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Photo by David Gard/ New Jersey Local News Service Franklin High School was the scene of a brawl involving student and police.FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset) -- Officials here plan to discuss forming a community relations task force after a fight... Full Story »

POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH -- After an interview about his election to borough council, Mitchell Remig said he needed to take a nap. In a campaign that focused so much on his age, Remig’s political opponents a week ago would have... Full Story »

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SAYREVILLE -- Police said Keon Lawrence, a Seton Hall University basketball player, was intoxicated early Monday when he drove a car the wrong way on the Garden State Parkway here and caused a two-car crash, according to a report in... Full Story »

APSuspended Passaic Police Officer Joseph Rios III PASSAIC -- A police officer indicted on charges of aggravated assault and official misconduct after a surveillance video showed him hitting an unarmed man has pleaded not guilty. Passaic Officer Joseph Rios III... Full Story »

NEWARK -- Gunfire erupted in the city's Central Ward Monday night, leaving two unidentified victims dead near the Hampton Valley apartment complex, police said. At 10:07 p.m. Newark police responded to a call of a shooting and found two victims,... Full Story »

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APWomen walk by a stock price board indicating Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 Asian stocks extended their gains today after Wall Street touched its highest level for 2009 amid optimism low interest rates would continue to power this year's rally in... Full Story »

LINDENWOLD -- A man was struck and killed by a Philadelphia-bound New Jersey Transit train earlier this afternoon near the rail line's Lindenwold station, officials said. Train #4630 was headed toward Philadelphia on the Atlantic City line when it struck... Full Story »

PORT REPUBLIC -- The state division of Fish and Wildlife opened two oyster beds in a river in the southern part of the state today for a limited one-week harvest, according to a report in the Press of Atlantic City.... Full Story »

PERTH AMBOY -- A 22-year-old North Brunswick man was sentenced today to 25 years in state prison for taking part in a drive-by shooting in the city nearly two years ago in which an innocent bystander was injured. Joshua Burgos... Full Story »

EAST BRUNSWICK -- Local emergency crews pulled two men from an East Brunswick lake after their boat became capsized during an afternoon fishing trip, police said. At about 4:30 p.m. today, three men, whose identities were not immediately released, were... Full Story »

TRENTON -- A New Jersey appeals court panel has ruled that police use-of-force reports are public records. The opinion by a three-judge Appellate Division panel upholds a 2008 Superior Court ruling that said West Milford must turn over use-of-force reports... Full Story »

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Sarah Simonis/For The Star-LedgerBloomfield Technical principal Eric Love, right, and Bill Payne, left, deputy chief of staff for Essex County, hold a flag celebrating the school's National Blue Ribbon School award today. BLOOMFIELD -- The "National Blue Ribbon School" flag... Full Story »

SCOTCH PLAINS -- After seven years of battling asthma, Scotch Plains resident Nina Thomas was bound to an oxygen tank and could no longer handle daily tasks such as walking down stairs or grocery shopping. Over the last two years,... Full Story »

Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey state Sen. Diane Allen, right, and Assemblywoman Allison Little McHose answer questions during a 2006 press conference. Allen has been diagnosed with cancer. BURLINGTON COUNTY -- Republican state Sen. Diane Allen said today she has been... Full Story »

EAST AMWELL -- Allison Jackson is a woman of firsts. The East Amwell resident was recently honored by Rutgers University’s African-American Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame in recognition of her many accomplishments, which stretch across education, business and government. She... Full Story »

NEWARK -- A Superior Court judge today continued the $1 million bail against a man who was arrested for allegedly running a drug sale operation that catered to Newark's North Ward, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said. Victor Seijas-Moya, 45,... Full Story »

Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerTwo of the cats rescued from a Chester Township home rest in cages as they wait to be placed into an individual kennels at Mendham Township in this April file photo.CHESTER TOWNSHIP -- All of the 211 cats... Full Story »

NEWARK -- Sixteen people were injured in a collision between an NJ Transit bus and a tanker truck in Newark this afternoon, police said. The accident occurred at Clinton Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at about 3:15 p.m.... Full Story »

Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalLidette Avila, 57, of Jersey City made her first appearance in court via videolink from the Hudson County jail today on charges she hit her boyfriend in the head with a flowerpot and stabbed him.Bail was... Full Story »

Paul Bangiola CollectionA copy photo of former World War II fighter pilot, Paul Bangiola, and the wreckage of his P-47 fighter plane, which he crash landed after being shot down. During the war, Bangiola was serious injured after he took... Full Story »

Surveillance photoThe PNC Bank in Brick Township, Ocean County was robbed this morning at gunpoint by two masked men who fled with an undetermined amount of cash. Police released a surveillance video image from the robbery.BRICK -- Federal and local... Full Story »

MILLBURN -- Thieves hit the Burberry outlet at Short Hills Mall on at least three occasions in the last few days, making off with thousands of dollars in the retailers’ signature luxury scarves, and police suspect a link between at... Full Story »