Ever since I was a precocious 5 year old who read the Bergen Record and then published his own neighborhood newspaper I've always had an interest in the news. I learn something new on this job everyday and that's what keeps it interesting. I've been with NJ101.5 for the past 10 years on the digital team writing news and working behind the scenes on a variety of projects.
Dan Alexander
What North Wildwood learned from its cocktail-to-go drinking areas
The city's plan to allow for the consumption of alcoholic beverages in a designated area worked ... for the most part.
CVS and Walmart offering COVID-19 tests in NJ
The New Jersey CVS locations join 1,000 nationwide offering the free tests.
NJ Health Department shuts defiant gym; owners blame clogged toilet
Co-owner Frank Trumbetti arrived at the gym on Thursday morning to find several orange "Notice of Embargo" stickers on the windows.
MVC, closed until at least May 26, extends inspection, license deadlines
The Motor Vehicle Commission has extended deadlines for expired documents and expanded the types of vehicle registrations that can be renewed online.
AC Expressway, Delaware Memorial Bridge start taking cash again
All of New Jersey's toll roads temporarily stopped taking cash payments in March when COVID-19 cases began to increase.
Gym defies Murphy and opens — lots of supporters, cops there
The owners of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr said they are being "strangled to death" by the executive order to close.
Customers put out lingerie fire at Cherry Hill Walmart
A Walmart shopper posted video on Reddit of his efforts to use a fire extinguisher to put out a fire in the lingerie department.
What’s open/closed: Not all NJ counties reopening parks on May 2
Over half the county park systems will open their parks, golf courses and open spaces on what promises to be a near perfect spring weekend.
Mayors discuss opening Wildwood beaches; Belmar to ticket visitors
The mayors of Wildwood, North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest are coordinating the reopening of their parks and boardwalks.
Missing girl Dulce Alavez’s birthday to be celebrated with Zoom ‘party’
Seven months later Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said the investigation is still actively under investigation despite the COVID-19 pandemic.