New Jersey Transit’s board of directors has unanimously approved a 15% fare increase for bus and train riders, the first time its rates will rise in nearly 10 years. COMPANY BEHIND NEW JERSEY’S 3 NUCLEAR PLANTS TO SEEK 20-YEAR APPROVAL TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS HOBOKEN, NJ – OCTOBER 10: A New Jersey Transit train arrives at Hoboken Terminal during morning rush …
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NJ county clerks withdraw appeals to primary ballot ruling
New Jersey county clerks have withdrawn their appeals to a federal court ruling requiring them to redraw primary election ballots that some argued favored candidates backed by the state’s Democratic Party. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals based in Philadelphia dismissed the appeals on Friday in response to the clerks’ action. U.S. Judge Zahid Quraishi had ordered Democrats to scrap …
Read More »Atlantic City casino profits down in 2023, despite online gambling boost
Atlantic City’s casinos were less profitable in 2023 than they were a year earlier, even with help from the state’s booming online gambling market. Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos collectively reported a gross operating profit of $744.7 million in 2023, a decline of 1.6% from 2022. When two internet-only entities …
Read More »2 New Jersey police officers attacked while responding to 911 hang-up call, 1 stabbed in the face
Two police officers were hospitalized with injuries after they were attacked Sunday night in New Jersey. Galloway Township police officers responded to a home on Cresson Avenue in Galloway Township at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in response to a 911 hang-up call, the department said in a news release. As two officers were investigating the call, both were attacked by …
Read More »Solar eclipse: Researchers warn about increased risk of deadly crashes during spectacle
The increased traffic and spectacle of the total solar eclipse on Monday could imperil motorists, with researchers warning that fatal collisions increased during previous eclipses and law enforcement bracing for the event. There was a 31% increase in fatal traffic accidents during the 2017 total eclipse – and even in the days before and after the astrological event – according …
Read More »Container ship's engines die outside NYC, comes to stop near Verrazzano bridge
A large container ship lost propulsion in waters near New York Harbor Friday evening before tugboats pulled it to a stop at an anchorage near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The scene evoked last month’s tragedy in Baltimore Harbor when another container vessel slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, knocking it down and killing a half-dozen people who were conducting maintenance …
Read More »See what the home you grew up in looks like now and other Maps tricks
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Read More »Jewish students at Rutgers speak out in wake of latest anti-Israel incident on campus: 'Horrifying experience'
A group of “out of control” pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a town hall at Rutgers University on Thursday, shouting anti-Israel slogans like “one solution, intifada revolution” and forcing officials to end the meeting early as they and Jewish students were ushered out by police, a student told Fox News Digital this weekend. The student, who wished to remain anonymous for fear …
Read More »New Jersey Gov Phil Murphy faces flak for not returning to state following historic earthquake
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy came under fire after he did not return to the Garden State following the historic earthquake on Friday that left residents rattled. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., spoke with “FOX News Live” on Saturday after Murphy did not issue an on-camera address to residents, despite a few TV and phone interviews, including an interview Saturday …
Read More »Earthquake rocks NJ, NY, several more states: What to do if another one hits
An earthquake struck New Jersey and shook buildings in surrounding states this morning – leaving an estimated 42 million people feeling the seismic impacts of the phenomenon,according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “Our region just experienced an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7, with an epicenter near Readington in Hunterdon County,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a …
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