Made in Jersey: Ready-to-heat meals cooked up in Essex County
There likely would have been no TV dinners without a resident of New Jersey and his penchant for invention. Maybe you loved TV dinners and recall them as a special treat served only on nights when the...
View ArticleDUI driver flees hit-and-run, then crashes into trees, cops say
A witness tried to get the drunken driver to stop, but he continued, police said. A drunken driver struck another car along Route 57 in Washington before drifting into the opposite lane, leaving the...
View ArticleLake Hopatcong stocked with 1,000 trout 6 days before season starts
New Jersey's annual trout season starts April 8 JEFFERSON -- New Jersey's largest lake received a significant infusion of trout on Sunday, in keeping with an annual tradition. Volunteers stocked Lake...
View ArticleN.J. pets in need: April 3, 2017
Homeless animals throughout New Jersey are looking for a home and love. Here is this week's collection of some of the dogs and cats in need of adoption all over the state of New Jersey. We are now...
View Article2 officers, intern hurt in police car crash on Route 31
The crash occurred at about 8:45 a.m. April 3, 2017, along Route 31 south in Washington Borough. Two Washington Township police officers and a college student were injured Monday when a police car...
View Article'Jealousy and pride': Prosecution opens trial over deadly 2014 stabbing
Daniel Lawrence allegedly killed his girlfriend's ex in Washington. UPDATE: Recapping the 1st day of testimony "Jealousy. And pride," Victor Jusino began. "That's why we're all here today. That's what...
View ArticleDeadly stabbing was self defense, attorney says as murder trial opens
Testimony has begun in the case of a deadly 2014 stabbing in Washington. UPDATE: Recapping the 1st day of testimony As the trial opened, Daniel Lawrence's attorney did not dispute that his client...
View ArticlePregnancies in 4 N.J. counties affected by pollution, study concludes
Babies born downwind of a coal-fired power plant in neighboring Pennsylvania had an increased risk of being underweight, say Lehigh researchers. Children born in four northwestern N.J. counties may...
View ArticlePair face drug indictment after Kohl's shoplifting, prosecutor says
Two men have been indicted on drug possession charges stemming from their arrest following a reported shoplifting from Kohl's located off Route 202 in Raritan Township, Hunterdon County Prosecutor...
View ArticleJealousy or self defense? Recapping murder trial's 1st day of testimony
The first people to find the stabbing victim were among the witnesses called to the stand. A 2014 slaying was a brutal act of "jealousy and pride" as Daniel Lawrence fought with the 30-year-old...
View ArticleInterstate 80 accident closes westbound lanes in Knowlton
All lanes were temporarily closed after the crash was reported about 9:55 p.m in the area of Exit 4. Authorities were responding to a crash Monday night on Interstate 80 in Warren County, about 4...
View ArticleN.J.-based Mars invests $70M in manufacturing, creates 250 new jobs
A spokeswoman told NJ Advance Media in an email that the company has dozens of positions open across New Jersey. HACKETTSTOWN -- New Jersey-based Mars, best known for its candies like M&Ms,...
View Article20-year-old dies in I-80 wreck near Pa.-N.J. border in Warren County
The woman was a passenger in a Mercedes Benz that collided with a Mitsubishi on Monday night. A young woman died Monday night when she was thrown from the car in which she was a passenger in a...
View Article1 witness, 2 stories? Murder trial defense presses on inconsistencies
An ex-girlfriend of both the suspect and victim took the stand. An ex-girlfriend of both the murder suspect and victim took to the witness stand Tuesday to share her account of a fatal stabbing in...
View ArticleKnow a veteran? They can apply for a Warren County medal
The county's 14th annual veterans recognition ceremony is scheduled for May 6, 2017. Warren County is accepting applications for veterans to honor at its annual recognition ceremony scheduled for May...
View Article27-year-old thief can't stay away from Wal-Mart, police say
The woman now is facing a citation for criminal trespass. A woman ordered to stay away from a Mansfield Township Wal-Mart after stealing more than $250 worth of items returned a day after the arrest,...
View ArticleWill Obamacare supporters again flood Lance town hall meeting?
Rep. Leonard Lance is holding his 43rd town hall this month. Watch video WASHINGTON - Rep. Leonard Lance's last town hall meetings came against a national wave of opposition to Republican plans to...
View ArticleRecap: Day 2 of testimony on 2014 Washington homicide
Jurors heard from the suspect's ex and watched his police interrogation. Jurors saw the stab wounds that killed a man, heard from the suspect's ex-girlfriend and watched a police interview on the...
View ArticleI-80 accident victim, other 2 in car were Cornell students
Peiran "Joyce" Shi, 20, was originally from Shenzhen, China, according to the university in Ithaca, New York. The 20-year-old woman fatally injured in Monday night's crash on Interstate 80 in Warren...
View ArticleDriver freed after Greenwich Township crash into trees (PHOTOS)
Firefighters had to cut back branches then cut open the SUV to free the driver in the crash on Route 173. A driver had to be cut free from inside an SUV that crashed into several trees Tuesday night...
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