Lakewood

A Lakewood man is heading to jail for a detention hearing on charges stemming from his arrest on Thursday after being found with a large stash of drugs and cash.

The MLB team has announced the Somerset Patriots as a new minor league affiliate, which the Trenton organization said was a surprise.

More than 210 reports were made to the American Meteor Society's website from northern New England south through Massachusetts and Connecticut to New Jersey.

The suspects returned to the area of the shooting twice before their vehicle was searched and charges filed, police said.

No one event or group is being blamed but the recent Jewish high holidays may have played a park in the recent increase in cases, Health commissioner Judith Persichilli said.

Two first-grade educators have claimed that they were not quarantined after a student showed symptoms of COVID-19 — an assertion that district officials are disputing.

Police spokesman Greg Staffordsmith would not confirm a number but told us in an email that “a number of officers that are self quarantining” and said that no officers have tested positive.

People who attended the Friday funeral of police Officer Nicklas Shimonovich may have been exposed to COVID-19, according to township Municipal Manager Patrick Donnelly.

As the 2020-21 school year gets underway at public and private schools across New Jersey, there are a handful of districts with lingering uncertainties.

The 23-year-old off-duty officer, Nicklas Shimonovich, joined his parents 2 years ago in working for the Lakewood Police Department.