Justin Auciello

Firefighters jumped into the chilly back bay to rescue a dog on New Year's Eve, officials say.

An elderly woman was airlifted to a burn center after a fire Wednesday in Ocean County's Pine Beach, officials say.

A man who set off fireworks near a Howell movie theater as his friend made a marriage proposal created panic among moviegoers who mistook the fireworks for gunshots.

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a 70-year-old man who fell ill on a cruise ship off New Jersey on Saturday night.

New Jersey officials are seeking proposals for local projects that improve water quality and help prevent, mitigate, and manage harmful algal blooms in the state's waterways. 

The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in the three-story single-family house on Peter Court in Monmouth County's Wall Township.

A blizzard pounded the Jersey Shore nine years ago today with tropical storm-force wind gusts and 3 feet of snow in some spots.

An annual plant census along New Jersey's beaches reveals a significant surge of a federally threatened and endangered plant species, state officials announced.

New Jersey has awarded grants to Jersey Shore municipalities to enhance and promote recycling efforts.

Christmas trees can help build dunes by capturing sand that is pushed by northeasterly winds during coastal storms, according to coastal ecologist Dominick Solazzo.

A Jersey Shore marine mammal organization is warning the public to keep a distance from the recent arrivals at area beaches: resting seals.

The bone-chilling Arctic temperatures currently impacting the Jersey Shore will fade over the weekend leading to potentially relatively mild weather to end the year.