Route 22 East traffic stoppages scheduled, toll bridge commission announces
The stoppages Friday night into Saturday at the Easton-Phillipsburg bridge are needed to allow crews to remove temporary barriers, remove pavement markings and apply new lane striping. Intermittent...
View ArticleNew guidelines meant to push doctors into telling obese patients to lose weight
Doctors should calculate your body mass index, a weight-to-height ratio. And if you need to lose weight, they should come up with a plan and send you for counseling. Next time you go for a checkup,...
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Warren, Hunterdon county sheriffs on Watchdog's list of 'double-dippers'
A report from New Jersey Watchdog reveals that 17 of the state's 21 sheriffs earn a salary and a pension. Express-Times graphic Warren and Hunterdon counties’ sheriffs are among nine sheriffs who...
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'He's coming back inside': Rockne Newell triple-homicide hearing features...
The 59-year-old is charged with killing three people and trying to kill two others. The charges were sent today to Monroe County Court after a preliminary hearing. Charges against a man accused of...
View ArticleNorton Oil Co. prepay customer wants her money back but says she isn't hopeful
The Liberty Township retiree says he paid more than $2,700 for 800 gallons of heating oil. Willa Reilly prepaid Norton Oil Co. on Sept. 9 for 800 gallons of heating oil. She locked in at $3.399 and...
View ArticleCooper's Oil Co., Liberty Discount Fuel hearing from former Norton's oil...
Cooper's plans to honor service contracts if Norton's customers can produce documents and sign up for automatic delivery. Cooper's Oil Co. in Phillipsburg has heard from "at least 200" former Norton...
View Article$338 million N.J. Powerball winner allegedly skipped out on rent - PM news links
Also, a passenger reportedly fell from a plane in the Atlantic Ocean. $338M Powerball winner being sued by ex-girlfriend after he dumped her also 'broke promise to pay rent for his entire street'...
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Ross Township shooting witnesses, audio recording present harrowing account...
"You killed innocent people," a man can be heard on an audio recording telling Rockne Newell after he allegedly opened fire on a municipal meeting. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Fifteen minutes...
View ArticleFBI looking for serial robber active in Montgomery and Bucks counties
The man is considered armed and dangerous, according to the FBI. The FBI is looking for information leading to the identification of an armed serial robber, active in Montgomery and Bucks counties,...
View ArticleNew Jersey moves closer to allowing children of illegal immigrants to pay...
In New Jersey, an estimated 10,000 or more state college students could benefit. Giancarlo Tello has suspended his studies at Rutgers University in hopes that New Jersey will join more than a dozen...
View ArticleNewspaper apologizes for dissing Gettysburg Address in 1863 - A.M. news links
Also, an arrested Jersey City pharmacist had a cache of weapons and ammo; Lockheed Martin shutting Newtown Township, Pa. facility impacting 800 jobs; Retraction for our 1863 editorial calling...
View ArticleFederal court refuses to dismiss Pennsylvania gay marriage lawsuit
The judge tells attorneys to be ready to discuss a trial date during a Nov. 22 conference. A federal court challenge to Pennsylvania's 17-year-old law banning the recognition of same-sex marriages...
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Two defendants in $7 million Lehigh Valley meth ring case plead guilty, face...
While other co-defendants who pleaded guilty to lesser charges received probation, Lyle Dietz and Dean Desanis face prison time when they are sentenced. View full sizeLyle Foster Dietz, of the 6100...
View ArticleMan charged with driving car down Philadelphia Art Museum steps made famous...
Police say the 20--year-old told them the brakes on the car failed and he couldn’t stop it. Philadelphia police have charged a 20-year-old man with reckless endangerment for allegedly driving his car...
View ArticleThousands help boy who battled leukemia fulfill wish to be Batman
The boy, who is now in remission, was able to fulfill his wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the city. Dressed in a black Batman costume, his fists clenched as he took on foe after foe around...
View Article'Revenge porn' victims push for laws to make posting images illegal
The practice is legal in every state but California and New Jersey. Annmarie Chiarini’s long-distance boyfriend was goading her to pose nude. The pictures would be for his eyes only, Chiarini recalls...
View ArticleHave you seen these people? Fugitives of the week - Nov. 16, 2013
Authorities in Northampton, Warren and Hunterdon counties seek these suspects. Northampton County authorities seek Jill Derohn Warren County authorities seek Andrew P. Puleo Hunterdon County...
View ArticlePenn State student dies after fall from balcony
The fall occurred at 3:43 a.m. at the Penn Towers building on Beaver Avenue. A Penn State University student is dead after he fell from the ninth-floor balcony of an off-campus apartment...
View ArticleBucks County student journalists getting heat over banning of 'Redskins'
Editors of a student newspaper are getting heat from school officials after banning the word "Redskins" -- their mascot at Neshaminy, a high school named for the creek where the Lenape Indians once...
View ArticleVeterans Day celebrated with events around region
See photo galleries from events around the area. Schools and municipalities throughout the region honored veterans this weekend, and Express-Times photographers were there to take pictures of the...
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