August 30, 2011
New Jersey and Vermont struggled with their worst flooding in decades Monday, a day after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater. The massive storm churned up the U.S. …
August 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene swept along the New Jersey shore early Sunday, knocking down trees, leaving thousands of people without electrical power and causing flooding. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie cautioned residents and visitors, hundreds of thousands of whom were ordered to …
August 29, 2011
Hurricane Irene swept through Manhattan Sunday but reserved the worst of its fury for towns and suburbs up and down the northeastern United States, where driving rain and flood tides inundated homes and cut power to millions. On its march …
August 25, 2011
A New Jersey law barring drivers under 18 from having more than one passenger is in the spotlight after an SUV driven by a 17-year-old and carrying seven teenagers crashed. The driver and three passengers died in last Saturday’s accident. …
August 23, 2011
A former New Jersey banking and insurance regulator has been named to the North Jersey Community Bancorp board of directors. Steven M. Goldman, who served as commissioner of banking and insurance under Gov. Jon S. Corzine, is currently a partner …
August 22, 2011
A Cumberland County man was sentenced for filing a false vehicle theft claim. Casey M. Wendling, 28, of Millville, was sentenced to five years of probation by Superior Court Judge Benjamin Telsey in Cumberland Countyand ordered to pay $52,978 in …
August 17, 2011
The Diocese of Trenton and lawyers for five men who were abused by a New Jersey priest in the 1970s and 1980s said they have reached a seven-figure settlement. The diocese said allegations against the Rev. Ronald Becker, who died …
August 9, 2011
New Jersey proposed a sweeping overhaul last week to its regulations for the personal injury protection component of auto insurance, hoping to curb rising premiums. The changes affect how and what doctors can bill for treatments and restructure the process …
July 19, 2011
New Jersey has approved its first captive insurance company under the new law that became effective in May. The Department of Insurance issued a certificate of authority, effective July 1, to the Prudential Insurance Co. of America to form a …
July 13, 2011
An accident has claimed the life of a worker at a construction site on the New Jersey Turnpike. New Jersey State Police say 51-year-old Carmen DiLuzio of Wilmington, Del., was killed Monday morning when a concrete barrier weighing more than …