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When does school start in NJ? Each district’s first day

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When does school start in NJ? Each district’s first day

Most public schools in New Jersey start the school year after Labor Day, though there are a few that will welcome students back in the last few days of August.

Here’s a list of the first day students will be in class at public schools across the state. All dates are as reported on the district’s website. Some districts have staggered starts for different grades, so please check your specific schedule to be certain.

When does school start in Atlantic County?

Here’s when public school districts in Atlantic County start, with most starting after Labor Day

Absecon Public School District – Sept. 5
Atlantic City School District – Sept. 5
Brigantine Public Schools – Sept. 4
Buena Regional School District – Sept. 5
Egg Harbor City School District – Sept. 3
Egg Harbor Township Schools – Sept. 5
Estell Manor School District – Sept. 4
Folsom Borough School District – Aug. 29
Galloway Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District – Sept. 3
Hamilton Township Schools – Sept. 5
Hammonton Public Schools – Aug. 29
Linwood Public Schools – Sept. 3
Mainland Regional High School – Sept. 6
Margate City Schools – Sept. 3
Mullica Township Schools – Sept. 5
Northfield Community Schools – Sept. 5
Pleasantville Public Schools – Sept. 5
Port Republic School District – Sept. 5
Somers Point Public Schools – Sept. 5
Ventnor City School District – Sept. 5
Weymouth Township School District – Sept. 5

When does school start in Bergen County?

Here’s when public school districts in Bergen County start. The vast majority start after Labor Day.

Allendale School District – Sept. 4
Alpine Public School District – Sept. 3
Bergenfield Public School District – Sept. 5
Bogota Public Schools – Sept. 5
Carlstadt Public Schools – Sept. 5
Cliffside Park School District – Sept. 5
Closter Public Schools – Sept. 5
Cresskill Public Schools – Sept. 3
Demarest Public Schools – Sept. 3
Dumont Public Schools – Sept. 5
East Rutherford School District – Sept. 5
Edgewater Public Schools – Sept. 5
Elmwood Park Public Schools – Sept. 5
Emerson School District – Sept. 4
Englewood Public School District – Sept. 3
Englewood Cliffs Public Schools – Sept. 5
Fair Lawn Public Schools – Sept. 4
Fairview Public Schools – Sept. 4
Fort Lee School District – Sept. 5
Franklin Lakes Public Schools – Sept. 5
Garfield Public Schools – Sept. 4
Glen Rock Public Schools – Sept. 3
Hackensack Public Schools – Sept. 4
Harrington Park School District – Sept. 5
Hasbrouck Heights School District – Sept. 3
Haworth Public Schools – Sept. 5
Hillsdale Public Schools – Sept. 3
Ho-Ho-Kus School District – Sept. 4
Leonia Public Schools – Sept. 5
Little Ferry Public Schools – Sept. 5
Lodi Public Schools – Sept. 4
Lyndhurst School District – Sept. 4
Mahwah Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Maywood Public Schools – Sept. 5
Midland Park School District – Sept. 5
Montvale Public Schools – Sept. 5
Moonachie School District – Sept. 5
New Milford School District – Sept. 5
North Arlington School District – Sept. 5
Northern Highlands Regional High School – Sept. 4
Northern Valley Regional High School District – Sept. 4
Northvale Public Schools – Sept. 4
Norwood Public School District – Sept. 5
Oakland Public Schools – Sept. 4
Old Tappan Public Schools – Sept. 5
Oradell Public School District – Sept. 4
Palisades Park Public School District – Sept. 5
Paramus Public Schools – Sept. 3
Park Ridge Public Schools – Sept. 3
Pascack Valley Regional High School District – Aug. 29
Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District – Sept. 5
Ramsey Public School District – Sept. 3
Ridgefield School District – Sept. 4
Ridgefield Park Public Schools – Sept. 5
Ridgewood Public Schools – Sept. 3
River Dell Regional School District – Sept. 4
River Edge Elementary School District – Sept. 4
River Vale Public Schools – Sept. 9
Rochelle Park School District – Sept. 5
Rutherford School District – Sept. 5
Saddle Brook Public Schools – Sept. 3
Saddle River School District – Sept. 5
South Hackensack School District – Sept. 5
Teaneck Public Schools – Sept. 5
Tenafly Public Schools – Sept. 3
Upper Saddle River School District – Sept. 4
Waldwick Public School District – Sept. 3
Wallington Public Schools – Sept. 4
Westwood Regional School District – Sept. 5
Wood-Ridge School District – Sept. 9
Woodcliff Lake Public Schools – Sept. 4
Wyckoff School District – Sept. 5

When does school start in Burlington County?

