NJ Duo Threatened Immigrants Into Forced Labor, Feds Say: Top 5 Reads

Good evening, New Jersey Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the state for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories from across New Jersey:

1. A Pro-Palestine billboard on Route 9 in Howell has sparked complaints from residents and condemnation from local state legislators as a "blatant display of antisemitism" that perpetuates hate and violence toward Jewish people. Read more.

2. A wildfire that scorched 510 acres of Wharton State Forest has been fully contained. Read more.

3. Joan D'Alessandro, 7, of Hillsdale disappeared in 1973 shortly after asking her mom if she could deliver a box of Girl Scout cookies to a neighbor on the corner. Read more.

4. The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a Title VI federal complaint against Rutgers University this week, for what they allege is "ongoing anti-Palestinian bigotry at Rutgers Newark law school and the New Brunswick campus since October 2023." Read more.

5. A Moorestown couple will face decades in prison for coercing two immigrant women into forced servitude. Read more.