No one was hurt, and there was nothing hazardous in the truck, state police said.

A dump truck overturned Thursday afternoon in the center grass median of Interstate 78 in Warren County, backing up westbound traffic.

It was reported shortly before 4:30 p.m. on I-78 West just east of Exit 3 (Routes 173/22) in Greenwich Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

There were no injuries, and the truck was not carrying anything hazardous, said New Jersey State Police at Perryville.

Wires down on dump truck tie up Warren County roads

The westbound left shoulder remained closed as of about 7 p.m. as efforts continued to right the truck and tow it away, according to state police and the NJDOT.

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The Music in the Park series in Phillipsburg featured Crazy Hearts. Watch video

Phillipsburg's Music In The Park series brought a country feel to town Thursday night with Crazy Hearts performing in Shappell Park.

Music in the Park in Phillipsburg takes place Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., with most of the show's happening at Shappell Park, including: 

• July 6^th Craig Thatcher + Free Fitness Class  
• July 13^th Hector Rosado (Latin Salsa Band) + Free Fitness Class     
• July 20^th Don Cunningham + Farmer's Market          
• July 27^th Ryan O. Moore + Free Fitness Class
• August 17^th Philadelphia Funk Authority + Farmers Market

Two shows are set along the Delaware River in the town's Riverside parking lot: Inch and the Echos performs on Aug. 3 and James Supra and Sara Ayers will be there Aug. 24. 

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See the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams as well as honorable mention list. Watch video

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The bridge commission will install new signs over the collection lanes.

After the holiday traffic subsides, work on the Route 22 toll plaza will begin.

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced that the work on the bridge between Phillipsburg and Easton will begin Wednesday, July 5, and last about two weeks.

Commuters should expect delays, the commission cautioned.

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The project will replace the old signs over the five collection lanes and replace them with LED readouts. During the work, the plaza will be down to at least one lane on weekdays and weeknights.

Restrictions are subject to change due to weather, emergencies or traffic considerations, the commission said.

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New Jersey requires a budget to be signed by June 30 every year. That did not happen. There are lots of reasons why.

TRENTON -- While you were sleeping, Gov. Chris Christie and the New Jersey Legislature late Friday night failed to reach an agreement on a new state budget as they fought over a wholly unrelated piece of legislation that would affect the state's largest health insurance company.

Without a budget in place just after the strike of midnight, the governor signed an order to shut down most functions of state government.

Now you're probably wondering: How in the world did this happen?

Here are the reasons:

THERE'S NO BUDGET, AND NO MONEY

New Jersey requires a budget to be signed by June 30 every year.

State budgets usually include wheeling and dealing between the governor, Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and state Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Gloucester) on spending and other priorities. This time, they couldn't agree. And without a budget in place, the state doesn't have money to operate and the governor can shut everything down.

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HERE'S WHAT THEY COULDN'T AGREE ON

Christie told state lawmakers he would keep intact the Democrats' proposed budget containing an extra $350 million for schools, legal aid for the poor, and other programs if they supported two of his priorities. The first would be legislation to use lottery proceeds to reduce the pension obligations to public workers. That went down easy.

The real fight erupted over Christie's demand that the state dictate how much money not-for-profit Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is allowed to keep in a reserve fund before it must turn it over to a fund for public health causes.

Sweeney wanted to give Christie what he wanted to protect the budget. Prieto called Christie's tactics extortion and defended Horizon's right to operate as-is.

IT'S ABOUT POLITICS IN A STATE WHERE GOVERNORS ARE KING

New Jersey gives its governor more power and freedom any other state. One of Christie's rights is his freedom to line-item-veto anything in the budget, which is a powerful tool to push for things he wants. 

For years, he's written-out hundreds of millions of dollars in Democratic wish lists. This year -- Christie's last as governor -- was going to be different, ending in a compromise. 

HOW ONE GUY CAN GUM UP THE WORKS

The Assembly speaker has power, too. Prieto controls which bills the 80-member Assembly will act on. The bill giving the state more control over Horizon passed the Senate Thursday. The Assembly version was introduced the same day, and Prieto has said he has no intention of allowing a vote on it. With neither side budging, midnight passed without a budget.

OTHER FORCES BEHIND THE FIGHT 

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) hinted that south Jersey Democratic party boss and insurance company partner George Norcross may have had a hand in driving the Horizon issue. Norcross is both a Sweeney confidante and a Christie ally. Norcross holds a small ownership in Horizon competitor AmeriHealth, which is losing money.

"Chris Christie and George Norcross are the only ones who could turn Horizon into a paragon of virtue," Weinberg quipped.

Sweeney denied that Norcross has asked him to push the Horizon bill, and is "too smart to invest the political capital" in an issue neither candidate for governor this year gives a hoot about.

