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Philip Cerone, 29, of Maywood, is a former teacher's aide serving probation for criminal sexual contact. The victim is suing Cerone and two districts where he worked.Bergen County Prosecutor's Office A 20-year-old woman has sued two school districts in Bergen County claiming she was sexually assaulted by a teacher’s aide and officials at two schools did nothing to intervene. The woman claims Philip Cerone, of Maywood, carried on an illegal relationship with her from April 2016 to October 2017 while she was a student at Hackensack High School and a volunteer under Cerone’s supervision at South Hackensack Memorial School...

David Caldwell and Lissa McGowan recreated the original photo from 1986 with Caldwell's son, Zayne.Provided by Renata Freydin When David Caldwell pulled his own baby book out from storage, a week after his son Zayne was born, he never expected to see a familiar face in the old photo: his son’s NICU nurse. Lissa McGowan, a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, had helped take care of Caldwell when he was born in November of 1986, six weeks early.Decades later, she also helped take care of Caldwell’s son, who was...

Englewood man charged with sexual assault of 10-year-old

A man was arrested Wednesday after he was caught secretly videotaping two women in the bathroom of the Barnes & Noble in Clifton, authorities said Friday. Juan Mejia, 44, of Paterson, was charged with two counts of invasion of privacy and two counts of endangering the welfare of children after videos of suspected child pornography were found in his home after he was arrested, the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and Clifton Police announced Friday.The mother of one of the victims said in a Facebook post that her daughter texted her from the stall of the bathroom and said she saw...

The Povolos -- Victoria, Masha, Ashley, Michael and Marcus -- were awarded all tuition and fees for four years to attend Montclair State University. The Povolo quintuplets have decided they will all attend Montclair State University this fall. The university earlier this month offered the siblings -- Victoria, Masha, Ashley, Michael and Marcus -- full scholarships that cover tuition and fees. “We’re absolutely thrilled,” said Jeff Gant, director of undergraduate admissions at Montclair.The scholarship is worth about $250,000 collectively. Because of the good grades they earned at Passaic Valley High School, the quintuplets are also being admitted as Presidential...

A school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting two young Kinnelon students bribed them with candy and donuts so they would not to reveal the months of molestation during daily games of “hide-and-seek” on the bus after they parked outside the school in Morris County, authorities said. Thomas Thomasevich, 70, of Oakland, was arrested Tuesday on charges of sexual assault, child endangerment and multiple counts of neglect. He is being held in the Morris County jail, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.The sexual assaults began in October and continued near-daily until one of the girls reported the abuse by...

History and geology come together at this spectacular destination in Sussex County, showcasing one of nature’s best-kept secrets in the most amazing way. Photo by Michael Kucinski Mining takes on a whole new meaning in the tiny town of Ogdensburg — just a stone’s throw from the “Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World” in Franklin — where one museum houses more than enough evidence to back up the lofty title. Upon descent into the Earth’s depths in rural Sussex County, an underground world concealed from the masses comes to light, its marvelous features a true hidden gem. Wandering through...

There are about 9 million of us living here, and we all can’t be delusional. Apart from those who live here primarily because of job or family, most New Jerseyans live here because they like it here! New York City is a quick PATH or train ride away — why live there? The Shore, the Pine Barrens, beautiful countryside, diners, beaches, the nation’s most diverse city, small towns, great scenic highways — does any state pack as much variety into one compact package as New Jersey? Nope. Here are the 50 best reasons to live in New Jersey, from someone...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020 Today, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. The lawsuit challenges New Jersey Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive 2018-6, which prohibits state officials from sharing information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) related to the immigration status and release dates of individuals in their custody.The directive also requires New Jersey law enforcement to “promptly notify a detained individual, in writing and in a language the individual...

