Phil Murphy beats Kim Guadagno to succeed Christie as N.J. governor

TRENTON — Phil Murphy, a former Wall Street executive and diplomat with no previous elected experience but deep pockets and strong ties to the Democratic Party, beat Republican Kim Guadagno Tuesday to…

November 8, 2017

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Person seriously injured in road rage, hit-and-run, cops say

Politics

BRICK — Police are searching for a driver who struck and seriously injured a person in a road rage incident Tuesday behind a Brick grocery store. The driver fled in an older…

November 8, 2017

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Youth baseball league president charged with stealing money from program

Community News·Local Sports News·Police Blotter

SOUTH TOMS RIVER – The president of the youth baseball league in this tiny Ocean County town was arrested Wednesday after police determined he had stolen money from the league. Police released…

November 7, 2017

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Woman killed, man injured after being hit by SUV in Toms River

Community News·Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER — A 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle on Sunday as she and a man were crossing an intersection at Hooper and Terrace avenues, police said in…

November 7, 2017

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It’s almost over! Murphy, Guadagno in mad scramble to get their voters to show up Tuesday

Politics

TRENTON — Months of campaigns stops, hundreds of speeches and thousands of handshakes are behind us. Now, in the race to succeed Gov. Chris Christie, it’s “go” time for the two major…

November 7, 2017

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Violence Reported at Howell Game Changer World Concert

Community News·Police Blotter

HOWELL – A group of security guards who removed an unruly concertgoer at a metal music festival held at an event center on Route 9 in Howell Saturday night were attacked outside…

November 7, 2017

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Benefit to raise money for kids of sergeant, 32, who died from stroke

Community News·Police Blotter

BERKELEY — A benefit at a pizzeria in Bayville will raise money for the children of a 32-year-old township police sergeant who died Friday after suffering a stroke while on duty. Twenty-five…

November 7, 2017

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Garden State Parkway lane closed indefinitely for emergency bridge repairs

Community News·Monmouth County News·Ocean County News·Police Blotter

MONMOUTH COUNTY — One northbound local lane on the Garden State Parkway will be closed “indefinitely” for emergency bridge repairs, officials said. The closure north of exit 109 is necessary because the…

November 3, 2017

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Report: Police called 750 Times to Troubled Downtown Motel

Business News·Community News·Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER — Police have filed a public nuisance complaint against a motel after police have been called to more than 750 times in less than three years to the business. Toms…

November 3, 2017

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Author Says “Trump is One of Us”

Government News

President Donald Trump was not born in the conservative movement, but he is doing conservative things, says Lee Edwards, a fellow in at the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government. Edwards, a…

November 2, 2017

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Millionaire Murphy Leading Guadagno by 14 points in Polls

New Jersey News·Politics

TRENTON — Democrat Phil Murphy is holding steady with a 14-point lead over Republican Kim Guadagno with less than a week left in the race to succeed Chris Christie as New Jersey’s…

November 2, 2017

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Phil Murphy: Terrorist “Jerk” No Reason to End Immigration Amnesty Program

Police Blotter

TRENTON — The “jerk” at the center of the deadly New York City bike path attack that killed eight people and left at least 11 injured should not automatically put an end…

November 2, 2017

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Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers 5-1 to win World Series

Local Sports News

The Houston Astros did it. They beat the LA Dodgers to win the 2017 World Series. After enduring devastating floods from Hurricane Harvey, it could not have come at a better time.…

November 2, 2017

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4 more charged in Lakewood fraud sweep seek pre-trial program

Police Blotter

TOMS RIVER – Four Lakewood residents accused of wrongfully collecting thousands in public benefits appeared in Superior Court in Ocean County on Wednesday, and their cases will proceed to a grand jury.…

November 2, 2017

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At Least 8 Killed by New York Motorist in ‘Cowardly Act of Terror’

Police Blotter·US and World News

At least eight people were killed Tuesday and more than a dozen others were injured when a man drove a rented truck onto a busy bike path in New York City. “Based…

November 1, 2017

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Mom gets $2.5M settlement from crash while dropping daughter at school

Community News·Police Blotter

HOWELL — A Howell woman badly injured when her car was rear-ended while she dropped her daughter off at school three years ago has settled her lawsuit for $2.5 million, her attorney…

October 30, 2017

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Did this NJ Township Try to Ban Orthodox Jews?

Community News

A New Jersey town discriminated against Orthodox Jews when it barred them from a specific religious practice as part of an “archaic, fear-driven and discriminatory mindset,” a lawsuit charges. The State of…

October 30, 2017

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3 New Jersey towns sued for laws banning eruv construction

Community News

Three New Jersey towns are being sued for legislating against the construction of an eruv in their borders. The frontrunner in the state”s gubernatorial race also criticized the towns” actions in an…

October 30, 2017

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These 3 things are stressing Jersey out the most, poll says

Community News·Police Blotter

NEW BRUNSWICK — What frays New Jerseyans’ nerves the most? Parkway traffic? Trenton politics? Family woes? No, it’s money. A new poll by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy found 27…

October 30, 2017

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Hardest hit Sandy victims unhappy with N.J. recovery 5 years later, poll says

Community News·Police Blotter

More than half of the Superstorm Sandy victims that have been tracked in the five years since the storm decimated New Jersey are still dissatisfied with the state’s recovery efforts, a new…

October 30, 2017

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