Somerset County

For Many In New Jersey, Floodwaters From Irene Are Giving Way To Huge Piles Of Trash

At last able to get back to their possessions, many in the Garden State are finding them hopelessly destroyed by the flood.

2011/09/02

A bridge is flooded in downtown Paterson on Sep. 1, 2011, NJ days after Irene has passed. (credit: John Montone/1010 WINS)

New Jersey Residents Fret About Toxic Floodwaters Left By Irene

Officials are advising people to stay out of the water. They’re concerned not just about oil and raw sewage, but also chemicals.

2011/09/01

Rescue workers search for people on August 30, 2011 in Paterson, NJ. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

President Obama To Visit Paterson Sunday As Flooding Woes Continue

Flooding continues to be a major problem in Paterson, where several streets turned into rushing rivers as the water churned over corners and down roads.

2011/08/31

Multiple Sclerosis Patient In New Jersey Appealing Marijuana Conviction

John Wilson, of Franklin Township in Somerset County, said he used the drug to treat his condition. However, he says he wasn’t allowed to tell that to the jury in his 2009 trial.

2011/08/16

Morris County, NJ (file / credit: Morris County Tourism Bureau)

Morris County Tops Quality Of Life List In New Jersey Survey

The results are in from a new survey on the quality of life in the counties of New Jersey.

2011/08/02

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

NJ Teens Face Megan’s Law Registration For What Lawyers Call ‘Horseplay’

An appeals court agreed the boys, who were 14 years old, engaged in sexual contact when they held down two 12-year-old boys in Somerset County in 2008 and placed their bare buttocks on their faces.

2011/07/20

FILE -- generic lake (Photo credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Divers Recover Body Of Drowning Victim At East Brunswick Lake

The victim, identified only as a Somerset County resident, went under Saturday evening in Dallenbach Lake.

2011/07/03

A tree that fell on a tent at the Bull's Island Recreation Area killing a man and injuring his wife (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Man Killed After 75-Foot High Sycamore Tree Falls On Tent At N.J. Campsite

A sycamore tree fell on a tent in New Jersey on Tuesday morning, killing a man and injuring his wife. Miraculously, three children, who were also in the tent, were not injured.

2011/06/28

Authorities Recover Body Of Missing Boater In East Brunswick

Henry Cho of Chatsworth, Calif, was visiting relatives in East Brunswick when he borrowed a canoe to go fishing on Farrington Lake on Saturday.

2011/05/26

Search Continues For Missing Boater In East Brunswick

Police said 30-year-old Henry Cho of Chatsworth, Calif., was visiting family when he borrowed a canoe to go fishing on Farrington Lake in East Brunswick.

2011/05/25

Crews Search For Missing Boater In East Brunswick

According to police, a person visiting from California took out a canoe on Farrington Lake in East Brunswick Saturday afternoon and never returned.

2011/05/22

Generic Handgun File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

New Jersey Elementary School Student Allegedly Brings Gun To School

Authorities said another student saw the boy remove the weapon from his book bag on a school bus on their way to Central Middle School.

2011/05/12

Cops: High-Tech ‘James Bond Gang’ Back To Thieving Ways In Tri-State

Bergen County authorities said the burglary ring known as the James Bond Gang appears to be back. They said there have been 40 burglaries in New York and New Jersey since 2009 that fit the group’s pattern — most of them in the last six months.

2011/04/25