Ever since I was a precocious 5 year old who read the Bergen Record and then published his own neighborhood newspaper I've always had an interest in the news. I learn something new on this job everyday and that's what keeps it interesting. I've been with NJ101.5 for the past 10 years on the digital team writing news and working behind the scenes on a variety of projects.
Dan Alexander
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2020 — What’s open and closed
King would have been 91 this year. To observe his birthday, some NJ volunteers will carry out days of service.
Man jumps into cheetah cage at NJ zoo for ‘closer look,’ cops say
Cheetahs can go from 0 to a top speed of 65 mph, according to the Cape May County Zoo.
Lunch shaming be gone: Church pays off Barrington district’s debt
Any surplus will be put towards future debt in the district.
South Jersey school district closed by bomb threat, cops say
A threat was received overnight from an unknown source, according to a message on the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District website.
These 12 schools will be first in NJ to teach LGBTQ curriculum
The lessons will be mandatory in New Jersey middle and high schools in the 2020-2021 school year.
Flags to fly at half-staff after NJ soldier killed in Afghanistan
Michael Goble will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, according to the governor's office.
Welcome to New Jersey’s first babies of 2020!
An unofficial survey of New Jersey hospitals revealed a boy was first born in the first minute of the new year.
Police say NJ duo stole idling car with 5-yr-old parked at Wawa
The same suspects stole an idling truck from outside a separate Wawa hours earlier, according to Burlington police.
Bedridden woman dies after pickup crashes into house in Brick
The woman was lying in a bed in her living room when the truck came through the wall, police said.
Dog flu breakout closes Monmouth shelter for weeks
The Monmouth County SPCA also stopped adoptions at its busiest time of the year.
Days before kosher market attack, shooters killed driver in struggle
Michael Rumberger's family said the descriptions of him are wrong and he did not know Jersey City shooters David Anderson and Francine Graham
2 victims of Jersey City massacre laid to rest, services for slain cop announced
Funerals for Mindy Ferencz and Moshe Deutsch took place on Wednesday night as arrangements for Officer Joseph Seals were announced.