Werner Foerster Archives - New Jersey Globe

State Police mourn Werner Foerster

May 2, 2019 5:00 amMay 2, 2019 9:43 am

On May 2, New Jersey’s state troopers mourn the death of Trooper Werner Foerster. “The lasting wounds of the assassination of Trooper Werner Foerster #2608 on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike forty-six years ago today are far from...

Group seeks end to trade, travel restrictions with Cuba

March 26, 2019 8:00 amMarch 26, 2019 7:05 am

A group of New Jersey political and business leaders will push for statewide support to lift trade and travel restrictions on Cuba. New Jersey will become the 19th state to join Engage Cuba, a Washington-based lobbying group that advocates pro-engagement policies on...

Hugin says U.S.-Cuba relations starts with Chesimard return

May 2, 2018 4:45 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Hugin marked the 45th anniversary of the death of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster with a statement calling on Cuba to return his killer, Joanne Chesimard, to the United States. “It is with sadness...