Here’s when public school districts in Burlington County start. None of the districts start before Labor Day.

Beverly City Schools – Sept. 5
Bordentown Regional School District – Sept. 5
Burlington Township School District – Sept. 3
Chesterfield School District – Sept. 5
Cinnaminson Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
City of Burlington Public School District – Sept. 6
Delanco Township School District – Sept. 5
Delran Township School District – Sept. 5
Eastampton Township School District – Sept. 5
Edgewater Park School District – Sept. 5
Evesham Township School District – Sept. 3
Florence Township School District – Sept. 5
Hainesport Township School District – Sept. 5
Lenape Regional High School District – Sept. 4
Lumberton Township School District – Sept. 4
Mansfield Public Schools – Sept. 5
Maple Shade School District – Sept. 5
Medford Lakes School District – Sept. 3
Medford Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Moorestown Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Mount Holly Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Mount Laurel Schools – Sept. 3
New Hanover Township School District – Sept. 5
North Hanover Township School District – Sept. 5
Northern Burlington County Regional School District – Sept. 4
Palmyra Public Schools – Sept. 5
Pemberton Township School District – Sept. 6
Rancocas Valley Regional High School – Sept. 3
Riverside School District – Sept. 5
Riverton School District – Sept. 5
Shamong Township School District – Sept. 3
Southampton Township Schools – Sept. 4
Springfield Township School District – Sept. 4
Tabernacle School District – Sept. 3
Westampton Township Schools – Sept. 5
Willingboro Public Schools – Sept. 6
Woodland Township School District – Sept. 3

When does school start in Camden County?

Here’s when public school districts in Camden County start. All districts start after Labor Day.

Audubon School District – Sept. 5
Barrington Public Schools – Sept. 4
Bellmawr School District – Sept. 5
Berlin Borough School District – Sept. 9
Berlin Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Black Horse Pike Regional School District – Sept. 4
Brooklawn Public School District – Sept. 5
Camden City School District – Sept. 6
Cherry Hill Public Schools – Sept. 3
Clementon School District – Sept. 5
Collingswood Public Schools – Sept. 5
Eastern Camden County Regional High School District – Sept. 3
Gibbsboro School District – Sept. 5
Gloucester City Public Schools – Sept. 3
Gloucester Township Public Schools – Sept. 6
Haddon Heights School District – Sept. 3
Haddon Township School District – Sept. 5
Haddonfield Public Schools – Sept. 3
Laurel Springs School District – Sept. 5
Lawnside School District – Sept. 3
Lindenwold Public Schools – Sept. 9
Magnolia School District – Sept. 4
Merchantville School District – Sept. 5
Mount Ephraim Public Schools – Sept. 5
Oaklyn Public School District – Sept. 4
Pennsauken Public Schools – Sept. 5
Pine Hill Schools – Sept. 4
Runnemede Public School District – Sept. 5
Somerdale School District – Sept. 4
Sterling High School – Sept. 3
Stratford School District – Sept. 5
Voorhees Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Waterford Township School District – Sept. 3
Winslow Township School District – Sept. 3
Woodlynne School District – Sept. 5

When does school start in Cape May County?

Here’s when public school districts in Cape May County start. Every district starts after Labor Day.

