Bias Attack At 7-Eleven, Police Say: 5 Must-Read NJ Stories

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 the Garden State:

1. Hoboken's mayor is speaking out after unknown thieves took an Israeli flag flying at half-staff outside City Hall in what he called a "brazen theft."(Read more on Patch.)

2. One person was injured after a car crashed into the back of a Bridgewater-Raritan School District school bus on Monday morning. (Read more on Patch.)

3. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and his critics have found some rare common ground: their disdain for a local school district’s ban on Halloween. (Read more on Patch.)

4. On Tuesday of this week, two teachers at Saint Leo the Great School in Middletown appeared on "The Drew Barrymore Show."(Read more on Patch.)

5. A Brick Township man was arrested Tuesday after he slashed the tires on two vehicles and used racial slurs toward an older woman and a child in one of the vehicles, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday. (Read more on Patch.)