Many people stop at Wawa for hoagies, coffee or some sort of snack. But two New Jersey Lottery players have picked up $1 million prize winners at Wawa stores approximately 100 miles apart — in North Wildwood and Freehold, Monmouth County. They were among more than 40 in New Jersey who’ve won at least $1 … Read more
Ready to hear the eerie-sounding holiday songs played on an old factory steam whistle? The York Factory Whistle Concert will be held again this year in the early morning hours of Christmas Day, according to a news release. The 25-minute concert will begin at 12:10 a.m. on Dec. 25. This year will mark whistle maestro … Read more
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a Hawaii man’s bid to throw out criminal charges for carrying a pistol while hiking, as the justices declined to review a ruling by the liberal-leaning state’s top court that denounced an expansion of gun rights by the nation’s highest judicial body. The … Read more
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court, turning away another case involving transgender issues, declined on Monday to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit against a public school district in Wisconsin over a policy to support gender identity of students that some parents challenged on religious rights and other grounds. The Supreme … Read more
Leesburg leaders on Monday are set to discuss rezoning a big portion of their downtown area. City leaders could vote to make the highlighted area below “mixed use,” which would encourage a combination of businesses and residences. The area allows for higher density than in other parts of the city. READ: 7-Eleven sells Florida stores … Read more
Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has appointed his firebrand lawyer, New Jersey’s Alina Habba, to serve as counselor to the president. Habba has defended Trump against multiple lawsuits in the past two years and rallied for him on the campaign trail and on stage at the Republican National Convention. Tromp described Habba as “unwavering … Read more
The City Council and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams filed suit against Mayor Adams early Monday over his emergency order to suspend the central elements of a law passed in December barring solitary confinement on Rikers Island and in city jails. The mayor signed the emergency executive order on July 27 which suspended elements of Local … Read more
The Rams continued a run of uneven performances by scuffling past the Saints in Week 13 and their inconsistency made it difficult to generate much confidence that they would be able to handle a hot Bills team on Sunday. That’s just what they did, however. Bills quarterback Josh Allen threw three touchdowns and ran for … Read more
Darren Rizzi was the Saints’ special teams coordinator before being named their interim head coach last month, so he had plenty of reason to smile at the end of Sunday’s game against the Giants. Saints defensive lineman Bryan Bresee blocked Graham Gano’s game-tying field goal attempt to hand the Saints a 14-11 win, but it … Read more
WORCESTER ― An outside lawyer hired by the City of Worcester, in a statement early Monday, slammed a forthcoming U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the Police Department as “unfair, inaccurate and biased.” In a statement sent to the Telegram & Gazette early Monday morning, Brian T. Kelly, a former federal prosecutor now in private … Read more