Avalon School District – Sept. 4
Cape May City School District – Sept. 3
Dennis Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Lower Cape May Regional School District – Sept. 3
Lower Township School District – Sept. 3
Middle Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
North Wildwood School District – Sept. 4
Ocean City School District – Sept. 3
Stone Harbor School District – Sept. 4
Upper Township School District – Sept. 5
West Cape May School District – Sept. 5
Wildwood Public School District – Sept. 3
Wildwood Crest School District – Sept. 3
Woodbine School District – Sept. 3

When does school start in Cumberland County?

Here’s when public school districts in Cumberland County start. No district stats before Labor Day.

Bridgeton Public Schools – Sept. 5
Commercial Township School District – Sept. 5
Cumberland County Vocational School District – Sept. 5
Cumberland Regional High School – Sept. 4
Deerfield Township School District – Sept. 5
Downe Township School District – Sept. 3
Fairfield Township School District – Sept. 5
Greenwich Township School District – Sept. 5
Hopewell Township School District – Sept. 3
Maurice River Township School District – Sept. 3
Millville Public Schools – Sept. 3
Stow Creek School District – Sept. 5
Upper Deerfield Township Schools – Sept. 4
Vineland Public Schools – Sept. 5

When does school start in Essex County?

Here’s when public school districts in Essex County start. Nearly every district starts after Labor Day.

Belleville School District – Sept. 5
Bloomfield Public Schools – Sept. 4
Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools – Sept. 4
Cedar Grove Schools – Sept. 4
East Orange School District – Sept. 5
Essex Fells School District – Sept. 5
Fairfield School District – Sept. 3
Glen Ridge Public Schools – Sept. 4
Irvington Public Schools – Sept. 4
Livingston Public Schools – Sept. 3
Millburn Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Montclair Public Schools – Sept. 5
Newark Public Schools – Sept. 3
North Caldwell Public Schools – Sept. 4
Nutley Public Schools – Sept. 4
Orange Board of Education – Sept. 6
Roseland School District – Sept. 4
South Orange-Maplewood School District – Sept. 5
Verona Public Schools – Sept. 3
West Essex Regional School District – Aug. 28
West Orange Public Schools – Sept. 4

When does school start in Gloucester County?

Here’s when public school districts in Gloucester County start. All of the districts start after Labor Day.

Clayton Public Schools – Sept. 3
Clearview Regional High School District – Sept. 5
Delsea Regional School District – Sept. 3
Deptford Township Schools – Sept. 5
East Greenwich Township School District – Sept. 5
Elk Township School District – Sept. 4
Franklin Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Gateway Regional School District – Sept. 5
Glassboro Public Schools – Sept. 5
Greenwich Township School District – Sept. 4
Harrison Township School District – Sept. 5
Kingsway Regional School District – Sept. 5
Logan Township School District – Sept. 5
Mantua Township School District – Sept. 5
Monroe Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
National Park School District – Sept. 5
Paulsboro Public Schools – Sept. 5
Pitman School District – Sept. 4
Swedesboro-Woolwich School District – Sept. 5
Washington Township Public School District – Sept. 3
Wenonah School District – Sept. 5
West Deptford Public Schools – Sept. 4
Westville School District – Sept. 5
Woodbury Public Schools – Sept. 5
Woodbury Heights School District – Sept. 4

When does school start in Hudson County?

Here’s when public school districts in Hudson County start. All districts start after Labor Day.

Bayonne School District – Sept. 5
East Newark School District – Sept. 3
Guttenberg Public School District – Sept. 5
Harrison Public Schools – Sept. 4
Hoboken Public Schools – Sept. 5
Jersey City Public Schools – Sept. 5
Kearny School District – Sept. 5
North Bergen School District – Sept. 5
Secaucus Public Schools – Sept. 4
Union City School District – Sept. 5
Weehawken School District – Sept. 5
West New York School District – Sept. 6

When does school start in Hunterdon County?

Here’s when public school districts in Hunterdon County start. Most of the districts begin before Labor Day.

