Morris County News

A Bronx man serving a 30-year prison sentence for robbing and kidnapping a Harding resident may be freed from prison because a court has determined the Morris County Prosecutor's Office failed to give him a speedy trial, according to authorities and court documents.

New Jersey's governor-elect says he won't uproot his four school-age children to move to the chief executive's mansion in Princeton Township.

All 26 Republican incumbents in 16 Morris County towns coasted to victories Tuesday, and in 8 towns Republican challengers ousted 10 Democratic incumbents.

State Police have released an exchange of 911 calls on which murdered St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church Pastor Rev.

Parishioners at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church who discovered their priest stabbed on the kitchen floor of the rectory on Oct.

TRENTON, N.J. - Chris Christie thought his political career was over 12 years ago when he was bounced from a primary election for a county board.

Chatham Borough police today released a copy of two 911 calls made on Oct. 23 to report the death of St.

The three Republican incumbents claimed victory Tuesday for three seats on the Morris County Board of Freeholders.

Chris Christie said he knew Gov. Jon S. Corzine would spend millions personally attacking him, but that you really don't grasp how harsh that can be until it happens.

Following are H1N1 clinics in the area. Note that in compliance with CDC directives, clinics are usually first offered to only those individuals in the initial priority target groups: pregnant women, household contact and caregivers for children under 6 months, those 6 months to 24 years of age, healthcare and emergency personnel and those ages 25 ...

Public clinics to distribute the H1N1 vaccination are being scheduled throughout the Morris County area as more and more vaccine is available, according to Rhoda Schermer,a spokeswoman for the Morris Regional Public Health Partnership, which is made up of the health departments and and other social service agencies.

Animal rights activists are hoping that the recent approval of a new deer contraceptive provides landowners an alternative to hunting to control white tail deer.

By George MattarStaff writergmattar@phillyBurbs.com609-871-8036The New Jersey attorney general has announced $3.2 million in grants for state and county prisoner re-entry programs to help them return to productive lives in their neighborhoods.Anne Milgram made the announcement Friday and said the grants are backed by federal economic recovery funds ...

CHATHAM - Hundreds of mourners paid their respects Friday as visitation began for the Rev.

The U.S. Army will make an exception to a decades-old rule and allow a Sikh doctor from Morris County to serve without removing his turban and cutting his hair, an advocacy group said Friday.

The custodian charged with killing the Rev. Edward Hinds, pastor of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Chatham, kept a secret for 21 years - that he is wanted in Philadelphia for "corruption of minors" and "indecent assault," a prosecutor said Thursday.

HANOVER -- The Alzheimer's Association will host an Advocacy Awareness Program from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov.

A 27-year-old Bernardsville man suffered a heart attack and died on the shoulder of Interstate 287 on Tuesday night as police attempted to restrain him after he jumped out of a moving car.

The janitor charged with killing the pastor of St. Patrick parish in Chatham is scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday.

A church janitor accused of killing a parish priest last week will have his first court appearance in court Thursday before Judge Thomas Manahan, a Superior Court judge in Morristown, officials said.