Justin Auciello

Murphy has expressed worry that a rising number of COVID-19 cases are being traced to indoor house parties, adding that they endanger the restart of other indoor activities.

U.S. Coast Guard personnel rescued two people after a fishing vessel began sinking Tuesday off the New Jersey coast. 

Nearly two dozen lifeguards in Long Beach Island have recently tested positive for COVID-19, a health official said.

Legislation pending in the U.S. House of Representatives would eliminate millions of dollars in “clawbacks” that some victims of Superstorm Sandy still struggle to afford.

The "Safe for Swimming" report found that in 2019, bacteria levels at New Jersey beaches made swimming potentially unsafe on at least one day 73 times.

The American Red Cross is seeking to increase its cadre of New Jersey volunteers ahead of the peak of a hurricane season that forecasters say is likely to be active. 

A Wildwood official said the successful rescue was the second time in as many weeks that a civilian risked their life to save another in the shore town.

Military units are conducting training maneuvers on the base, according to the Toms River Office of Emergency Management.

Two lifeguards in a coastal New Jersey municipality have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said.

Foot passengers are now welcome on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry following a months-long prohibition. 

Emergency responders on land and in the water helped rescue a deer that got stuck in the ocean off a New Jersey beach.

Indoor parties in beach towns, but not activity on beaches, are responsible for some coronavirus cases in New Jersey, a state health official said.