Briefs

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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The suspect accused of shooting a victim to death after an argument in Asbury Park in 2011 risks a prison sentence of 30 years to life if found guilty at trial. Gregory Hopson, 25, of Asbury Park, was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury today.

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Operators of 31 American nuclear power plants, including Oyster Creek in Lacey Township, can expect to enhance venting systems in order to safeguard against disasters similar to Japan's Fukushima-Daichi tsunami-related debacle.

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Two consecutive life sentences stand for the Ocean Township 40-year-old who contended that God told him to kill and dismember his grandmother and former girlfriend.

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A Holiday City Berkeley resident is charged with aggravated arson, accused of setting fire to a house on his street, knowing that two people with medical disabilities were inside it at the time.

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