Millville's Mike Trout adds to growing list of accomplishments

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Simple math, that’s what baseball is. It’s a game of numbers and more commonly balls and strikes. On Tuesday night a Vineland native took that game of numbers to the limit completing the most elite of offensive accolades ‑ hitting for the cycle

Monmouth football quarterback Q&A

BY JEREMY SCHILLING

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

It was the spring of 2011 and Monmouth head coach Kevin Callahan said it so often you would have thought he was about to enter the 2012 presidential race with a stump speech already prepared: fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals – that’s what spring practice is all about.

But for this spring, the spring of 2013, Hawks spring practice took on a different f...

Mario Batali, Super Chef, Talks About Years at Rutgers

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

What does a red-haired ponytail, television super chef and Spanish Theater of the Golden Age all have in common. Absolutely nothing – but when it comes to creating super delicious, creative meals, in the life of world renowned chef, Mario Batali it reminds him of his college years at Rutgers University.

While spending his undergraduate years in New Brunswick, ...

Edison cop may have been target of firebomb

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Police are here to protect and serve our communities in times of need, but what happens when the tables are turned and the police need our help. That was exactly the case early Monday morning when a 24-year veteran of  the Edison Police Department and his family were fire bombed in their home.

According to a report by The Star-Ledger , veteran police captain...

Jon Bon Jovi Speaks About Richie Sambora

BY PAM LOBLEY

WWW.NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

NOW THAT'S FUNNY

Jon Bon Jovi is on tour in Europe right now – without Richie Sambora.  Many fans may wonder if Richie has left the band – or if there is bad blood between the two rockers.  Has Sambora become a Stranger in this Town?

In an interview with the  Daily Mirror in London, Bon Jovi addressed Sambora’s absence; all but admitting that Sambor...

Plainfield Dogs Shot During Attack (VIDEO)

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A 55-year old Plainfield woman was attacked and injured by two dogs on a city street on Saturday.

Police officers who responded to the scene shot and killed the two dogs.

When the officers arrived one of the dogs was biting the woman on or near the head,  according to mycentraljersey.com. Plainfield Police Captain Ed Santiago said the dogs’ owner and a Good Samarit...

Tick Tock Diner Manager Makes Bail

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Georgios Spyropoulos, manager of the Tick Tock Diner in Clifton, was released from Passaic County Jail on Tuesday after posting bail of $600,000.

Spyropoulos had been arrested six weeks ago on charges of plotting to kill his uncle, Alexandros Sgourdos, co-owner of the diner.

Pre-teen exposure to positivity should be taught at an early age

BY JOSEPH MARTINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Exposure to 'uplifting material' should come before 'pent-up self-rage, anger and emotions get out of control.'

From my experience as a retired New York City/State peace officer of 32 years I started to write many motivational quotations as a public service in the hope of reaching and inspiring young people to help overcome a lack of self confidence, low self-e...

Christie's Budget To Fall A Billion Short: What Will He Call The Treasury Director Now?

BY MICHAEL HAYNE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

SPECIAL COMMENTARY

One could make the argument that the lap-band surgery that Christie got a few months ago has made has boosted his ego even further and given him a delusions of grandeur, perhaps making him the Fat Actress of Jersey politics. He might be  appearing in tax-payer funded commercials to boost his Jersey comeback broken r...

NJ Weather: Poss. showers and storms today, great holiday weekend

BY STEVE DIMARTINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Showers and thunderstorms will be a lingering threat of the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area today as disturbances interact with a warm and humid tropical air mass over the northern Mid Atlantic.

One such disturbance will continue to dive through Connecticut this morning and through Long Island with periods of heavy rain, wind gusts up to 40 mp...