Born and raised in New Jersey, Annette is definitely a Jersey Girl. She even have the big hair to prove it! Through her years at New Jersey 101.5, she's held various roles in the newsroom, including as the department's assignment editor and assistant news director. In her current role as news director, she helps determine the stories that will be the most impactful to our listening and reading audience while always remembering to follow what New Jersey 101.5 was founded on "Not New York, Not Philadelphia ... New Jersey 101.5." Under her leadership, the station has won several journalism awards, including its first National Murrow Award for Newscast from the Radio Television Digital News Association in 2022. Most importantly, she's always looking to hear from the people that live and work in New Jersey. If you have a story you think New Jersey 101.5's award-winning journalists should pursue, please email her at annette.petriccione@townsquaremedia.com.
Annette Petriccione
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for January 5 (Afternoon)
A Jersey City police officer was stuck and killed while helping a motorist on the New Jersey Turnpike on Friday morning, according to Mayor Steven Fulop.
How are New Jersey school districts dealing with snow days? It depends on the district, but for some it might mean extending the school year or reducing spring break...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for January 4 (Afternoon)
The first blizzard of 2018 has hit certain parts of New Jersey quite hard.
The first major snowfall of the winter made for a messy, slow morning commute on Thursday.
A tractor trailer fire on Route 295 claimed one life early Thursday.
Police are looking for help finding teenager Emily O’Connor, who has been missing since Tuesday...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for January 3 (Afternoon)
A winter storm warning is in effect for Ocean, Southeastern Burlington, Atlantic and Cape May Counties from 9 p.m. tonight through 7 p.m. Thursday.
One of the few things known about the 16-year-old boy accused of gunning down his parents, sister and family friend on New Year’s Eve is that he has a developmental disability...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for January 2 (Afternoon)
A new CreditCards.com survey finds parents are participating big-time in helping adult children with their finances.
Every year is an election year in New Jersey, and in even-numbered ones the federal races take center stage – with 2018 shaping up to be far more interesting than most congressional cycles in the state...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 29 (Evening)
With temperatures staying in the teens and low 20s, and some wind chills in the single digits, all counties in New Jersey, according to a law passed in May, are required to have plans in place to provide temporary warmth for the homeless.
State medical regulators have suspended a surgeon after learning that his staff reused the same the same five catheters on multiple patients...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 29 (Afternoon)
Nearly 96 percent of elder-abuse cases go unreported each year. So the personal-finance website WalletHub has conducted an in-depth analysis that identifies 2017’s states with the best elder-abuse protections.
Gov. Chris Christie and his successor, Gov...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 28 (Afternoon)
Federal agents and local police converged on a home in the Jersey City Heights section Wednesday morning, investigating a series of letters that appeared to threaten several locations in New Jersey and New York, authorities said.
Gov. Chris Christie’s administration is requiring New Jersey municipalities to accept payments for 2018 property taxes and credit them as received in 2017, so long as the
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 27 (Afternoon)
A teacher who said he was trying to break up a fight ended up in the middle of the action, and now four people are facing serious charges.
Atlantic City’s Republican mayor will be getting a longer commute after his term ends next month...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for December 26 (Afternoon)
Police say there is no threat to the public after a Cliffwood section couple and one of their dogs was found dead in their home on Christmas Eve.
Since 2006, when 10 babies were surrendered under New Jersey’s Safe Haven Infant Protection Act, the number of infants dropped off anonymously at designated safe zones has dropped significantly...