New Jersey
N.J. group aims to make sure high school grads who enlist in the army are honored
An organization rooted in southern New Jersey is making sure high school seniors who plan to enter the military after graduation are bein ...
14 years ago
Bone marrow transplant connects N.J. police officer with New Hampshire teen
Bret Mueller of Oaklyn, N.J. and Rick Nebling of Portsmouth, New Hampshire are blood brothers, though they have never met. Mueller’ ...
14 years ago
N.J. set to vote on plan to use foreclosed properties as affordable housing
Sponsors of a measure that would allow New Jersey towns to convert foreclosed homes into affordable housing expect the Legislature to tak ...
14 years ago
Christie has several options on next step for N.J. budget
Chris Christie has several options on what to do with the budget plan approved by New Jersey’s Legislature and now on his desk. ...
14 years ago
Turning Facebook followers into crime fighters in South Jersey
They say everyone knows each other in small towns. A South Jersey police department says it has proved that’s also true onlin ...
14 years ago
Democrats buck Christie demand for tax cut
The Democratic-controlled Legislature called Gov. Chris Christie’s bluff yesterday, voting unanimously to raise income taxes on mil ...
14 years ago
N.J. Assembly passes $32B state budget plan
Days before the end-of-the-month deadline, New Jersey lawmakers voted along party lines to pass a new state budget that was introduced b ...
14 years ago
Craft beer fans applaud passing of N.J. brewpub legislation
Assembly Bill 1227, which would allow New Jersey craft brewers more flexibility t ...
14 years ago
Ban on moving fracking waste into New Jersey now up to Christie
New Jersey’s Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill banning the treatment, disposal, or storage of fracking waste in ...
14 years ago
Dems’ $31.7 billion budget plan goes to full N.J. Legislature for vote
It’s now up to the full Legislature to decide whether to approve the New Jersey budget proposed by majority Democrats. A vote in th ...
14 years ago
N.J. Assembly set to vote on marijuana decriminalization
The New Jersey Assembly is set to vote on a measure Monday that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. The ...
14 years ago
Kirk Cameron’s July visit to Jersey Shore represents ‘growing pains’ of homophobic bigotry
Coming soon to the Jersey Shore — a former child TV star turned born-again bigot to tell all gay people why they’re ruining the E ...
14 years ago
Map: Where to avoid ecologically sensitive areas in Barnegat Bay
Police and Department of Environmental Protection authorities will be sweeping Barnegat Bay periodically this summer to ensure boaters ar ...
14 years ago
Despite unstable economy, N.J. homeowners still paying to refurbish gardens
Aimee Bentley is passionate about horticulture. So much so that in 2005, the 30 something Audubon, New Jersey entrepreneur turned her hor ...
14 years ago
N.J. Democrats try again for tax surcharge on millionaires
Democrats in the New Jersey Legislature are advancing a bill that would impose an income-tax surcharge on millionaires to fund property t ...
14 years ago