars ballroom was energized for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night. Among the sparkle and splendor, guest judge Flavor Flav had an unanticipated score issue that gained media and fan attention. In recognition of Earle’s New Jersey roots, she and Val Chmerkovskiy danced a powerful paso doble to Bon Jovi’s…
A Halloween fire in Hillcrest, Paterson, New Jersey, killed five family members. This raises concerns concerning home improvements and escapes. A small Cape Cod house on 15 Emerson Avenue burned about 10 p.m. Two families lived in an unauthorized layout. The second-floor residents were a 39-year-old husband, his 38-year-old wife, and their three children, ages…
Housing policy specialist Katie Brennan and Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla won their first political race in a party elite and machine politics-dominated New Jersey district. That they won one of the state’s most contentious Assembly races suggests reform-minded representation above party supremacy. Brennan and Bhalla defeated establishment-backed candidates in Jersey City and the 32nd Assembly…
Missing college student Owen Tillman Kenney, 19, since Halloween. Charleston police are expanding their search. New Jersey resident Kenney was last seen crossing the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian bridge at 3 a.m., authorities said. Phone ping corresponded with final sighting. Kenney, a 2024 Red Bank Catholic High School alumni, attended Charleston. Kenney vanished after a Halloween…
This week, federal investigators arrested two Montclair, New Jersey men in a multi-state terror-plot probe related to ISIS. The 19- and 20-year-old men are accused of participating in an encrypted communication network that planned violent attacks in the US and abroad. The arrests follow Michigan charges against other Halloween weekend plotters. As he planned to…
Unexpectedly, Democrats won the New Jersey governorship. Because six Republican-voting areas shifted to Democrats. This shows that Garden State politics are evolving. These changes will affect state and national politics. Gloucester, Cumberland, Atlantic, Morris, Passaic, and Hunterdon voted for the Democrat, helping her win big. Five counties supported the Republican governor in the last election….
The intensely contested special election to fill the vacant Central Ward seat on the Newark City Council has counted early and same-day in-person ballots as of Tuesday night, but mail-in and provisional votes are still pending The campaign will determine who represents one of the city’s key wards after a council member, now a U.S….
None of the seven Jersey City mayoral candidates received more than half the vote. So, a rematch will decide the winner. A mayoral election will be held in New Jersey’s second-largest city on December 2, 2025. Councilman James Solomon and former Governor Jim McGreevey are running opposed. Solomon started the race with a tiny lead…
Recent assessments by researchers, analysts, and former officials suggest that the US may be on a dangerous road that threatens its democratic institutions. Many observers believe that democratic disintegration is growing under Donald Trump, even though the nation has not yet become a dictatorship. Previously marginal techniques are becoming mainstream in this new analysis. Executive…
Before launching next year, a 67,000-square-foot asset in Bergen County was entirely leased to a new adult daycare operator, attracting new investment. Leonia’s 2 Christie Heights Street property is listed for $15 million. The deal involves Lily Life’s new facility, which will fill the entire building. Listing agents say Lily Life is fully reserved and…