HOW THE ISSUES THEY'RE DEBATING ACTUALLY AFFECT YOU

Horizon said losing millions of dollars in reserves will hamper its ability to meet policyholder claims in the event of a catastrophic event. In the long term, the company predicts this forced charitable mission will drive up premiums.

Sweeney and Prieto say if Christie takes an axe to the budget, the biggest losers are the students who would benefit from the expansion of preschool, more equitable funding for poorly-funded and fast-growing school districts and grants to help low-income students afford college. 

Christie says the pension/lottery measure will help public workers, though some have doubted it will do all that he says it will. 

HOW LONG IT CAN LAST

Christie has called a special session for Saturday to get things moving. There was only one other state government shutdown, in 2006, and that dragged on for eight days.

WHAT YOU NEED TODAY

What's open & closed during the shutdown

The complete list of parks & beaches to avoid

Where to find some fireworks (other than Trenton, of course) 

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However, things are supposed to be dry and comfortable for Independence Day.

Saturday may end on a stormy note, but skies should clear up over the rest of the weekend for Independence Day fireworks.

The National Weather Service early Saturday afternoon issued a severe thunderstorm watch that covers eastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey -- including Lehigh, Northampton and Warren counties -- until 9 p.m.

An earlier prediction put the greatest risk between 3 and 10 p.m. and west of I-95. The anticipated primary threat is locally damaging winds.

"If you are one of the many people enjoying the outdoor holiday weekend festivities today, please keep a watchful eye on the sky as any storms that develop today could produce dangerous cloud to ground lightning," the weather service said in a Facebook post.

Looking forward, AccuWeather says to expect some spotty storms moving across the Northeast on Sunday into Monday.

After that, humidity will be greatly reduced and conditions should be comfortable for Tuesday's parades, fireworks and other activities.

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The town is promoting transit to other supermarkets, and seeking another grocer for the location.

When Ahart's Market closes Aug. 1, residents used to walking to Phillipsburg's only full-sized supermarket will be left to find other options.

Public transportation will offer trips out of town for groceries, at least until officials can work out a a long-term solution.

Ahart's, on Route 22, is closing for financial reasons after a long dispute with the property owner that had the store operating at a loss for more than three years, Phillipsburg Mayor Stephen Ellis said in a news release. The building will likely be demolished, he said.

"This leaves residents who are elderly, disabled, and low-income without easy access to a range of nutrient-rich foods," Ellis said in the release. "Without an accessible supermarket, there is an increased risk of dependency on convenience stores and processed foods to meet nutritional needs, which can negatively affect the health and well-being of children and adults."

Comparable supermarkets are three to seven miles away, but Phillipsburg suggested the following public transportation for those who lack their own conveyance.

NJ TRANSIT

• Buses run from two locations in town to Easton and the Pohatcong mall, bringing riders closer to stores.
• Exact times and fares can be found on NJ Transit's website.

WARREN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION

• Food-shopping runs are among the demand services offered by the county. In the Phillipsburg area, they are scheduled the first and third Thursday each month.
• Shuttles also run on daily schedules. More information on demand and scheduled runs is available on the county's website.

The release said the "very generous owner of a major local grocery store" considered funding buses to bring Phillipsburg residents to his store, an option the town will revisit. In the meantime, efforts will continue to find a new grocer interested in the property.

Also notable, another major grocery store may soon be coming to the area. James Kern III, mayor of neighboring Pohatcong Township, said plans for an Aldi in the township are waiting on state approval.

Meanwhile in Pohatcong: @AldiUSA received approval this week from County. Just waiting on the State. Can we get this moving @KimGuadagnoNJ? https://t.co/nNU2myidma

-- James Kern III (@JamesRKernIII) June 29, 2017

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Gov. Chris Christie and his family plans to spend the weekend at the governor's beach house at Island Beach State Park, which closed because of the state shutdown.

TRENTON -- They won't be kicking one family out of a state park because of the state government shutdown.

That would be Gov. Chris Christie, his wife and kids. 

The governor said he and his family plan to spend the long Independence Day holiday weekend at the governor's summer house at Island Beach State Park.

The beach house is one of the perks of being the state's chief executive. While he doesn't live there, Christie also has use of Drumthwacket, the official gubernatorial mansion in Princeton. 

When a reporter asked Saturday if he thought it fair that his family would be free to enjoy a state park that would be closed to the public as a result of the shutdown, Christie stressed that the beach house is separate from the park and that his family does not ask for any state services. 

So why did Christie close state government?

"I don't know if it's fair, but ... my family doesn't ask for any services while we are there," Christie said. 

