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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SUV blows through NJ crosswalk, strikes boy crossing — WATCH
The boy is half way across when the driver of a gray Ford Explorer doesn't stop and hits the boy knocking him to the ground.
NJ woman gets jail for house of animal horrors
Temperatures were over 100 degrees in July 2020 when volunteers and staff from the Monmouth County SPCA in full PPE gear worked for six hours to remove the dogs living in a small apartment inside the house in the Belford section of Middletown.
Whale gets stranded at state marina in Middletown, NJ
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said the carcass of a 20-foot Minke whale was found Wednesday wedged upside down at the state marina along Sandy Hook Bay in the Leonardo section of Middletown.
100-mph BMW caused deaths, injuries in horrific crash, NJ officials say
The driver of a BMW early Monday morning on Paterson Plank Road was driving at over 100 mph just before hitting a sedan head-on, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.
Edison, NJ school bus carrying students crashes through corner of house
Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan said the brakes went out on the bus carrying 30 students to the John Adams Middle School around 8:15 a.m.
Manslaughter charge after NJ man, 70, was shoved off bicycle
Robert May, 70, was found laying next to his bike in the area of Central Avenue and Sumner Avenue bleeding from the head on Sept. 18 and died 13 days later.
NJ mayor has plan to keep lifeguards past Labor Day
Seaside Heights Mayor Tony Vaz is suggesting that other shore towns follow his borough's example of having lifeguards on duty until the end of September.
New charges against NJ couple who had dead animals in home
Police say Rebecca Halbach falsely portrayed herself as a rescue worker working to get animals adopted.
Another New Jersey native confirmed dead in Israel
The parents of another missing New Jerseyan, Laor Abramov, 20, wrote on their respective Facebook pages Thursday morning their son has died.
Galloway, NJ woman indicted with 22 counts of animal cruelty
Galloway police found a sickening scene in May with 21 cats and a dog living in a house filled with cat urine, feces, garbage, and mold.
Why does New Jersey — especially its Republicans — hate Chris Christie?
The calls and comments after Chris Christie's appearance on Monday voiced disappointment in Spadea for having Christie on for a conversation that seemingly ended several years of animosity between the two.
Teen, young men from New Jersey missing, dead in Israel after terror ambush
Several New Jerseyans are missing in Israel and Gaza City as their families anxiously await word on their fate.