Tropical Storm Fred To Hit NJ. See The Timeline: Patch PM

Good evening, North Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from North Jersey:

1. Prepare your umbrellas, New Jersey. It's going to be a rainy week in the Garden State as Tropical Storm Fred is expected to bring severe weather to the east coast, officials from the National Hurricane Center said Monday. (Read more on Patch)
2. Morris County law enforcement officials are searching for a man that they say beat a 3-year-old boy to death at an East Hanover hotel on Friday and then asked the boy's mother to remove information from her phone and lie to police if asked about his involvement in the incident.(Read more on Patch)
3. Authorities are seeking the identity of a man who they say impersonated a police officer and pulled over women in Brick and Wall Township earlier this month. (Read more on Patch)
4. South Jersey native and U.S. soccer legend Carli Lloyd announced her intention to retire on Monday after a career that saw her score 128 international goals, pick up 64 assists and become the second-most capped player in world soccer history. (Read more on Patch)
5. A Hoboken-based bus company must pay a former bus driver $40,000 and arrange anti-discrimination training for its key employees because the company "wrongly fired" the driver after he took New Jersey Family Leave to care for his dying father. (Read more on Patch)

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