Attack in Asbury Park led to miscarriage, cops say
Suspect, a Jackson woman, was arrested last month ASBURY PARK -- A pregnant woman allegedly suffered a miscarriage following an attempt to steal her purse last month, police said. File Photo Margaret...
View ArticleThese towns are now challenging hospitals' tax-free status
Legislation that would have created a hospital bed tax in lieu of taxes did not pass last session. TRENTON -- A dozen municipalities across the state are challenging the tax-exempt status of the...
View ArticleStorm leaves more than 1K without power, delays school in Monmouth, Ocean...
Approximately 1,500 customers were still without power as of 6:15 a.m. File photo. The storm that brought rain and strong gusts of wind to New Jersey overnight caused nearly 2,000 customers in...
View ArticleVintage photos of classic cars in N.J.
A car doesn't have to be a muscle car or even American-made to be beloved. I have always had a love for classic cars. ... Got a feel for my automobile ....courtesy of the Hatala family My first car...
View ArticleMiddletown official indicted for tax fraud
Todd Costello, the director of Management Information Systems for Middletown, was named in a 14-count indictment charging him with underreporting his income. FREEHOLD - A Middletown Township official...
View ArticleManalapan H.S. student wins Congressional App Challenge
A Manalapan High School sophomore won the Congressional App Challenge for New Jersey's 6th Congressional District. ENGLISHTOWN - When Manalapan High School sophomore Ariel Rakovitsky was tasked with...
View ArticleFlu cases spike dramatically in parts of N.J.
The flu vaccine being used this year turns out to be fairly effective, federal officials announced just as New Jersey's delayed flu season starts to take off. If you've managed to avoid flu this year,...
View ArticleK-9s show a softer side at 5th annual Paws for a Cause fundraiser
The K-9 dogs posed for pictures, but also demonstrated their bomb - and drug-sniffing skills and ability to Watch video WEST LONG BRANCH -- Several of the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office's K-9 dogs...
View ArticleAnother housing project using Sandy funds? 5 things to know
A developer is proposing to construct 110 affordable housing units off Route 34 in Wall Township WALL TOWNSHIP - Dozens of residents packed a special meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment on...
View ArticleThe 20 N.J. towns with the strongest wind gusts during last night's storm
The strongest winds were reported in Ocean County, according to preliminary wind-speed readings. Powerful gusts were also detected in Atlantic, Bergen and Sussex. Watch video Most of us heard those...
View ArticleShore woman missing for more than 2 weeks, police say
Amanda Picard, 24, was last seen Feb. 5 when she was dropped off at her grandmother's house, police said. Watch video Amanda Picard has been missing since Feb. 5, police say(Courtesy of the Manchester...
View ArticleToms River bans real estate solicitation amid Orthodox Jewish boom
Though many of the real estate agents hail from Lakewood, a town with a booming Orthodox Jewish population, Toms River Mayor Thomas F. Kelaher stressed that this ordinance is not anti-Semitic in...
View ArticleAnother Birdsall exec pleads guilty in $1M pay-to-play scheme
A top engineering firm illegally funneled over a million dollars to N.J. officials over half a dozen years. Now it's time to pay up. TRENTON -- Another former top executive of what was one of the...
View ArticleTake this week's NJ.com news quiz
You probably think you'll get a perfect score this week. Not a chance. How well do you remember the biggest New Jersey stories of the week? Take the NJ.com news quiz and find out. the seven questions...
View ArticleN.J. cop was impaired on drugs, alcohol in fatal crash
Capt. Earl B. Alexander IV reportedly had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol and dozen chemicals, including illegal drugs, in his blood. The Deal police captain who was killed in a single-car...
View ArticleLawmaker offers solution to 'crazy' wave of tax appeals vs. hospitals
A tax appeal case out of Morristown sparked the frenzy of litigation TRENTON -- A state senator said he has come up with a solution to halt the flurry of tax appeals that communities are filing to...
View ArticleEx-Monmouth County prosecutor charged with drunken driving
Luis Valentin is due to face drunken driving charges in East Windsor Monday stemming from a December arrest EAST WINDSOR - Former Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin is due in court to face...
View ArticleN.J. cop was subject of internal investigation before fatal crash, police say
Capt. Earl Alexander IV was the subject of an internal affairs investigation before he crashed his car, police said. DEAL -- In light of a toxicology report that shows one of their captains was...
View ArticleIs this why N.J. missed out on $300M in Sandy aid?
New Jersey received just $15 million from a $1 biilion federal competition. Watch video WASHINGTON -- The failure to include state funds in its application caused New Jersey to receive just $15...
View ArticleMan charged in connection with shooting death of star athlete
A former all-state high school football player, Jamar Small, 24, was gunned down in broad daylight on an Asbury Park street late last year. Watch video Jamar Small graduated from Texas Southern...
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