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New Jersey Shutters 5 Home Improvement Companies in Probe

Officials in New Jersey have closed five home improvement companies accused of shoddy or nonexistent work and their principal owner has been ordered to pay more than $300,000. Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced the settlement Thursday against Sulejman Lita …

Jersey City Mayor Wants to Merge Police, Fire

The new mayor of New Jersey’s second largest city wants to merge the police and fire departments as a way to cut costs and streamline services. Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s ordinance will be introduced during a hearing on Wednesday. …

Probe Revealed Port Authority Paid Too Much for Insurance

An internal investigation has found the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey paid millions of dollars in excessive insurance premiums for construction projects. Chief investigator Michael Nestor tells The Star-Ledger of Newark the agency is looking at it …

Gustnado Causes Damage to New Jersey Neighborhood

Officials believe a gustnado damaged two homes as thunderstorms moved across New Jersey. The low-powered tornado, packing winds of 60 to 80 mph, struck Monday on Vath Street in Jackson Township. National Weather Service meteorologist Valerie Meola tells the Asbury …

Buried Seawall Protected Homes From Sandy’s Record Storm Surge

Picture two residential beach communities on the New Jersey shore: Bay Head and Mantoloking, which side-by-side in Ocean County on a narrow barrier island that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay. Before Hurricane Sandy landed on Oct. 29, 2012, …

OSHA Probes Collapse of Sandy-Damaged Home in New Jersey

Federal officials are investigating why a Jersey shore house damaged by Superstorm Sandy collapsed while being jacked up, injuring three workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has sent three investigators to Little Egg Harbor Township. OSHA spokeswoman Joanna Hawkins …

Huge Post-Sandy Tax Increases Fail to Materialize

With all the fears that Superstorm Sandy created, here’s one that never materialized: huge tax increases to make up for property destroyed along the coastlines of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Waves of federal aid, some strategic borrowing, lowered …

New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors to Drug Abuse

The buzz came mostly by word-of-mouth but also from flyers circulated among New Jersey’s homeless Medicaid recipients and drug addicts. It told them where to get pain pills – and fast – prescribed by corrupt doctors who then bilked government …

New Jersey Residents to Hear Soon About Sandy Grant Awards

New Jersey residents will begin hearing this week whether they’re getting money to rebuild badly damaged homes or stay in their communities after Superstorm Sandy. State Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable tells The Associated Press that 3,500 households will be …

New Jersey Law Toughens Penalties for Cell Phone Use While Driving

New Jersey is stiffening the penalties for motorists who use handheld cellphones to talk or text. A bill signed into law Thursday increases the fine to a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $400 for a first offense. A …