Alexandria Township School District – Aug. 28
Bethlehem Township School District – Aug. 22
Bloomsbury School District – Aug. 26
Califon School District – Aug. 28
Clinton-Glen Gardner School District – Aug. 29
Clinton Township School District – Aug. 28
Delaware Township School District – Sept. 4
Delaware Valley Regional High School – Aug. 28
East Amwell Township School District – Aug. 28
Flemington-Raritan Regional School District – Sept. 5
Franklin Township School District – Sept. 3
Frenchtown School District – Aug. 28
Hampton School District – Aug. 29
High Bridge School District – Aug. 26
Holland Township School District – Aug. 28
Hunterdon Central Regional High School – Sept. 5
Kingwood Township School District – Aug. 28
Lebanon Borough School District – Aug. 28
Lebanon Township Schools – Aug. 29
Milford Borough School District – Aug. 28
North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District – Aug. 22
Readington Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
South Hunterdon Regional School District – Sept.3

When does school start in Mercer County?

Here’s when public school districts in Mercer County start. All of the districts begin after Labor Day.

East Windsor Regional School District – Sept. 5
Ewing Public Schools – Sept. 5
Hamilton Township School District – Sept. 5
Hopewell Valley Regional School District – Sept. 3
Lawrence Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Princeton Public Schools – Sept. 3
Robbinsville Public School District – Sept. 5
Trenton Public Schools – Sept. 5
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District – Sept. 5

When does school start in Middlesex County?

Here’s when public school districts in Middlesex County start. Nearly every district starts after Labor Day.

Carteret School District – Sept. 5
Cranbury School District – Sept. 3
Dunellen Public Schools – Sept. 3
East Brunswick Public Schools – Sept. 5
Edison Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Highland Park Public Schools – Sept. 8
Jamesburg Public Schools – Sept. 5
Metuchen School District – Aug. 28
Middlesex Board of Education – Sept. 5
Milltown Public Schools – Sept. 5
Monroe Township School District – Sept. 4
New Brunswick Public Schools – Sept. 5
North Brunswick Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Old Bridge Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Perth Amboy Public Schools – Sept. 5
Piscataway Township Schools – Sept. 4
Sayreville Public Schools – Sept. 5
South Amboy Public Schools – Sept. 5
South Brunswick Public Schools – Sept. 5
South Plainfield Public Schools – Sept. 4
South River Public Schools – Sept. 4
Spotswood Public Schools – Sept. 5
Woodbridge Township School District – Sept. 4

When does school start in Monmouth County?

Here’s when public school districts in Monmouth County start. Nearly every district starts after Labor Day.

Asbury Park Public Schools – Sept. 5
Atlantic Highlands School District – Sept. 5
Avon School District – Sept. 5
Belmar School District – Sept. 4
Bradley Beach School District – Sept. 5
Brielle School District – Sept. 4
Colts Neck School District – Sept. 5
Deal School District – Sept. 5
Eatontown Public Schools – Sept. 5
Fair Haven Public Schools – Sept. 5
Farmingdale School District – Sept. 5
Freehold Borough Schools – Sept. 5
Freehold Regional High School District – Sept. 5
Freehold Township Schools – Sept. 5
Hazlet Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Henry Hudson Regional High School – Sept. 4
Highlands School District – Aug. 27
Holmdel Township Public Schools – Sept. 4
Howell Township Public Schools – Sept. 9
Keansburg School District – Sept. 4
Keyport Public Schools – Sept. 5
Little Silver School District – Sept. 5
Long Branch Public Schools – Sept. 5
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District – Sept. 5
Manasquan Public Schools – Sept. 5
Marlboro Township Public School District – Sept. 4
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District – Sept. 5
Middletown Township Public School District – Sept. 3
Millstone Township Schools – Sept. 5
Monmouth Beach School District – Sept. 5
Monmouth Regional High School – Sept. 5
Neptune City School District – Sept. 5
Neptune Township Schools – Sept. 5
Ocean Township School District – Sept. 3
Oceanport School District – Sept. 5
Red Bank Borough Public Schools – Sept. 5
Red Bank Regional High School – Sept. 5
Roosevelt Public School District – Sept. 5
Rumson School District – Sept. 5
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School – Sept. 3
Sea Girt School District – Sept. 4
Shore Regional High School – Sept. 3
Shrewsbury Borough School District – Sept. 9
Spring Lake School District – Sept. 5
Spring Lake Heights School District – Sept. 5
Tinton Falls School District – Sept. 5
Union Beach School System – Sept. 5
Upper Freehold Regional School District – Sept. 4
Wall Township Public Schools – Sept. 4
West Long Branch Public Schools – Sept. 5

When does school start in Morris County?

