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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NJ & NYC shore mystery solved! Nasty tar balls finally traced
The tar balls were first found at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch and in Monmouth Beach on Nov. 27 with similar oil debris found on the shoreline in Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Rutgers complains about getting 12,000 emails opposing NJ campus event
One of the emails was from Rep. Josh Gottheimer who called Nick Estes and Marc Hill “antisemitic, anti-Israel, and hate-filled" whose appearance endangered Jewish students.
Two nurses, medical resident stabbed at Newark, NJ hospital
Newark police said a female was visiting a patient in the pediatric intensive care unit around 7:10 a.m. when she got into a fight with members of the hospital staff.
Fatal 7-vehicle pile-up on Route 9 in Freehold Township, NJ
It's the third fatal crash in Freehold Township this year and the second at the same intersection, according to State Police records.
Rutgers won’t stop controversial pro-Palestine campus event
Rep. Josh Gottheimer objected to two of three speakers scheduled to speak at an event late Thursday afternoon on the New Brunswick campus titled “Race, Liberation, and Palestine."
Striking RWJ nurses union, hospital reach tentative agreement
The striking nurses core issue was not pay but rather staffing levels and financial penalties for the hospital if they were not met.
Missing NJ musician was killed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police said Carl James "C.J." Mueller, 29, was found with a single stab wound in the center of his chest around 3 a.m. on Nov. 24.
Careful where you leave your car in NJ: Thieves strike parking lots
Parsippany police said there were 20 attempted or successful burglaries at vehicles at the Sheraton, four at the Hyatt House, and another four at the Holiday Inn and Suites.
NJ healthcare companies still impacted by cyberattacks
Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair were hit by a ransomware attack sometime during the Thanksgiving holiday period while Capital Health acknowledged a network outage it believes to be caused by a cybersecurity attack on Tuesday.
German man admits coming to NJ to rape children
Christian Stefan Walther made arrangements to fly to Newark Liberty in March and stay at a hotel in Jersey City where he would meet three 11-year-old girls.