Ever since he was a precocious 5 year old who read the Bergen Record and then published his own neighborhood newspaper, Dan Alexander has always had an interest in the news. Alexander says he learns something new on this job everyday and that's what keeps it interesting. Alexander has been with New Jersey 101.5 for the past 10 years on the digital team writing news and working behind the scenes on a variety of projects.
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94-year-old man hits barrier at Parkway’s Barnegat toll plaza
State Police said Mario Medici of Howell rode up onto the barrier in one of the E-Z Pass lanes at the southbound Barnegat toll plaza.
We need answers: NJ Republican councilwoman killed execution-style outside home
Flags flew at half-staff with purple and black bunting placed above the door Friday at Sayreville Borough Hall in honor of slain councilwoman Eunice Dwomfour as the investigation into her death continued.
Sayreville, NJ councilwoman shot dead in front of home
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said a woman was found around 7:20 p.m. after police received a 911 call about shots being fired on Samuel Circle in Sayreville.
Oops! NJ Route 3 closed after dump truck drags down utility lines
PSE&G said the dump truck's bed was in the up position as it passed under the lines near the New Jersey Turnpike eastern spur around 6:30 a.m.
2 killed in crashes on Route 9 in Freehold Township, Lacey, NJ
A motorcyclist heading north on Route 9 in Lacey Township was stuck by a woman heading south around 6 p.m. while a man walking along the road in Freehold was also struck.
Dozens of rabbits rescued from backyard in Toms River, NJ
Toms River humane law enforcement officers responded to a call about a house on Harrison Road in Toms River and 22 rabbits in a shed.
School bus crashes into side of NJ house, driver charged with DUI
The full size school bus driven by Anthony R. Stuckey, 37, of Newark had just dropped off students at the West Caldwell Tech High School around 8:40 a.m.
Homeless man lights himself on fire at NJ Transit bus terminal
Homeless man lights himself on fire at NJ Transit bus terminal
Linden, NJ teen feud ends in father getting shot
The boys agreed to meet after school around 3:30 p.m. on Seymour Avenue. When the boy and his 36-year-old father showed up the other teen, a 15-year-old, fired several rounds hitting the father twice.
NJ college football player charged in brutal double rape at house party
Daunte White, 20, of Wharton, a redshirt freshman linebacker for the Saint Francis University Red Flash, was charged Tuesday in the assault that happened in February 2022.
Victim dies after nearly two dozen shots fired on downtown Newark, NJ street
The shots were fired near Homer Liquors in the 1000 block Broad Street in Newark's Ironbound section around 7:30 p.m., according to acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II.
NJ man claims to have bomb: Florida airport searched, cops say
John Magee of Carney's Point was in line slamming his bag on the ground and said he had a bomb in his bag, a passenger told a flight attendent.