New Jersey

Friday is the final day to make a local phone call without an area code attached to it.  Starting Saturday, even local calls to the 609 area code must be completed by using the 609 area code at the beginning of the number.  It’s all part of  a new overlay …

President Trump is back in New Jersey this weekend.  Trump will attend a fundraiser in the Hamptons today before flying to Morristown; he will spend the weekend at his Bedminster Golf Course.  The President is expected to depart the Garden State on Sunday.

More than a half ton of marijuana stuffed in cardboard boxes was recovered by New Jersey State Police in a truck near the state’s border with Pennsylvania.  Police say the drugs were found in a tractor trailer; they had a street value of just over $5 million.  A 45 year …

No swimming signs are posted on Seaside Heights beaches..all of them.  Mayor Anthony Vaz announced Wednesday night that swimming in the ocean will be prohibited on Thursday due to unhealthy levels of bacteria in the ocean water.  This is the first time in over two decades that a complete bathing …

It’s a salad topping that you probably could live without.  A customer at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Deptford Township consumed most of his salad before he recognized cow doo in his salad.  A lawsuit has been filed against the restaurant and against Taylor Farms in New Jersey.

The northern New Jersey school superintendent who was caught defecating on a rival school’s athletic track is leaving his school district with a nice financial package.  Robert Tramaglini will receive his full salary through the end of September, cash for unused vacation time, and a no challenge to his filing …

Governor Phil Murphy has declared a State of Emergency in five counties in New Jersey who were hit hard by flooding rainfall this week.  Murphy says the declaration will help send immediate state resources to these areas.  Several inches of rain fell during a short period of time in some …

President Trump signed a bill into law that protects the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the second largest employer in New Jersey.  The National Defense Authorization Act includes $716 billion in military spending.  New refueling tankers will be sent to the New Jersey base.

You will soon be able to vote by mail in all elections held in New Jersey.  The governor has signed a measure into law that now requires the state to take mailed-in election ballots for all elections held in the Garden State.  Democrats have been supportive of this vote by …

There was a single winning ticket sold for Saturday night’s Powerball jackpot, but chances are you don’t have it.  The winning ticket for the $245 million drawing was sold in Staten Island.  A $2 million prize went to a Florida resident.  The Powerball jackpot had not been hit in nearly …