New Jersey News

The income tax deadline is fast approaching and scammers are working overtime.

Ocean County residents are being cautioned that scam artists may call them on the telephone, pretending to be IRS agents or police officers

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the federal prosecutor investigating political payback allegations involving the Republican's administration are both scheduled to attend a prisoner re-entry conference later this month.

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A longtime aide to Gov. Chris Christie gave testimony Friday to a federal grand jury in New Jersey in a probe of politically motivated traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge.

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Four Republicans are running in a primary for New Jersey's 1st Congressional District, but none of them submitted papers to run in a special election to fill the seat from November through January.

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Stafford Police have located a missing "at risk" woman.

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Two men are facing charges after they allegedly broke into a storage enclosure at the Toms River Walmart.

Police say 40-year-old Thomas A. Palmarini of Toms River and 56-year-old David G. Lemon of Bayville used a bolt cutter to break the lock on a gated enclosure used for storing commercial and automotive batteries

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A fire has killed one guest at a south Jersey motel.

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New Jersey's Office of Emergency Management will provide four more towns in the state with specially-equipped trailers for use by emergency response volunteers.

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As businesses along the Jersey Shore continue to recover from Superstorm Sandy, many of them are looking forward to Jersey Shore Restaurant Week, which kicks off Friday and runs through April 13.

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If New Jersey is going to invest in its most important priorities, the legislature should pass its own budget, and it should include revenue raisers according to Better Choices for New Jersey, a coalition of business groups, environmentalists and labor leaders.

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