New Jersey

Lawmakers from Jersey Shore towns are pushing back against a bill meant to fast-track offshore wind energy projects by taking away local control over transmission lines and other onshore infrastructure.

Jersey Shore businesses are having a hard time hiring enough workers ahead of a busy beach season. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg has the details.

New Jersey has hit Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s goal of vaccinating 4.7 million people. State Department of Health figures showed Friday that the state had inoculated 4.75 million adults, hitting a goal Murphy set for his administration nearly two weeks ahead of schedule.

New Jersey met its goal of fully vaccinating more than 4.7 million people two weeks early, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday.

After being delayed a year by the pandemic, a highly anticipated museum in Cape May that pays tribute to Harriet Tubman and her connection to the seaside resort city is set to open. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg gives us an early look inside.

Beachgoers will soon have to pay $1 to use a certain restroom in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The $1 fee will be used to keep the bathroom clean, but restrooms’ operated by the town will still be free.

Sirens soon will sound each night in Atlantic City at 10, marking the arrival of a juvenile curfew prohibiting those under 18 from being on the streets.

Atlantic City, New Jersey, is implementing a new siren system to alert young people when the 10 p.m. juvenile curfew takes effect. The move comes after recent incidents involving young people.

The fox that attacked a young girl in New Jersey last week tested positive for rabies, according to the health department. Young Lilith was one of two people in Jackson Township who were exposed to the animal over the weekend, the Ocean County Health Department said in a statement Wednesday. The 4-year-old was bit by the fox on Saturday but…

Two teenage brothers will be charged in the murder of a man who was found stabbed to death in a wooded area in Bucks County. Telemundo 62’s Isabel Sanchez was there as they were taken into custody.

A second round of Federal CARES Act funding is coming to the rescue of low income voters in Camden County, New Jersey. Camden’s mayor calls the program, which includes $15 million, a lifeline for the region. NBC10’s Cydney Long has the details.

Two brothers are being held in connection with the death of a man whose body was found on a rural road this morning. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the details.

A woman intentionally started a four-alarm fire that sent dozens of people fleeing from the flames at a New Jersey hotel, according to police.

A man who authorities say faked his own disappearance to avoid prosecution on bank fraud charges, prompting a two-day search by the Coast Guard, has pleaded guilty to federal counts.

Reports of an aircraft crashing into the ocean off Long Beach Island are unfounded, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday afternoon. Following a 911 call for a plane crash, initial reports from beach patrols and law enforcement sources indicated that something had gone down into the ocean about a mile off of 26th Street. What was first thought to…

College sports fans in New Jersey are a step closer to being able to bet on teams from their state.

In order to bring some normalcy back to the classroom amid the COVID school year, a rescue dog named Tyler has been letting students at a New Jersey elementary school read to him.

Two brothers, one 15 years old, the other 22, have been identified as the victims of a deadly three-vehicle crash in New Jersey, police in Linden said Thursday.

George Floyd’s murder at the hands of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last year fueled a global movement for racial justice.