• Crash closes Route 35 at Deal Road in Ocean Township

  OCEAN — A crash has caused the closure of Route 35 near Deal Road in the borough, police said. The intersection will be closed until roughly 10 p.m. tonight, police ...

• New Jersey Lawmakers If We Can Afford A Special Election We Can Find The Money For Family Planning

  After Gov. Chris Christie (R) slashed $7.5 million from women’s health programs in 2010 — mainly to prevent the money from going to Planned Parenthood — several health clinics in the state were forced to close. Now, New Jersey lawmakers ...

• FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffas remains

  View Photo Associated Press/Carlos Osorio - Investigators stand at the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 where officials attempt to restore the field to its natural condition after the FBI ...

• Four Men Arrested for Armed Robbery of New Jersey Target Store on Black Friday

  NEWARK, NJ-FBI special agents and Union Police Department detectives arrested four New Jersey men this morning in connection with the armed robbery last November of a Target Store in Union, New Jersey, on Black Friday, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Darrell A. Carter, 23, of Irvington; Daquaan Vaughn, 35, of Newark; Lavell Jones, 27, of East Orange; and Maryland Liggins, III, 28, of ...

• Indictment Accountant led unemployment scheme

  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- State officials say a northern New Jersey accountant masterminded a scheme in which he and 14 others allegedly stole nearly $700,000 by filing false unemployment benefit ...

• Man already accused of Long Branch murder charged in Manchester murder

  Alan Bienkowski has been charged in the murders of Michael M. Wells in Long Branch and Anthony Verdicchio in Manchester. / PHOTO COURTESY NEW JERSEY STATE ...

• Sweepstakes giving away a week at a Jersey Shore beach house

  LAVALLETTE — One family will get to spend a week rent free at a four-bedroom, single-family house just a few dozen yards from the beach this August. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is partnering with the borough, local businesses and a nonprofit organization to rent the home for a sweepstakes to promote that the Jersey Shore is open, almost eight months after superstorm Sandy ...

• Sand Bar owner Louis Cataldo makes first court appearance following Brielle shooting

  Zoom Louis Cataldo is shown during his initial appearance in state Superior Court in Freehold Wednesday. Cataldo is being held in the Monmouth County Jail, charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. / THOMAS P. COSTELLO/STAFF ...

• Lakewood students ask Christie questions on presidency school funding being a dad

  LAKEWOOD — With less than five months until the state gubernatorial election, Gov. Chris Christie visited the township school district for the first time since he took office in 2010, where students at Oak Street Elementary School peppered him with questions about running for president, school funding and being a good father. The incumbent, who did not prepare a speech, answered several ...

• NJ Gov. Christie is still a Dallas Cowboys fan

  SAYREVILLE, N.J. -; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surprised some schoolchildren when he told them his favorite football team is the Dallas ...

• Op-Ed An Open Letter to New Jersey Legislators

  Dear New Jersey Legislators: We need your help. New Jersey's public schools are suffering under the weight of the teacher evaluation system we are compelled to implement in September 2013. The timeframe currently required by statute is neither realistic nor fair. Quite frankly, it is creating a crisis where none exists. There is an easy solution at hand. All you need to do is support ...

• 4 men arrested in Black Friday robbery

  Officials say two of the men robbed store employees at gun point, another served as the getaway driver and the fourth posed as a shopper acting as a ...

• Murder charge filed in NJ mobile home park slaying

  MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Murder charges have been filed against a neighbor of an elderly man found dead last month at an Ocean County mobile home ...

• Beloved Pennsauken NJ doctor killed in murder-suicide

  Patients react to Pennsauken doctor's office shoot...: A 47-year-old Pennsauken doctor was killed in her office by her 58-year-old husband, who then fatally shot himself, authorities ...

• 2 convicted in terror plot ask judge to reconsider

  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Two brothers convicted of planning to attack military personnel on installations in New Jersey and elsewhere are asking a judge to vacate their convictions, saying their lawyers made key mistakes in their ...

• It’s time for the Annual Crabfest at the Atlantic City Country Club

  Atlantic City Country Club . Bring your appetite on Thursday, June 20, for all-you-can-eat steamed Old Bay snow crabs, chicken jambalaya, corn on the cob, local specialties, mandarin summer salad, a chef's dessert display and much more. To wash down all those crabs, there will be happy hour drink pricing and $3 ...

• OC Prosecutors special unit nabs 19 on heroin-related offenses

  TOMS RIVER — Detectives arrested 19 people in separate incidents in Ocean County this week, charging them with various heroin-related offenses, authorities said Tuesday. The arrests happened in Bayville, Barnegat, Lacey, and Lakewood, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. ...

• Holmdel looks to hire landscaping company will deal with overgrown properties

  HOLMDEL — The house on Candlelight Drive is easy to spot. Weeds and withered patches of grass sit next to immaculately manicured lawns. The township hired an outside vendor to care for overgrown lawns at foreclosed or abandoned homes after complaints from neighbors and negligent property owners poured in, said Mayor Patrick ...

• Toms River man admits live streaming sexual abuse of baby boy

  TRENTON — A 68-year-old Toms River man has pleaded guilty to live-streaming his sexual assault of a 15-month-old boy, authorities said. Rodford W. Brindley admitted to sexual exploitation of a child Tuesday in Trenton federal court, according to a prepared statement from the U.S. ...

• Sea Bright beach cabana clubs rebuild for hardworking community

  Cabana club in Sea Bright rebuilding after Sandy: Edgewater Beach & Cabana Club in Sea Bright has an aggressive plan rebuild damage caused by superstorm ...

• Paterson mayor seeks investment from India

  http://bit.ly/11NKntK ) reports their itinerary indicates Jones and Lowe will visit the western Indian cities of Surat and Mumbai. Lowe says the authority is focusing on renewable energy involving solar, wind and water projects. The mayor says he would be looking at broader economic development ...

• Police wound 1 man search for another

  According to broadcast reports, officers stopped the vehicle near South Pennsville-Auburn Road and Hollywood Avenue in Carneys Point around 1 a.m. ...

• FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa remains entering 3rd day

  OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ...

• Prosecutor 3 Ohioans enslaved beat mentally disabled woman child

  Disabled mom, daughter held captive with pit bulls: The FBI on Tuesday arrested three Ohio residents for allegedly imprisoning and abusing a mentally disabled mother and her young daughter for more than two ...

• South New Jersey doctor killed by husband in murder-suicide

  A South New Jersey doctor was killed Tuesday in her office by her estranged husband, who then turned his gun on himself, police said. Dr. Michelle Liggio, 47, who had filed for divorce from her husband, Christopher, was on her lunch break, Pennsauken police said. Employees upstairs had already called police after hearing a violent argument downstairs when they heard the gunshots, The ...

• Asbury Park to replace city manager

  ASBURY PARK — Veteran city manager Terence Reidy could soon be on his way out. Three newly elected City Council members are planning to oust Reidy when they take office, Reidy confirmed this ...

• Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against JJ

  The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of ...

• Couple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old

  PLANADA, Calif. -; A California couple is facing prison time after juries convicted them of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old ...

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