Briefs

Signatures of more than 1,500 people who want to defeat Jersey Central Power and Light's newest rate increase request will land in front of state energy regulators at tomorrow's public hearing in Freehold Township.

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Thefts and burglaries in different sections of Lakewood Monday have police on the prowl for suspects.

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Toms River residents are displaced from the Terrace View Apartments when a Chevy Blazer crashed through ar living room Monday.

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A Matawan 43-year-old can expect to spend the better part of eight years in New Jersey State Prison for stealing almost $1,000,000 from an elderly and terminally-ill Red Bank woman, along with her family's home.

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Conservatives and gun-rights advocates alarmed over still-forming weapon control legislation in the New Jersey Legislature plan to blanket the state with protests this weekend.

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The man convicted of killing an Asbury Park youngster, and the man found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend in Neptune, will continue their life sentences based on rulings by the United States District Court in Trenton.

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More than $1,000,000,000 in hazard-mitigation requests related to Superstorm Sandy in Monmouth County communities are now in the hands of the New Jersy Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM), awaiting disposition.

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Families who have depended on hotel space since losing their homes in Superstorm Sandy face a May 1 checkout and it looks like this time there'll be no extension. Finding rental space isn't easy. But it might become more so tomorrow at Toms River Intermediate East.

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A public adjuster based in West Long Branch risks up to 10 years in a state prison if he's convicted of trying to bilk the New Jersey Manufacturer's Insurance Company out of $15, 452.

Joseph Shammah, 39, owner of Northeast Claims Group LLC, was indicted by a grand jury in Trenton on counts of second-degree insurance fraud, third-degree attempted theft by deception, fourth-degree misconduct by a corporate official and fourth-degree false swearing

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