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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Bomb threat puts Rutgers University on shelter-in-place mode
Rutgers police gave the all clear about the threat to the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus around 5:40 a.m.
NJ high school softball coach fired after just one game
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School athletics director Ryan Miller told MyCentralJersey.com Rich Vaccaro is no longer with the team but could not discuss the specifics of what led to his dismissal.
Dolphin found floating in river off Sea Bright, NJ
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said a male bottlenose dolphin was found floating in the Navesink River off Osbourne Place in Sea Bright.
UPDATE: Morris County schools shelter-in-place ends
Saint Elizabeth College and Fairleigh Dickinson University both went into shelter in place mode according to the respective schools.
Wall Street Journal reporter from Princeton, NJ detained by Russia on spy charges
Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information, the Federal Security Service said Thursday.
Armed invaders tie up 73-year-old woman in kitchen of her NJ home
Two men entered Ramona Cartagena's home as she worked on a craft project in her kitchen.
NJ water companies monitor 8,000-gallon chemical spill in Pennsylvania
New Jersey American Water and Trenton Water Works said testing of its water from the Delaware River following a chemical spill from a Bucks County chemical facility shows no impact to quality.
Burned, brutalized remains ID’d as NJ woman: Have you seen her daughter?
The beaten, stangled and burned remains of a woman that was only known as "the girl with the scorpion tattoo" was found on the east shore of Staten Island in 1991.
Mistaken curling iron led to Monmouth University shelter-in-place
University police received reports of an armed individual on the school’s main campus in West Long Branch around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday night.
15-year-old among victims of drive-by shooting in Trenton, NJ
Multiple shell casings were found after shots were fired from a passing vehicle in front of Rosalía Food Market on North Stockton Street in Trenton.
Bagels caused positive drug test and hospitals caused a nightmare, NJ moms say
Two new New Jersey mothers have filed lawsuits against two separate hospitals about their respective positive drug tests just before they delivered their babies and blame poppy seeds on their bagels for the results.
Lonely woman illegally enrolled at New Jersey school to relive better days
Hyejeong Shin, 29, a citizen of South Korea, attended classes for four days at New Brunswick High School in January interacting with other students and attending classes.