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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — The Ridge High School Marching Band scored big over the weekend at the 2019 Yamaha Cup at Met Life Stadium.

The band was awarded second place in the competition in the categories of Best Visual, Best Color Guard and the Cadets Award for Excellence.

The previous week, in a competition at Piscataway High School, Ridge took first place for Best Music, Best Overall Effect, Best Percussion and Best Color Guard.

The man Trenton police shot multiple times last week committed a separate drive-by shooting just minutes before the encounter with officers that sent him to the hospital.

And that prior shooting was why the city’s street crimes officers approached Joseph Reeves’ car on Calhoun Street Sept. 29, police sources say. It matched the description of a vehicle that fled from a shooting on Stockton Street.

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday announced more charges for Reeves, 37, of Trenton.

Trenton patrol officers arrived on the 1900 block of Calhoun Street on Sept. 29 just after 4…

Oct. 7, 2019 / PRZen / SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. — Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all who supported the 31st Annual Chowderfest weekend that took place October 5 & 6 2019. With perfect fall chowder weather, high energy restaurants, enthusiastic crowds and passionate volunteers; the cook off event brought together 13,506 in attendance. Chowderfest was created to extend the local economy and…