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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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.
14-year-old girl dies in Garden State Parkway hit-and-run
14-year-old girl dies in Garden State Parkway hit-and-run
Facebook Marketplace sale goes wrong in NJ park
A group of teens agreed to meet the seller of a bicycle at Samuel Nelkin County Park in Wallington in late October.
Public may be holding back needed info in NJ homicide investigation
Devin Agolio-Stout, 26, of Neptune Township was shot multiple times late in the evening of October 6. 2022 while he sat in a car on Heck Avenue. Agolio-Stout, was taken to a hospital where he later died.
2 drug users die while 3 more overdose in NJ motel room
Fort Lee police were called to the Skyview Motel on Bergen Boulevard around 1:40 p.m. and found the group drifting in and out of consciousness
NJ sports broadcaster delays return to ESPN after cancer scare
The Passaic born 84-year-old has been courtside for ESPN since its inception in 1979 at the college and pro level but sidelined by cancer so far this season.
Man who threatened NJ synagogues in manifesto gets prison
Omar Alkattoul, who was 18 at the time, used his phone to send out his message on Nov. 3, 2022 titled “When Swords Collide" stating that he targeted an unnamed synagogue "for a really good reason according to myself and a lot of Muslims who have a brain."