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Two women were arrested for hosting more than 200 people at an illegal “makeshift bar” in New Jersey over the weekend, Newark authorities said. The state’s department of public safety said police officers responded to calls at 6 Libella Court in Newark at approximately 12 a.m. on Sunday. Hundreds of patrons were seen drinking, eating, and illegally gambling at the warehouse party, according to police.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) urged residents on Monday to refrain from ringing in the new year with individuals outside of their household, pressing New Jerseyans to reduce celebrations and strictly adhere to coronavirus protocols, including masking up and practicing social distancing. “IMPORTANT: This New Year’s Eve, we urge you to keep to a small gathering of only your immediate household,” Murphy began, stating that the new year should begin with residents “staying vigilant” regarding the Chinese coronavirus by practicing social distancing, masking up, and handwashing:

New Jersey's tyrannical Attorney General, Gurbir Grewal, is adding to his dubious list of anti-Second Amendment activism. On 15 December 2020, Smith & Wesson sued Grewal, asking for relief, for using his office to violate the First Amendment, Second Amendment, as well as the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment protections of the U.S. Constitution. Defense Distributed won a significant victory in September of 2020, with the Fifth Circuit agreeing Defense Distributed could sue AG Grewal in Texas. The case is ongoing and alleges Grewal violated Defense Distributed's First Amendment rights.The Smith & Wesson lawsuit is about a subpoena issued on...

A Mercer County family took home the big prize on “The Great Christmas Light Fight” for their oversized Christmas display.The Martel family’s Hamilton home, called “Martel’s Christmas Wonderland,” was recognized as the best Christmas lights in America with $50,000 and a trophy on the ABC show, which aired on Wednesday.The family has put together the display, which includes a walk-through exhibit of lights, figures, and a miniature Ferris wheel, annually for the past 35 years. Filmed in 2019, the episode featured last year’s elaborate set up.“We not only won the contest, we won so much more. Our display allows us...

The 53-year-old hospital analyst and political activist allegedly provided money and tactical advice to the al-Nusra Front FBI agents arrested a New Jersey woman early Wednesday on federal charges of providing material support to the al-Nusra Front, a terrorist group described as al-Qaeda in Syria. Maria Bell, 53, of Hopatcong, is charged with providing material support to the al-Nusra Front, also known as the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which operates in northwest Syria. A search of her home Wednesday morning turned up a significant cache of weapons. Bell served in the U.S. Army National Guard and on active duty in...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday blasted Montana Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney for unwittingly using him to troll his Republican opponent in the state's gubernatorial race. In a Cameo video message posted earlier Thursday to Cooney's Twitter account, Christie pleads with a person named "Greg," urging them to move back to New Jersey. Cameo is a website that allows users to pay for personalized video messages from celebrities, sports figures or musical artists. Cooney's campaign appears to have used Christie to take a swipe at his opponent in the race, Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte. The congressman moved...

MOUNT OLIVE – Over 100 vehicles joined a caravan motorcade through Mount Olive, NJ. Eyes attended the “Drive for 45” motorcade on Sunday, October 25, 2020. The group met at Turkey Brook Park at 4:00PM for speeches, prayer & song before departing on a rolling rally through the streets of Mount Olive, NJ. Gregory Lucas, a singer, delivered a moving presentation of “God Bless America.” Veteran and Flanders resident, Rafael Ruggiero, prayed for his country and his president. The Young Patriots leaded the pledge of allegiance for the crowd. Mount Olive councilman, Alex Roman, expressed his concerns for the former...

New Jersey Mayor Derek Armstead was caught opening government food boxes to the poor, removing letters from President Trump and replacing the letters with his own.The Democrat mayor wants his constituents to believe they came from his office.This is dishonest and unsanitary.But he is a Democrat.---------A letter from President Donald Trump that accompanied U.S. Department of Agriculture fresh food boxes for Linden was replaced by one from the city’s Democratic mayor, Derek Armstead.Food boxes were opened by local public works department employees.  Trump’s letter was removed and a letter from Armstead was added.“The original letter in these boxes was removed,...

The top ten most-hated states, as determined by Best Life, ranked as follows: 1 New Jersey 2 Texas 3 California 4 Oklahoma 5 Florida 6 Michigan 7 Kentucky 8 Indiana 9 Alabama 10Kansas

Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a report on Wednesday of what he said was the damage to the United States from President Trump’s “America First” foreign policy. The report comes less than two weeks before the presidential election and serves as a preview of how the ranking member of the foreign policy panel, who could potentially serve as chairman if Democrats take a majority in the Senate, is preparing to advocate in the next administration. The 80-page report is a blistering attack on Trump’s first term, but it also previews how...

