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…
Families in New Jersey are frustrated and scared that several prominent hospitals have suspended gender-affirming medical treatments for under-19s. Health care providers took the decision in reaction to Trump administration threats to cut funding for institutions that give children puberty blockers, hormone treatment, and related therapies. RWJ Barnabas Health will no longer accept gender-affirming children….
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…
On Thursday afternoon in Cumberland County, a pickup truck hit a campfire and critically injured a child. Police in Vineland reported the crash on North Delsea Drive at Malaga Camp Meeting Assembly. Police said the 4-year-old was riding a toy bike on the road. A 44-year-old Vineland man hit the youngster with his pickup while…
Bergen County authorities say a Lyndhurst citizen is charged with setting his apartment building on fire and streaming it on Facebook. Alexander Pluchino, 42, was charged with purposefully burning cardboard and trash in his Valley Brook Avenue communal stairwell. As neighbors reported smoke and flames Tuesday morning, an emergency response was called. After 8:25 a.m.,…
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick described a tense and disturbing house meeting with late businessman Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick, who lived next door to Epstein, recounted in a recent podcast how Epstein called him and his wife over for coffee and then showed them his apartment. Their relaxed visit turned strange when they entered a room…
Vice President JD Vance downplayed criticism of President Trump’s AI-generated video showing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries donning a sombrero with a phony mustache amid tense shutdown discussions. Democratic leaders blasted the racist and insulting film, which featured a distorted Chuck Schumer voice. Vance called the imagery political humor, not hate. Vance told a White…
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…
