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 April 11 (Afternoon)
House Speaking Paul Ryan won't seek re-election, and plans to retire when his term is up.
Starting Saturday, several major credit card companies, including American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa will no longer require shoppers to sign receipts for their purchases made with a credit or debit card...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 10 (Afternoon)
A vehicle crashed through the front of the MVC headquarters on Tuesday morning.
In his proposed fiscal year 2019 budget, Gov. Phil Murphy would increased state spending on pre-K programs across New Jersey by $57 million.
If you are one of the 87 million Facebook users notified that data was improperly shared from your account, what do you do next...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 9 (Afternoon)
With the opioid abuse epidemic continuing to spiral out of control in New Jersey, a growing number of users are dying from overdoses.
Facebook has suspended another firm that may have misused user's data.
The eventual shutdown of Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores will leave behind an even greater amount of vacant retail space across New Jersey — more black eyes caused by the rising popularity of on
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 6 (Evening)
Starting in May, the New Jersey State Police and attorney general will post monthly reports online summarizing the prior month’s gun crimes. And every three months, they’ll publish information showing where guns trafficked into New Jersey came from...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 6 (Afternoon)
Saying the goal of prison should be rehabilitation, not punishment, state lawmakers advanced a proposal Thursday to make state prison inmates eligible state financial aid programs.
Snow-weary New Jerseyans are bracing for yet another round over the weekend...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 5 (Afternoon)
Parts of 75 different towns in counties across the Garden State have been designated as Opportunity Zones by Gov. Phil Murphy.
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 4 (Afternoon)
San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini said the YouTube shooter was angry about the policies and politics of the company
The latest statistics from the Pew Research Center claim New Jersey is tied with Kansas and Iowa as the 19th-most religious state in the country...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 3 (Afternoon)
Most high school students think gun laws should be tougher — but that number spikes even higher in New Jersey, a new poll finds.
The minimum number of required handicapped parking spaces doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon, but more baby boomers are hitting their golden years and New Jersey's seen an uptick in younger disabled residents...
New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for April 2 (Afternoon)
A single winning Mega Millions ticket with an annuity value of $521 million was sold in New Jersey, according to a statement from the multi-state lottery.
Another data breach, and this one impacts Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Saks Off Fifth.
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New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for March 30 (Evening)
Twenty-two states and Washington, D.C., have enacted legislation related to self-driving cars. New Jersey is thinking about joining them – but isn’t in a rush.