Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Fire Destroys US Auto Auction Building in New Jersey, No Injuries Reported
Oct 29 2021 // Officials on Wednesday were investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a large building that housed several businesses in southern New Jersey. Flames broke out Tuesday night and quickly spread throughout the US Auto...
Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors
Oct 27 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors, an all-lines brokerage focused on transportation-related industries. Terms of the deal were not...
New Jersey Executive Who Embezzled $48M Gets 75-Month Sentence
Oct 20 2021 // A former publication company executive was sentenced to more than six years in prison Monday in a $48 million embezzlement plot. A federal judge sentenced Nestor Charriez to 75 months and also ordered him to pay $43...
Attorney Says New Jersey Complex Evacuated Due to Rockslide Will Be Razed
Oct 18 2021 // A New Jersey apartment complex from which 45 families were abruptly evacuated due to a rockslide stemming from the remnants of Hurricane Ida will be demolished, according to the lawyer representing the property...
New Jersey Releases Final Climate Change Resiliency Strategy
Oct 14 2021 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Interagency Council on Climate Resilience released the final version of the state’s first Climate Change Resiliency Strategy, a science-based blueprint for protecting New...
New Jersey Construction Worker Hurt in Three-Story Fall Down Elevator Shaft
Oct 13 2021 // A construction worker was critically injured in a three-story fall down an elevator shaft at a New Jersey construction site, authorities said. Chief Michael Foligno of the Elmwood Park, New Jersey, police department said...
New Jersey Weighs Expanding Flood Buyback Program After Ida
Sep 27 2021 // Liz Sawyer called Manville, New Jersey, home for more than two decades when Ida became the latest storm to send flood waters crashing into her house. For her and her family it will – she hopes – be the last...
‘Things Are Dire’: $16B Bay Flood Plan for Worst New Jersey Storms
Sep 23 2021 // Federal officials on Tuesday warned of a “dire” situation that is likely to get worse as they explained details of a $16 billion plan to lessen back bay flooding, one of the major sources of storm damage at the...
Questions on $16B Plan to Ease Back Bay Flooding at New Jersey Shore
Sep 22 2021 // A proposed $16 billion billion plan to address back bay flooding, one of the major sources of storm damage at the Jersey Shore, is raising concerns about where water would go during storms, whether barriers proposed as...
New Jersey Regulator Asks Insurers to Work with Customers Affected by Ida
Sep 13 2021 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) issued a bulletin urging entities regulated by the department to work with and assist customers who have been adversely affected by Tropical Storm Ida. “New...
NWS Says Seven Tornadoes Hit New Jersey, Pennsylvania During Storm
Sep 8 2021 // Seven tornados tore through parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey during last Wednesday night’s storm, including an EF-3 that damaged homes and businesses in the Garden State, according to the National Weather...
New York, New Jersey Declare Emergencies, At Least 9 Reported Dead in Record Rains
Sep 2 2021 // The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday as record-breaking rains from tropical storm Ida led to flooding and hazardous conditions on the roads, with media reporting at least...
New Jersey Domestic Violence Victim Suing Prosecutor Over Being Named
Aug 19 2021 // A New Jersey woman who killed her abusive ex-fiance can proceed with a lawsuit that claims her rights as a domestic violence victim were violated when a county prosecutor publicly identified her, an appeals court ruled...
Virus Concerns Again Force Cancellation of New Jersey Marathon
Aug 18 2021 // Concerns about COVID-19 have prompted the cancellation of one of New Jersey’s premier road races for the second year in a row. The New Jersey Marathon and Half Marathon were scheduled to be held in and around Long...
10th Tornado Confirmed in July Pennsylvania, New Jersey Storms
Aug 17 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a 10th tornado that struck during storms last month in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Forecasters in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said Sunday that the EF-0 tornado struck July 29 in a...
Forecasters Confirm Nine Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Aug 5 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a ninth tornado that struck during storms last week in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Forecasters said Sunday that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds up to 90 mph appeared in the...
Eight Tornadoes Confirmed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania During Storms
Aug 2 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed eight tornadoes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey during Thursday’s storm, including the EF-3 storm in eastern Pennsylvania and an EF-2 tornado that started in the Keystone...
World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s McCue Captains Agency
Jul 16 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired McCue Captains Agency of Little Silver, New Jersey, on July 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. McCue Captains Agency was founded in 1927 as a local...
Flash Flooding Swamps Parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Jul 14 2021 // Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Tuesday were facing another round of rain one day after they were swamped by a series of storms that the National Weather Service said caused a rare flash flood emergency. According...
ShoreOne Insurance Managers Announces Entry into New Jersey
Jun 22 2021 // ShoreOne Insurance Managers Inc. is launching its admitted, residential homeowners policy with full flood insurance protection in New Jersey. This product is already live in South Carolina, and there are plans to expand...
