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New Jersey Wildfire 75% Contained; Crews to Remain on Scene Until ‘Significant’ Rain
Apr 29 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported continued progress in fighting the Jones River wildfire, with the fire being 75% contained by noon on Monday, April 28. Officials said crews will remain on the scene for the next...
New Jersey’s Jones Road Wildfire Now 65% Contained
Apr 28 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has continued to make progress fighting the Jones River wildfire. The service reported the fire was 65% contained by Sunday morning April 27. However, the service repeated a warning from...
NJ Wildfire Update: 50% Contained; High Spread Risk Today; Suspect in Custody
Apr 25 2025 // At a time when firefighters are battling one of the worst wildfires in New Jersey’s history, there is an increased risk for rapid fire spread this afternoon across portions of the Garden State and eastern...
New Jersey Sues RealPage, Claiming Collusion With Landlords Drives Up Rents
Apr 25 2025 // New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state’s largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents, violating federal and state antitrust laws and New...
Why New York and New Jersey Are at Risk of Spring Wildfires
Apr 25 2025 // The wildfire scorching southern New Jersey ignited despite a series of downpours in recent weeks — and the region is ripe for more blazes. April’s rains didn’t soak into the ground enough to prevent the fire...
Update on New Jersey Wildfire: Suspect Charged With Arson
Apr 24 2025 // New Jersey officials announced that a 19-year old man has been charged with arson in connection with the Jones Road wildfire that started on April 22 and has spread throughout the southern Ocean County area. Joseph Kling...
Update on New Jersey Wildfire: 30% Contained, Evacuation Orders Lifted
Apr 23 2025 // A major wildfire in southern New Jersey’s Ocean County expanded last night, leading to the evacuation of 5,000 people and threats to more than 1,320 structures. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported last night...
NJ Accuses Messaging App Discord of Exposing Kids to Violent Content, Predators
Apr 22 2025 // New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has filed a lawsuit against Discord, Inc. alleging that the messaging app provider is exposing kids to violent and sexual content and predators and has violated the...
Starkweather & Shepley Acquires New Jersey’s AiK2 Insurance Services
Apr 22 2025 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (S&S) has acquired AiK2 Insurance Services, a New Jersey-based firm specializing in business insurance for wealth and asset managers. As part of the acquisition,...
New Jersey Neighborhood Fire That Killed 2 Girls Apparently Started in Their Home
Apr 14 2025 // A fire that raced through a southern New Jersey neighborhood, killing two young sisters and burning six homes, apparently started in a duplex where the girls’ family lived, authorities said Friday. The cause of the...
New Jersey Law Targets ‘Near Crime Wave’ of Retail Theft
Apr 8 2025 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill into law setting tougher penalties for retail theft and calling for a dedicated effort to combat organized retail theft. The new law establishes and upgrades certain crimes...
Rescue Plan for Bankrupt New Jersey Hospitals Under Threat
Mar 14 2025 // A plan to rescue three troubled New Jersey hospitals from bankruptcy is being challenged by their former owners, who claim mismanagement and an unfair land deal have tainted the reorganization. The bankruptcy-exit plan for...
15 Injured When School Bus Overturns on Parkway in New Jersey
Mar 12 2025 // A school bus carrying 31 people overturned on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, sending more than a dozen people to hospitals, officials said. New Jersey State Police said 15 people, including the driver and 14 young...
Judge Dismisses Charges Against NJ Insurance Exec Norcross
Feb 26 2025 // In a prosecution that local news outlets had called “stunning,” a New Jersey judge has made an equally stunning dismissal of corruption and racketeering charges against insurance executive and Democratic power...
Second Sinkhole Closes Lanes on New Jersey Highway
Feb 11 2025 // A section of a major New Jersey highway has been closed due to a sinkhole for the second time in less than two months. Crews are working to repair a sinkhole on the Eastbound side of Interstate 80 in Wharton. The lanes...
New Jersey Man Sentenced for Leading Stolen Vehicles Conspiracy
Feb 4 2025 // A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive, retitle, and “re-VIN” stolen vehicles. According to Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna, Nathaniel Bell of...
New Jersey Officials Cleared of Wrongdoing in Menendez Corruption Case
Jan 21 2025 // The New Jersey attorney general’s office cleared state law enforcement officials of wrongdoing in a corruption case involving former US Senator Robert Menendez, who awaits sentencing after his conviction last...
US Bans Drones Over Infrastructure Sites in New York, New Jersey
Dec 23 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was temporarily barring drone flights over dozens of critical infrastructure sites in New Jersey and New York. A frenzy of concern about drones in New Jersey and...
Group Calls New Jersey’s Toxic Waste Dump Settlement ‘Woefully Inadequate’
Dec 20 2024 // Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement...
US Banning Drone Flights Over New Jersey Utility Transmission Sites
Dec 19 2024 // The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it was temporarily barring drone flights over 22 utility locations in New Jersey amid public concern. The FAA said the decision to bar drones for 30 days at the sites...