Here’s when public school districts in Morris County start. Only a few districts start before Labor Day.

Boonton Public Schools – Sept. 5
Boonton Township School District – Sept. 3
Butler Public Schools – Sept. 5
School District of the Chathams – Aug. 26
Chester School District – Aug. 28
Denville Township School District – Sept. 3
Dover School District – Aug. 29
East Hanover School District – Sept. 4
Florham Park School District – Sept. 5
Hanover Park Regional High School District – Sept. 4
Hanover Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Harding Township School District – Sept. 3
Jefferson Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Kinnelon Public Schools – Sept. 5
Lincoln Park Public Schools – Sept. 5
Long Hill Township School System – Sept. 3
Madison Public Schools – Sept. 3
Mendham Borough Schools – Sept. 3
Mendham Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Mine Hill School District – Sept. 3
Montville Township School District – Sept. 3
Morris Hills Regional High School District – Aug. 27
Morris Plains Schools – Sept. 5
Morris School District – Sept. 3
Mount Arlington School District – Sept. 6
Mount Olive Township School District – Aug. 28
Mountain Lakes Schools – Aug. 28
Netcong School District – Sept. 3
Parsippany-Troy Hills School District – Sept. 3
Pequannock Township School District – Sept. 5
Randolph Township Schools – Aug. 28
Riverdale School District – Sept. 5
Rockaway Borough Public Schools – Sept. 3
Rockaway Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Roxbury School District – Aug. 28
Washington Township Schools – Aug. 28
West Morris Regional High School District – Aug. 21
Wharton Borough School District – Sept. 3

When does school start in Ocean County?

Here’s when public school districts in Ocean County start. All of the districts start after Labor Day.

Barnegat Township School District – Sept. 4
Bay Head School District – Sept. 5
Beach Haven School District – Sept. 4
Berkeley Township School District – Sept. 4
Brick Public Schools – Sept. 5
Central Regional School District – Sept. 4
Eagleswood Township School District – Sept. 5
Island Heights School District – Sept. 5
Jackson School District – Sept. 5
Lacey Township School District – Sept. 5
Lakehurst School District – Sept. 5
Lakewood School District – Sept. 6
Lavallette School District – Sept. 5
Little Egg Harbor Township School District – Sept. 5
Long Beach Island Consolidated School District – Sept. 4
Manchester Township School District – Sept. 5
Ocean Gate School District – Sept. 4
Ocean Township School District – Sept. 5
Pinelands Regional School District – Sept. 5
Plumsted Township School District – Sept. 5
Point Pleasant Beach School District – Sept. 5
Point Pleasant School District – Sept. 4
Seaside Heights School District – Sept. 4
Seaside Park School District – Sept. 3
Southern Regional School District – Sept. 4
Stafford Township School District – Sept. 5
Toms River Regional Schools – Sept. 5
Tuckerton School District – Sept. 5

When does school start in Passaic County?

Here’s when public school districts in Passaic County start. A few districts start before Labor Day.

Bloomingdale School District – Sept. 5
Clifton Public Schools – Sept. 4
Haledon School District – Sept. 5
Hawthorne Public Schools – Sept. 4
Lakeland Regional High School – Aug. 28
Little Falls Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Manchester Regional High School – Sept.
North Haledon School District – Sept. 5
Passaic City School District – Sept. 5
Passaic Valley Regional High School – Sept. 4
Paterson Public Schools – Sept. 5
Pompton Lakes School District – Sept. 3
Prospect Park School District – Sept. 6
Ringwood Public School District – Sept. 4
Totowa Borough Public Schools – Sept. 5
Wanaque Borough Schools – Sept. 5
Wayne Public Schools – Sept. 5
West Milford Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Woodland Park School District – Sept. 5

When does school start in Salem County?

