Bruce Springsteen refused to provide a preliminary breath test, according to a National Park Service officer who said he watched the musician drink a shot of tequila. Source: New York Times
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Bruce Springsteen Is Charged With D.W.I. on Sandy Hook
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2021
A Jeep commercial the rock musician appeared in during the Super Bowl was removed from the car company’s social media sites Wednesday afternoon. Source: New York Times
What’s a Dance Theater Without an Audience?
By Gotham Rex on February 9, 2021
A food pantry or a place to vote — or a place to make dance with different expectations: “What we’ve taken off the table is the pressure of the result.” Source: New York Times
‘One Property at a Time’: A City Tries to Revive Without Gentrifying
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
Neighborhoods in Newark are beginning to see a flurry of redevelopment, a decade after the city’s downtown gained vogue. Source: New York Times
A Winter Storm Is Set to Wallop the Northeast: What We Know
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2021
A nor’easter is expected to stall off the coast of New Jersey and may drop more than two inches of snow an hour in some parts of the region, the National Weather Service said. Source: New York Times
He Can’t Carry a Tune, but Chang-rae Lee Has a Song to Sing
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2021
“My Year Abroad,” his sixth novel, is about letting yourself plunge into the world, even when it hurts. He’s been thinking about that a lot over these past, painful months. Source: New York Times
Napoleon’s Brother Lived in N.J. Here’s What Happened to the Estate.
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2021
The site in Bordentown once harbored Joseph Bonaparte, a former king. A new partnership has ensured that its history won’t be forgotten. Source: New York Times
31 Guards Suspended at a Women’s Prison Plagued by Sexual Violence
By Gotham Rex on January 28, 2021
Inmates reported being beaten while handcuffed at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in New Jersey, the state’s only prison for women. Source: New York Times
Mahwah, N.J.: Plenty of Open Space and Easy Access to Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on January 27, 2021
As one resident said of this Bergen County township, ‘The magic is the parkland, and how close it is to the city.’ Also, there’s a ski slope. Source: New York Times
N.J. Teacher's Union Steps In and Delays School Reopening
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2021
Students didn’t return to elementary schools in Montclair, N.J., as planned after a tense week of debate and a boycott of prep sessions by some educators. Source: New York Times
‘The Word of the Year Is Fluid’: The Pandemic Brings a New Teaching Style
By Gotham Rex on January 21, 2021
Like many districts nationwide, schools in Edison, N.J., are struggling to make hybrid instruction work. Source: New York Times
‘The Shining’ Scene, Stuff of Nightmares, Turns a Criminal Case Upside Down
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2021
A prosecutor erred by likening a man charged with robbing a bank to Jack Nicholson’s violent psychopath, New Jersey’s highest court ruled. Source: New York Times
Marsha Zazula, ‘Metal Matriarch’ of Metallica and Others, Dies at 68
By Gotham Rex on January 16, 2021
She and her husband founded Megaforce Records and introduced the world to heavy metal bands that became major stars. Source: New York Times
In New Jersey, Smokers Can Get Covid Vaccine
By Gotham Rex on January 15, 2021
New Jersey is one of only two states that has included smoking among the high-risk medical conditions that make people eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. Source: New York Times
‘Relapsing Left and Right’: Trying to Overcome Addiction in a Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on January 4, 2021
Substance-abuse centers are shutting and relying on virtual programming, just as more and more people turn to drugs and alcohol. Source: New York Times