All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 20 2013 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the breath test used in drunken driving cases. Wednesday’s order by the court upholds the use of Alcotest, which replaced the Breathalyzer more than a...
Sep 19 2013 // Superstorm Sandy still isn’t done with the Jersey shore — investigators are blaming the storm for damaging electrical wiring that touched off last week’s devastating boardwalk fire in Seaside Park and...
Sep 19 2013 // A new federal report finds New Jersey’s state government cleared the way for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get to work quickly as Superstorm Sandy struck. A report made public Tuesday by the Homeland...
Sep 18 2013 // Investigators who have been examining last week’s devastating boardwalk fire in New Jersey announced that old electrical wiring underneath the boardwalk, damaged by Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters last year and...
Sep 18 2013 // A raging fire that destroyed dozens of businesses along the Seaside Park boardwalk in New Jersey on Sept. 12 is expected to be a multi-million dollar insurance event, an insurance expert observed.The fire, propelled by...
Sep 17 2013 // New Jersey will use Superstorm Sandy-recovery money to pay for debris removal at the scene of last week’s boardwalk fire in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights.Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said it hopes...
Sep 16 2013 // An appraiser sent by the state recently assessed the value of Bob and Pat Smith’s house, nearly a year after floodwaters from Superstorm Sandy reached midway up the living room walls. Like the 75 other homeowners...
Sep 16 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pledged $15 million in state aid on Sept. 14 for businesses damaged by a massive boardwalk fire in a shore community just getting back on its feet after Superstorm Sandy.Christie met...
Sep 13 2013 // A wind-driven blaze consumed a New Jersey Shore boardwalk and amusements freshly rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy, destroying dozens of businesses.The fire swept through at least six blocks of Seaside Park and Seaside...
Sep 12 2013 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was counting on 400 firefighters and the approach of rain to help snuff out a wind-driven blaze that consumed a Seaside boardwalk and amusements newly rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy.A...
Sep 12 2013 // A southern New Jersey man has been indicted on charges of providing a false insurance certificate and working as an unregistered contractor after authorities revoked his registrationShane Wood of Toms River, also known as...
Sep 12 2013 // Critics of the breath test used in New Jersey drunken driving cases took aim Tuesday in front of the state’s Supreme Court, arguing that modifications mandated by the court five years ago haven’t been...
Sep 10 2013 // Nearly a year after Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey, some small marina owners are still waiting for money to help rebuild their shattered businesses. Kristi Munro Hanselmann’s marina in Little Egg Harbor Township...
Sep 10 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week published its latest data on ongoing federal assistance for New Jersey’s recovery from Superstorm Sandy.As of Monday, Sept. 9, the total federal assistance for New...
Sep 6 2013 // New Jersey authorities said three New Jersey men have been charged with engaging in a scheme to submit fraudulent cell phone loss claims to Asurion Insurance Services.The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office said...
Sep 4 2013 // New Jersey auto insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance released the results of a distracted driving study that found 61 percent of young drivers surveyed in New Jersey acknowledged having sent text messages while...
Sep 4 2013 // A New Jersey court says a person who knowingly sends a text to a driver can share liability if the driver causes an accident.The ruling last week came in the case of a couple severely injured when their motorcycle was hit...
Sep 4 2013 // Man-made global warming may further lessen the likelihood of the freak atmospheric steering currents that last year shoved Superstorm Sandy due west into New Jersey, a new study says.An Oct. 30, 2012, file photo of Sandy...
Aug 30 2013 // A recently enacted law in New Jersey will mandate new road signs on state roadways that will inform motorists that texting while driving is prohibited in New Jersey.Under the legislation (A3873/S2406), the commissioner of...
Aug 28 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is defending tourism ads the state is running in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. During a Tuesday morning appearance on the North Wildwood boardwalk, Christie said the ads were never meant...