When asked about it again on Saturday, Christie said: "Run for governor, and you can have a residence there."

Earlier this week, Christie said on his monthly call in show that he and his whole family would be at the beach house, as well as friends of his son Andrew. 

Christie, however, wasn't enjoying the beach on Saturday as he was in Trenton dealing with the state shutdown. 

NJ Advance Media staff writer Matt Arco contributed to this report.

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At least you can still buy lottery tickets.

You probably know by now that state parks are closed in New Jersey

NJ Advance Media took to the air on Sunday to show Gov. Chris Christie and his family on a beach that he shut to the public in a budget dispute.

But while most of the attention is on the governor who didn't get any sun but certainly, despite his hat, took in in some rays, what is the enduring impact of the state shutdown as the work week begins?

Christies soak up sun on beach he closed

Tens of thousands of state workers are on furlough, and don't bother heading to the Motor Vehicle Commission, nj.com reports.

You can still buy lottery tickets, but you'll have to pay tolls.

Check out the full list.

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Police said they approached Jody Buchman and learned he had an outstanding warrant.

A Monroe County man who was a suspect in a 2010 burglary spree was arrested on a warrant after being found idling in his car "at length" in a Lopatcong Township neighborhood, township police said.

Police at 1:40 p.m. Monday approached Jody William Buchman, Sr., 57, of Saylorsburg, as he was sitting in a burgundy 1997 Nissan Maxima at Dane and South Fourth streets.

An officer asked him what he was doing. Buchman "provided conflicting stories as to why he was in the area," police say in a news release.

They ran a check on Buchman's name and discovered he had an outstanding $500 warrant out of Knowlton Township for driving with a suspended license, the release states.

He was arrested and his vehicle was impounded. Police say they released him pending a court date on the outstanding warrant. They say they also issued him a summons on an additional charge of driving with a suspended license stemming from Monday's incident.

A Lopatcong Township police sergeant declined to speculate why Buchman was in the area, but confirmed he is the same man who was a suspect in the 2010 burglary spree.

Pennsylvania State Police in December 2010 arrested and charged Buchman and six others in connection with 23 burglaries targeting mostly unoccupied homes in the Saylorsburg area. Police at the time said the culprits stole copper pipping, wiring, construction equipment and other items of value from the homes.

Court records say Buchman was initially charged with criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen property and a weapons offense. He ultimately pleaded guilty to the weapons offense and was sentenced to 24 to 60 months in prison. 

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A potential parole violation has become a political feud dividing the town.

"When you cut through all the politics," said the sex offender at the center of the controversy, "there's nothing to talk about."

Others have begged to differ.

For years, allegations have swirled that a sex offender was coaching with a Phillipsburg youth sports league. Emotions have run high, with legitimate concerns and campaign rhetoric becoming muddled in shouting matches at town council meetings.

Authorities recently cleared the Steele Hill Youth Sports Association of any wrongdoing, but those who called for the investigation in the first place are appealing to higher-ranking officials.

When you cut through all the politics and investigations, there is something to talk about and it's very simple: A man convicted of sexual assault on a teenager, a man whose parole didn't allow him to have contact with minors, was keeping score for a youth sports league.

KEEPING SCORE

Burton James Miller's name won't show up on any public registry of sex offenders.

The 54-year-old is regarded as a Tier I offender, the lowest of the three tiers and the least at risk to reoffend. It's a status generally known only to law enforcement.

He was among a group of men convicted in 1995 of assaulting a teenage girl at the Flemington Fair earlier that year and was sentenced to seven years in prison on a charge of second-degree sexual assault, according to the New Jersey State Parole Board and NJ Advance Media archives. He was also sentenced to community supervision for life -- he violated that in 2009 and was sentenced the following year to 45 days in the county jail, according to the parole board.

Earlier this month, Miller, a Phillipsburg resident, told lehighvalleylive.com that he never applied to be a coach, as accusers have said.

However, he did say he used to help out as a scorekeeper a few years ago while his son played with Steele Hill (neither he nor his son are involved with the organization now). He said he was told this was OK. Indeed, the parole board can grant permission for a sex offender to serve in a youth organization.

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But that did not happen here. As a condition of his release, Miller "is to refrain from initiating, establishing or maintaining contact with any minor," parole board Chairman James T. Plousis said in an email.

"Therefore," Plousis continued, "Burton Miller's assigned parole officer would not have given him permission to coach at a youth athletic program. The record does not reflect that Burton Miller was given authorization to participate as a scorekeeper."

When asked about that condition in a follow-up interview, Miller deferred comment to his parole officer. Plousis could not say if the board is investigating a possible violation.

"Any alleged violation of a condition of parole is investigated and addressed as required," he said. "The State Parole Board cannot comment on a specific investigation taking place."