Hi Everyone, I would greatly appreciate any help you could give me to help with how to vote on the NJ ballot questions. The NJ Republican website is worthless. #1 regarding marijuana legalization is a no-brainer. It's a no. #2 regarding providing a property tax reduction for peacetime veterans is a little more difficult. I am always in favor of lowering taxes, and I also believe, as did Churchill when he quoted Milton, that "they also serve who only stand and wait". So I'm leaning towards yes on this. I think that enacting property tax relief for the elderly is...

This will be an unprecedented election in New Jersey as all active registered voters are receiving mail-in ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic. You don’t have to use the mail-in ballot. You can instead vote in person from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 3 — but it won’t work like it usually does. And, importantly, your in-person vote won’t likely be counted until at least Nov. 10. “We have to wait until at least Nov. 10, which is the last day we can accept mail that’s postmarked by Election Day,” said Nicole DiRado, the administrator of the Union...

Gov. Phil Murphy has forced us into voting by mail this year, and ordered that there will be limited polling locations on election day with NO voting machines, except for voters with disabilities. Everyone else who goes to the polls on Election Day will have to vote on a paper provisional ballot, that is not counted until AFTER all the mail-in ballots are counted. We must send a message to Governor Murphy that no matter how he changes the rules to help the Democrats, we will win! How do we accomplish this task? Vote early for the Republican Team, COLUMN...

This comes to me via the NJ Board here on FR. I believe it deserves wider attention. I have been advocating voting in person because it had been my impression that votes cast on Election Day would be counted that day. Apparently this is not to be the case here in NJ. (See the link I've given about or click here.) I still believe that voting in person is best for all Trump supporters so long as they have reasonable confidence that their vote will be tallied on Election Day. But it is obviously best to find out what is...

Interesting, no voting machines for the 2020 election in Middlesex County, NJ. Doing whatever they can to force mail in ballots. Election day is going to be a disaster and rife with fraud. Ways To Vote ​Return your ballot through the United State Postal Service (must be postmarked by November 3, 2020)​ Submit your ballot in one of the Middlesex County Board of Elections’ drop boxes before 8pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (locations below) Drop it off directly to the Board of Elections’ Office in East Brunswick before 8pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Submit your completed and sealed...

Police are on the hunt for at least two gunmen who fired a barrage of shots on the Camden, New Jersey, home of two police officers and their newborn – with six of the bullets penetrating the structure in the “targeted” attack, according to reports. The couple and their 10-day-old baby escaped injury after the assailants opened fire on their Clinton Street home about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, NJ.com reported. Six of the seven bullets that struck the home made it inside – two through the front door, Camden Police Chief Joseph Wysocki said during a press conference Thursday night, the...

New Jersey's Action Park was a place of extremes: The dangerous rides and water slides, the alcohol that flowed freely even, it seems, for the underage, the young staff more interested in partying than enforcing safety rules, and an owner who balked at being insured so he made up a fictional insurance company. The injuries were so frequent at Action Park that it had its own ambulance. Six people died either at the park or after taking one of its rides. A new documentary, Class Action Park, examines the nostalgia for those in New Jersey and New York who remember...

New Jersey's Department of the Treasury announced a gas tax increase of 9.3 cents per gallon due to "lower fuel consumption trends, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic." The increase will go into effect this fall. According to the treasury department, consumption of gasoline fell by a total of 38.7 percent from March to May in the state. Diesel fuel consumption decreased by 16.5 percent. The need for gasoline and diesel fuel continues to be low as people work from home and limit extracurricular activity due to the ongoing pandemic.

A high school teacher was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting an underage victim, according to authorities. Camden Catholic High School teacher Bridget Sipera, 36, reportedly had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student from New Jersey. Sipera, of Cherry Hill, allegedly initiated the sexual relationship with the student in January 2019 when he was one of her students, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. The victim reportedly told police the relationship lasted about 18 months, which included about 60 sexual encounters at various locations. Court documents say Sipera admitted to the sexual relationship when contacted by police,...

With the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic still raging on, most states are looking at some sort of mail-in voting for the November General Election. In fact, some states won't even offer in-person voting. It will be entirely conducted by mail. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called into question just how secure main-in voting really is and the potential for fraud. In fact, a reporter in Pennsylvania conducted an mock election to see how many ballots would be returned once they were mailed from different parts of Philadelphia. The USPS lost three percent of the ballots. Back in May the Department of...