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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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.
Two kids hit by car crossing Atlantic City, NJ street
Atlantic City police said the 10 and 14 year old were crossing Maryland Avenue at Magellan Avenue in Atlantic City around 8:14 a.m.
Thieves flattened tire and followed car leaving NJ jewelry store, cops say
When the driver stopped at a pharmacy on Route 27 police believe two men put a deflation device in one of the tires and were there to "help" when the tire went flat.
NJ Turnpike truck fire creates massive delays Thursday morning
A tractor trailer hit a concrete barrier in the northbound outer lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike between Exits 9 and 10 and became engulfed in flames.
Man, 60, killed in one of two crashes on Route 31 in Ewing, NJ
A pick-up truck overturned at the entrance to TCNJ in one crash and a n elderly man was killed in the second crash an hour later.