THE INVESTIGATION

While it's possible Miller violated his parole, the Warren County Prosecutor's Office in May announced it had found no wrongdoing on the part of Steele Hill.

Allegations that he was coaching a youth sports team went to Phillipsburg police in the fall of 2015, according to police Chief Robert Stettner.

He said his predecessor, James Faulborn, handled the complaint and sent it to the prosecutor's office. Prosecutor Richard Burke said his office received the same request from the state attorney general's office.

In a brief letter to the town dated May 25, 2017, the prosecutor said his office had concluded its investigation. It had probed the "numerous individuals" to see if any member of Steele Hill "knowingly hired, engaged, or appointed (the sex offender) to serve in the organization" from 2014 to 2015.

"There is insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges against any member of the organization at this time," the letter concluded.

Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke (Sue Beyer | lehighvalleylive.com file photo) 

Burke told lehighvalleylive.com that the investigation was focused specifically on the organization's awareness. There was "no evidence that any member of the association authorized or condoned ... or allowed him to coach," he said.

Speaking generally, the prosecutor said it is possible that a youth organization could end up in a similar situation if it did not follow internal protocols, but that is not necessarily criminal.

A statement from Steele Hill said that the governing board "completely cooperated" with the prosecutor's investigation. The group said Miller never applied to be a coach as accusers allege, and as such would not have been subject to a background check.

"He was a parent of one of the participating (children)," the Steele Hill statement said. "Neither the recreation department nor the organization currently conducts background checks on the parents of the children participating. Obviously, if a parent was a parolee, only that person would be aware of the strictures of his parole."

It does not appear that the scorekeeper position was one where the town required checks.

'WE DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS'

Phillipsburg is no stranger to this sort of controversy. The town's police athletic league was disbanded in 2014 over myriad issues, including allowing volunteers to skirt town rules and coach without background checks.

Robert Fulper -- a frequent but so far unsuccessful candidate for town council -- has been one of the main voices questioning Steele Hill (where he used to volunteer), the town and the investigation. He said he doesn't want the same fate to befall Steele Hill, but dogged the group's current leadership.

"The same people who knowingly allowed this to happen were allowed to walk away unscathed," he said. "By not acting in an appropriate manner and by allowing them to remain on the board, we are not only affording them the opportunity to let it happen again ... we are encouraging it. When will we wake up?"

Phillipsburg Mayor Stephen Ellis (Erin Gallagher | lehighvalleylive.com file photo) 

But officials say steps have been taken to prevent it from happening again.

When he took office in January 2016, Mayor Stephen Ellis said the Steele Hill situation was one of the first items waiting for him. The town yielded to the prosecutor on the investigation, but local leaders looked at the ordinances governing the youth sports group.

"We did all the right things," he said.

Conflicting languages in some ordinances were addressed, and a new requirement that all youth sports volunteers wear ID badges was implemented.

"Since it was such a sensational accusation, the fact that people have IDs gave parents a sense of ... security, that the person (wearing it) was background-checked," the mayor said.

Steele Hill also touted the ID rule in its statement, saying compliance is "continuously ... reviewed with spot checks by both the town and the organization."

MORE TO COME?

Robert Fulper (Courtesy photo)

Fulper, who filed the initial complaint not long after losing a race for a town council seat, is not ready to let the investigation go.

"Can't we agree that this is wrong?" Fulper said during a council meeting last month, in which he and Ellis shouted at each other as other officials raised their hands in appeals to calm both sides down.

Fulper held a tablet that supposedly showed video of the convicted sex offender coaching a kids' baseball game; he said the prosecutor's office didn't have that video or other forms of evidence he claimed to possess, "but they will."

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Prosecutor Burke said his office had received information from Fulper that was considered in the investigation. The video was not among that evidence, though Burke said his office would take a look. Anyone with more information related to the investigation can contact Detective Josh Beers at 908-475-6216.

"To say that we have not been in touch with him in terms of receiving information is not accurate," the prosecutor said.

On June 14, Fulper sent an email to state representatives (and a lehighvalleylive.com reporter) asking for a state-level investigation.

"There are entirely way too many conflicts of interest within that department," he wrote, referring to the prosecutor's office and asking for a state-level investigation.

Assemblyman Erik Peterson's office responded to all the email's recipients, saying that ethics laws prevent legislators from getting involved in matters that could end up in court. He referred Fulper back to the county prosecutor.

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Through it all, Miller, the convicted sex offender, has been caught in the middle. A potential parole violation has become a political feud dividing the town, one built on assumptions and politics.

He's ready for it to end.

"It's already been investigated," he said in mid-June. "It's already been reported. I've never been a coach. End of story."

