Scott Garrett called out for trying to take credit on first-responder funding...
The nascent Veterans for Garrett group believes the Congressman voted for Zadroga reauthorization. He didn't. Watch video Congressman Scott Garrett (R-5th) has developed a curious habit of taking bows...
View ArticlePackaging next to abandoned bikes leads cops to alleged shoplifters
Officers became suspicious after finding the bikes, police said. Packaging from cough medicine left beside two abandoned bicycles led Mansfield Township police to a pair of shoplifters. At 3:41 a.m....
View ArticleN.J. woman jumps on hood of car during dispute, cops say
A neighbor reported the alleged dispute to police. A pair face assault charges after a dispute that led to a woman jumping on the hood of a car as the man attempted to pull away, Mansfield Township...
View ArticleBullet in student's backpack was no danger, authorities say
"Youngster didn't really know what he had there," the Blairstown Elementary superintendent says. A New Jersey elementary school student may have accidentally brought a bullet to class on Tuesday,...
View ArticleTop performers: NJ.com football helmet stickers for Week 1
A look at the stars from each conference in Week 1 of New Jersey football.
View Article6-mile delay on I-78 after dump truck overturns in N.J.
A dump truck overturned on westbound Interstate 78 near exit 11 on Sept. 13, 2016, according to the state Department of Transportation. BETHLEHEM TWP. - A dump truck overturned on westbound Interstate...
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4 years after Phillipsburg slaying, accomplice takes new plea deal
Four people were allegedly involved in the deadly robbery of a Phillipsburg gas station. Alexis Flowers was on the witness stand when she tearfully decided 16 years in prison was not worth testifying...
View ArticleSchool official nearly run over by group partying in lot, cops say
A Hackettstown High School official allegedly had to jump on the hood to avoid being hit. A carload of out-of-towners nearly ran over a Hackettstown school official after they were caught drinking and...
View ArticlePassenger flicks cigarette ashes at cop during stop, police say
The passenger also had an outstanding warrant, police said. The passenger in a traffic stop allegedly flicked ashes at a Hackettstown police officer from a lit cigarette. Police stopped the vehicle at...
View ArticleFootball: 2 additions to NJ.com Player of the Year watch list for Sept. 14
NJ.com unveils its second installment of the Player of the Year watch list.
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Phillipsburg's pro football hall-of-famer gets shrine in county hall, too
Jim Ringo is among seven 2016 Warren County Hall of Fame inductees. Jim Ringo is already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Now, the 1949 Phillipsburg High School graduate is being...
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Vintage candid photos from N.J.
Today, smart phones make it easy, expected, in fact, to take a picture of everything and anything. I love photographs, and I especially love poring through old photographs. I just wish more of them...
View ArticleVOTE for the best N.J. football video of the week
NJ.com is asking fans to vote for their favorite video clip from Week 1
View ArticleN.J. man found drunk behind wheel in school zone, cops say
Police said the male driver also was obstructing traffic from passing around the vehicle. An Independence Township man is being charged with drunken driving in a school zone. Hackettstown police at...
View ArticleSomething needs to be done about trucks on I-78 | Feedback
Fatal accidents on Interstate 78 involving trucks are now a nearly daily event, and something needs to be done about it, one Hunterdon County resident says. To the editor: Fatal accidents on...
View ArticleVirginia fugitive living in Pennsylvania arrested in N.J.
He was a passenger in a car stopped for driving without headlights, police say. An alleged shoplifter sought by Virginia authorities for the last five years was apparently living in Pennsylvania...
View ArticleYikes! Rattlesnakes are on the move. What to do if you see one
The timber rattlesnake is endangered in New Jersey. Good news: There's no serpent insurrection. Firefighters in one northwest New Jersey township recently urged residents to watch out for timber...
View ArticleGottheimer steps up attacks on Garrett about 9/11 response, calls him a 'coward'
Democrat Josh Gottheimer appeared in Jersey City to blast his Republican opponent, Rep. Scott Garrett. JERSEY CITY -- Josh Gottheimer, the Democrat seeking to unseat Rep. Scott Garrett in New Jersey's...
View ArticleTake this week's New Jersey news quiz
See if you can get a perfect seven in our weekly test of who knows local news. Is this the week you finally get a perfect score in the weekly New Jersey news quiz? If not, you have no excuse: All of...
View ArticlePickup truck crashes into Warren County pond (PHOTOS)
No one was hurt in the Thursday night incident. A silver Dodge pickup truck crashed just before 10 p.m. Thursday into a pond off Oxford Road in Mansfield Township. No one was hurt in the incident...
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