Jersey Shore Communities Continue To Recover From Sandy
In Seaside Heights where the boardwalk is about to be rebuilt, Mayor Bill Akers said the best way to help the recovery is to make summer rental reservations now.
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In Seaside Heights where the boardwalk is about to be rebuilt, Mayor Bill Akers said the best way to help the recovery is to make summer rental reservations now.
The group says more than 2,500 people representing 22 organizations took part in the simultaneous cleanups that took place at 30 locations.
A proposed bill in the New Jersey State Assembly would place an extra tax on guns and ammunition to fund public safety improvements.
Tyrik Haynes, 19, is being held on $1 million bail, charged with attempted murder.
A little boy in New Jersey doesn't have to look far to find his next action hero. He's considered a hero himself, after helping to save a neighbor who had fallen outside in the cold.
The boy was trying to escape the blaze when he turned around and ran back inside to rescue his mother after hearing her scream for help from upstairs, neighbors said.
NJ TRANSIT is learning a lesson from superstorm Sandy, which ravaged its storage facilities in Kearny and Hoboken, causing $100 million in damage.
Alishia Colon was found shot in the head in the bedroom of her second-floor apartment in Kearny Thursday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. She was babysitting her younger brother at the time.
The way Gov. Christie sees it, guns are just one piece of the puzzle, a very complicated puzzle, and that's why he has assembled the task force of experts to study the root causes of violence in New Jersey.
Kars 4 Kids (Kars For Kids) and other charities will distribute over 1,000 children's coats on Sunday, January 20th to Staten Island residents affected by Hurricane Sandy.
The condition of the victim, a woman in her 30s who also had a baby with her in the store, is unknown at this time.
The state's junior senator, Robert Menendez, said "I'll have nothing to say about the U.S. Senate race," until Lautenberg makes a decision one way or the other.
The Republican governor and father of four said the children of public figures should be off-limits to political attacks.
The Robin Hood Foundation said they are distributing the money quickly but carefully. In the five weeks since the concert, the non-profit has already given $20 million to relief organizations.
"Honestly, in hindsight, it was foolish and I should not have done it, but I was responding to someone who called someone a racist," Joseph Aziz said.
