Hopewell Valley Central High School evacuated briefly for reports of smoke in the building

Hopewell Valley Central High School was evacuated briefly on Oct. 19 after a hazy, smoke-like condition was discovered inside the Performing Arts Center, according to the Hopewell Township Police...

For five young New Jersey patients, sickle cell no longer defines what comes next

BY SYDNEY SALOMON New Jersey Urban News For six-year-old Tiaraoluwa “Tiara” Kunle-Lawanson, the ideal future consists of another day of...

El Niño: When the Pacific makes waves in New Jersey 

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation We live on one big, interconnected planet, and what happens on the other...

District updates referendum, school board approves shared service with the township

The Hopewell Valley Regional School District has updated the community on referendum roof replacement work throughout the district....

Woman falls for sophisticated state and federal jury duty scam

In a sophisticated version of the failure-to-report-for-jury-duty scam, a woman lost $15,000 in cash after being contacted by...

Shellfish farmers warn overregulation could drive NJ aquaculture to ‘extinction’

BY DANA DIFILIPPO New Jersey Monitor Legislators advanced a package of bills on Sept. 17 intended to help New Jersey’s aquaculture industry, with shellfish farmers complaining...

Gun owners challenge NJ restrictions on nonfirearm weapons

BY DANA DIFILIPPO New Jersey Monitor Gun rights advocates have a new target in their crusade to strike down New Jersey’s longstanding prohibitions on weapons, suing...

Payout in $96.5M generic-drug legal case may be coming your way

BY ELISE YOUNG NJ Spotlight New Jersey residents who bought certain generic drugs – including off-brand versions of Celebrex, Prozac, Coumadin and other commonly prescribed medicines...

Former TWW employee sentenced for falsifying water quality reports

A former Trenton Waterworks employee has been sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly failing to collect water samples and falsifying water quality...

Bridgeton man set to be sentenced for having sex with 12-year-old Trenton girl

A 35-year-old Bridgeton man will be sentenced in January 2027 after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated sexual assault in Mercer County Superior...

Mixed-status immigrant households expected to lose benefits under new public charge rule

BY NADA HASSANEIN New Jersey Monitor New rules going into effect this week allow immigrants’ enrollment in safety net resources to be taken into account for lawful...

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