Trenton News

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.

New donations from Times readers, including a gift of $350 from Hamilton Jewelers of Princeton, have helped bring the total raised for the 2014 Times-Kiwanis Camp Fund to $16,084 to date.

Councilman Robert Bresenhan, Jr. and Rolando B. Ceniza were married Saturday, June 28, in a garden wedding ceremony officiated by Mayor Samson Steinman.

In an extremely rare move, Gov. Chris Christie is using his power to call the legislature back to Trenton for a special session Thursday, to pass legislation to keep dangerous criminals off the streets.

Kahan pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court today to two counts of making false statements in a loan application and to transacting in criminal proceeds resulting from said application.

Hoagie Haven, the sandwich shop on Nassau Street, is open until 2 a.m. PRINCETON - Residents want less noise and fewer rowdy patrons trampling across their properties.

It's no secret that many people spend thousands of dollars trying to keep their pets healthy and alive.

TRENTON -- A car that was double-parked on a Trenton street Friday night led to the arrest of a city man and a Hamilton juvenile on gun charges following a brief car chase, police said today.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce The Big Apple , a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano.

Passengers crowd the waiting area for a Frontier Airlines departing flight at Trenton-Mercer Airport on Monday, February 25, 2013.

Acting Trenton Police Director Ernest Parrey speaks Monday night at a Community Police Advisory Council meeting for the South Ward at Riverside Nursing Home on Jersey Street.

A deadline early next week is pushing Democrats in the Legislature to find consensus on measures that would transform New Jersey's bail system aimed at improving public safety and treating the poor more fairly.

Interview with newly-sworn Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson on his first full day in office.

Dante Picott was sentenced last week after he pleaded guilty in January to a 10-count indictment that included charges of kidnapping, robbery and multiple aggravated sexual assault offenses, admitting that at 1:30 a.m. on May 2, 2012, he choked and punched a woman into unconsciousness before dragging her behind a row of bushes to conceal her from ... (more)

TRENTON - In an effort to reach the estimated 40,000 women who could be receiving free food as part of the state's WIC program, which provides nutrition to pregnant women, children and their families, state health commissioner Mary O'Dowd announced a new advertising campaign while touring a WIC clinic in Trenton this morning.

At the kickoff a week-long series of events to celebrate WIC's 40th Anniversary and promote WIC benefits such as vouchers for fresh produce at farmers' markets, and nutrition and breastfeeding classes, Maritza Raimundi-Petroski, right, WIC Director of Family Support Services, speaks with Kelly Mannherz, WIC Program administrator, Mary E. Oa Dowd, ... (more)