A 19-year-old Pennsylvania woman was killed early Wednesday after crashing into a ditch along Route 42 near the exit for Interstate 295 in Camden County, authorities said. Yanaih Lia Encarnacion was driving north on Route 42 in Bellmawr at about 3:05 a…
Driver killed in fiery 1-car crash on I-295 identified
Authorities have identified the motorist killed in a fiery one-car crash on Interstate 295 in South Jersey last week. Christopher D. Leaf, 34, of Pennsville Township, was traveling southbound near milepost 5.6 in Carneys Point Township around 10:30 p.m…
Goodbye plastic bags! I Opinion
By Jennifer Coffey and Ed Potosnak Today — Wednesday, May 4 — New Jersey will lead the way by enacting the most consequential plastics and paper bagsreduction law in the nation. This new law is good for the great Garden State. It bans plastic and most …
Series of wildfires in Passaic County under investigation
Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating a series of recent wildfires in Passaic County, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators with the Wanaque Fire Department, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Offic…
N.J. man, 25, found fatally shot inside parked car
A Paterson man died Tuesday night after he was found shot inside a vehicle parked in the city, authorities said. Nasir Davis, 25, was found wounded by gunfire after police were called about 9:15 p.m. to the area of Auburn and Fair streets on a report o…
Former ‘Melrose Place’ actress’ Amy Locane loses latest appeal in fatal DWI crash
A former actress on Melrose Place convicted in a fatal drunken driving crash more than a decade ago in New Jersey has been turned down in her attempt to have her state prison sentence reduced. An appeals court issued a ruling Tuesday that Judge Angela …
Jersey City will host marathon in 2023
Stretch out those legs and lace up the sneakers. You have one year to get ready for the first-ever Jersey City Marathon in April 2023. The April 23 race will be the first marathon in Hudson County since the 1988 New Jersey Waterfront Marathon that star…
Public employees union says Jersey City missed deadline for court-ordered back pay
Members of a Jersey City public employees union have fought four years for double pay for working during a 2018 state of emergency, and per an April 1 court order, Jersey City was required to start paying that back pay by April 30. But April 30 came an…
Hoboken council plans to oust Mello, appoint Rev. Anthony Forbes to city Housing Authority board
The sitting chairman of the Hoboken Housing Authority Board of Commissioners is expected to be replaced after a City Council appointment Wednesday of the Rev. Anthony Forbes to his seat. Chairman David Mello, whose term expires May 3,is not included on…
Tires on more than a dozen vehicles on quiet Jersey City street slashed
More than a dozen vehicles were vandalized overnight on a quiet street in the Greenville neighborhood of Jersey City, authorities said. Police responded to a report of the vandalism and counted 13 cars and SUVs on Bayside Terrace, a dead end street eas…