07/13/11 Margo Pellegrino, of Medford Lakes, ended her attempt -- meant to raise money for childhood cancer research -- Tuesday afternoon near Barnegat Light due to rough conditions.
07/08/11 In an attempt to stamp out the illness, the inaugural Relay for Life event will be held this fall at Foley Field. Before that, the public is invited to a kickoff party on Thursday, July 14 at 7 p.m. at Bloomfield High School's Doris E. Gilbert Auditorium
07/07/11 TIm McCarthy/The Associated PressOyster Creek could be allowed to operate for the next nine years without building cooling towers. The cooling towers would reduce damage to aquatic life and the fragile Barnegat Bay, but the plant operator has said they're...
07/07/11 People living near the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station packed a public hearing on its future Thursday, dismissing environmental concerns as "pseudoscience" and focusing on the jobs and tax revenues the plant provides.
07/01/11 Clams on the half-shell with cocktail sauce. A favorite at outdoor summer cookouts. / File Photo: NJ Press Media This July 4th weekend, spice up the backyard cookout with some local fish you caught yourself.
06/30/11 State government could shut down just before the holiday unless Gov. Christie takes action The line at the office of the Motor Vehicles Commission (formerly the DMV) in Lodi, New Jersey snaked out the door and around three corners -- almost back around to the front of the building -- before the office even opened on Thursday. As bad as it was, it could be much worse days from now, if the state ...
06/30/11 Lifelong Belleville resident Kenneth Burde - a professional artist, adjunct professor of fine art at Essex County Community College and newly-retired Belleville High School art teacher - has come a long way since drawing on the family television screen and getting locked inside School No. 5.
06/30/11 Lookng for fireworks in the greater Philadelphia area, from Allentown to the Jersey Shore? We have the list right here.
06/29/11 Jerry McCrea/The Star LedgerChris Christie's support is declining, according to a Bloomberg poll released today. Here, Christie is pictured announcing changes in NJ environmental policy during a press conference concerning NJ environmental issues held at the NJ State House in...
06/28/11 25-year-old man fell out of speedboat when it hit wake of another vessel in Barnegat Bay
06/26/11 Drive around the old Asbury Circle on Route 66 in Ocean Township and you'll see something new, something that is expected to be less prevalent in New Jersey this year than in years past.
06/16/11 The tide of illegal narcotics use in New Jersey is shifting, with heroin currently the No. - 10:52 pm
06/16/11 The tide of illegal narcotics use in New Jersey is shifting, with heroin currently the No. - 10:52 pm
06/16/11 The tide of illegal narcotics use in New Jersey is shifting, with heroin currently the No. - 10:52 pm
06/16/11 The tide of illegal narcotics use in New Jersey is shifting, with heroin currently the No. - 10:52 pm
06/11/11 Eleven companies have submitted proposals to build green-power wind turbines on 554 square miles off New Jersey's shore. The companies submitted proposals to erect giant windmills on federal tracts stretching from Avalon to Barnegat Light. The tracts lie between eight miles and 26.5 miles offshore.
06/10/11 Eleven companies hope to build offshore wind turbines in federal waters off the coast of New Jersey, according to a document released by federal officials today.
06/10/11 Eleven companies have submitted wind energy proposals for 413 square miles of ocean off southern New Jersey, an important step for federal authorities to proceed toward leasing block of the ocean floor for power turbines.
06/03/11 (AP) - A judge has sentenced a volunteer firefighter who admitted setting a series of fires in New Jersey to 11 years at a youth correctional facility.
06/02/11 New Jersey environmental officials have granted a water discharge permit to the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, allowing the Lacey Township plant to continue to release heated water back into the creek and out into Barnegat Bay. | 
