New Jersey State Health Commissioner Shereef Elnahal says check for ticks after being out in wooded areas. Tick-borne illness is on the rise. “Ticks that transmit Lyme disease are active during the spring, summer, and the fall. But May, June, and July are the peak seasons, the peak months rather for transmission of tick-borne illness,” said Elnahal. “5,000 cases of Lyme disease were diagnosed in New Jersey last year. The highest total since the year 2000. Morris and Hunterdon County top the list

A New Jersey lawmaker has recently introduced a bill that bans children under the age of 12 from playing tackle football in the Garden State. Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri-Huttle points to studies that show brain injuries at a young age can have devastating effects later in life. Her legislation would limit children under 12 to just flag or touch football. Just the thought of tacking tackle out of one of America’s most popular sports has outraged Sal, who coaches his child. “It’s horrible, why

Theater Critic Michael Bourne has enjoyed this year's jam-packed revival display on and off Broadway. Click above to hear Michael's full rundown of shows that are worth your time and money.

The Supreme Court ruling that allows all states to have legalized sports betting could help Atlantic City casinos generate additional revenue. Public finance attorney David Fernandez says sports wagering gives Atlantic City a new opportunity to draw tourists, but it might benefit casino companies more than the city because sports gambling could be made available online. “It may not be the boom that they think it’s going to be if the online gambling takes off and becomes an alternative that folks

Legalized sports betting is coming to New Jersey. The U-S Supreme Court has ruled in New Jersey's favor, striking down a 1992 federal law restricting sports wagering to Nevada and three other states. Former state Senator Ray Lesniak has been fighting for years to legalize sports betting in New Jersey and he's thrilled with the court’s decision. “It’s going to be a big boost for Atlantic City, a big boost for Monmouth Racetrack. It’ll bring people to those venues, keep jobs, create jobs, benefit

In early June we'll be marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy during the 1968 presidential campaign. There's a fraternity of independent researchers and journalists who believe that the New York senator was killed by someone other than Sirhan Sirhan. There's a new book coming out about the assassination titled Broken Glory. Click above to hear WBGO's Jon Kalish's report.

The Tony Awards celebrate what happens ON Broadway, but WBGO theater critic Michael Bourne is often even busier OFF Broadway. Click above to hear Michael's reviews of some Outer Critic Circle Award-winning shows off Broadway.

Over forty years ago the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Mount Laurel decision was hailed nationally. It proclaimed it was unconstitutional for local zoning to exclude housing for its poor and working class. Yet, decades later New Jersey is in a full blown affordable housing crisis and leads the nation in foreclosures . And despite the scarcity of affordable housing there are tens of thousands of vacant homes just wasting away. Back in January of 2015 attorney Kevin Walsh, with the advocacy group

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is on a coast-to-coast North American Tour that will culminate May 11-13 at NJPAC with three special programs. Artistic Director Robert Battle came into the WBGO studios to talk about the three-day program. Performances include the opening Ailey Jazz program presenting the NJPAC debut of Ailey star Jamar Roberts’ Members Don’t Get Weary - his first world premiere for the Company, which he joined in 2002. Set to the powerful music of the legendary jazz

The two-act comedy The Nerd, written by American actor and playwright Larry Shue, runs through May 20th at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. The Nerd was the top grossing American play in London's West End in 1986. Two of the stars of the show, Jonathan Kite and Kate Reinders, sat down with WBGO News Director Doug Doyle to talk about hilarious play and their respective careers. Kite, from the long running CBS hit comedy 2 Broke Girls, and Reinders, from Broadway's Wicked, Something