Boys swimming top times as of Mar. 8, 2017
See who has the best times after the District 11 championships. Here are the top times in the area for boys swimming individual events and the top scores for diving this season. These are only from...
View ArticleGirls swimming top times as of Mar. 8, 2017
See who has the best times after the District 11 championships. Here are the top times in the area for girls swimming individual events and the top scores for diving this season. These are only from...
View ArticleCould this N.J. school become history with a district merger?
Greenwich Township could handle all of Bloomsbury's students if the districts regionalized, a study says. There is no guarantee anything will happen to the Bloomsbury School. But if the district were...
View ArticleLocal GOP endorses Guadagno: 'Warren County is Kim country'
Chris Christie's second-in-command seeks the state's highest office. Warren County is "Kim country," according to local Republicans. The party recently endorsed New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno in her...
View ArticleAfter 2 terms, Phillipsburg Council president won't run again
Todd Tersigni says he has no regrets about his time in town government. Todd Tersigni says he has no regrets. When his second term concludes at 2017's end, so will his time in town government. The...
View Article2 charged in armed robbery at Wind Gap Verizon store
The robbery charges are the first filed by police following a spree of cellphone store holdups dating to October. Watch video A Wilson Borough man was charged Friday in last month's armed robbery of a...
View ArticleWhat's in a name: A New Jersey town's weird Irish connection
Hackettstown in Warren County has a sister city in Hacketstown, Ireland. Hackettstown is expected to draw several thousand people on Sunday to Main Street for its annual St. Patrick's Day parade....
View ArticleStar-studded Lions Classic wrestling set for Tuesday
17 state medalists from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including state champions Mikey Labriola and Travis Stefanik, will be on hand. There will be no shortage of star power at the 37th Annual Easton...
View ArticleP'burg woman sentenced in theft of $120K from 87-year-old
Frances M. Wise, 59, of Phillipsburg, faced the prospect of up to 30 years behind bars. A 59-year-old woman who faced up to 30 years behind bars was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing...
View ArticleSnowstorm brings sporadic power outages to Lehigh Valley
More serious blackouts affecting some 35,000 were reported farther east and south. Power companies said they were ready for the worst of the snowstorm Tuesday morning. PPL, based in Allentown,...
View ArticlePhillipsburg mom gives birth after car gets stuck in massive snowstorm
Tuesday's winter storm nearly delayed the birth of a Phillipsburg woman's planned delivery. Ashlee Modica didn't want her son's birthday to be any other day. Brett Monk and Ashlee Modica on Tuesday,...
View ArticleVehicle crashes into toll area in Phillipsburg
The driver is knocked out in the crash, an official said. A woman was hurt just after 4 p.m. Tuesday when she crashed a vehicle into an attenuator that separates two toll lanes just east of the...
View ArticleOwen Thomas excels in pool and beyond at Phillipsburg
The junior swimmer won two state medals. Phillipsburg junior Owen Thomas won two state swimming medals at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on March 5 at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology....
View ArticleWhen (and where) will the Easter Bunny hop into town?
Area shopping venues (and children) get ready for a visit from the Easter Bunny. There may be a foot of snow on the ground in many Lehigh Valley places but that won't stop the Easter Bunny from...
View ArticleJoe Piscopo decides he won't run as a Republican in N.J. governor's race
Political insiders are divided as to whether the joke will be on Dems, Republicans -- or naysayers. TRENTON -- "Saturday Night Live" alum Joe Piscopo has decided he will not run for governor as a...
View ArticlePhillipsburg man charged with sexually assaulting child
The alleged assaults happened in Flemington, and the victim was less than 13 years old. A 50-year-old Warren County man is accused of sexually assaulting a child in Hunterdon County. Steven Newman,...
View ArticleKnife-carrying thief nabbed in N.J. car burglary, cops say
The alleged thief was found with cuts on his arms and face. A 35-year-old was nabbed by officers moments after stealing from a car in Lopatcong Township, police said. Charged is Alexander Becker, of...
View ArticleI-78 truck stop proves key in fight against N.J.'s opioid crisis
The weigh station just east of the Pennsylvania border in Greenwich Township a first line of defense, police say. One of the first lines of defense against New Jersey's opioid drug epidemic is a...
View ArticleMan indicted in assault on emergency service workers, prosecutor says
Kevin P. Flanagan, 49, of Phillipsburg, has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated assault after he fought with two people in the emergency room of Hunterdon Medical Center in...
View Article2 face drug charges after Route 22 stop in Philllipsburg
Police searched the vehicle and charged an Easton man and an Allentown woman. An Easton man and an Allentown woman face drug charges after a traffic stop Monday night in Phillipsburg, police said....
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