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Most Fun States Ranked In New Study: See How NJ Fared
The Northeast has some of the most fun states in the country, but several others landed near the bottom of a new ranking.
WalletHub released its 2026 list of the Most Fun States in America on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The study compared all 50 states across 26 metrics of entertainment, recreation, and nightlife, including restaurants, amusement parks, movie theaters, national park access, music festivals, bars, casinos, and recreation spending.
The personal finance website split the study into two main categories: entertainment and recreation, which made up 80% of the score, and nightlife, which ac…
NJ Man Posed As Religious Solicitor To Meet ‘13-Year-Old’ In PA: Prosecutors
A New Jersey man who drove to Pennsylvania dressed as a religious solicitor to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sex has been sentenced, authorities announced on Wednesday, Aug. 19.
The case began when Oscar Castillo-Peralta, 54, of Pleasantville, NJ, started chatting on a social media app with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Jan. 30, 2025, authorities said. Bensalem police previously identified the app as KIK.
The pair exchanged phone numbers and continued communicating by text, with the conversations becoming sexual over the following weeks, investigators s…
Masturbating Man Followed Teen Through Bergen County Town In Black SUV, Police Say
A 17-year-old girl walking in a Bergen County town noticed a large black SUV following her before the driver pulled alongside her, exposed himself, and began masturbating, authorities said.
Wellington Avecillas, 52, of Garfield, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 18, following an investigation into the Sunday morning, Aug 16, encounter, Garfield Police Capt. Mario Pozo said.
Officers were called to the area of St. Nicholas Cemetery on Passaic Street around 9:34 a.m. Sunday, on a report that a man had exposed himself to the teen, Pozo said. The girl told detectives she first noticed a large bla…