Here’s when public school districts in Salem County start. All districts start after Labor Day.

Alloway Township School District – Sept. 5
Elmer School District – Sept. 5
Elsinboro Township School District – Sept. 4
Lower Alloways Creek Township School District – Sept. 4
Mannington Township School District – Sept. 4
Oldmans Township School District – Sept. 3
Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District – Sept. 5
Pennsville School District – Sept. 5
Pittsgrove Township School District – Sept. 5
Quinton Township School District – Sept. 5
Salem City School District – Sept. 5
Upper Pittsgrove School District – Sept. 4
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District – Sept. 6

When does school start in Somerset County?

Here’s when public school districts in Somerset County start. Nearly every district opens after Labor Day.

Bedminster Township School District – Sept. 5
Bernards Township School District – Sept. 5
Bound Brook School District – Sept. 5
Branchburg Township School District – Sept. 5
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District – Sept. 4
Franklin Township Public Schools – Sept. 3
Green Brook School District – Aug. 29
Hillsborough Township School District – Sept. 5
Manville School District – Sept. 3
Montgomery Township School District – Sept. 5
North Plainfield School District – Sept. 3
Somerset Hills Regional School District – Sept. 5
Somerville Public Schools – Sept. 4
South Bound Brook School District – Sept. 3
Warren Township Schools – Aug. 29
Watchung Borough Schools – Aug. 29
Watchung Hills Regional High School – Aug. 28

When does school start in Sussex County?

Here’s when public school districts in Sussex County start. Nearly every district opens after Labor Day.

Andover Regional School District – Sept. 5
Byram Township School District – Sept. 3
Frankford Township School District – Sept. 5
Franklin Borough School District – Sept. 3
Fredon Township School District – Sept. 5
Green Township School District – Sept. 5
Hamburg School District – Sept. 5
Hampton Township School District – Aug. 29
Hardyston Township School District – Sept. 6
High Point Regional High School – Sept. 5
Hopatcong Public Schools – Sept. 5
Kittatinny Regional High School – Sept. 5
Lafayette Township School District – Sept. 5
Lenape Valley Regional High School – Aug. 28
Montague Township School District – Sept. 3
Newton Public School District – Sept. 5
Ogdensburg Borough School District – Sept. 3
Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District – Sept. 3
Sparta Township Public School District – Sept. 3
Stanhope Public Schools – Sept. 3
Stillwater Township School District – Sept. 3
Sussex-Wantage Regional School District – Sept. 3
Vernon Township School District – Sept. 5
Wallkill Valley Regional High School – Sept. 3

When does school start in Union County?

Here’s when public school districts in Union County start. All districts open after Labor Day.

Berkeley Heights Public Schools – Sept. 3
Clark Public School District – Sept. 4
Cranford Township Public Schools – Sept. 5
Elizabeth Public Schools – Sept. 6
Garwood Public Schools – Sept. 5
Hillside Public Schools – Sept. 5
Kenilworth Public Schools – Sept. 5
Linden Public Schools – Sept. 5
Mountainside School District – Sept. 5
New Providence School District – Sept. 3
Plainfield Public School District – Sept. 5
Rahway Public Schools – Sept. 4
Roselle Public Schools – Sept. 5
Roselle Park School District – Sept. 5
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District – Sept. 5
Springfield Public Schools – Sept. 4
Summit Public Schools – Sept. 3
Union Public School District – Sept. 5
Westfield Public Schools – Sept. 5
Winfield Township School District – Sept. 3

When does school start in Warren County?

Here’s when public school districts in Warren County start. Only a few districts open before Labor Day.

