New Jersey News

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)

Jean Pudder, 75, a resident of Dailey, passed from this life late Sunday, March 9, 2014, in United Hospital Center in Clarksburg.

New Brunswick, N.J., March 11, 2014 - Marking a decade of supporting research at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the Century for the Cure charity bike ride is gearing up for another successful year.

The office of Rep. Frank Pallone on Tuesday announced $27 million in reimbursement to the state Department of Environmental Protection for post-Superstorm Sandy waterway cleanup.

Tesla Motors Inc said New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's administration was pushing forward with a regulation that would hamper sales in the state by forcing the electric-car company to use dealers instead of selling directly to customers.

Tesla has run into more than a few roadblocks with its direct-sales business model, having previously fought battles with the Texas Automobile Dealers Association .

Kathy Clark of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife and Sarah Tegtmeier of Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc. carry an adult bald eagle to be released in Winslow Township, Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

New Jersey may not be a sprawling land mass, but it probably has more municipalities than your favorite Midwestern state .

Drug users in suburban New Jersey aren't necessarily heading to Paterson, Newark, Camden or Atlantic City for drugs, but are getting high courtesy of a new breed of suburban dealer .

It's called the Garden State and in earlier days was known for the many vegetable farms in its rural central and southern counties.

Earlier this week, a New Jersey appellate court heard oral argument in BIS LP, Inc. v.