Residents are getting hot under the collar after Perth Amboy plows bury driveways
The snow has stopped falling in this gritty, blue-collar city on the Raritan Bay, but the flurries of fury are still flying fast and thick. Residents, many of whom spent hours clearing their driveways and digging out their vehicles, are expressing a level of outrage that has turned local social media into a virtual town…
Roxbury ICE jail plan takes center stage as Rep. Tom Kean Jr. seeks reelection
by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Rep. Tom Kean Jr., already considered one of the most vulnerable congressional Republicans in the coming midterm elections, is drawing bipartisan backlash for his failure to stop federal authorities from buying a massive warehouse in Roxbury intended for a new migrant detention center. Monday, Kean responded to critics’ complaints…
Catastrophic collapse of Keansburg Fishing Pier displays the power of nature
There is a special kind of betrayal in watching a century of communal memory crack, groan, and surrender to the water, but the Raritan Bay consumed a piece of its own shoreline, as a significant portion of the historic Keansburg Fishing Pier collapsed into the icy chop. The culprit, according to the mayor and the…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement terrorize NJ children
Fourth and fifth-graders waiting for their school bus ran for their lives Thursday morning, scattering through the parking lot of their own apartment complex as federal agents rolled in. Doorbell camera footage captured the children shouting and sprinting past parked cars at the Woodland Village Apartments on Gibbsboro Road. The cause of the panic: an…
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