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TRENTON - Although hurricanes have rarely resulted in catastrophe in New Jersey, coastal lawmakers announced a legislative package Thursday aimed at revamping how shore town residents evacuate their homes in ...

A new mobile pizzeria in Newark is hoping to be the next big thing in the area despite some resistance by other food vendors.

In five years, New Jersey residents seeking driver's licenses will have to decide whether they want to become organ donors under a new first-of-its kind law.

Welcome to the neighborhood. Best Buy opened its doors in the Stafford Park development on Friday morning, but two days later, $84,000 worth of merchandise was pilfered from the store by what authorities ...

Despite some lukewarm job approval ratings, Democratic U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg leads Republican challenger Dick Zimmer by 11 percentage points, according to a Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll ...

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts - championing all things artistic - doled out its annual stipends Tuesday, offering painters, poets and performers 12 percent less than a year ago amid the state's ...

Democrat Barack Obama holds a commanding 14-point lead over Republican John McCain in New Jersey, but more than half of likely voters say they are 'not comfortable' with views expressed by religious leaders who ...

New Jerseyans can forget about watering their lawns for a while. The National Weather Service says it could be a rainy few days as the heat wave breaks up.

"SKY'S THE LIMIT" KICK-OFF BARBEQUE ON JULY 29 AT JENKINSON'S INLET NORTH To Battle Growing Epidemic of Complex Brain Disorder Point Pleasant Beach, NJ - Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy ...

A lawyer for former Gov. James McGreevey has again argued that the nation's first openly gay governor has no ability to pay alimony to his estranged wife.

New Jerseyans getting driver's licenses must now decide whether they want to be an organ donor.

Since its inception in 2004, the North Jersey Golf Trnmt has been a notable event.

Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah Gramiccioni announced that a Morris County man pleaded guilty today to distributing child pornography on the Internet.

It will be a long summer of waiting for Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest and Hunterdon County Prosecutor Patrick Barnes.

Hanover Fire Companies responded Saturday afternoon July 19th around 3:30 pm to the Oak Ridge at Hanover complex at 1205 Fox Chase Lane off of Parsippany Road in the Whippany fire district for the reported ...

A 62-year-old Philadelphia man was found dead in his home over the weekend after refusing to use his air-conditioning, the health department reported.

With gas prices hovering at $4 per gallon and the nation in an economic funk, there is no shortage of ideas on how to make New Jersey more energy efficient.

Now that the people of New Jersey have told Gov. Corzine what he can do with his 800 percent toll hike scheme, he's decided to take his act on the road in search of a more receptive, and possibly less informed, ...

For college students and their families across the United States, hand-wringing season has arrived.

Event: For the first time in its 17-year history Check-Out Hunger raised more than one million dollars in 2007.