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Cecilia Levine

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Neighbor Tries Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Girls During NJ Break-In, Assaults EMT: Police A 29-year-old South Jersey man tried disarming a police officer and assaulted an EMT after breaking into a local home in an attempt to sexually assault two girls, police said. Edward Lynch was charged with burglary, disarming a police officer, attempted aggravated sexual assault, resisting arrest, and more, following the incident early Saturday, Nov. 11 in Bellmawr, Chief William Perna said. Lynch tried breaking into the Troy Avenue home and tried engaging in a sexual act with two 13-year-old girls inside, Perna said. While Bellmawr officers were trying to arrest him, Lynch tried to d…

by Cecilia Levine

11/11/2023

Police & Fire

Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In NJ: Prosecutor Police have released details and made an arrest in a nearly five-hour SWAT standoff involving a hostage Friday, Nov. 10 in Somerset County. Police received 9-1-1 calls saying a man later identified as Alonzo D. Blakey, 50, was holding a female relative against her will in his apartment on Columbia Drive in Finderne, around 7:20 a.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Blakely was threatening to harm himself and the victim when Bridgewater police arrived, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., Bridgewate…

by Cecilia Levine

11/11/2023

Traffic

Dump Truck Overturns On NJ Turnpike Ramp A dump truck overturned on the NJ Turnpike Saturday, Nov. 11. It happened in Edison on the outer roadway of the southbound lanes, on the entrance ramp of Interchange 10 to Rt. 440 and Route 287, the NJDOT said. As of 11 a.m., the left shoulder was blocked.

by Cecilia Levine

11/11/2023

Weather

Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: Best Places To See Falling Stars If you're looking to wish upon a shooting star, this is the weekend to do it. The Northern Taurid — the second half of the Taurid Meteor Shower — peaks on Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12, according to Space.com. "These showers produce infrequent, slow and long-lasting meteors associated with comet Encke, a small comet with a nucleus measuring approximately 2.98 miles (4.8 km) in diameter," the website says. Taurid meteors, or "Halloween Fireballs," are visible from anywhere on Earth, except for the South Pole. "The best time to look for Taurids is after midnight, when Taurus i…

by Cecilia Levine

11/11/2023

Lifestyle

These NJ Zip Codes Rank Among Top 80 Most Expensive In US, New Report Says Four zip codes in New Jersey rank in the Top 100 for most expensive in the United States, according to a brand-new report. The findings by RealtyHop were determined by real estate listings so far this year. The majority of the wealthiest Americans live in California and New York. The four New Jersey zip codes are: No. 32 Deal (07723) with a median home listing price of $3.05 million No. 46 Alpine (07620), median home listing price of $2.75 million No. 60 Avalon (08202) median home listing price of $2.45 million No. 81 Short Hills (07078) median home listing price of $2.18 million&nb…

by Joe Lombardi & Cecilia Levine

11/11/2023

Business

LabCorp Layoffs: 300+ Employees Let Go In Central Jersey, Warn Filing Shows Labcorp, one of the largest clinical labs in the world, is laying off more than 300 employees at one New Jersey location, according to recent filings. The company in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice last August announced 78 employees at Somerset's Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Inc., will be let go between Nov. 17 and Dec. 23. This month, LabCorp said an additional 239 employees will be laid off in April 2025. Somerset appears to have only one LabCorp outpost, located at 77 Veronica Ave. The cause of the layoffs was not immediately clear.…

by Cecilia Levine

11/10/2023

Business

Dave & Buster's Replacing Jay-Z's Shuttered Atlantic City Nightclub Is Hiring Dave & Buster's is coming to Atlantic City, creating several jobs for area residents. Dishwashers, support techs, and servers are just some of the positions that the sports bar and arcade franchise is looking to fill at the new digs at at 2120 Atlantic Ave., at the Tanger Outlets. The new location is being built at the former site of Jay-Z's nightclub, which closed following Hurricane Sandy. According to multiple news reports including the Courier Post and NJ Advance Media, Dave & Buster's is set to open in Atlantic City on Monday, Dec. 11, and will span 21,900 square fee…

by Cecilia Levine

11/10/2023

Police & Fire

DWI, Unlicensed PA Driver Sought In NJ Crash That Left Victims Seriously Injured: Police Police in New Jersey have issued a warrant for the arrest of a DWI driver from Pennsylvania wanted in a crash that left two people seriously injured last month. Mitchell G. Holley, 34, of Downingtown, was heady south on Route 35 in Wall Township on Saturday, Oct. 7 around 6:45 p.m., when his Nissan Alitma left his lane of travel and struck a Mazda CX3, police in Wall Township said. The 39-year-old Mazda driver and his 31-year-old female passenger, both of Point Pleasant, were extricated, and taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, police said. Following the return of toxicology re…

by Cecilia Levine

11/10/2023

Police & Fire

SWAT Standoff: Explosive Ending In Hours-Long NJ Barricade Situation A SWAT standoff in Finderne ended after several hours on Friday, Nov. 10, with a woman being escorted out and a man being removed on a stretcher. Live footage at the scene showed SWAT members set off some sort of explosive just before noon at an apartment on Columbia Drive in Finderne. Moments later, members of the SWAT team escorted a woman out of the building and removed a man on a stretcher. The woman was treated by paramedics while the man was loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher. Circumstances around the incident weren't immediately clear. Chief of Somerset County Dete…

by Cecilia Levine

11/10/2023

Lifestyle

NJ Grandmother Heading To Fantasy Suites On 'Golden Bachelor' Gerry Turner must make a choice: Leslie Fhima or Theresa Nist. Nist, 70, of Shrewsbury, NJ, and Fhima, of Minnesota, have progressed to the top two contestants on ABC's "The Golden Bachelor," following a round of hometown dates. Turner, who sent Faith Martin home during the Thursday, Nov. 9 episode, visited with Nist's family last week, even having met three of her grandchildren, her daughter, and her sisters. When he asked the three little guys what they thought of him and their Nana dating, they seemed to be for it: "She comes over a lot because she's always lonely," one said. "It w…

by Cecilia Levine

11/10/2023

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