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It's now a money pit bull. A jury on Thursday ordered two men to pay a Lakewood woman $1.5 million for injuries suffered when their dog attacked her at their Jackson home, an attorney said.

A paid firefighter here is charged with sexually assaulting more than one child younger than 13 years old, authorities said.

Authorities charged a 23-year-old Tuscany Drive man with drug possession and assaulting a police officer while resisting arrest Monday, officials said.

A deer made airborne after being struck by one vehicle on East Veterans Highway crashed through the windshield of another vehicle, causing serious head injuries to the driver, police said.

A night watchman reclaims his streets >> >> >> >> >> As Christie visits, Ocean County vents Saturday, November 07, 2009 and lisa fleisher After spending the first two days following his Election Day win touring Democratic communities, Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie met with mayors from conservative Ocean County yesterday to hear them vent ...

Area health departments last week rated six food establishments as conditionally satisfactory for health code violations and restored five others to satisfactory ratings after reinspections.

The vote of one citizen on Election Day was not counted because of human error Tuesday at Oak Tree Mobile Home Park, according to county officials.

Not a single Democrat has charmed the majority of voters of the 30th Legislative District since it was formed 18 years ago, and that trend continued Tuesday night, with voters overwhelmingly re-electing the two Republican incumbent assemblymen.

State election officials are investigating reported problems at a polling location in Jackson where some voters complained of malfunctioning booths.

A 22-year-old man was charged with the October fatal shooting of a man in Orange, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said today.

It was in March of 2006 when Tanisha Sosa first looked to hire a contractor to build an addition on her Beachwood home so that her aging, sick father could move in with her.

The John Drulle M.D. Memorial Lyme Fund Inc. is holding its annual masquerade fundraiser from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Jenkinson's Pavilion.

President Barack Obama's declaring the swine flu outbreak a national emergency appears to be a major impetus behind a massive crowd showing up at Jackson Liberty High School Monday for H1N1 vaccinations.

This was supposed to be a bye year for municipal elections here. However, the resignation of Mayor Mark Seda last year turned this fall into a political free-for-all, with four people running for a six-month unexpired mayoral term, and two seeking a six-month unexpired term on the Township Council.

The Ocean County Health Department has run out of its 1,500 alloted doses for the clinic scheduled at the Jackson Liberty High School from 3 p.m. to 7:30 today.

Jackson Council President Mike Kafton recently wrote a letter to Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., saying there was tremendous concern in Jackson about the aircraft that fly out of Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

Chris Christie, Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, listens to a question at an event in Edison.

Four township streets will undergo improvements as a result of a $200,000 state grant.

A Jackson man who authorities claim sold heroin that lead to an overdose death this weekend has been arrested.

Share + Oct 17, 2009 12:24 pm US/Eastern JACKSON Twp., N.J. A dedicated group of 3-Day walkers weren't going to let a little Nor'easter dampen their plans to complete a 60-mile walk for the cure.