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New Jersey schools will ban phones — here’s how the public feels
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (501+ words) As a parent, a broadcaster, and someone who can't ever seem to leave my phone alone " even when I'm trying to enjoy dinner with family " this law makes a whole lot of sense to me. Let me be honest: I…...
Viral video alarms North Jersey after woman describes eerie moment at Target
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (391+ words) HACKENSACK " A TikTok creator is warning other women in Bergen County to stay aware of their surroundings after what she calls a close call. The creator, leahtarsia_, posted the video on Nov. 19.As of Thursday afternoon, the video has 400,000 views and…...
New Jersey Considers 'bell-to-bell' Cellphone Ban For Classrooms
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (233+ words) As Gov. Phil Murphy's final weeks in office approach, a long-discussed bell-to-bell school cellphone ban is suddenly on the fast track in the New Jersey Legislature. Coughlin said approving the policy is one of his goals before the legislative session…...
Holiday scam panic as PSE&G warns NJ customers of imposters striking statewide
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (462+ words) The largest utility company in New Jersey is warning its customers about common holiday scams and offering tips on how to protect themselves. During the busy holiday season, scammers often impersonate trusted companies, including utilities, using high-pressure tactics to trick…...
USPS: Adopt Santa letters now to brighten a child’s holiday in NJ
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (335+ words) Operation Santa is now open for letter adoption for the 2025 holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service has announced. From now until Dec. 13, individuals, families, and workplaces in New Jersey can visit here'to adopt letters to Santa and help make a family's…...
From Tinder to “love on AOL”: The wild places NJ couples really meet now
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (356+ words) Last week we had a really fun discussion about dating apps. There's something that I regret not having around when I was single so long ago. And when dating apps first came to be, it seemed strange to meet somebody…...
Secret Service takes down telecom threat near the U.N. during General Assembly
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (486+ words) While close to 150 world leaders prepared to descend on Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service was quietly dismantling a massive hidden telecom network across the New York area " a system investigators say could have crippled cell towers, jammed…...
How safe is the Garden State when it comes to online dating?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (302+ words) Plenty of Fish, eHarmony, Match, Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid, Zoosk" The list of dating apps feels endless to the point where I get intimidated at the thought of them. There's catfishing, with fake pics and profiles. There are romance scams. Sex…...
Too good to be true; New jersey warns about new text scam promising refunds
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (318+ words) There is a new "smishing" text scam purported to be coming from a state agency. Following reports of fake texts falsely claiming to be from the MVC and E-ZPass, the latest scam text claims to be from the New Jersey…...
Hate-filled emails sent to hundreds of NJ condo residents traced to Montclair man, cops say
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (277+ words) A young man from Montclair has been accused of hacking email communications at a luxury condo complex in Bergen County, targeting residents who are Jewish or Black with biased, hateful and threatening messages. Nicholas M. Scarano has been charged with second-degree…...