Rick has proudly been a part of the newsroom at New Jersey 101.5 since March 2022, reporting on all things Jersey. He was born in Princeton, has lived in the Garden State nearly his entire life, and got his start in radio news covering Lower Bucks County in Pennsylvania. When he isn't working on a story, Rick is probably playing too loud on the electric bass or listening to Tool.
Rick Rickman
New Jersey property taxes soar to an all-time high: Check your town
The average New Jersey homeowner paid $313 more in property taxes in 2023 compared to the year before.
These 20 towns in NJ have the most expensive property taxes
Living in one of these 20 New Jersey towns means you have, on average, the highest property taxes in the entire state.
Firm at center of shocking New Jersey police training declares bankruptcy
Street Cop Training is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a state report on a controversial Atlantic City training seminar.
NJ police chief to resign after ‘drunk’ incident caught on video goes public
Bradley Beach police Chief Leonard Guida is resigning after video of his tense confrontation with a sergeant was published in media reports last week.
WATCH: Cops forced to restrain ‘drunk’ NJ police chief at tense crash scene
The police chief of Bradley Beach is on paid leave after he showed up at a crash drunk and got physical with a sergeant, according to a published report.
NJ store owner put camera in bathroom to record workers, cops say
The owner of a clothing store in Roxbury is facing new charges for putting a camera in the store restroom to record his employees, according to authorities.
COVID test lab payments among new revelations in NJ Sen. Menendez court docs
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez tried to convince mayors throughout New Jersey to use a COVID-19 testing lab that was paying his wife, according to new federal court filings.
Big electric bill rate hikes hitting 4 million New Jersey customers again
Over four million electric utility customers in New Jersey are getting rate hikes in 2024, and the increases are bigger than last year.
Creepy serial arsonist set fire to old Woodbury, NJ school, cops say
A Woodbury man is charged with arson for three fires in the city this month including at the former Sketch Club theater/Original West End School.
Secrets that car thieves don’t want you to know as crime rises in NJ
A feature for the side mirrors on high-end vehicles could be telling car thieves that you're an easy target as auto thefts continue to rise in New Jersey.
NJ magazine fires Jewish writer over Christmas scorn
A writer for the Jackson Pulse who is Jewish has been fired after she complained that her neighbors were not Jewish and celebrated Christmas.
Outrage as Jewish writer in NJ calls Christmas lights ‘grotesque’
A Jackson woman's complaints about her non-Jewish neighbors' "gaudy" and "grotesque" Christmas decorations are stirring up controversy in Ocean County.