Environmentalists say New Jersey’s proposed new rules for coastal development would place more people and property at risk from future storms like Superstorm Sandy. At the first of three public hearings on the proposed changes Wednesday night, representatives of some …
Nationwide Insurance is returning to New Jersey to sell auto policies, giving motorists more choices for coverage, the state and company announced Friday. The Columbus, Ohio-based insurer stopped offering auto coverage in the state in 1981, but has served the …
Seven months after watching heavy equipment tear down their Superstorm Sandy-wrecked house, Bart Sutton’s family is settling into a replacement built on the same spot – but much higher in the air. “We’re home,” said Sutton, who took out a …
The New Jersey program to help build affordable housing to replace homes lost to Superstorm Sandy is proposing new rules that would keep more of the money in towns hit hard by the storm. The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage …
Some New Jersey lawmakers used a hearing Monday to complain that Gov. Chris Christie is not living up to his promise of transparency when it comes to rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy. The Assembly State and Local Government committee asked questions …
A former New Jersey high school baseball coach will pay $275,000 to help settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a player who committed suicide. The suit claimed 18-year-old Andrew Clark Jr. of Spring Lake Heights suffered …
New Jersey officials say they dispersed just 25 percent of the state’s first large allocation of federal Superstorm Sandy aid in the first 11 months. That is a finding of a quarterly state report released last week on the dozens …
Drivers busted by red light cameras in five New jersey towns before August 2012 could get a partial refund of their tickets due to a proposed legal settlement. Lawyers for plaintiffs filed court papers in U.S. District court in Trenton …
New Jersey residents and businesses are getting an additional six months to add losses to their National Flood Insurance Program claims after Superstorm Sandy. The decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency was announced Wednesday by the state’s Banking and …
State authorities say six Passaic County, N.J., residents played roles in a staged automobile accident scheme that defrauded two insurance companies out of more than $78,000. Acting state Attorney General John Hoffman announced the charges Monday. He said five of …