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Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill face off Sunday night at Rider University in Lawrenceville in the first general-election debate of New Jersey’s governor’s race.Ed Murray| For NJ Advance Media Yes, the first debate between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey’s getting-more-bitter-by-the-day governor’s race was tense. Combative even. There were sharp disagreements over President Donald …

New Jersey governor candidates Mikie Sherrill (D) and Jack Ciattarelli (R) tangled over political violence during their first gubernatorial debate Sunday evening at Rider University. Following the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a reporter Sunday asked the candidates whether they would you support legislation to label political violence as a hate crime. Sherrill got first crack at …

The cause of a long crack along Smith Street in Woodbridge Township two weeks ago is no longer a mystery. Middlesex County engineers determined that the crack was caused by nearby construction of a logistics center along the Raritan River, officials said in a statement. “Middlesex County engineers in conjunction with Woodbridge Township have determined that the crack on Smith …

Former Jets center Nick Mangold blasted Madison officials on social media Saturday night after the borough kept its American flag at full staff despite President Donald Trump’s order to lower flags to half-staff for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In a post on X, Mangold, who lives in Madison, posted a picture of a flagpole in Madison and linked Gov. …

The woman shot dead in Jackson on Saturday was the sister of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball star Naz Reid, multiple news outlets reported. Authorities have said they found Toraya Reid, 28, of Jackson shot dead Saturday, and have arrested and charged Shaquille Gree, 29, also of Jackson, with her murder. Police responding to an 11 a.m. phone call found Reid outside …

Is the internet villain known as “Phillies Karen” employed by your friendly neighborhood New Jersey school district? No! Absolutely not! So please, please, please, please, stop saying it! That’s essentially the message from Hammonton Public Schools, which somehow found itself sucked into the latest viral video turned online sleuthing frenzy on Saturday. “The woman identified on social media as ‘Phillies …

A Bergen County resident with measles could have exposed others when visiting a local medical building, an emergency room and a hospital, the state Health Department announced on Wednesday. Anyone who visited the following locations during the dates and times could have been exposed to measles and should monitor for symptoms that could appear as late as Sept. 20, health …

Ed Galkin is about to add another adventure to his astonishing flight resume. Galkin has flown around the world four times, most recently in 2022, in the same single-engine plane the retired dentist purchased in 1977. Now he’s getting ready for a 37-day, 8,800-mile journey that is starting and finishing in New Jersey. It will be highlighted by two crossings …

A skunk that interacted with two dogs in Camden County last week was confirmed by the state testing laboratory to have rabies, county officials said. A Gibbsboro resident alerted authorities about a skunk in their backyard on Aug. 19 interacting with their two dogs, officials said. The local Animal Control Officer captured the skunk, and the state Public Health & …

If you’re up late Tuesday night, you’ll have a chance to see three rockets streaking across the sky if you’re in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania or several other eastern states. NASA plans to launch three sounding rockets within a 5-minute span from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia late Tuesday. The launch was originally scheduled for last week but …