Before becoming a digital reporter and fill-in news anchor for New Jersey 101.5, my NJ journalism roots began as faux interviews on a Fisher Price tape recorder. Relatives might say my "gift of gab" grew from there, leading me to radio and beyond. As a wife and momma, I firmly believe that life’s too short to drink bad coffee. I'm also a fan of the beach, Dave Grohl and karma.
Erin Vogt
$2,500 reward follows police sketch in Franklin, NJ trail sex assault
A man with a heavy build, said to be in his 30s, was being sought in connection with a sex assault reported by a female runner on Monday evening in Somerset County.
Fears of monkeypox in New York: What happens if virus hits NJ?
The virus dates back decades — but has been seeing a surprise spread beyond Africa in May 2022. How likely is a severe case, is there always a rash — here's all the answers we could find.
NJ probes 4 child cases of severe hepatitis amid national concern
In New Jersey, all four patients have recovered. So far, the CDC has found 180 cases of "hepatitis of unknown cause impacting children" around the country, going back to fall 2021.
Legionnaires’ disease cases traced to Morris County, NJ hotel
State health officials are investigating cases of Legionnaires’ disease among three adults who stayed at the Hilton/Hampton Inn Parsippany Hotel between July and October 2021. All have recovered.
Police say man, 27, killed in gunfire at Carteret, NJ, residence
Two men were wounded, one fatally, in the shooting that prompted a brief lockdown at a local school, according to authorities.
The facts a grand jury saw: No charges for NJ trooper for Parkway killing
Maurice Gordon had several encounters with police before a fatal struggle with a trooper, along the Parkway in Bass River. A grand jury has declined to file charges.
No ‘NJ ties’ for accused NY shooter despite Lakewood online mention
Ocean County authorities say the white man accused of murdering 10 Black victims in New York copied much of a lengthy online manifesto, with white supremacist and anti-Semitic views, from other works.
Woman sexually assaulted while jogging park trail in Franklin, NJ
The attack was reported along a stretch of the Delaware & Raritan Canal park trail in Somerset County. The man fled on a bicycle; police are looking into any similarities with reported assaults last year.
Is NJ school district ‘victim shaming’? Lawyer calls sex predator claims ‘preposterous’
A young woman has leveled new allegations against Mark Amantia, middle school teacher turned technology trainer. Her attorney says the Hopewell Valley Regional district is victim shaming — while a defense attorney says the “unfounded” claims have created hysteria.
Catholic Bishops say proposed NJ abortion fund is ‘direct attack’
"We have failed as a society when a mother feels her only option is to end the life of her child," the seven male Bishops said in a joint release, responding to a proposal in NJ to expand access to abortion.