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A group accuses the mayor of "incompetence." He says it's election-year politics.

An organized effort to remove the mayor of Phillipsburg from office is underway.

A group of residents has formed a committee to recall Stephen Ellis in a special election, citing "incompetence" and "gross misuse of office" among their reasons.

Ellis has called the effort a political stunt in an election year where three town council seats are up for grabs.

Town Clerk Victoria Kleiner last week approved a notice of intention from the three-person recall committee, kicking off a tightly regulated series of procedures and deadlines that will include 160 days for petitioners to collect signatures, potentially followed by a special election.

Read New Jersey's recall election law

The committee of Blaine Fehley, Constance Fuoco and Cecelia Guthmille included the following statement on their notice:

"We feel that Stephen Ellis has neglected his sworn duties, exhibited gross misuse of office, and has shown incompetence in the performance of his duties of mayor and has had an adverse effect upon the town and residents of Phillipsburg."

Ellis, who can have an official response appear on the petition, on Wednesday issued a statement on the recall effort:

"The recall process is a statutory right provided to citizens by our great state. I will just let the process proceed in its legal course. In the meantime, I have much work to do to make my beloved Phillipsburg a better place for my fellow citizens.

"It is abundantly clear that this is a political move in an election year. If you don't wish to be a part of the solution then you are part of the problem. I will not allow distractions such as this prevent our Town from moving forward in a positive direction. Over the last 18 months many good things have happened and there are many more to come.  Onward Phillipsburg!"    

Ellis was elected in 2015 with two fellow Democrats to town council, upsetting Republican incumbent Harry Wyant in his bid for a fifth term.

Fehley and the mayor have been at loggerheads before. Fehley recently accused Ellis of assault over a confrontation before a town meeting in which the mayor yelled at him over crudely manipulated photos of himself and other town officials.

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The recall process is intricate and involved. To go to a townwide special election, the recall committee in 160 days must collect signatures from the equivalent of 25 percent of town voters registered in the November election -- in this case 2,054 people, Kleiner said.

The clock will begin counting when prior procedural steps are completed. After the petition is done, the clerk's office must review them to make sure there are enough valid signatures.

The potential cost of a special election is still being tabulated, the clerk said.

A group in neighboring Lopatcong Township launched a recall effort against the mayor there in late 2015, but failed to acquire enough signatures to proceed.

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Mother and daughter team up on the Two Rivers Roller Derby team, and found a common love for the sport that they can share together. Watch video

At night they go by "Steam Punk" and "Jail Bird." By day, they use their real names: Alayne Torretta  and Jeanette Torretta. 

The Torrettas - mom Alayne and daughter Jeanette - are teammates on the Two Rivers Roller Derby team. 

Two Rivers is an apprentice team in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). They practice and play games at the Bethlehem Municipal Ice Rink. 

What is roller derby? Alayne describes it as "playing speed chess while somebody is throwing bricks at you, and they're are on fire." It's a contact sport played by two teams, each made up of five roller-skaters. They race against each other in a counter-clockwise direction in two 30-minute bouts. Each team's "jammer" scores points by lapping members on the other team. 

Alayne, 52, of Lopatcong Township, the oldest Two Rivers player, has competed in roller derby since 2011. She started with the Skylands Roller Girls before they folded. "I like the physical demands of this sport," Alayne said, who has broken her fingers, an arm, and her coccyx bone playing roller derby.

Jeanette, 21, is the youngest on the team and has played roller derby since she was 16. 

"Being on the track is exhilarating," Janette said. "Your heart is racing when you see everyone cheering you on."

The pair say sharing the sport helps bridge their very different lives. Alayne works as the 4-H agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Warren County and as a beekeeper at Long View Farms in Lopatcong. Jeanette is a full-time student at Rutgers University. She is studying Animal Science, but is switching to Communications this fall. 

Jeanette loves being on the same team with her mother. "She pushes me to go to practice and helps keep me motivated," Jeanette said. 

Even when they are not playing, they are always talking about roller derby. "We are always talking about players, the drills, and we kind of gossip with each other a lot," Alayne said.

It might be strange for moms and daughters to share the same friends, but for Alayne and Jeanette it's their connection with their teammates, that means everything to them. "They are not just players, they are friends," Alayne said.  "Everyone is really amazing, they will do anything for you," Jeanette said. 

Alayne hopes to continue playing roller derby into her 60s, unless a serious injury sidelines her.

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See who made the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams and honorable mention.

The 16-week program helps youth ages 16-25 obtain a high school equivalency.

New Jersey Youth Corps of Phillipsburg is accepting applications for its next 16-week class cycle.

