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#1 NJ Wildfire Update: 50% Contained; High Spread Risk Today; Suspect in Custody

Apr 25 2025 // At a time when firefighters are battling one of the worst wildfires in New Jersey’s history, there is an increased risk for rapid fire spread this afternoon across portions of the Garden State and eastern...

#2 New Jersey Wildfire 75% Contained; Crews to Remain on Scene Until ‘Significant’ Rain

Apr 29 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported continued progress in fighting the Jones River wildfire, with the fire being 75% contained by noon on Monday, April 28.Officials said crews will remain on the scene for the next...

#3 New Jersey Neighborhood Fire That Killed 2 Girls Apparently Started in Their Home

Apr 14 2025 // A fire that raced through a southern New Jersey neighborhood, killing two young sisters and burning six homes, apparently started in a duplex where the girls’ family lived, authorities said Friday.The cause of the...

#4 Update on New Jersey Wildfire: Suspect Charged With Arson

Apr 24 2025 // New Jersey officials announced that a 19-year old man has been charged with arson in connection with the Jones Road wildfire that started on April 22 and has spread throughout the southern Ocean County area.Joseph Kling of...

#5 New Jersey’s Jones Road Wildfire Now 65% Contained

Apr 28 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has continued to make progress fighting the Jones River wildfire. The service reported the fire was 65% contained by Sunday morning April 27.However, the service repeated a warning from...

#6 Why New York and New Jersey Are at Risk of Spring Wildfires

Apr 25 2025 // The wildfire scorching southern New Jersey ignited despite a series of downpours in recent weeks — and the region is ripe for more blazes.April’s rains didn’t soak into the ground enough to prevent the fire...

#7 Update on New Jersey Wildfire: 30% Contained, Evacuation Orders Lifted

Apr 23 2025 // A major wildfire in southern New Jersey’s Ocean County expanded last night, leading to the evacuation of 5,000 people and threats to more than 1,320 structures.The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported last night...

#8 Starkweather & Shepley Acquires New Jersey’s AiK2 Insurance Services

Apr 22 2025 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (S&S) has acquired AiK2 Insurance Services, a New Jersey-based firm specializing in business insurance for wealth and asset managers.As part of the acquisition, AiK2...

#9 Second Person Charged With Arson in New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire

May 5 2025 // A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that has grown into the state’s second-largest fire in nearly two decades.Prosecutors said Friday that a 17-year-old was...

#10 NJ Diocese Will No Longer Oppose Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Allegations

May 9 2025 // The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese said he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court for years.It’s not...

#11 Court Questions NJ Diocese’s Bid to Block Grand Jury on Clergy Sex Abuse

May 1 2025 // Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate clergy sexual abuse allegations.The high...

#12 New Jersey Sues RealPage, Claiming Collusion With Landlords Drives Up Rents

Apr 25 2025 // New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state’s largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents, violating federal and state antitrust laws and New...

#13 NJ Accuses Messaging App Discord of Exposing Kids to Violent Content, Predators

Apr 22 2025 // New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has filed a lawsuit against Discord, Inc. alleging that the messaging app provider is exposing kids to violent and sexual content and predators and has violated the...