A 21 year old woman who was behind the wheel of a quarter midget car at a New Jersey speedway was killed over the weekend. Amanda Gambacorto lost her life when she lost control of her car and hit a wall at Wall Stadium Speedway. Gambacorto was pronounced dead one hour after the accident. She…
Seismic blast testing that was supposed to occur off the coast of New Jersey this year will not happen. A team of experts that was going to conduct the testing has found equipment problems that should delay the project for about a year. The blasts were expected to take place about 15 miles southeast of…
Voters in New Jersey want to see a presidential contest featuring Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton. A new poll released by Rutgers-Eagleton shows the two politicians being the favorites among New Jersey voters for the presidential election in two years. Recent surveys have shown Christie trailing Clinton by ten percentage points in the Garden State.…
Bertha is a hurricane and some strong rip currents are possible along the Jersey Shore during the middle of the week. Forecasters say Bertha will remain about 400 miles off the coast of New Jersey and we will experience no bad weather from the storm. However, Bertha will be a Category One hurricane when it…
A new study says New Jersey is among the best when raising a kid. A new Kids Count report says the Garden State is eighth best in the country, when looking at a number of factors regarding raising kids. New Jersey did the best in education, which helped boost its ratings into the top ten.
A company that has been doing business in Salem County will shut its doors this fall, eliminating nearly 300 jobs from the county. Ardagh Glass announced that it will close for good on October 15th; it’s other North American plans will remain open. Local politicians say they will do all they can to keep the…
A man who served 24 years as a congressman in New Jersey passed away this week. Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Roe died Monday at the age of 90. Roe also made two unsuccessful bids to become governor in 1977 and 1981. Roe worked his way to up be the chairman of the Public Works and Transportation…
A police officer with the Jersey City Police Department was fatally shot early Sunday morning inside a Walgreens in his community. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop told reporters that Melvin Santiago was shot in the head while responding to a robbery at a Walgreens store in the city. Santiago was the first officer who responded…
In-state holiday travel should be up for this Fourth of July. AAA Mid-Atlantic’s polling numbers show that 1.2 million in the state will travel 50 or more miles this holiday weekend. Those numbers reflect a 1.3 percent increase. More than eight in 10 of those traveling will be doing so by car.
New Jerseyans are the least likely to die from binge drinking. The Star Ledger reports that a new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control shows that New Jersey residents are the least likely to die from binge drinking. The highest death rate from binge drinking in the nation belongs to New Mexico, with…