Authorities began a huge search Thursday morning for a swimmer who disappeared off Cape May. Local and state authorities responded swiftly to the 7:15 a.m. incident near Madison and Beach Avenues. The Cape May City Police, Fire, and Beach Patrol quickly found the swimmer. Officials said the figure vanished rapidly in the water, raising safety…
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka endorsed Mikie Sherrill in the closely watched governor’s race this week, changing New Jersey politics. Months after a heated campaign, the two Democrats’ support shows party unity before November. Sherrill and Baraka first appeared together in Newark’s Zion Hill Baptist Church following their rivalry. Baraka, popular in New Jersey’s largest city,…
Police arrested a 21-year-old University of Kentucky student-athlete in Lexington after finding an infant’s body in her apartment closet. The state-wide interest has alarmed the university community and the public. Laken Senior athlete Ashlee Snelling was detained after Lexington police arrived to her residence on August 27. Deceased baby wrapped in towel and placed in…
A truck hit a Lawrenceville Tesla showroom Tuesday, injuring three. About 3 p.m., police and emergency services reacted quickly to the Brunswick Pike Tesla store incident. Investigators said a 74-year-old woman’s Tesla Model 3 accelerated and broke the dealership’s front glass. When the car halted in the showroom, shoppers and staff were shocked. In minutes,…
Two were killed and one injured when a car crashed into a lake in Shamong Township, Burlington County, on Monday evening. The catastrophe rocked the community and raised road safety concerns. Before 8 p.m., NJ State Police reported the incident on Quaker Bridge Road and Route 206. The car flipped and crashed into the lake,…
An SUV smashed into a century-old shed on a peaceful Sunday morning, prompting Ridgewood police to investigate. The driver fled, leaving a heavily damaged automobile. While speeding down Route 17 North exit road, the SUV crashed before 7:30 a.m. The antique shed may have been there from the early 1900s. Police claimed the car drove…
The Cumberland County grand jury indicted a Vineland man for the violent altercation that killed a Millville father over a teenage disagreement. It was unexpected and since the men involved were lifelong friends that the occurrence on Easter Sunday, April 20, garnered community attention. After Louis “Gus” Serbeck, 54, brought his daughter to 55-year-old Eric…
The Devils and Hoboken are launching a free youth ball hockey program in October to attract kids interested in hockey. The program will bring ice hockey to underprivileged youngsters at the Multi-Service Center on Grand Street’s newly renovated Johnny Ray McDonald Jr. Hockey Rink. Hoboken and adjacent 5–17-year-old boys and girls can learn hockey basics…
A year has passed since NHL sensation Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother Matthew died in a Salem County, New Jersey, accident. On the evening of August 29, 2024, the brothers were hit and killed while biking, shocking the hockey community and their family and village. As the bereaved family preserves their memory, Sean M….
New Jersey Shore police are investigating a road-rage attack that seriously injured a cyclist. On Thursday afternoon in Belmar, a driver and a cyclist argued and got violent. Officials reported that 12th Avenue and D Street were policed after the encounter. Officers found the motorcyclist with severe head and face injuries. After the attack, physicians…
