Small actions in the face of huge problems

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation The environmental challenges of our time are daunting. Addressing persistent pollution including plastics and chemicals, a rapidly changing climate, and the accelerating loss of...

Old Bridge Police Department earns fourth ‘elite’ reaccreditation status

With its fourth reaccreditation status through the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), the Old...

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...

Township increases field usage fees for outside teams and leagues

Old Bridge Township’s Department of Parks, Recreation, and Social Services proudly maintains an array of parks, open spaces,...

McDivitt principal will retire after the new year: ‘It’s been a joy’

At times, Laurie Anne Coletti fought back tears as she reflected on her 37 years as an educator. “It’s a bittersweet feeling,” she said.  The Board...

County offers multiple convenient ways to vote in the 2026 general election

With the 2026 General Election on Tuesday, November 3, Middlesex County reminds residents that there are several convenient ways to cast their ballots. Voters can...

It’s time to step up for the North Atlantic right whale

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation North Atlantic right whales, one of the largest animals on Earth, travel through waters off the New Jersey shore...

Hightstown man charged with aggravated sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual contact

An 18-year-old Hightstown man is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and other offenses for allegedly sexually assaulting one woman...

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...

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