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More 2 inches of rain may fall Thursday into Friday in Bergen County. See the timing and links to track the storm on radar.
A service and meal train are planned to help a Westwood family who lost their 12-year-old daughter last week.
More 2 inches of rain may fall Thursday into Friday in Hudson County. See the timing, high tide times, and links to track the storm on radar
More 2 inches of rain may fall Thursday into Friday in Hoboken. See the timing, high tide times, and links to track the storm on radar.
The Wyckoff police pulled a man from the pool after getting a report of a drowning, they said.
The deadline to run for local school board in November was Monday. Here are the candidates who filed in Hoboken.
Samples will be available at the Peach Pie Festival And Contest in Jersey City, which is still accepting entries.
The deadline to run for local school board was Monday. Here are the candidates who filed to lead the Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional board.
The deadline to run for local school board in November was Monday. Here are the candidates who filed.
Scott Bradley has been charged with first-degree murder.
The deadline to run for local school board in November was Monday. Here are the candidates who filed to run in Ridgewood and Glen Rock.
Two men were caught in a car with a 9mm gun, nunchucks, crack cocaine, and other illegal items, said Fair Lawn police.
The family of a woman who died in a fatal crash with a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike on Monday has started a fundraiser.
Neighbors are raising money for a Bergen County family that was hit by a car on Thursday, killing 4-year-old boy.
The Hoboken schools are inviting community members to register for their fun run.
Adam Sandler's production company has been filming a movie, "Roommates," in Hoboken. He tried the local pizza.
A current Rutgers University student from Ridgewood died during summer training at Fort Knox, the U.S. Army announced.
A 56-year-old man was found unresponsive on a Jersey City street on Friday and pronounced dead shortly afterward, prosecutors said.
No arrests have been made after a woman was sexually assaulted in downtown Jersey City Saturday night, prosecutors said.
A 14-year-old boy drowned in a lake in Bergen County on Saturday, an official said.
