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New Jerseyans should enjoy this nice stretch of warm, dry weather, because forecasters say waves of rain showers could spoil the upcoming weekend. Unlike last weekend — which was chilly, windy and extremely wet across most of the Garden State — the upc…

Get Maine Lobster, the lobster company that discovered Haddie, the “cotton candy lobster,” is launching an NFT project to celebrate her. The seafood delivery service is also building an online community around the one-of-a-kind lobster. Local lobsterma…

A 2021 graduate from a Bergen County high school, who was recently committed to playing football for Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, died last week in a traffic crash in Saddle River. Cyrenius “Cy” Menard, 19, died in an accident that occurred …

In light of your recent article, “Speeding tickets dropped during COVID in N.J., but fatal crashes went up,” this is an updated letter that I sent to the Star-Ledger and was published on April 20, 2011. For the most part, it reads the same way: I’ve re…

Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a proposed law on Monday intended to close what its sponsors called a “loophole” in the state’s corruption laws — which would make it clear that it is illegal even for political candidates to accept a bribe in New …

Shoppers at the Freehold Raceway Mall were surprised by a mystery benefactor throwing fistfuls of cash over a walkway railing near the food court on Sunday afternoon while yelling “Happy Mother’s Day.” Sarah Mostafa caught the excitement around 1:20 p….

Part of a series of graduation essays from notable New Jerseyans By George E. Norcross, III Graduating from college is a mixture of relief (at least for parents), celebration and confusion. It is something of a bright line between being a kid and being…

Gas prices hit record highs in New Jersey as the average cost of a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline has climbed to more than $4.47 with oil prices climbing and demand on the rise, according to the American Automobile Association. The average cost of…

By Ras J. Baraka We learned last week that Newark is leading the country in a category we desperately want to avoid. The Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) quantified a disturbing trend that threatens to undo all we have …

I just got home from the May 2 rally for reproductive rights at Planned Parenthood in Montclair, and it left me feeling even more defeated than I did heading into it. With the exception of one or two speakers, it became abundantly clear that the people…