Sergio Bichao

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Digital Managing Editor at WKXW-FM (Ewing, NJ)

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Get Ready, Bridgewater: L.L. Bean Is Opening Its Doors And Looking For New Team Members

3 weeks ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

A new L.L. Bean store is opening in the Garden State at Chimney Rock Crossing on Route 22 in Bridgewater, and they’re looking for employees. The company is hiring dozens of new employees for both full and part-time positions such as managers and sale associates. Applications for the open positions are being accepted online. The jobs offer flexible hours, paid training, discounts, and competitive pay.
Keep eye on weather: Tornado Watch issued for parts of New Jersey for Friday night

4 weeks ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

New Jersey should be prepared for severe weather Friday night. The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Watch for parts of Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia until midnight. In New Jersey, the Watch included all counties from Mercer and Monmouth to the south. Storms were expected to impact the area after 8 p.m.What is a Tornado Watch? A watch is issued when severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible.
The comfort of Tops Diner: A local favorite since 1942

4 weeks ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

If you’re from Jersey, then you already know that we take food very seriously. We’ve got everything from top-notch Italian to the best bagels outside of Brooklyn. But when it comes to naming the most famous restaurant in the entire state? That’s a pretty big statement. According to the food folks over at lovefood.com, it’s not some trendy small-plates place or a celebrity-owned steakhouse. Nope. It’s a diner. Which honestly feels just right.
Sharpe James, Newark's long time mayor and colorful cheerleader, dead at 89

1 month ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

NEWARK — Sharpe James, the longest serving mayor of New Jersey's largest city, died on Monday. He was 89. James, who served for 20 years as mayor while also serving nearly a decade as a state senator, was an ostentatious and tireless cheerleader for the Brick City, which had suffered a loss in population and commerce in the decades before his first term as the city's second black mayor.
Customers, workers forced to flee Jackson Premium Outlets as cops investigate 'explosive'

1 month ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

JACKSON — A major strip mall was evacuated on the Friday afternoon before Mother's Day after a bomb scare. Township police said they received a report of an explosive device at Jackson Premium Outlets and cleared out all customers and employees from all stores. "No one has been injured, and this is merely a precaution at this time until the investigation is complete," police said in a message posted online. "As of now, no one will be allowed admittance to the location.
From DEI to deportation, NJ GOP candidates lay out their plan for the state

1 month ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

Three leading Republican candidates for governor sparred with each other and their hosts on Wednesday night during an NJ PBS debate billed as a “conversation.”Former assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who lost to Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago, radio and TV personality Bill Spadea and state Sen. Jon Bramnick, R-Union, answered more than a dozen questions from topics ranging from immigration to DEI.
New Jersey in power struggle with Trump administration over wind energy

1 month ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

New Jersey is fighting back after the Trump administration turned off wind energy projects. The state on Monday joined 17 others in a lawsuit against federal authorities. It is the latest lawsuit by state Attorney General Matt Platkin targeting actions by the Trump administration during his second term. This one targets the Jan. 20 presidential memorandum that halted all federal approvals for offshore and onshore wind energy projects, including one in New York that was already under construction.
NJ court confronts teen accused of destructive wildfire disaster

2 months ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

Did the suspect in the Ocean County wildfire intend to ignite a blaze that would consume more than 15,000 acres and endanger thousands of lives? It may not matter. Prosecutors say Joseph Kling, 19, of the Waretown section of Ocean Township, definitely started a bonfire. And that bonfire sparked an out-of-control wildfire Tuesday morning in the Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area.
Apocalyptic scenes as NJ wildfire forces evacuations and closes highways

2 months ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

It looked massive storm clouds, the kind to make you seek cover. But the dark pillars that towered over Ocean County on Tuesday afternoon, and seen from miles away, were from an out-of-control wildfire that in a matter of hours grew from over a hundred acres to 2 square miles.
Another day of anti-Trump protests coming to several New Jersey towns

2 months ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

On one of the hottest days so far this season, demonstrators plan to turn up the heat on the Trump administration. More than a dozen demonstrations and anti-Trump "Day of Action" events are planned from Philadelphia to Manhattan and across New Jersey. The events are part of a national day of protest promoted by a group called 50501 — which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day.