Briefs

The former CEO of one of New Jersey's most powerful engineering firms and six other executives are under indictment, charged with conspiring to sidestep the state's Pay-to-Play Act by using company employees as straw donors to political campaigns, and getting millions in lucrative government contracts in return.

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For the second time in as many legislative sessions, Ocean County's Ninth District delegation lobs a Hail-Mary to knock an EMT revision bill off the Governor's Desk.

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Construction elevation standards in New Jersey's flood-prone areas determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be New Jersey's template, if filings by the Christie Administration are approved.

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A Neptune 27-year-old who admitted stabbing a dog in the chest is ordered to pay more than $2,000 in fines and restitution.

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Today's rain-snow squall stands to produce markedly different effects in Jackson than on Ocean County's coastline. Police, public works and emergency administrators activate guidelines for homeowners.

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The Ocean Township (Monmouth) man who admitted creating and selling counterfeit government identification cards in his apartment heads to a New Jersey state prison for seven years.

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A wet winter leaves abundant water supplies with us as it departs. But Monmouth County's designation as a "critical water supply area" by state environmental regulators prompt a Monday workshop in Freehold, aimed at keeping the levels high when the temperatures rise.

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The closure of Tinton Falls-based Med Prep extends until at least April 5 while investigators trace the source of contaminants found in some of its products.

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Monmouth County's Acting Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni is preparing for a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan as part of the Naval Reserve.

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A New Jersey corrections officer from Burlington City is apprehended on charges that he coerced free sex from prostitutes by identifying himself as a police officer.

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