Allamuchy Township School District – Sept. 3
Alpha School District – Sept. 8
Belvidere School District – Aug. 28
Blairstown Township School District – Aug. 28
Franklin Township School District – Sept. 5
Frelinghuysen Township School District – Sept. 3
Great Meadows Regional School District – Sept. 3
Greenwich Township School District – Aug. 26
Hackettstown School District – Aug. 28
Harmony Township School District – Sept. 3
Hope Township School District – Sept. 3
Knowlton Township School District – Sept. 3
Lopatcong Township School District – Aug. 28
Mansfield Township School District – Sept. 5
North Warren Regional High School – Aug. 28
Oxford Township School District – Aug. 28
Phillipsburg School District – Aug. 26
Pohatcong Township School District – Aug. 26
Warren Hills Regional School District – Aug. 28
Washington Borough Public Schools – Sept. 3
Washington Township School District – Aug. 28
White Township School District – Sept. 3

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Police investigate fatal stabbing in Mercer County

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January 9, 2026

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Police investigate fatal stabbing in Mercer County

EWING TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — Police are searching for a suspect who fatally stabbed a man in Mercer County, New Jersey.

It happened around 5:20 p.m. Thursday on the unit block of New Hillcrest Avenue in Ewing Township.

When police arrived, they found a 40-year-old man lying in the street with several stab wounds to the torso.

He was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he later died.

The victim has been identified as Jimmy Chase from Philadelphia.

So far, no arrests have been made.

Anyone who has any information on this case is asked to call Mercer County detectives at 609-989-6406.

You can also submit an anonymous tip online at MercerCountyProsecutor.com.

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The arrest of New Jersey’s royal governor changed the colony forever

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January 9, 2026

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The arrest of New Jersey’s royal governor changed the colony forever

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The 1st New Jersey Regiment, made up of local tradesmen and farmers, placed Franklin under house arrest after he refused to yield authority.
Franklin later led Loyalist operations from Manhattan, using knowledge of New Jersey to target rebel homes and disrupt Patriot efforts.

On a bitter January morning in 1776, Patriot militia from the 1st New Jersey Regiment slogged through slush to the Proprietary House in Perth Amboy. Their target was William Franklin, the Crown’s highest-ranking civilian official between New York and Philadelphia.

Franklin was not a visiting British officer or a passing bureaucrat. He was the royal governor of New Jersey, and his arrest was a milestone that destroyed the bridge back to reconciliation.

His father, Benjamin Franklin, was already a figure of international renown. Printer, scientist, inventor and diplomat, he moved easily between Philadelphia and London. William had grown up in that orbit, trained in law and politics.

Unlike his father, who increasingly sympathized with the colonial cause, William sided with the Crown. He saw loyalty to Britain as vital to protect law, order and property.

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In the months before militiamen arrived at his door, Franklin steadfastly refused to yield authority as governor. While local Committees of Observation enforced boycotts and intercepted mail, Franklin continued issuing proclamations, corresponding with British officials and loyalists and asserting that the government was still under control of the Crown.

By early January, patience had ended among members of the state’s revolutionary committees. Allowing Franklin to operate inside New Jersey was no longer seen as tolerable.

Shoemakers, tanners and farmers

The men sent to detain him were not professional soldiers in the British sense. In the 1872 “Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War,” historian William Stryker wrote that the 1st New Jersey Regiment was drawn largely from Essex, Bergen and Elizabethtown.

Stryker noted that shoemakers and tanners from Newark, men who had watched their businesses tighten under British currency and customs policies, made up a significant portion of the early volunteers.

Alongside them were Dutch-descended farmers from the Hackensack Valley, many of whom viewed Franklin’s land agents and surveyors as a threat to their claims, historian Adrian Leiby wrote in the 1962 work “The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley.”

It also had members of the Elizabeth-Town Rifles, whose officers lived within sight of the British fleet in New York Harbor.

The group included men who had previously served during British campaigns during the French and Indian War, when Franklin held a captain’s commission. In her 1990 biography “William Franklin: Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King,” historian Sheila Skemp wrote that some had trained with him, while others had marched beside him.

Mission led by Lord Stirling from Basking Ridge

Primary source journals from the regiment describe the uncomfortable silence of the Jan. 8 mission, led by William Alexander, an aristocrat from Basking Ridge known as Lord Stirling. In the 1847 volume “The Life of William Alexander,” William Alexander Duer wrote that before the war, Stirling and Franklin had shared wine, discussed land deals and attended the same elite galas.

