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Two New Jersey municipalities were recognized for reducing their flood hazard risk through the FEMA Community Rating System in awards ceremonies on March 10, 2014.

Morristown Councilwoman Rebecca Feldman, shown here announcing her 2013 Independent campaign for state Assembly, is suing to scrap New Jersey's primary system.

A number of shows this weekend will please area blues and roots-rock fans, from somewhat off-the-beaten-path venues like Barnacle Bill's in Rumson to posh, classy outlets like Tim McLoone's Supper Club on the Asbury Park boardwalk.

St. Patrick's Day was once the quietest day of the year at Dabusco's Pizzeria in East Windsor, owner Michael Scotto said.

The Christie administration is working to make it harder to buy one in New Jersey.

TGIF! Here are our top 7 picks for fun things to do in New Jersey this weekend. What fun activities would you suggest? Tweet ideas to #njweekend "Seal-abration" in Point Pleasant Beach - They're calling it a "Seal-abration."

Shyanne Roberts holds her Crickett single-shot 22, her first gun, which she received as a gift for her sixth birthday.

After Mary Pat Christie presented the award, once cameras stopped flashing and the crowd dispersed, Jodina Hicks - the latest "New Jersey Hero" - finally got to see the person who she says saved her life.

There have been "multiple reports of intrusions at electrical grid facilities in New Jersey" in the past year, and the grid is "inherently vulnerable" to attack, according to a regional security report obtained by Kane In Your Corner .

The blood has dried and washed away, the victim long buried, and thousands of shoppers have unknowingly parked their car in the exact same spot where his body fell dead.

Hell hath no fury like a New Jerseyite scorned. A handful of hecklers infiltrated Gov. Chris Christie's 113th town hall on Thursday, yelling out that the governor should be held accountable for his deeds.

Rutgers-Newark faculty members voted to protest Rutgers University's decision to invite former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to speak at this year's commencement ceremony.

Measures under consideration in the New Jersey Legislature would give veterans a break on tuition at the state's public colleges and universities, as well as waiving the application fees to those schools.

Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn joins the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for Brahms' Violin Concerto on a program that also features Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite and Salonen's Giro today, March 13-16 in Newark, Princeton and Morristown.

A Newark man admitted Wednesday to committing 14 armed robberies of businesses in Essex, Bergen, Union and Hudson counties.

With March set aside as "Colon Cancer Awareness Month," it's an ideal time for New Jersey residents to focus on the second deadliest form of cancer in the U.S. -- particularly since the Garden State ranks only 29th among all states in percentage of residents age 50 or older who've been screened for the disease.

Rachel Canning, the New Jersey honor student who sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home, has reunited with her parents.

New Jersey officials have largely botched superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ, said today, citing "gross mismanagement" of federal funds by a state contractor.

In support of Human Trafficking Awareness Month in January the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills completed an ambitious three phase project aimed at helping the Polaris Project New Jersey and the human trafficking survivors they serve.

Have you voted yet? Given this winter's brutal below zero wind chill temperatures and seemingly endless string of snow storms, the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium and Richard Stockton College's Costal Resource Center are expecting a warm and welcoming wave of response as the polls have already opened for their 2014 New Jersey Top Ten Beaches ... (more)