New Jersey Youth Corps, a voluntary 16-week program designed for young adults ages 16-25 that did not complete high school, is accepting applications for its latest class cycle.

A major goal of New Jersey Youth Corps is to improve the academic skills of young adults in order to help them obtain a HSE (High School Equivalency). Corps-members also gain employability skills while participating in service projects that benefit the community.

Corps members plant tree seedling with the New Jersey Audubon Society. (Courtesy photo) 

These include landscaping, assisting in food banks and community-wide cleanups.

Constant support is available to Corps-members through personal and career counseling designed to remove barriers to academic and employment success, as well as build self-esteem. 

Support services are also available post-program for up to 120 days.

Applicants must be 16-25 years old, residents of New Jersey and not currently enrolled in school. Applications and additional program information is available at www.njycphillipsburg.com or by visiting the facility in Walters Park of Phillipsburg.

A birth certificate and social security card must be presented in order to complete your application.

While enrolled in New Jersey Youth Corps, participants receive a weekly stipend.  Enrollment is open for one month after the start of the class, which began July 5.

For more information, call 877-270-7266 or email info@njycphillipsburg.com.

Richard T. Crumpler was in custody and faces felony and related charges, authorities said. Watch video

Easton police say they have a warrant for the arrest of an 18-year-old homeless man from Phillipsburg in Wednesday's early morning break-in at Bank Street Creamery.

Richard Tyrone Crumpler as of Thursday was locked up at the Warren County jail, according to police and online records.

Patrolman Vince Bruneo announced the charges in a news release Thursday afternoon.

Crumpler allegedly broke a window pane between about 6 and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at the popular ice cream shop at 15 S. Bank St.

The burglar took cash from the register and left, after reaching back in through the broken window to lock the deadbolt he'd opened, surveillance footage from the incident that the shop shared with lehighvalleylive.com showed.

No one was reported injured, and Bank Street Creamery was open for business as usual Wednesday. Easton Glass repaired the damage.

Crumpler faces felony counts of burglary and criminal trespass, in addition to theft and criminal mischief, in the incident.

Crumpler had been a fugitive wanted in Warren County when he turned himself in to Easton police in May at Wawa on Larry Holmes Drive. He was wanted on charges of theft and trespassing. The circumstances of his release from custody were not immediately available Thursday.

An arraignment was not immediately scheduled on the burglary and related charges for Crumpler.

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Brooks Minnick, owner and operator of Bank Street Creamery, said he believed the break-in was the first such crime at the business since it opened in 1998, the year Crumpler was born. Crumpler turns 19 later this month.

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Spencer Aydelotte, Emily Baker, Kendra Bayne, David Botros, Andrew Burke, Andrew Contiliano, Robert Coury, Thomas Coury, Alyssa Darden, Veronica Erdman, Delaney Fiore, Abigail Fontana, Abraham Frey, Meghan Fuchs, Marissa Gabriel, Michael Gomez, Kush Gulati, Mark Luke Gural, Madison Hendrix, Grace Hezel, Julia Iorio, Reanna King, Curran Marron, Megan McCormick, Tanner Moore, Kyle Parker, Olivia Powers, Brittany Rego, Benjamin Ries, Dominick Russo, Dale Schofield, Zachary Troxell, Emily Weiss and Emily Yodis.

