Scholarship won by Woodbridge student who looks for the positive...

Courier News - Sat Nov 28

Frank Kemper says he was relieved when at 12 years old he learned that he had Crohn's disease.

Leibowitz victory a blunder for Monroe

MyCentralJersey.com - Sat Nov 28

In the Nov. 25 edition of the Home News Tribune is a letter from Harold Kane bragging about the win by Michael Leibowitz over Steve Dalina to represent the third ward on the Monroe Township Town Council.

New Brunswick pastor saying goodbye to congregation after 34 years

Courier News - Fri Nov 27

When the Rev. John Hayward was born in New Hampshire on June 7, 1931, the sound of church bells could be heard in the distance, he said.

1 dead in wreck in Perth Amboy

Courier News - Fri Nov 27

A pedestrian was killed Tuesday morning in a motor vehicle accident that closed Route 35 for hours, officials said.

Thanksgiving dinner helps unemployed, homeless in Perth Amboy

Courier News - Fri Nov 27

Keasha Hunter brought her children, 2-year-old Phoenix, and 1-year-old Jalen, to the Alexander Jankowski Community Center for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday so they could have a taste of being in a family.

Renovated basketball courts open in Carteret

Courier News - Thu Nov 26

Ivettelis Castro remembers how beat-up and worn out the basketball courts at Carteret Park, behind the middle school, used to look.

Chain stores make Thanksgiving Day the new Black Friday

Millville News - Thu Nov 26

Thanksgiving Day is becoming the new Black Friday. Stores like the Gap, Wal-Mart and Old Navy are either opening today or rolling back their opening times for big holiday sales.

Standoff ends peacefully, even though man vowed he'd only come out 'in a bag'

Daily Record - Thu Nov 26

A Middlesex man surrendered peacefully to authorities Wednesday evening nearly five hours after claiming to be in his apartment 'armed and dangerous'' and vowing the only way he'd 'come out was in a bag,'' said police.

Cops arrest Atlantic Highlands pair in burglaries

Asbury Park Press - Wed Nov 25

Police said five borough homes were burglarized by two people, both of whom were also charged last week in a string of break-ins in Middlesex and Monmouth counties.

Trio charged in theft of $5,388 in flooring from Home Depot in Greenwich Township

Easton Express-Times - Wed Nov 25

Three Jersey City men used stolen credit card information to buy 70 cases of hardwood flooring Monday at Home Depot on Route 22 , Greenwich Township police said today.