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NJ Changes Handicap Parking Rules To Crack Down On Abusers

People with disabilities will now be required to have their medical conditions recertified every three years to qualify for New Jersey’s handicapped parking privileges.

2013/05/22

N.J. School District Wants To Know Who Put Up Fight Videos On Facebook

The videos were recorded at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, and were posted on a “BRHS Fights” Facebook page that opened last week.

2013/03/26

N.J. Communities Stringing Up Carcasses To Keep Troublesome Vultures Away

New Jersey communities from one of the state to the other have had it with vultures, and have strung up vulture carcasses this winter to drive away flocks of the damaging birds.

2013/03/11

Vultures Making Things Uneasy For Residents Of Bridgewater, N.J.

Residents in Bridgewater said they have been recently spotting more and more vultures in their area — to the tune of more than a hundred.

2013/03/07

Gov. Chris Christie and his wife Mary Pat at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Israel - Apr 3, 2012 (credit: Tim Larsen / Governor's Office)

Christie: No Time Wasted In Israel; Arab Group: Trip Was ‘One-Sided’

The first-term Republican says his first foreign trip was designed to tout business and trade opportunities in New Jersey for Israelis. It also helped him get a better grasp of the unique security challenges facing the volatile region

2012/04/12

Bridgewater Police Cracking Down On Illegal Handicap Parking Permits

Bridgewater police have written tickets worth $163,000 this year to motorists for allegedly using handicap parking placards that belong to dead relatives.

2011/11/22

Flooding at the superfund site caused by Hurricane Irene. (credit: epa.gov)

Cleanup Resumes At American Cyanamid Superfund Site In Bridgewater

According to EPA spokesperson Bonnie Bellow, about 200 million gallons of water flooded the property and electricity was “totally knocked out” by the storms.

2011/10/07

Raging Rivers Rise As New Jersey Residents Face More Flooding Woes

The situation has become bitterly familiar along the swollen Passaic River: More rain, and more flooding.

2011/09/08

Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Serious Flooding Concerns Remain In N.J.

Floodwaters rose all across New Jersey, closing roads from side streets to major highways as Irene, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state in more than a century, weakened and moved on, leaving more than 600,000 homes and businesses without power.

2011/08/28

Raritan River In Central New Jersey Set To Become Hot Fishing Spot

Thanks to a pollution settlement from a lawsuit, the state now has money to rip out three dams in the Raritan River in Somerset County.

2011/07/24

Bed Bugs On A Man's Arm (file / credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Tri-State Area Offices Take Precautions As Bed Bugs Make A Comeback

Not only do offices have to worry about keeping bed bugs out of the workplace, they also have to try to keep employees from blaming each other for the problem.

2011/07/08

Dad Of NJ Teen Accused Of Breaking Into Car Demands Alleged Victim Be Charged In Son’s Death

A 19-year-old former high school football player in New Jersey has died more than eight months after authorities said he was put into a chokehold while trying to break into a car. Now, his father is demanding the alleged car burglary victim be charged in Douglas Uhler’s death.

2011/04/13

Mosque Controversy Brewing In Bridgewater, N.J.

A mosque controversy is heating up in a New Jersey neighborhood, and many wonder if it’s due to traffic concerns or Muslim fears.

2011/04/01

NJ Jewelry Store Owner Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide

Police officials said a gunman tried to hold up the Roy T. Jewelers store before shooting its owner and turning the gun on himself around 4:45 p.m. Monday.

2011/02/07