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Courtney Abruzzo, Janan Abushaban, Oluwakemi Adedoyin, Amr Ahmed Fouad, Anthony Alejandro Lopez, John Aller, Mahmoud Alminawi, William Anderson, Keegan Andreychak, Patrycia Antoniak, Nathaniel Areizaga, Nicholas Austin, Kayla Avitabile, Kyle Back, Lawrence Badway, Michael Bai, Emily Bailey, Sage Banfield, Tyler Bantel, Morgan Barna, Matthew Barry, Kylie Baxter, Gillian Bayne, Bella Beviss, Blake Bodajlo, Audrey Boice, Brianna Bolorin, Julia Bond, Rebecca Borges, Garrett Boures, Danika Brandt, Jessica Brotzman, Krista Brown, Lauren Brown, Ceiarra Bulger, Jada Bullock, Sarah Buonocore, Leah Calabro, Heather Campion, William Capron, Julianna Carapezzi, Tyler Carapezzi, Nicholas Carrion, Brandon Cenci, Angela Chan, Jia Chen, Michael Cherosnick, Omar Chishti, Christian Chiulli, Hannah Chiulli, Dylan Cline, Kevin Conroy, Hillary Constanza Barrientos, Abigail Cook, Tah'Janay Cooley, Vincent Cooper, Cole Corbett, Madison Cramer, Woodrow Crosby-Piszczek, Delmy Cruz, Amanda Curtis, Michael D'Alessandro, Olivia Darmstadt, Letticia da Silva, Hannah Davis, Alyssa De Borja, Alec DeGerolamo, John Thomas DeGerolamo, Kendall Delesky, Arnav Dhammi, Eliza Dingler, Jason Divinagracia, Abigail Donnelley, Lauren Dragun, Michelle Dragun, Dylan Dushok, Abigail Eck, Nicole Eck, Julia Eckard, Cierra Eckhardt, Christopher Egner, Payton Elling, Gina Elsayed, Abbigale Evans.
Also: Kate Falkowski, Elizabeth Farley, Jordan Fasano, Brooklyn Fellner, Giana Firetto, Erin Fisher, David Foster, Hallie France Alyssa Frankenfield, Jodi Frazer, Caleb Frey, Kirsten Fritts, Jessica Fuller, Jaxxon Fulper, Theresa Furnari, Christian Garabo, Erin Glassmacher, Samantha Goodell, Devin Green, Dynajah Greene, Ashley Griesmeyer, Brendan Grube, Grace Grundt, Santiago Guevera, Catherine Gural, Emma Haberl, Megan Haberl, Kaleigh Hacker, Krisan Hall, Liam Halloran, Warren-Russell Hammon, Ashley Handwerk, Alexander Hanisak, Kanwal Haq, Declan Harkness, Kaitlyn Harth, Jenna Hartzler, Lauren Hartzler, Kamal Harvey-Woodard, William Haussman, Casey Hawk, Corey Hawk, Kirstin Heagy, Samantha Heckman, Katelyn Heinrichs, Kaitlyn Heintz, Brendan Herbert, Quincy Herdlein, Rachel Herrman, Paige Hezel, Ashley Hoey, Kerry Hoey, Andrew Horun, Omar Hossein, Amanda Housel, Jenna Howell, Tyler Hudak, Cassandra Ihekwaba, Sofia Inchausti, Jonathan Isaacs, Maria Jaramillo Brito, Marykate Juliano, Patrick Juliano, Bria Ketchledge, Paul-John Kleinatland, Peter Kobasa, Alexandra Koluch, Ashley Korbeil, Joseph Kowalczyk, Christopher Kromar.
Also: Tamara Laguna, Kaylee Laubach, Ian Leaser, Matthew Lebron, Meghan LeMar, Sarah LeMar, Masie Leifer, Zachary Leong, Faith Lettire, Julia Litrenta, Brian Lizarazburu, Argylle Wil Lubang, Carly Malavarca, Eli Mallory, Christopher Mann, Jared Marcuccilli, Robert Martin, Sophia Martinez, Daniel Mattie, Armani Mayers, Daniel McAuliffe, Marlee McCormick, Logan McDonald, Ashley Melick, Kevin Melillo, Ramiro Mendez, Brian Meyer, Olivia Migliaccio, Julie Miller, Ryan Miller, Sara Miller, Brianna Milstrey, Cole Mitchell, Madison Mitchell, Laura Mora Orenday, Grace Moser, Marco Moser, Samantha Moser, Michelle Moss, Kyle Mullen, Jonathan Murdoch, Nathanael Musera, Caleb Myott, Jessica Nagar, Allison Nicinski, Ryan Nollstadt, Robert Orth, Christina Pace, Trisha Pakkala, Skylar Patricia, Dylan Pearson, Ronny Penalo, Alexis Perminter, Lily Petrillo, Priscilla Philip, Scott Piotrowsky, Erin Pisciotto, Gaston Pombo Alcaire, Jacqueline Powers, Benjamin Price, Ebaad Qureshi, Jenna Rapsis, Emily Rego, Keely Rehman, Douglas Reitemeyer, Nicolette Remian, Estrella Reyes, Colin Reynolds, Dayna Rieger, Chase Rivera, Devery Robb, Jazmin Rodriguez, Amanda Roles, Crystal Roskilly, Alexandria Ross, Bryce Rutt, John Sabo, Haley Sabol, Angela Saccaro, Christian Salazar-Robles, Eddie Sanchez, Luis Sanchez Morales, Saul Sandoval Medina, Ana Santiago, Adam Scalzo, Henry Scalzo, Ian Schneider, Daniela Schultz, Alexandra Schwartz, Matthew Seavers, Richard Seifert, Michael Shaffer, Evan Sharkey, Patrick Sharpe, Ashley Sheehan, Kayla Skirbst, Ashley Smith, Hunter Smith, Morgan Smith, Taylor Smyly, Kyle Sofhauser, Joely Solovei, Natalie Soto, Kristen Southwick, Abigail Stadelmann, Adam Stala, Destynee Stallings, McKeeley Stansberry, Phelan Stansberry, Alexander Stasiulaitis, Eric Stazzone, Sela Stazzone, Breanne Stulack, Kristian Suite, Austin Sumner, Julianna Sweeney, Shandor Szanati, Ethan Szekers, Julia Tarantino, Athena Taveras, Peyton Taylor, Sarah Tepper-Fazzari, Owen Thomas, Alexa Thompson, Daniel Thompson, William Thompson, Kyle Tietjen, Charles Tighe, Henry Tighe, Kyler Van Horn, Stefano Varela Seri, Elizabeth Vargas, Kaitlyn Viscione, Jeffrey Vitale, Greta Walen, Khyree Wallace, Karl Wambold, Ashley Warner, Wade Warner, Ashley Weightman, Teresa Wershonski, Brian Whalen, Jacob Whitehead, Jacob Wicks, Nathaniel Wiles, Stephen Willey, Jaclyn Wootton, Ashley Wrede, Ashley Youpa, Maggie-Jo Zeeman, Tyler Zeh and Conner Zeigman.

