30-year old Jessica Munoz of Rahway, New Jersey passed away in a single car crash on the Garden State Parkway in Clifton, New Jersey on Sunday, January 20, 2019. The Jessica Munoz Memorial Award has been set up in her honor at Montclair State University. Jess' dear friends including former MSU professor and the Associate Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Engagement joined WBGO News Director Doug Doyle to talk about her teaching legacy. The 2016 graduate of MSU's Duel Degree Dual Certification

Theater critic Michael Bourne reviews three shows from popular comedians, including "Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State". Click above for Michael's three reviews.

The New York State legislature passed the Jose Peralta DREAM Act earlier this week. The bill’s namesake, the late state Senator Peralta, championed for this law, which will set aside $27 million in tuition aid for undocumented immigrants seeking a college education. “For too long, bright young immigrants have been locked out of educational opportunities,” said New York State Senate bill sponsor Luis Sepulveda. “This hardship is due to an immigration status assigned to students as minors by a

Tony Award winner Michael Frayn's Noises Off debuted in London, England in 1982 and is considered one of the funniest plays ever written. The latest production of the popular play at Two River Theater is being directed by Sarna Lapine and includes a star-studded cast. WBGO's News Director Doug Doyle went to the theater in Red Bank, New Jersey to talk with three of the cast members: Ellen Harvey, Michael Crane and Kimiye Corwin. Screwball antics, misplaced props, slamming doors and flying

2010 Census statistics show most children under age 5 that weren’t counted live in what’s called “hard to count” areas. Experts say these are generally majority minority, low poverty municipalities. “I can say that my wife and I are taking it so seriously, that since the last census count, we’ve had three children,” said Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh, who jokes about it but understands that his city has one of the largest populations of undercounted children in New Jersey. That’s why Paterson

New Jersey’s medical marijuana program swelled during Gov. Phil Murphy’s first year in office, doubling its number of patients to more than 39,000. The number of doctors also grew, from just more than 500 physicians to nearly 900. But Murphy wants even more doctors to join, so state officials have been hitting the road to convince medical professionals of the benefits of medical marijuana — and dispel what they say are the myths. “What we’re really trying to do in New Jersey is to have a real,

2019 will be an exciting tour season for the LPGA and one of it's top players Lizette Salas. Salas, who is from Azusa, California, was in New York City recently for a special partnership announcement involving the LPGA and Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. The season-long Aon Risk Reward Challenge will highlight the world's best professional golfers as they tackle the most strategically challenging holes across both

Principal Akbar Cook of Newark’s West Side High School gained national recognition for taking action after noticing students being bullied for dirty clothes. He installed five pairs of washers and dryers in the school so kids could do their laundry. WBGO’s Ang Santos stopped by West Side High to talk with Principal Cook, who says there’s been no shortage of support since the story aired on NBC’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ang Santos: That must have been some moment for you? The $50,000 check.

Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, Essex County College President Dr. Anthony E. Munroe's journey has been an interesting and inspiring one. Dr. Munroe took over the reins at Essex County College in Newark in June of 2017. Dr. Munroe has three decades of experience as both an educator and a nationally recognized executive leading urban healthcare and health education institutions. A fan of Miles Davis and Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Dr. Munroe sat down this week with WBGO News Director