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Howell landowner agrees to pay homeless camp residents to leave
The agreement was announced after months of negotiations between a Lakewood businessman and the NJ Coalition to End Homelessness.
Murphy finally has deal on legal marijuana — How it would work in NJ
Don't light up just yet, though.
Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside raises record $2.3 million — See photos
It was the 26th annual Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside.
Chicago PD faults politicians like Booker for spreading Smollett ‘hoax’
The top police official in Chicago on Thursday took a shot at presidential candidates like Cory Booker for spreading what police say was a hoax hate crime.
Murphy, Democrats reach deal to tax legal weed by ounce, reports say
New Jersey is ever closer to legalizing recreational marijuana.
189 clergy accused in NJ — ‘Filth more pervasive than anyone imagined’
The names of more than 180 priests accused of sexual abuse were released Wednesday by the state's five Catholic dioceses.
Attempted murder charge after rampage at Lakewood municipal building
A township man has been charged attempted murder and aggravated assault on a cop.
‘It took me half an hour to kill her’ — secret video in Sarah Stern trial
A jury watched a secretly videotaped confession in which a man accused of strangling a former high school classmate in 2016 describes how he killed her.
2 go to prison for killing promising college student from Monmouth
Joseph Micalizzi was a 23-year-old student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Monmouth court official raped woman on probation, cops say
Henry C. Cirignano, 48, of Wall, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault.
NJ college girl goes to prison: Instructed beau in murder cover-up
Raquel Garajau, 21, was convicted in September for her role in the Feb. 6, 2017, killing of 29-year-old Brick resident Trupal Patel.
Neptune cop crashed car 7 times, drove 131 mph — still has job
The driving infractions are just some of the problems that Officer Kyheem Davis has faced with department officials during his career.