Trenton News

New Jersey taxpayers are paying up to $340 an hour to pay for lawyers for five current or former staffers of Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge scandal investigation.

A New Jersey mother of three teenagers was charged on Wednesday with attempted murder and endangering the welfare of children after allegedly driving her minivan into the Delaware River with them inside, authorities said.

NEWARK - New Jersey State Troopers will begin patrolling Newark today as part of a state initiative that helped stem record-breaking violence in Trenton last year, officials said.

The Citizens Campaign is hosting a conference on Saturday, April 26 to engage community leaders and mayoral candidates in a conversation on the issues and solutions that will foster youth leadership and success in the City of Trenton.

TRENTON - Two Trenton men are charged with the Jan. 4 homicide of 22-year-old Chevin Burgess, a city resident who died from a gunshot wound to the head and was found inside a car by firefighters immediately after they extinguished a car blaze on the 100 block of Hart Avenue, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

Ed Forchion, better known to NJ residents as NJ Weedman is hosting a rally on Sunday 4/20 According to an article with Jeff Edlelstein of the Trentonian , Weedman, with Jawara McIntosh will be hosting a 4/20 event at noon with a march and a rally to support New Jersey Senator Nicholas Scutari's marijuana legalization bill.

In response to the State of New Jersey's intentions to demolish the historic buildings at the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, including the Kirkbride Building, the organization, Preserve Greystone will hold a strategy talk and preview a documentary about the site on Thursday, April 17, at the Morristown and Morris Township Library.

Members of the NJ Schools Development Authority, including CEO Charles McKenna, center, at a public meeting in February in Trenton.

TRENTON - City Council will consider an ordinance during its meeting tomorrow that would allow the Trenton Water Works and sewer utility to hire employees who do not live in Trenton.

Recently, Andrea Zolas, grade 1, of Ms. Johnsonis homeroom, Daisy Ramirez, grade 3, of Ms.

TRENTON - The Trenton Central High School inspirational gospel choir is looking to raise $25,000 to attend a choir competition in California next month.

A Hackettstown man was airlifted for precautionary reasons after an accident that shut down an Interstate 80 ramp for more than an hour Monday night in Hope Township .

Thirty three students from various Monmouth County high schools represented The Community YMCA at the 76th Annual Youth and Government Conference, April 4-6, at the historic State House in Trenton.

Trenton Mayor George Muschal and Fire Director Qareeb Bashir announce free smoke detectors that will be given and installed to any Trenton resident, Trenton, NJ, April 9, 2014.

TRENTON - Job seekers interested in working at the new Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville are invited to attend information sessions daily in Trenton.

The Rev. Darrell L. Armstrong, Pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Trenton, NJ has been chosen to receive the National Foster Care Alumni Recognition Award from Casey Family Programs.

TRENTON - New Jersey tax revenue came in 7 percent below Gov. Chris Christie's expectations in March, according to the state treasurer.

Believe it or not, it reached 80 degrees at Newark Liberty International Airport Monday, 78 degrees in Trenton and 77 degrees in Wrightstown.

Jesse Herrera was riding his bicycle through Trenton one day, and was saddened as he surveyed what had happened to his hometown.

Gov. Chris Christie had some harsh words for Assembly Speaker Vinnie Prieto early this week.