Ever since he was a precocious 5 year old who read the Bergen Record and then published his own neighborhood newspaper, Dan Alexander has always had an interest in the news. Alexander says he learns something new on this job everyday and that's what keeps it interesting. Alexander has been with New Jersey 101.5 for the past 10 years on the digital team writing news and working behind the scenes on a variety of projects.
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An already struggling mall in NJ remains closed after major fire
The Voorhees Town Center initially announced Friday afternoon's fire would keep the rest of the shopping center closed Saturday and Sunday because it spread into the mall’s ceiling space.
Bensalem, Pa. police make 14 retail arrests in a week
The thefts range between $20 worth of merchandise stolen from a Wawa to $1,830 at Target.
After parents blast NJ district, cops charge teacher with ‘offensive touching’
Marlboro Police Capt. Stephen Levy said in a statement on Friday that the incident involved a teacher touching a student over her clothing in a hallway on March 13.
Ivyland, Pa. motorcyclist dies after crashing into boulder
The 58-year-old Ivyland man veered off Deer Run Road in District Township around 3:50 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Ex-Neshaminy bus driver charged with child porn possession
After being tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Middletown Township police executed a search warrant and seized Robert Derr's devices.
Shooting threat puts Central Bucks East on lockdown
Buckingham police said the call in a distorted voice was received by the school nurse's office around 1:30 p.m. demanding a cash ransom to stop a shooting.
NJ Transit scolds impatient riders who jumped from train
NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said the impatient commuters created a “significant danger” because of the high voltage overhead wire involved.
Bones at Wall, NJ excavation came from ‘multiple individuals’
"A portion of skeletal remains" were found on Narrumson Road in Wall Township where a foundation was being dug on March 12, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago.
Done in by DNA – ‘Peeping Tom’ principal found guilty of rape
In 2022 Danny McEaddy was charged with burglary and invasion of privacy in connection with several incidents of peering into windows in the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township. After McEaddy's arrest, his DNA was added to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). It was a match with the the DNA collected from a rape and assault in 2014.
Sayreville, NJ dad accused of burning son to death dies
Manuel Rivera was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he remained in critical condition until his death.