P. Kenneth Burns

The cuts, which include hundreds of jobs, will affect essential staff and programs, district families say.

Most beaches along the Jersey Shore require a badge to hit the sand, but there are still some free beaches.

Residents of South and Central New Jersey and Pennsylvania are scrambling for travel options after NJ Transit engineers walked off the job.

Residents want EMR to be held accountable and said they are upset about the city striking a deal without input from the community.

Full containment of the blaze comes more than two weeks after it was first sparked in southern Ocean County.

Carstarphen called the city school district's budget deficit "the elephant in the room" and discussed technology upgrades, public investments and construction projects.

Details of the agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union have not been released. It comes as contentious talks with rail engineers continue.

Declining enrollment and increased payments to charter and renaissance schools were cited as factors in the longtime structural deficit.

The large wildfire was sparked at the peak of New Jersey’s spring fire season.

Investigators say Joseph Kling set wooden pallets on fire and left them unattended.

Officials expect the Jones Road Wildfire to eclipse a 2007 blaze by the time full containment happens this weekend.

Prosecutors say Superior Court Judge Peter Warshaw granted a motion to Norcross attorneys that doesn’t exist in law.