New Jersey News

Red-Light Cameras Reducing Crashes in New Jersey

State Transportation Department officials have found fewer crashes at intersections equipped with red-light cameras in New Jersey. But the report also says the sample size is too small to draw conclusions. Officials say crashes were down 27 percent at 22 …

Smoking Causes Nearly 1 in 5 New Jersey Fire Deaths

It is a near-unconscious action carried out by millions of smokers every day – flicking the burned-out butt of a cigarette to the floor or into an ashtray after the last pull. It’s also an act that can have deadly …

New Jersey Low-Income Families to Receive Storm Recovery Aid

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration is calling for creating a new Superstorm Sandy recovery fund for low-income families who have not applied for money to repair damaged homes in response to criticism that storm aid has not reached low-income …

Flood Insurance Premiums Vary for New Jersey Residents

If flooding were a real concern for Taylor Rambo, he says he wouldn’t have built a bar in his basement. Yet he pays about $2,700 each year for flood insurance that he is required to have as part of his …

New Jersey Jury Rules Stuffed Animal Contributed to Crash

The estate of a New Jersey woman injured by a car has been awarded damages after a jury determined that a stuffed animal hanging from the driver’s rearview mirror contributed to the accident. The Times of Trenton reports the jury …

New Jersey Homeowners Charged With False Sandy Aid Application

New Jersey authorities have charged four homeowners with trying to get post-Superstorm Sandy aid they were not entitled to by claiming that vacation homes were their primary residences. The four received benefits ranging from nearly $13,000 to more than $22,000. …

Superstorm Sandy Jersey Victims’ Discuss Rebuilding Issues

Confusing bureaucracy, a lack of clear guidelines, contradictory information and scant money for rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy were just some of the issues that New Jersey homeowners raised during a meeting with Sen. Robert Menendez on Monday. Menendez met with …

New Jersey Condo Dryer Fire Displaces 5 Residents

Five people were displaced when a dryer fire damaged a condominium in southern New Jersey. No injuries were reported in the fire at the Sixty Acre Reserve development in Jackson, which broke out around 3:50 p.m. Saturday. Authorities say the …

Jitney Bus Owner, Driver Sued by Parents of New Jersey Baby Killed

The parents of an infant girl who was killed when a New Jersey jitney bus sent a light pole crashing onto her stroller have filed a lawsuit. Maylin Hago and Jairo Paredes of North Bergen filed suit in Hudson County …

Sandy Fraud Task Force Closes New Jersey Office Location

Monmouth County’s Superstorm Sandy fraud task force has closed its office in the county’s Bayshore region. In the year since opening, the New Jersey task force has reviewed 232 cases. About 92 cases were referred to the county’s consumer affairs …