Annette Petriccione

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.

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New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for June 7 (Afternoon)

The body of a Cumberland County College student missing since May 24 was found in a swampy area on Monday. Before the school year is done the township's youngest students will see metal detectors installed at the elementary schools, much like they have at the middle and high school...

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for June 6 (Afternoon)

Before the school year is done the township's youngest students will see metal detectors installed at the elementary schools, much like they have at the middle and high school. The decision by the Miss America pageant to eliminate the swimsuit and evening wear competitions is not supported by the reigning Miss New Jersey...

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for June 5 (Afternoon)

Kate Spade was found dead in her New York City apartment of an apparent suicide, according to city officials. The Philadelphia Eagles are no longer welcome at the White House. If recreational marijuana is legalized for adults in the Garden State, what should happen to the hundreds of thousands of people who have faced criminal charges and sometimes served jail sentences for possessing or smoking p

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for June 4 (Afternoon)

Some Motor Vehicle Commission computers that went down over the weekend remained offline on Monday morning. The investigation continues into what caused the death of a dog on a Delta Airlines flight bound for Newark Liberty International Airport...

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for June 1 (Evening)

New Jersey government could shut down for the second time in as many years if lawmakers and the governor fail to agree on a new budget this month. Democratic legislative leaders have agreed on changes to the school funding formula that would redistribute more than a half-billion dollars in state aid over the next seven years, Senate President Stephen Sweeney announced Monday...

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for June 1 (Afternoon)

In towns along the Jersey Shore where the daily population skyrockets during the summer months, police departments add special officers to their ranks to assist in handling crowds and lawbreakers. A Rockaway Township Police Officer admits to having sex with two teenage girls while he was on duty...

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 31 (Afternoon)

Police on Wednesday released bodycam video of a wild Memorial Day weekend arrest of a woman on a beach. Confusion over the wording of graduation requirements has a Central Jersey school district playing catchup on PARCC tests. The majority of coastal towns in northern Ocean County will not see their busy summer season affected by beach construction...

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 30 (Afternoon)

The 77-year-old bus driver charged with two counts of death by auto in a Route 80 crash with a dump truck has been released from jail pending his trial. A national animal-rights group says a New Jersey rodeo treated a fatally injured horse with cruelty...

New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for May 29 (Afternoon)

Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. said the officers involved in a violent struggle caught on video were doing their jobs, because the woman involved refused to comply with an officer’s orders. Beginning next Monday, NJ Transit will adjust their train schedules on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Pascack Valley and Morris & Essex lines to allow for safety improvements. ...