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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...
New Jersey Eyes Fees on Oil and Gas Producers for Climate Superfund
Dec 19 2024 // It’s not an accident that “The Sopranos,” the quintessential show about New Jersey, opens with its main character driving past gasoline and oil storage tanks along the New Jersey Turnpike. From the...
New Jersey, Minnesota Sue Glock Over Firearms With Adaptable Switches
Dec 16 2024 // NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock last Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute. New Jersey...
Horace Mann Insurance Now Available to New Jersey Teachers
Dec 11 2024 // Horace Mann Educators Corp., which targets teachers and others in education, announced its expansion into New Jersey. Already serving educators in more than 40 states, Horace Mann will offer its suite of financial and...
New Jersey Shore Resort Town and State Settle Litigation Over Deteriorating Beaches
Dec 4 2024 // A decadelong conflict over the condition of a New Jersey resort town’s beaches, involving tens of millions of dollars in litigation and fines, could come to an end soon. Patrick Rosenello, the mayor of North...
New Jersey Using Buyouts and Barriers to Battle Flooding
Dec 2 2024 // New Jersey is using a mix of buyouts and barriers to tackle flooding in two vulnerable locations. Officials this week announced funding to buy and demolish homes in flood-prone sections of Cranford, a Union County...
Afore Adds New Jersey’s BCA Insurance as Mid-Atlantic Partner
Nov 25 2024 // Afore Insurance Services, LLC has added BCA Insurance Group (BCA) of New Jersey to its platform as a partner in the Mid-Atlantic region. The acquisition allows BCA to expand its footprint by continuing to operate under the...
New Jersey Bakery Fined $385K After OSHA Says Workers Still Exposed to Hazards
Nov 22 2024 // A New Jersey commercial baker in Paterson faces $385,221 in federal penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer failed to correct workplace safety hazards identified in 2023. The...
Second Teen Charged in New Jersey Forest Fire; New York Hopes Rain Douses Blaze
Nov 21 2024 // A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New...
World Insurance Acquires New Jersey’s United Counties Insurance
Nov 14 2024 // National broker World Insurance Associates reports that it acquired the business of United Counties Insurance Group of Old Bridge, New Jersey on August 1, 2024. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. United Counties...
