🎬 Did movie night just get an upgrade?
A new bill introduced in New Jersey would allow for-profit movie theaters to apply for liquor licenses to sell alcoholic beverages two hours before and during first-run movie showings.
The licenses would require approval from both municipalities and the state's Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Theaters that sell 10% of their alcohol from NJ craft breweries, wineries, distilleries, or cideries would pay a reduced license fee.
The bill aims to help theaters diversify revenue and support the state's craft alcohol industry.
Connor Shannon was commuting home, when an Uber Eats delivery robot allegedly cut him off, causing a collision in the bike lane. After a concussion and a broken clavicle, Shannon is gear up to sue.
A spokesperson for Avride, the company that developed these robots said this in a statement: “We can reaffirm that our fleet is programmed to operate in strict accordance with traffic laws and safety regulations. We sincerely value the safety of the community."
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🖊️ Reporting by Rebecca Heath / NJ.com
An accident in Red Bank has left a community grieving after 16‑year‑old student-athlete, Terry Haupt, was fatally struck by a train while heading home from the YMCA on Wednesday. Authorities say the teen was allegedly walking near the tracks with headphones in when the incident happened around around 6:20 a.m. near the train station.
NJ Transit said the victim had been trespassing when he was hit and his death remains under investigation. Red Bank Regional High School District Superintendent Louis Moore described the incident as accidental and said the student was a well-liked teen with many friends. “It’s a huge loss for our school, and it’s been difficult for our students and our staff,” Moore said.💔
He didn’t have much, but the money Lizandro Guizar Sartiaguin made working in New Jersey blueberry fields he sent home to his family in Mexico. He kept working after suffering a head injury that left him with lingering cognitive issues.
In February, Lizandro was spotted on surveillance video in Hammonton, the last time he was seen alive. Last month, someone found a decomposing body in the Delaware River. It was Lizandro. No one knows what happened to him.
Lizandro left behind a wife and daughter He was in this country legally with permanent residency status.
@rutgersnb held its School of Engineering convocation on Friday without its scheduled speaker, Rami Elghandour, after withdrawing its invitation to the alumnus because some students objected to his social media posts about Israel.
The ceremony at Jersey Mike's Arena featured speeches from two graduating seniors and two university administrators. Chancellor Francine Conway said Rutgers is a place "where every student, of every background and every faith, belongs without qualification."
The university stated that "no graduate should have to choose between their personal convictions and celebrating their hard-earned academic achievements at convocation." Elghandour posted his speech on YouTube and is scheduled to speak at a separate "People's Convocation" event on Tuesday.
The ceremony included 973 students from the engineering school, its largest undergraduate class to date.
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🖋️ Reporting by Liz Rosenberg
Is this feared cancer cluster a coincidence, or is a nearby hazardous former landmill to blame? So far, 182 Keyport, N.J. residents tell us they’ve been diagnosed with cancer–more than quadrupling the reported cases since we first reported on this mystery just one month ago. The Department of Environmental Protection, along with a testing company, is set to begin taking samples at the 40-acre site later this month. NJ.com continues to investigate the area of Keyport known as Aeromarine.
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Blue claw crabs are biting all along the Jersey coast and it's time to get your lines in the water! 🦀 Whether you're dropping a hand line off a pier or wading through shallow bays with a scoop net, now's the perfect time to catch dinner.
Pro tip: chicken necks are your best friend for bait, and early morning on an incoming tide is when the magic happens. Just remember—if you catch a mama crab with eggs, she goes right back in the water. Who's heading out this weekend?
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🖋️ Reporting by Advance Local Express Desk and Stephanie Loder
Since 1893, Princeton students were trusted to take in-person exams without a teacher watching them for cheating.
But that's all about to change. Faculty members approved a new proposal that requires instructors to proctor in-person student exams
One of the main reasons for the change is AI: “The ease of access of these tools on a small personal device have also changed the external appearance of misconduct during an examination, which is much harder for other students to observe (and hence to report),” Michael Gordin, the dean of the college, said.
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🖊️ Reporting by Brianna Kudisch
According to the Asbury Park Press, a Wall Township couple has been charged in an alleged $8 million theft and money laundering scheme at an Elizabeth trucking company.
Alejandro Garcia, 49, worked at R. Roman Truck Leasing Inc. for 27 years and is charged with first-degree money laundering, multiple counts of second-degree theft, credit card fraud, and conspiracy to commit theft. Sandra Garcia, 51, is charged with second-degree theft and conspiracy to commit theft.
Authorities allege Alejandro Garcia took money through unauthorized checks, cash withdrawals, and payments to other employees to support a lavish lifestyle. The trucking company first reported
Garcia had allegedly taken $2.5 million over five years, but investigators later found the total reached approximately $8 million.
The winner visited the Eisenhower Exxon in Roseland, where employees told him that only a handful of their regulars played Pick-6 and urged him to search again. He returned home and methodically checked every possible location, knowing millions of dollars hung in the balance.
After exhausting other options, he turned to his closet and began checking pants pockets one by one. Several pairs later, he found the crumpled ticket from last May.😱
They brought the verified ticket to the New Jersey Lottery office today... arriving at midday with just over a week remaining before the one-year deadline.😬💰The odds of matching all six numbers are 9,366,819 to 1. Pick-6 tickets cost $2 and drawn from a pool of 46 numbers.
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Sending a strong message to President Donald Trump: Performance artist “Suki” carved a giant “8647 = impeach” message in a field near Trump National Golf Course. The artist tells us the message is not meant to incite violence and used the word “impeach” to clarify her point.
The message is meant to be seen from the air. The President often visits his golf club at various times throughout the summer months and the artist hopes she will reach an audience from the air as they fly into the club facility.
How much 💵 should you give as a gift to a 2026 graduate? 🧑🎓 Most graduation gifts land somewhere between $25 and $3,000, depending on how close you are to the grad and what feels right with YOUR budget. We’ve got a helpful guide. What’s your range for cash gifts?
