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Justice Department files religious bias lawsuit against New York Village for Targeting Orthodox Jews

Coastal News & Report December 3, 2020

AIRMONT, NY – The Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit that claims the Village of Airmont, New York has violated the rights of religious Orthodox Jews through the use of discriminatory zoning to target the Jewish population. A similar case…

100 Workers at Brick’s Ocean Medical Center Out of Work After COVID-19 Outbreak

Coastal News & Report December 3, 2020

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – A now removed memo published on the Ocean Medical Center of Brick Township’s website says over 100 team members are out of work after several employees contracted COVID-19. “A story we have seen over and over again since…

Governor Murphy: Nobody should travel outside New Jersey as 56 more dead of COVID-19

Coastal News & Report December 3, 2020

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Wednesday 56 more people have died statewide from COVID-19, some in the hospital, struggling since before Labor Day. Murphy has declared that nobody should leave the state for non-essential activities. “We are also…

Murphy, Township Punish Oakland’s Portobello Outdoor Bar for Multiple Executive Order Violations

Coastal News & Report December 3, 2020

OAKLAND, NJ – There’s a new knucklehead in town, according to Governor Phil Murphy and that is Portobello in Oakland. It’s where Daniel Bryan who now serves as Governor Murphy’s Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications had his junior prom, but today it’s…

Ex-Wife illegally diverted Toms River Grammy Award Winner’s royalty checks into her own account

Coastal News & Report December 3, 2020

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Manuel Seal is a Grammy Award Winning songwriter and producer who has worked with the superstar entertainers such as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Usher, Aretha Franklin and Destiny’s Child, but lately, saw his royalty checks a bit on…

Mercer County Man Charged With Possessing Heroin With Intent To Distribute

Coastal News & Report December 2, 2020

TRENTON, N.J. – A Mercer County, New Jersey, man is expected to make his initial appearance today after being charged with possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Daevon Bell, 26, of…

Berkeley man killed in crash on Westbrook Drive

Coastal News & Report December 2, 2020

BAYVILLE, NJ – The driver of a Ford Mustang that crashed into a utility pole died from his injuries after being rushed to Community Medical Center. According to police in Berkeley Township, on Sunday at approximately 1:05 pm, officers responded to the…

Do you know this guy? He’s wanted for kidnappings in Cherry Hill and Robbery in Lower Merion

Coastal News & Report December 2, 2020

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Cherry Hill Police are asking for your help. A man who is believed to be responsible for multiple attempted kidnappings in Cherry Hill is now wanted in Pennsylvania for a robbery. Cherry Hill Police in New Jersey and…

NJ Police Thwart Gang Retaliation Shootings in Hamilton, Ewing, 24 Arrested, 14 Already Released

Coastal News & Report December 1, 2020

HAMILTON, NJ – Colonel Patrick J. Callahan and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that the New Jersey State Police have arrested 24 suspects for various drug, weapon, and local ordinance offenses and as a result stopped a group of gang…

NY Men Charged with Theft of $6 Million in Postage for Online E-Commerce Business

Coastal News & Report December 1, 2020

NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey men were charged with theft of government property and fraudulently altering United States Postal Service (USPS) postage stamps, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Jack Koch a/k/a/ “Ismail Yilmaz,”44, of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, and Steven…