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These three young men came up with their invention after they watched people trapped in rubble in earthquakes in Turkey last year:

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These three young men came up with their invention after they watched people trapped in rubble in earthquakes in Turkey last year:

The young men came up with their invention after they watched people trapped in rubble in earthquakes in Turkey last year:
The Middletown Stop & Shop on Rt. 35 just sold a lottery ticket that won big Monday, splitting the $1,108,388 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot:
Less than four weeks after they closed their Red Bank store, Sickles Market just shut down their mainstay location in Little Silver, too:
Avoid the intersection of Rt. 535 and Ridge Road until further notice, said South Brunswick Police.
Beginning at 11 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday, Rt. 18 southbound will be closed from Racetrack Road to Rues Lane:
Because Hackensack agreed to join as a non-profit and open medical offices at MetroPark, the development was approved for big tax breaks:
Released by Secaucus Police, all of last week's arrests:
The family's pit bull that mauled a three-month-old infant boy to death in Woodbridge Saturday has been put down by a vet.
The demolition of Monmouth Mall has begun, as Kushner tears down huge chunks of empty storefronts to make way for 1,000 apartments:
The lighthouse is the Conover Beacon, a small, 45-foot-tall lighthouse on Leonard Avenue in the Leonardo section.
What started cold and drizzly ended with — dare we say — some sunshine for the 50th annual Woodbridge St. Patrick's Day parade:
An infant was killed and the mother seriously injured by the family dog Saturday morning in Woodbridge:
The Brevent Avenue skate park will now have its grand opening at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12:
There has been a significant uptick in nighttime burglaries of occupied homes in Cranbury Township, police there announced this week.
The man is Vincent Dispoto Jr., 66, of Belmar. He was arrested Friday, said federal prosecutors.
Neptune will be given $1 million to repair the Wesley Lake pedestrian bridge. Long Branch also received $850,000 to build a new small park:
An Ocean Co. judge denied their legal appeal Thursday, and Manasquan's fate now lies with the DOE if they will compete in Saturday's game:
Ferry service from South Amboy to NYC has been running since October, but without a terminal building. Customers buy tickets from a trailer:
Piscataway PD was just approved for $963K to upgrade its police radio system and improve interoperability with other police departments: