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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Township officials issued a public health advisory today after federal and state environmental agencies declared a “code red” as smoke from Canadian wildfires blanket most of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A code red air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations are unhealthy for the public, especially for senior citizens, children and people with compromised respiratory system. Mayor John E. McCormac and the township Health Department recommends that residents: ● Stay indoors as much as possible. ● Keeping windows closed. ● Run air conditioners on the re-circulation setting. ● Use an air purifier if possible. ● If you must go outside, limit physical activity. ●...

Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada has traveled into the Tri-State area, prompting schools and events to be canceled to limit exposure.

SOMERSET COUNTY, N.J. - Starting life off with a bang! This baby boy's birth story is certainly a hard one to beat. New Jersey State troopers were called to find a woman in a labor in the back if a vehicle on Interstate 287 in Somerset County last month. Video...

LINDEN, NJ – Officers from the Linden Police Department responded to a single-car crash on Sunday, at around 7:15 pm. The incident took place near W. Edgar Rd (Route 1) & S. Stiles St. The driver, a 57-year-old man from the Colonia section of Woodbridge, was operating a 2007 Chevrolet Malibu when he crashed. The impact caused the vehicle to overturn, requiring the driver to be extricated by Linden Fire Department personnel. The driver was transported to Newark University Hospital with severe injuries but is now listed in stable condition. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Inv. Michael The post Police investigating serious crash in Linden appeared first on Shore News Network.

The haze drifting south from Canadian wildfires is posing hazards to persons with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens across the Northeast and northern New Jersey, according to AirNow.gov, a partnership of federal environmental agencies. Morristown’s air quality on Tuesday evening was categorized as “unhealthy,” and it’s...

The slate of four Edison Township Council candidates who ran under the banner of Mayor Sam Joshi's Team, created by the chairman of the Middlesex County Democratic Organization, emerged victorious in Tuesday's primary. And the top two vote-getters, Councilman Richard Brescher and Asaf Shmuel, were the only two candidates running on the Column B line who were endorsed by the Edison Democratic Organization. Brescher received 5,825 unofficial votes and Shmuel got 5,318, according to unofficial results provided...

Edison Mayor Sam Joshi’s effort to oust Democratic municipal chair Mahesh Bhagia has succeeded, with Joshi allies winning at least 90 of the township’s 156 county committee seats, the New Jersey Globe projects. Joshi’s four preferred township council candidates also won their primaries. With the county Democratic line...

The votes are in — more than 22,000 to be exact! — and later this month, winners will be crowned at the inaugural NJ.com High School Game Changers Sports Awards. We will unveil the first-place winners in each category at the live awards show on Sunday, June 25 at 3 p.m. at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. The event is free to attend and open to finalists, as well as their coaches, teachers, parents, friends and family members.

The presidents of the bar associations in Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren counties are asking Gov. Phil Murphy to nominate more Superior Court judges to avoid residents "being denied justice." In the three counties that make up Vicinage 13, all divorce and civil trials in Superior Court have been suspended because...

In court documents obtained by Action News, authorities detail the mother's last moments alive before her gruesome death.

Newark and large parts of New Jersey battled a dense haze caused by wildfire smoke on Wednesday, June 7, two days after protesters fought for clean air and less pollution in the city. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is advising residents to stay indoors, close windows, utilize an air purifiers if possible, limit physical activity and wear a mask. “Due to heavy smoke from a convergence of wildfires as far away as Canada, the NJDEP has issued an air quality alert for the northern region of the state, including Newark,” Mayor Ras Baraka said in a news release. “I ask everyone...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued a "Code Orange" air quality alert for North & Central New Jersey due to poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires. This could impact individuals with asthma, heart conditions, the elderly, and youth.

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Cornelius and Relona Crews, both 46, were arrested following a three-month investigation after police said they executed a search warrant at their home on the 900 block of Walnut Street. The Crews' are charged with first-degree operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility, along with additional charges related to the...

HOLMDEL, NJ: Tuesday morning, many homeowners in the Beau Ridge development in Holmdel, began their morning viewing their security camera footage, only to find that in the early morning hours, a woman was on foot, dodging quickly in and out of the neighborhood's cul-de-sacs. She was trying, somewhat desperately, to open car doors along the way, and entering those she found unlocked. The earliest recording of the woman was time-stamped on various homeowner security camera's at around 5:30 a.m. Neighbors began gathering outside to share information at around 8:00 a.m. The Holmdel Police responded at around 8:30 a.m. when a homeowner called the department. According to many homeowners, the woman...

UPDATE: Westfield Police report that Kali Sullivan has been found safe.Police in Westfield are asking for the public's help to find a woman who's been missing for more than two weeks as her family worries she could be in danger, authorities said. Kali Sullivan, 33, of Westfield, disappeared on…

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties: Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Union until midnight EDT Wednesday night. An Air Quality Action day for Particulate Matter has been declared for Wednesday, June 7. Sensitive individuals, including those with heart or lung disease, the elderly, and the young should limit strenuous activities and the amount of time active outdoors. Levels of fine particulates will rise into unhealthy for sensitive groups category statewide Wednesday and likely last into the evening hours due to wildfire smoke transport from eastern Canadian wildfires.

Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé announced the two officers seen sleeping in their patrol vehicle will be suspended without pay. Fragé said police first became aware of the photo on Wednesday, May 31. It is unknown when the photo was taken. "Police officers sleeping while on duty...

Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Department of Health and Community Wellness Director Ketlen Baptiste Alsbrook are urging city residents to take precautions during the air quality alert issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), which is expected to remain in effect until further notice. “Due to heavy...

New Jersey voters cast ballots in all 40 of the state's legislative districts Tuesday. Vote-by-mail ballots had to be postmarked or in designated dropboxes by 8 p.m. The "county line" ruled in Essex County, where one of the state's strongest Democratic party organizations is located. [ more › ]