{"id":226442,"date":"2026-09-10T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/?p=226442"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:30:01","slug":"new-jersey-september-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/new-jersey-september-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent Crime Drops, Public Transit Upgrades, Plus More NJ News You Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"new jersey september 10 2026\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">News<\/div><p>Labor Day has come and gone, and while we&#8217;re not sure whether it&#8217;s summer or fall, we do have some interesting headlines for you from throughout the Garden State. From new O&#8217;Bagel and Saigon Bistro locations to Hoboken&#8217;s first restaurant week and a nude cyclist evading police in Readington, here&#8217;s a roundup of the New Jersey news you might have missed this week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226452\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"new jersey september 10 2026\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/new-jersey-september-10-2026.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PS: Every week, we round up the top news stories of the week from both our site and aggregate across the web from various sources because there\u2019s SO much happening.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can read more at the links below, and always feel free to submit any news tips to hello@thelocalgirl.com or via DM @thenewjerseygirl_ <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on IG.<\/span><\/i><b><i> Our email newsletter also shares more of our top stories on a twice-weekly basis, which you can sign up for <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.myflodesk.com\/xdt5qdr3st\"><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>Communities throughout New Jersey are holding ceremonies, vigils, memorial services, blood drives, and other events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks<\/strong> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/september-11-events-new-jersey-2026\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Jersey Girl<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>The Local Girl team created an unofficial New Jersey holiday calendar<\/strong> celebrating some of the Garden State\u2019s most distinctly Jersey foods, traditions, places, and cultural moments throughout the year (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/new-jersey-holidays-calendar-unofficial\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hoboken Girl<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>Paper Mill Playhouse received a $150,000 Disney grant<\/strong> to bring free musical theater residencies to four eligible Essex County public elementary schools (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themontclairgirl.com\/paper-mill-playhouse-disney-free-musicals-nj-schools\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Montclair Girl<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>New Jersey will receive at least $525 million and potentially more than $752 million<\/strong> from a multistate settlement with Meta (<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/newjersey\/new-jersey-meta-settlement-2026\/\"><em>The New Jersey Girl<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Hoboken has adopted a new waterfront sound ordinance<\/strong> requiring permits for outdoor amplified sound in the I-1W district north of 14th Street (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/hoboken-waterfront-sound-permit-ordinance\/\"><em>The Hoboken Girl<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>The Hoboken Business Alliance is launching the city\u2019s first-ever Hoboken Restaurant Week<\/strong> from November 9th through November 22nd (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/first-ever-hoboken-restaurant-week-2026\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hoboken Girl<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>Montclair State University opened a nearly 2,500-square-foot virtual reality facility<\/strong> that will bring immersive technology into student coursework (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themontclairgirl.com\/montclair-state-virtual-reality-facility\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Montclair Girl<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>Stan\u2019s Sports Center, a longtime Hoboken sporting goods store that first opened in 1946, is closing its Washington Street storefront<\/strong> after 80 years in business (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/stans-sports-center-closure-hoboken\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hoboken Girl<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Blue Bottle Coffee opened its first New Jersey location at Garden State Plaza in Paramus<\/strong> on September 9th (<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/blue-bottle-coffee-paramus-nj\/\"><em>The Bergen County Girl<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>Police in Readington Township are asking the public to help identify a man who has reportedly been spotted riding an e-bike nude<\/strong> along local trails for years (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/08\/us-news\/naked-nj-e-bike-rider-spotted-riding-trails-after-years-of-sighting-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Post<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>More than 1,100 people have signed a petition opposing a proposed warehouse development in a residential Essex County neighborhood<\/strong> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/essex\/2026\/09\/more-than-1100-sign-petition-opposing-warehouse-in-residential-neighborhood-of-nj-town.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NJ.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>Violent crime in New Jersey dropped nearly 12% in 2025 and is about 70% below its 1990 peak<\/strong>, while Montclair recorded 32 violent crimes and saw its local violent crime rate fall more than 40% year over year (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-jersey\/montclair\/violent-crime-has-been-dropping-nj-decades-fbi-data-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montclair Patch<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>Westfield Public Schools is investigating a districtwide network outage<\/strong> that was potentially caused by a ransomware attack, disrupting the first day of school (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unioncountylife.com\/news\/2026\/09\/westfield-public-schools-network-outage-investigation-344b7b1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union County Life<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>A New Jersey gun range owner helped restrain an unruly American Airlines passenger<\/strong> accused of attacking fellow passengers on a Dallas-to-Newark flight (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/07\/us-news\/nj-gun-shop-owner-idd-as-hero-who-duct-taped-airline-passenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Post<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <strong>O\u2019Bagel is opening its Parsippany location on September 12th<\/strong> at 9:30AM , and the first 100 customers get free food and prizes (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc05vVLBDie\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is proposing a nearly six-mile Garden State Parkway expansion<\/strong> in Ocean County&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jerseyshoreonline.com\/ocean-county\/garden-state-parkway-expansion-plans-head-to-public-hearing\/\"><em>Jersey Shore Online<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp; <strong>NJ Students are headed back to school without their phones<\/strong>, as a new New Jersey law requiring public school districts to restrict students\u2019 cellphone and other personal-device use throughout the school day took effect this school year (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/south-jersey\/cellphone-ban-nj-schools-2026-20260825.html\"><em>The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>NJ Transit has upgraded real-time bus tracking technology and introduced free onboard Wi-Fi on more than 1,500 buses<\/strong>, with the improvements expected to reach nearly 2,000 buses by the end of 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njtransit.com\/press-releases\/nj-transit-upgrades-real-time-bus-tracking-technology-and-introduces-free-onboard-wi\"><em>NJ TRANSIT<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Clementon Park + Splash World has permanently closed<\/strong> after the South Jersey amusement and water park announced that September 9th would be its final day of operation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyfanatic.com\/permanent-closure-of-clementon-park-and-splash-world-jc1\/\"><em>Disney Fanatic<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Passaic\u2019s annual Mexican Independence Day Parade has been postponed indefinitely<\/strong>, with organizers citing concerns about recent ICE arrests and fears over the safety of community members attending the event (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/passaic-mexican-independence-day-parade-ice-arrests\/\"><em>CBS News New York<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Rutgers men\u2019s basketball head coach Steve Pikiell announced that he is undergoing cancer treatment<\/strong> following successful surgery and plans to remain involved with the team as much as possible during the season (<a href=\"https:\/\/scarletknights.com\/news\/2026\/9\/9\/mens-basketball-statement-from-rutgers-men-ss-basketball-head-coach-steve-pikiell\"><em>Rutgers Athletics<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a news tip or story? 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