Sen. Jim Whelan retools plan to tax alternative-fuel vehicles
A local legislator is changing his approach to ensuring that owners of alternative-fuel vehicles fairly contribute to maintaining state bridge…
On table in NJ: Using sales tax to preserve land
New Jersey voters have agreed 13 times to allow the state to borrow money to buy land for preservation. Now they could be asked to approve a m…
Powerball jackpot closing in on another record
A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing his…
Fairness for women still a battle, Buono says
Fairness for women in New Jersey is still a serious battle in the 21st century and having a woman's voice in the governor's seat would be an i…
Ocean County freeholder says New Jersey needs consumer advocate
Ocean County Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari says New Jersey doesn’t need a state Board of Public Utilities, but instead could benefit from a cons…
Two lawmakers want New Jersey's tobacco-purchase age raised to 21
Two New Jersey lawmakers proposed Thursday to raise their state’s minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21, reaching across the Hudson River to…
Cumberland County College in Vineland holds 46th commencement ceremony
Kelsie Macera, of Vineland, never thought she’d be standing in front of her classmates at Cumberland County College delivering the student wel…
New Jersey unemployment rate drops to 8.7 percent
TRENTON — New Jersey’s unemployment rate fell significantly again in April to 8.7 percent — the lowest it’s been in four years, the state Depa…
New Jersey to use federal funds to buy homes that are flood prone
New Jersey will use $300 million in federal aid to buy out about 1,300 Hurricane Sandy-damaged and flood-prone homes in the state.
Miss New Jersey participants pass on roles through the generations
When the people associated with the Miss New Jersey Pageant describe the event and other local pageants that lead up to the finals as family a…
Candidates for New Jersey's state seats have raised $30.5 million
By DEREK HARPER
South Jersey crabbers fishing old pots out of Great Bay
Braving icy winds, choppy waters and frigid winter temperature, six teams of commercial crabbers have combed the muddy bottom of Great Bay the…
Middle Township high-schoolers buy water-safety books for students
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Debbie Hess held a colorful children’s book in her hands and quizzed her preschool students about the lesson it had inside.
Local fishermen gain victory regarding Beesleys Point Bridge
Anglers won a big victory Monday as state Sen. Jeff Van Drew announced a plan that will allow them to continue to fish the Great Egg Harbor Ba…
'DOO WW' places Wildwood's doo-wop culture into marketing realm
WILDWOOD — Sure, you can DO AC, but there’s no reason you can’t DOO WW, too.
New Jersey Supreme Court hears dunes vs. views case
TRENTON - When their Long Beach Island town built a dune system a few years ago, it blocked Harvey and Phyllis Karan's view of the ocean. They…
South Jersey Road Report for Tuesday, May 14
Egg Harbor City, Lower Bank Road: Repairs to the Lower Bank Bridge mean the road will be closed indefinitely. Motorists are advised to use Gre…
New Jersey legislation would create state coastal commission
A controversial state Assembly bill that could radically change how planning and zoning occurs in coastal towns has advanced out of committee,…
At 175 years old, Mullica Township losing pieces of its past
MULLICA TOWNSHIP — When Mullica’s unofficial historian, Louisa Mazetis, was born in 1925 — in the big stone Butterhof Shady Brook Farm on Rout…
Cicadas set to emerge in South Jersey after 17-year slumber
Billions of cicadas, dormant for the past 17 years, are waiting only for soil temperatures to reach 64 degrees before they emerge from undergr…