The thousands of people who descended upon the Jersey Shore town for President Donald Trump's 'Keep America Great' rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center left behind a sea of trash in the parking lot — including their abandoned beach chairs and blankets — after the rally wrapped up.Rally-goers were allowed to bring chairs as they waited in line — some for up to 48 hours before the event — but they weren't allowed to bring them inside the venue.Factor in the blankets they used to stay warm, and all their drinks and food they were snacking on during the long wait...

My wife is not a big fan of President Trump. So when I got back from covering the Trump rally in Wildwood Tuesday, she asked me a question: “Were there any empty seats?” Were there any empty seats at Woodstock? I’ve never covered a Trump event that didn’t evoke images of that 1969 rock festival. As with Woodstock, the organizers have no need to advertise the event widely. The mere mention of it is enough to attract massive throngs of the faithful. Another similarity is the opportunity to hear a lot of great rock music from the 1960s. I arrived...

Tuesday, January 28, 2020: Join RSBN for LIVE coverage from Wildwood, NJ as President Donald Trump holds a Keep America Great rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center. President Trump is expected to speak at 7:00pm EST.

SOUTH AMBOY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Could a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, be the next hot spot? Where in New Jersey can you find undeveloped waterfront? South Amboy, right on the Raritan Bay.

A structure not even big enough to be called a bridge on a road that supporters attending President Donald Trump’s Jan. 28 rally in Wildwood might use was closed by state Department of Transportation officials because it could collapse. **SNIP** State officials, however, said they had to close a less-than-a-mile portion of Route 47 “due to numerous sinkholes that have compromised the roadway,” including a three-foot sinkhole that developed this week, said Stephen Schapiro, a DOT spokesman. The DOT sent out press advisories on Jan. 17. Route 47 is a mostly two-lane state highway - also known as Delsea Drive...

Newly minted Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew (NJ) spoke to Fox News’ Eric Shawn on Sunday. Toward the end of their discussion, Shawn asked Van Drew about an upcoming Trump rally scheduled for January 28 in his district (NJ-02).Unbelievably, there have been over 100,000 ticket requests for a venue that holds only 7,400. It’s been exciting and I’m proud to say out of all the events he’s done all over the country, we’ve had the most ticket requests. He’s coming to support me and my reelection. He’s coming to speak about his issues and we are really proud to have...

About 100,000 tickets have been requested for President Donald Trump’s rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center next week - the highest demand for any event the president has held, U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew told Fox News during an interview Sunday. “It’s been exciting and I’m proud to say for his event - of all the events he’s done in all the country - we’ve had the most ticket requests,” said Van Drew, R-2nd Dist., who recently switched parties after losing support from Democratic leaders for opposing impeachment. Trump is slated to appear at the Wildwoods Convention Center at 7...

UNION TOWNSHIP — Theodore Jakubowski has seen this before. The 64-year-old man saw it as a child growing up in Union Township, as Italian, Irish and Polish families came to his community in droves after World War II and learned to live together despite their differences. And now things are changing again in Union, and in few places in New Jersey is that change happening as quickly or as completely as it is here in this town of 56,600.

Montclair State University officials violated the freedom of speech of a group of its students by shutting down a peaceful gun rights demonstration on campus last year, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claimed.MSU sophomore Mena Botros, president of Young Americans for Liberty, and two fellow students on Sept. 10, 2019 donned orange jumpsuits and posed as criminals while holding signs mockingly supporting “gun-free zones," according to the lawsuit.Some of the signs stated "every civilian gun is a threat” and “criminals for gun free zones.”Though the students were “peacefully expressing their ideas in a common outdoor area of campus,” a university police...

A 33-year-old U.S. Army Green Beret has become the 20th American service member to be killed by hostile fire this year in Afghanistan. His death on Monday makes it the deadliest year for U.S. forces since the official end of combat operations was declared in 2014. Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble died due to injuries resulting from an explosion on Dec. 22 in the Taliban-contested northern Afghan province of Kunduz. Two Pentagon officials tell NPR Goble's unit was seizing a Taliban weapons cache when he was fatally wounded. It was Goble's third tour of duty in Afghanistan, and he...