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A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized following an overnight crash on Route 17, authorities said. Traffic was initially limited to one lane in each direction after the northbound rig hit the center median around 2 a.m. near the Valero gas station, leaving the tractor on one side of the divider and the trailer on the other.

A car crashed into a parked SUV and caused it to slam into a Morris County home Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Emergency crews responding to the crash near Morris Avenue and Crane Road in Mountain Lakes found the SUV pushed into the home’s garage just after 3:20 p.m., the local volunteer fire department said.

Galloway NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 283, requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster dose. All covered workers will be required to be vaccinated by the dates set forth in the Order and will no longer be permitted to submit to testing as an alternative to vaccination, except for the purposes of providing an accommodation for individuals exempt from vaccination as set forth in the covered setting’s vaccination policy. This requirement aims to strengthen protection against the spread of COVID-19 and the highly transmissible Omicron variant to vulnerable populations across the state.

Paramus NJ, Hackensack Meridian Health opened the vaccination site at the former Lord & Taylor store off Route 17 in the Fashion Center. The new COVID-19 vaccine megasite opened in Paramus on Wednesday.

Last year on my birthday — in the midst of the pandemic's winter surge — I decided to treat myself by going all out for the ultimate takeout meal. So I picked a spot off of Yelp's Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. list that I hadn't been to: Kim's Sushi in West Orange, New Jersey.

New Jersey environmental officials said Friday they’ve set a trap to capture and euthanize a bear that mauled a small dog to death this week – the second killing of a dog by a bear in Sussex County this month. The 5-year-old Yorkie, “Tommy,” was killed Wednesday night...

Sponsored by Megan Gülick/Sawyer Smith Residential. Introducing Sherman Place, a elegantly designed 14-home boutique condo building on one of the best streets in Jersey City. Inspired by Parisian Haussmann architecture, Sherman Place is a rare opportunity to own on one of Jersey City’s most coveted streets. The timelessly elegant building, located at 139 Sherman Place, is comprised of just 14 two-bedroom, two-bathroom condominium homes, each featuring quality craftsmanship, high-end finishes, and understated luxury informed by European design principles.

When walking by 408-410 Whiton Street and 309-311 Pine Street in Jersey City, it is hard to tell that not too long ago, these adjacent Bergen-Lafayette properties were where sanitation trucks parked after collecting garbage from customers. Now, instead of being used by Morena Container Service, the two parcels have...

Emergency crews recovered the bodies of a woman and her 9-month-old son early Tuesday from a car submerged in a New Jersey pond. A passerby saw the car in the waters of New Market Pond near Stelton Road and Lakeview Avenue in Piscataway around dawn, though authorities are not sure how long it had been there.

Watchung Hills came in as a big underdog on Thursday night against Gill St. Bernard’s. The Warriors knew they would have their hands full against a squad featuring a Georgetown commit and a pair of 6-foot-7 five-star prospects. Watchung Hills beat this program a year ago on its way to winning a Skyland Conference title, but four of the key starters from that team graduated.

First lady Jill Biden returned to her native New Jersey on Thursday to talk about additional COVID relief funds available to community colleges. Biden officially made the announcement at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ, just minutes away from Mahwah, where she attended elementary school as a child. Community colleges and rural institutions with the “greatest unmet need” will be able to apply for $198 million in COVID relief funds through a grant from the American Rescue Plan program starting next week. The funds are part of a supplemental support program for colleges and universities — many of which serve low-income...

Construction updates, mask mandates, X-mas tree pickups, and more need-to-know news you may have missed this week. 1. Roundabout Construction at Morris and Spring Streets to Begin February 1st.

The new Ward F would bear a striking resemblance to the first “gerrymandered” district. The new boundary lines for Jersey City’s Ward F were drawn to silence criticism and minimize oversight of several major developments, believes Councilman Frank Gilmore. According to a map released yesterday by the...

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say the operator of a failed multi-state nursing home chain failed to pay $29.5 million in payroll and unemployment taxes for his employees at 95 facilities he operated in 11 states

A teenager on his way to deliver groceries to his grandmother in New Jersey was tragically killed by a stray bullet on Wednesday. Robert Cuadra, 18, was seven months away from leaving Paterson to attend Montclair State University on scholarship. Officers found him lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his head, the result of a nearby gunfight in which at least 16 shots were fired. “He was a good kid, he was humble, he didn’t bother anyone, he didn’t go outside,” his mother Ivernis Santiago said. “No matter what he went through he was always laughing, playing around, goofing around, he could go through something right now and then be playing around like nothing happened, he was just such a good spirit.”

Both Seton Hall and St. John’s could use a league win right about now. The local Big East rivals will

A Jersey City police officer and a 36-year-old woman have been arrested for child abuse, authorities said.Authorities were called to investigate a fight between JCPD officer Frank Martinez, 37, Joanny Hidalgo, 36, and the teen in their care on Dec. 2, 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez sa…

A robber with a violent streak has victimized the same Jersey City neighborhood grocery store three times in six days this month, assaulting both the 77-year-old owner and his wife. Augie Lopez say he and his wife, Nilda, operate their Old Bergen Avenue store in fear these days after the...