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New Jersey beaches being monitored for fecal bacteria presence
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (226+ words) A swimming advisory was underway for several New Jersey beaches showing high levels of enterococci on Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency describes enterococci as "bacteria that live in the intestinal tracts of warm-blooded animals, including humans, and therefore indicate possible…...
Heatwave heading for NY, NJ ahead of World Cup kickoff
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (470+ words) A heatwave is heading straight for New York and New Jersey to cap off this last week before the World Cup takes over the metro area. Before Saturday's kickoff at East Rutherford's Met Life Stadium, just under 8 miles northwest of…...
New Jersey Tik Tok influencer Bill Hooper located "in good health
2+ week, 2+ day ago (279+ words) Missing New Jersey Tik Tok influencer William "Bill" Hooper was located a week after disappearing without his phone or wallet. The Lyndhurst Police Department announced that the 29-year-old self-help personality "was located in good health just before noon" on Friday....
NJ man who had chase, shootout with police was wanted for murder
6+ mon, 15+ hour ago (272+ words) A New Jersey man who led cops on a highway car chase and then opened fire on officers last month was wanted for murder, authorities revealed Wednesday. Mark Boyd, 45, of East Orange, was identified as the suspect in the Nov....
NJ Transit drops eye-popping price of World Cup train tickets, to $105
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (300+ words) Three weeks after announcing train tickets to this summer's World Cup games would run fans $150, NJ Transit announced this week that additional funding would allow them to lower the price by nearly a third. But it will still cost more…...
NJ man charged with murder in deadly Jersey City assault
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (239+ words) A Jersey City man has been charged with murder in the deadly beating of another man in the city last week, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Scott Bradley, 35, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 56-year-old Joey Richburg, the Hudson…...
Beloved NJ comedian, kid's TV star Uncle Floyd dies after cancer battle
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (296+ words) Floyd Vivino, a beloved New Jersey actor and comedian best known to TV-loving kids of the 1970s and "80s for starring in "Uncle Floyd Show," has died, his family said. He was 74. In 2022, Floyd Vivino revealed he had been diagnosed with two…...
NJ Transit says $150 World Cup train ticket price needed to offset extra security, labor costs
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (611+ words) Train tickets to see the World Cup games in New Jersey this summer will run $150 a pop, round trip, NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri confirmed Friday " an effort, he said, to keep workaday commuters from subsidizing the cost of the…...
New Jersey students who walked out to protest ICE face disciplinary action
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (329+ words) Some New Jersey high school students who walked out of class to protest ICE operations will face detention time for their activism as well as possible other discipline. Local outlet TAPinto reported protests involving students from the school, where more…...
Minor earthquake measuring 2. 4 shakes New Jersey on Friday
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (198+ words) A minor earthquake shook western New Jersey on Friday afternoon. The 2. 4 magnitude tremor was reported near Whitehouse Station, in Hunterdon County, around 3: 43 p. m. , according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS does not consider earthquakes at or below 3. 0 to be…...