The group did not storm the Proprietary House. Contemporary journals describe a solemn encirclement. Guards were placed at the gates. According to the “New Jersey Archives” published in 1886, Franklin was informed by Stirling rather plainly that he “received orders… (and) to prevent your quitting the Province… I have therefore ordered a guard to be placed at your gates.”

Franklin objected immediately, calling the arrest a “high insult” and illegal.

The 1886 “New Jersey Archives” record that he argued that nobody in New Jersey possessed the right to restrain the king’s appointed governor, but it was no use. Authority had shifted.

Franklin signed a parole agreement restricting his movement. Within weeks, it nonetheless became clear that he had no intention of complying.

Seized and transported to Connecticut

He continued corresponding with loyalist figures and acting as governor in all but name. The Provincial Congress responded by ordering his removal from New Jersey. In June 1776, Franklin was seized again and transported under guard to Connecticut.

While Franklin remained imprisoned, events in New Jersey continued. Royal government collapsed. A new governor, William Livingston, assumed office. New Jersey moved formally into rebellion.

Franklin was released in a 1778 prisoner exchange and sent to British-occupied New York City. He did not return to New Jersey. Instead, he took up a new role as president of the Board of Associated Loyalists, an organization tasked with coordinating loyalist refugees and retaliatory actions against Patriot strongholds.

In research for the Online Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies, Todd Braisted wrote that this organization operated as a paramilitary arm of the Loyalist cause.

From Manhattan, Franklin drew on his detailed knowledge of New Jersey’s geography and leadership. Raids authorized under the board targeted farms, barns and ironworks. Loyalist parties crossed the Hudson at night, seizing property and prisoners in Bergen and Essex counties.

Leiby documented that survivors later testified that attackers called out names as they approached, which provided evidence of the advanced knowledge Franklin had gathered as governor.

Franklin’s actions during these years ensured that he could never return. When the war ended, he relocated permanently to Britain, where he died in 1813.

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Soaking rain, gusty winds looming in N.J. this weekend before cold air sweeps in

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January 8, 2026

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Soaking rain, gusty winds looming in N.J. this weekend before cold air sweeps in

New Jersey residents can expect quiet conditions Thursday night before a warm front lifts northward, bringing increasing clouds and a chance of rain showers by Friday afternoon.

Temperatures are forecast to rise 10 to 15 degrees above normal, reaching the mid-50s, as a precursor to a wet start to the weekend.

The first round of precipitation is expected to arrive late Friday afternoon into the early evening hours. While rainfall is generally expected to be light during this initial phase, there could be an isolated rumble of thunder, according to forecasters from the National Weather Service.

A cold front will pass through the region overnight, likely creating a lull in the rain showers before the next system arrives.

More widespread rainfall is forecast to return Saturday afternoon and evening as low pressure tracks across the area. During this time, rain could become heavy at times.

Rainfall totals between a half inch and 1.5 inches are predicted across New Jersey through Saturday night. Despite the anticipated volume of water, forecasters say flooding risks should be minimal to none.

Due to the recent stretch of mild temperatures, there is no concern regarding ice jams or river ice hindering runoff.

Temperatures will remain warm for January in New Jersey through the weekend, but heavy rain is expected Friday night into Saturday.National Weather Service

There is some uncertainty in the forecast regarding specific temperatures and wind speeds for Saturday, the weather service said.

Conditions will change significantly on Sunday as a secondary cold front moves through the region, forecasters said. As the rain clears, strong cold air advection will result in a breezy day, with west to northwest wind gusts peaking in the 30 to 40 mph range.

Temperatures will drop throughout the day, falling into the 20s for most of the area by Sunday night.

Looking ahead to the start of the work week, high pressure will build over the region, bringing dry conditions. Monday and Tuesday are expected to feature clear skies and temperatures near normal for January.

By Tuesday and Wednesday, return flow will develop as high pressure moves off the coast, helping temperatures moderate to about 5 degrees above normal.

No significant weather impacts are expected from Monday through next Thursday.