Take this week's local news quiz
Spoiler alert: Onychetomy is in this week's quiz. Are you ready for this week's NJ.com local news quiz? If you've been on NJ.com this past week, you should be. All of the quiz questions below come...
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Football tournament, 2016 mega coverage guide: Everything you need for the semis
Get links to all the NJ.com stories and previews heading into the second round of the NJSIAA football tournament on the weekend of Nov. 18-19, 2016. WOODBRIDGE -- We can't feature everything on the...
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The 5 best ethnic food neighborhoods in N.J.
You can explores cuisines and find products from all around the world without ever leaving the Garden State. One of the best things about living in New Jersey is the dizzying ethnic diversity on...
View ArticleHamilton man injured in motorcycle crash in Cranbury
A man was ejected from his motorcycle after colliding with a car in Cranbury. CRANBURY -- A Hamilton Township man was injured Thursday after he was thrown from his motorcycle in a crash with a car on...
View ArticleFootball bold predictions: Sectional semifinals style
In our boldest effort yet, NJ.com writers make one prediction in each section of the NJSIAA playoffs this week.
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N.J. man charged with 323 toll violations, $21K in unpaid fees, cops say
An Old Bridge man has been arrested for more than $20,000 in tolls and fees. OLD BRIDGE -- A township man was arrested Thursday for owing more than $20,000 in tolls and fees. James C. Clicerio, 59, of...
View ArticleMiddlesex utilities authority to pay $5M to settle contract dispute
The Middlesex County Utilities Authority has agreed to pay a $5 million settlement after a decades-old suit NEW BRUNSWICK -- The Middlesex County Utilities Authority has agreed to pay $5 million to a...
View ArticleMassive changes in new NJ.com girls cross-country Top 20
Check out where all the top teams in the state are ranked
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Glimpse of History: Well fed after a job well done
PISCATAWAY — Friends and neighbors of Wilbur and Robert Williams in Piscataway are shown sitting down to meal after "raising the roof" on a barn at the Williams Brothers Dairy Farm in October 1953....
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Case of mailman accused of pepper-spraying dog lands in federal court
Attorneys for the federal government argued the man's actions were "necessary and proper" in the course of his employment. TRENTON -- A judge on Thursday ordered animal-cruelty charges against a U.S....
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Man, previously charged with luring child, allegedly accosts teen in bathroom
A North Brunswick man was recently arrested for allegedly harassing a teenage boy in a restaurant bathroom. George Daymond Shirley, 49, of North Brunswick(Courtesy of the South Brunswick Police...
View ArticleDriver apologizes to devastated family, gets 4 years for drunken crash
A man charged in a drunk-driving fatal crash in 2011 in Westfield apologized in court to the family of the victim. ELIZABETH -- Five years after her father was killed in a drunken driving crash in...
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Judge's former lover sentenced to 10 years for robbery
Jason Prontnicki, 45, of Bayonne, was found guilty of armed robbery, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon. SOMERVILLE -- A Bayonne man who had been in a...
View Article2 Middlesex County residents charged in nationwide phone scam
A man and a woman from Middlesex County have been charged in a multistate elder abuse financial scam. NEW BRUNSWICK -- Two New Jersey residents were arrested Friday in connection with a nationwide...
View ArticleTraffic nightmare to end after stalled bridge work resumes
Work on the Route 518 bridge over the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Franklin Township will resume on Monday, the state Department of Transportation announced Friday. FRANKLIN TWP. - Work on the...
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Football playoffs: Results and links, Friday, Nov. 18 - sectional semifinals
Everything you need to stay caught up on the N.J. football semifinals. ESSENTIALS • All brackets | Full semifinal schedule• 23 sections: Semis previews | Home pages • Can't-miss semifinal matchups•...
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Football playoffs: Results and links, Saturday, Nov. 19 - sectional semifinals
Full results from the last day of state semifinals. ESSENTIALS • Friday's results and links• All brackets | Full semifinal schedule• 23 sections: Semis previews | Home pages• Final verdict: Wayne...
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North Brunswick High School hosts robotics competition
Robotics teams from the tri-state area competed in the "Brunswick Eruption." "The Warhawks," the J.P. Stevens High School Robotics Team, competed at the FIRST Robotics Competition at North Brunswick...
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Sister of Carteret man found beaten to death seeks anwers
The sister of Hector Torres — the Carteret man found beaten to death in October — is seeking answers in her brother's death. Pictured left, Hector Torres, 59, of Carteret, and his sister, Aixa Melara,...
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N.J. pets in need: Nov. 21, 2016
A gallery of pets throughout New Jersey in need of adoption. Here is this week's collection of some of the dogs and cats in need of adoption in northern and central New Jersey. If a nonprofit rescue...
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