David Wald Archives - New Jersey Globe

It seems like billionaire Star-Ledger owners are holding a bake sale

April 9, 2020 1:24 amJuly 14, 2025 4:48 pm

I’m rooting for the Star-Ledger to survive. The newspaper has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. As a middle schooler, I had a paper route and delivered the Star-Ledger seven days a week. ...

Adrian Heffern, Asbury Park Press political columnist and statehouse editor, dies at 92

April 20, 2019 4:33 pmAugust 28, 2022 12:20 am

Adrian F. Heffern, Jr., a fabled old-school newspaper reporter and columnist who spent 45 years with the Asbury Park Press, died on April 17. He was 92. Heffern began his journalism career with WJLK, a Monmouth County-based FM radio station...

The time the DEP thought a reporter stole documents

December 23, 2018 8:20 pmDecember 24, 2018 11:20 am

Here’s a bizarre story: the chief of staff to the mayor of Trenton has named Trentonian reporter Isaac Avilucea as a suspect in the burglary of his City Hall office. Police are investigating Yoshi Manale’s accusation and the Trentonian quickly came...