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For the first time, Rutgers lends its name to a liquor brand, partnering with former player Eric LeGrand to launch Scarlet Knights Bourbon.
Vigor Dispensary, located in the former music school building at 1082 Rt. 34 in Matawan, will have a grand opening Saturday.
The Super Foodtown grocery store in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown will permanently close Oct. 24.
The Beach Gallery closed abruptly this week. Three of the bar's operators were previously convicted of sex crimes against minors.
The Acciardi family that owns XXXV Club (Club 35) go-go bar in Sayreville was sentenced Tuesday.
Everyone's favorite month is here, and there is so much planned for toddlers, kids and teens at your local library.
Monmouth Square, the new apartment complex Kushner is currently building where Monmouth Mall once stood, just got a fancy new tenant:
An NJ Transit bus caught fire and became engulfed in flames early Thursday morning on the NJ Turnpike. See video:
Here's a summary of what was said Tuesday night:
But the eligibility period to apply closes by Oct. 11.
Activities for the day include pumpkin painting, rides, kids’ races, entertainment, archery and more.
A local man was found dead in the Atlantic Highlands municipal harbor last Wednesday.
Sprouts, the farmers' market-style grocery store across from the Woodbridge IHOP, will open its doors at 7 a.m. Friday.
The parade will begin in front of Secaucus High School at 4:15 p.m. Oct. 31.
Police say a physical altercation occurred at the 7-Eleven on George Street in New Brunswick that resulted in a man's death.
Here's everything planned this October at the Middletown Public Library:
Sea & Sand Indian Fusion, at 231 Bay Avenue in Highlands, just opened:
Police initially tried to stop the woman after she threatened an Osprey Cove resident, who she was delivering food to.
Released by Secaucus Police, all of last week's arrests:
The baby was born just before 7 a.m. Monday. The baby's father was driving to the hospital and pulled over and called 911.
