Home-field Advantage statewide final: VOTE for top place to see football
IT'S HERE. We've been going at this since Sept. 8, and the final statewide championship round of our Home-field Advantage contest has finally arrived. Our finalists... Representing the Central region...
View ArticleTimmy Wiltsey's mom had no visible response when told her son was dead, cop...
Michelle Lodzinski showed "no visible response" when she was told by police they had found the remains of her five-year-old son, Timothy Wiltsey, in a stream on Raritan Center in Edison 11 months...
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Perth Amboy shelters merging, report says
New combined facility will be called 'Jeremiah's Refuge' PERTH AMBOY -- Two shelters serving men will merge next month, mycentraljersey.com reported Tuesday. The Care House, operated by the...
View ArticleA Sandy monument to frustration in Trenton | Di Ionno
Many still out of their homes three years after storm In the gleaming marble plaza of War Memorial Park in Trenton, where a bronze statue of Victory leans toward the Statehouse, another memorial went...
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Contests and collections, music and the macabre ... all in New Jersey
Don't miss "The Price Is Right Live!" on Oct. 30 and 31 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. "COME ON DOWN!" If those three words are magic to your ears, you won't want to miss "The...
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N.J. students disciplined for photos used in 'Isis' social media post
Last June, students took photos of high school senior Saira Ali in the cafeteria. The pictures later appeared on Snapchat with the word "Isis" on them. Photos were taken of Saira Ali in the Colonia...
View ArticleShore areas hardest hit by Sandy not interested in Christie's buyout program
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has spent more than $81 million of the money to close on nearly 400 homes. In May 2013, just six months after the state had endured one of the...
View ArticleMichelle Lodzinski sought mental counseling after day of police interviews
After about 12 hours of interviews with both the State Police and Sayreville police, providing more information for the investigation into the disappearance of her five year-old-son, Timothy Wiltsey,...
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South Brunswick cops chase suspect who was allegedly peering into windows
Craig Walker, 24, was on parole in Georgia. Craig Walker, 24, is charged with invasion of privacy. SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- Officers arrested an alleged trespasser after a 45-minute chase Wednesday that...
View ArticleGlimpse of History: Dealing with the rubberband masks in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE — Trish Hoerger, standing at far left in what she describes as a scarecrow costume, joined her friends for this Halloween photo on Karl Drive in Old Bridge in 1966. Most of the other...
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Ghoulishly good time awaits all in Rahway
Celebrate Halloween with events that range from a costume contest to a walk-through haunted house. TAKE THE ENTIRE DAY — really, the entire day — to celebrate Halloween in Rahway. On Oct. 31,...
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3 indicted in fatal shooting of New Brunswick man
Three men were named in a 23-county indictment by a Middlesex County grand jury for the murder of a city man in May 2014. Three men were indicted in New Brunswick for the murder of a city man in May...
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School 'Isis' slur prompts call for N.J. review of Muslim bullying
Last June, students took photos of high school senior Saira Ali in the cafeteria. The pictures later appeared on Snapchat with the word "Isis" on them. Saira Ali posted this photo to Facebook, saying...
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N.J. police join call to boycott Quentin Tarantino movies
The New Jersey State PBA has joined police departments in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in calling for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's films. The New Jersey State PBA has joined police...
View ArticleWoman charged with son's murder says she struggled as a single mom
Michelle Lodzinski told a Middlesex County investigator in 1991 that she knew it was a struggle to be a single mom, but she had to make the best of it when she had her son, Timothy Wiltsey. NEW...
View ArticleMore than 1,000 cops charged each year, but few found guilty
About 1,100 police officers are charged with crimes annually, according to an academic study. LINDEN -- When suspended Linden police officer Pedro Abad was charged for the wrong-way double fatal...
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Off-duty Newark cop arrested after allegedly pointing gun at civilian
An off-duty Newark police officer was arrested on assault and weapons-related charges after he allegedly pointed his service weapon at a civilian, NJ Advance Media has learned. Newark police...
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Elections in Old Bridge, Sayreville, Edison highlight Middlesex County races
Voters in every town will go to the polls. A 'vote here' sign is seen in a file photograph. METUCHEN -- Middlesex County voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to pick their school board, local,...
View ArticleTimmy Wiltsey's mom asks judge to throw out murder charge against her
The attorney for Michelle Lodzinski asked a judge Friday morning to dismiss the indictment charging her with her 5-year-old son's murder because coming 23 years after Timmy Wiltsey disappeared makes...
View ArticleEx-Rutgers football player's bail hearing postponed
A judge postponed until Nov. 18 ruling on whether to further reduce the bail for a former Rutgers University football player charged with three armed robberies. NEW BRUNSWICK -- A judge postponed...
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