Trenton News

TRENTON - Mayor Eric Jackson is shaking things up a bit in his Cabinet, appointing a chief of staff and a new public works director, the mayor said this afternoon.

TRENTON - New Jersey returned a record $125.1 million in unclaimed property and funds to residents during the last fiscal year.

Trenton, NJ The Christie Administration announced the selection of Stephanie Cardoso, a 5th grade teacher at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Edison, as the Middlesex County Teacher of the Year for the 2014-2015 school years.

William Rodriguez Jr, 44, of Trenton, was arrested and charged after shooting a gun near where police were involved in a chase.

A pair of accidents on the Route 1 bridge between Trenton and Pennsylvania delayed traffic in the area in this file photo.

Nostalgia is a powerful force, and there is plenty when it comes to Rossi's Bar and Grill in Hamilton.

Alfred P. Doblin is the editorial page editor of The Record. Contact him at doblin@northjersey.com.

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno led a roundtable discussion in Trenton with top manufacturing company executives, industry stakeholders and state representatives on the status of the manufacturing industry in New Jersey.

TLC , The Learning Channel, has finally begun to live up to its name again by picking up NBC's ancestry-exploring reality show Who Do You Think You Are? Christina Applegate, on behalf of her dad Robert Applegate, wants to find answers to why Bob was raised by his grandfather and not his mother and father.

The Borough Council has hired a special projects engineer to conduct a comprehensive performance evaluation of the borough water treatment plant after the plant violated a drinking water requirement during a two-month period in 2011.

"Nova Caesarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State, 1666-1888" opens in the Main Gallery of Firestone Library, Princeton University, on Saturday, Aug. 16. Commemorating the 350th anniversary of the naming of New Jersey, this exhibition introduces viewers to the maps that charted the state's development from unexplored colonial territory to ... (more)

Arts programs in Gloucester , Salem and Cumberland counties will receive more than $1.18 million in grant funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

TRENTON, N.J. A Paterson resident is about to receive a nice pay day without having to do a single minute of work.

Last stand for bail reform plan in 2014 Christie to push lawmakers at special session, but prospects for Assembly action unclear Check out this story on app.com: http://on.app.com/1rRHJon Camden, N.J. Mayor Dana Redd, left, and Trenton, N.J. Mayor Eric Jackson, right, listen on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in Trenton, N.J., as New Jersey Gov. Chris ... (more)

David Marshall of Jackson, the onetime Eastern Regional Pop Warner director, today was sentenced to 27 months in prison for helping himself to hundreds of thousands of dollars in the organization's funds.

TRENTON - Three New Jersey State Prison corrections officers, 14 inmates, and 18 other people have been charged in an alleged scheme to smuggle cell phones and drugs into the Trenton facility, authorities said today.

TRENTON -- The Trenton Police Department is seeking volunteers to join a task force focused on assisting victims of domestic violence, officials said today.

The 2014 season will be Mike Berardino's second as Twins beat writer for the Pioneer Press.

TRENTON - The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office intends to appeal an appellate court decision overturning a city man's attempted murder conviction in a 2009 stabbing.

New Jersey has a longstanding legacy of protecting the environment and preserving open space that dates back to the establishment of the Green Acres program in 1961.