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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3 burglaries under investigation on NJ university campus
Two buildings and two vehicles on Rutgers' Livingston campus were broken or vandalized Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Rutgers police.
Rutgers won’t stop controversial pro-Palestine campus event
Rep. Josh Gottheimer objected to two of three speakers scheduled to speak at an event late Thursday afternoon on the New Brunswick campus titled “Race, Liberation, and Palestine."
Dolphin stranded on NJ beach marks sad milestone for 2023
Clean Ocean Action said the dolphin was found between beaches A and B in Sandy Hook Monday morning around 9:30 a.m.
Run, Run, Rudolph! Deer goes wild inside school in Toms River, NJ
Neighbors called 911 after they heard glass breaking and deer entering the Cedar Grove Elementary School in Toms River during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Careful where you leave your car in NJ: Thieves strike parking lots
Parsippany police said there were 20 attempted or successful burglaries at vehicles at the Sheraton, four at the Hyatt House, and another four at the Holiday Inn and Suites.
Prominent figure in NJ community faces child sex crime charges
William Gleason is currently head of the South Toms River Recreation Commission and a former member of the borough council.
School bus aide rejects plea deal after girl, 6, is strangled in seat
Michael Policastro, the attorney for Amanda Davila, 27, told CBS New York that others are to blame in the incident on July 17 on board a school bus that killed 6-year-old Fajr Williams.
Explosive thrown at NJ police vehicle shatters windshield
The state Attorney General's Office said the device was thrown at the vehicle on Presidential Boulevard while it on the way to a call.
NJ mayor charged with using town hall to run corrupt business
Attorney General Matt Platkin accused Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso of running his company, Bonaccorso & Son LLC, out of his office.
Another toll increase for NJ commuters in 2024
The agency's proposed $9.3 billion 2024 budget includes toll and AirTrain fare increases, called automatic inflation-based adjustments, that were previously approved by Port Authority Commissioners in 2008, 2011 and 2019.
NJ man hid drugs in child’s toys and in his own body, cops say
The discovery was made at a house on Prospect Street in Philipsburg along with materials used in the packaging, marketing and distribution of drugs,
Driver leaves a path of destruction and terror in South Jersey
The news site NJ Pen reported a Dodge Charger drove on the sidewalk along East Kings Highway in Haddonfield around 6 p.m. and caused damage to the front of a restaurant before driving off.