Fire officials say a fire that extensively damaged a northern New Jersey restaurant started when grease in ductwork above a charcoal broiler ignited. Firefighters from several towns battled the blaze at the Chevy’s Fresh Mex in Parsippany for about two …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Gov. Chris Christie’s request for a “major disaster declaration” to help towns and residents recover the costs from March floods. FEMA told the governor the damage was not severe enough. Christie had requested …
The New Jersey Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from ExxonMobil over $7 million awarded to a woman who claimed she got cancer from her husband’s asbestos-laden clothes. A jury in 2008 found Bonnie Anderson had contracted mesothelioma from washing …
Authorities in central New Jersey are investigating the theft of a trailer containing $143,000 worth of copper wire from a towing company’s parking lot. Perth Amboy Police Lt. David O’Donnell tells the Home News Tribune newspaper that a tractor-trailer carrying …
A woman described as a minor player in what prosecutors said was a massive identity theft and fraud ring largely involving Korean immigrants on Friday became the first of 53 defendants in the case to be sentenced. Song-Ja Park was …
A volunteer firefighter in southern New Jersey has pleaded guilty to aggravated arson. Ryan Dellane admitted intentionally setting nine blazes in Ocean and Burlington counties between March and August of last year, including one that consumed 540 acres in Barnegat. …