HIGH HONOR 6th Grade Daniella Carrion, Amiaha Gonzalez, Angelica Hacker, Amiracle Harris, Justin Hoadley, Brooke Hunter , Jonathan Landon, Tyra Mairura, Holly Markus, Landon Melcher, Arame N'Diaye, Aiden O'Shea, Erika Reyes Garcia, Mandy Rivera, Lovepreet Singh, Lillian Stadtmueller, Regan Thompson, Caitlyn Wierzbicki 7th Grade Emma Allen, Ethan Callahan, Kallyse Douglas, Alexandra Goble, Alexia Gonzalez, Lauren Guions , Arly Hernandez, Aleah...

HIGH HONOR

6th Grade
Daniella Carrion, Amiaha Gonzalez, Angelica Hacker, Amiracle Harris, Justin Hoadley, Brooke Hunter , Jonathan Landon, Tyra Mairura, Holly Markus, Landon Melcher, Arame N'Diaye, Aiden O'Shea, Erika Reyes Garcia, Mandy Rivera, Lovepreet Singh, Lillian Stadtmueller, Regan Thompson, Caitlyn Wierzbicki

7th Grade
Emma Allen, Ethan Callahan, Kallyse Douglas, Alexandra Goble, Alexia Gonzalez, Lauren Guions , Arly Hernandez, Aleah Kita, Cory Longacre, Nicholas Melillo, Danielle Mestell Jacob Miller, Isabella Neto, Amanda Parr, Lauren Rautenberg, Matthew Smith
Emma Vangeli, Anthony Weaver

8th Grade
Angie Alejandro-Ortega, Alazia Boulding, Tyler Brey, Destiny Carrion, Diana Hoffman, Jasmine Jimenez, Hailey Kozak, Iyanna Matthews, John Olson, Isaura Reyes Garcia, Pedro Reyes Munoz, Jessica Simins, Gurpreet Singh, Faith Smith, Imani Smith, Sarah Sylverne, Mikayla Zander

HONOR

6th Grade
Hannah Adams, Xacier Arrington-Mitchell, Matthew Benowitz, Eden Bodajlo, Justin Burger, Gretta DeGerolamo, Peter Godshalk, Jonas Gruver, Joseph Haley, Glenneca Hall, Kiely Higgins, Shahd Hossein, Bohdan James-Frutchey, Pamela Kryzymalski, Koralys Lopez DeJesus, Kaylee Moulton, Dylan Myers, Anthony Pariso, Kayley Pearson, Keyla Ponce Reyes, Xiomara Raffaele, Betzy Reyes, Gabriel Reyes, Rachel Stefancin, William Sussko, Esmeralda Torres Hernandez, Jake Vega, Iyjanae Walker, Jordan White

7th Grade
Timothy Backman, Ra-Zyiah Brown-Smith,Ryan Ferguson, Dylan Flynn, Jonathan Fortuna, Stephanie Grube, Jacob Gumulak, Andrew Hoch , Katye Lopez-Ramirez, Sarah Price, Eddi Purnell, Daniel Rosado, Jake Simins, Sara Smith, Allison Vacha, Nicholas Vega, Ethan Victorella

8th Grade
James Alvarez , Ariana Arreola Servin, Lauren Au, Nicholas Chambergo, Brianna Coll, Joseph Fisher, Leonor Fontanez, Hillary Garcia Santos, Megan Garren, Kaylie Hanisak, Benjamin Heymach, Linda Hidalgo, Madeline Horvath, Teresa Magana-Phillips, Ivan Reedy, Kylie Sagun, Marcasa Santana, Tracy Snover, Leslie Uriostegui, Stephanie Van Dine, Jennifer Virella