New Jersey

("Mighty Mike," the American alligator at the Adventure Aquarium. Credit: John McDevitt)

Adventure Aquarium Marks ‘Endangered Species Day’ With Animals and Activities

Visitors were standing in line to see Mighty Mike, the aquarium’s fourteen-foot, 800-pound American alligator.

2013/05/17

Camden Grocer Charged With Defrauding Food Stamp Program of $1 Million

It’s alleged that Alexander Vargas, during the year 2012, would trade card transactions for cash at about 50 cents on the dollar, pocketing the rest.

2013/05/16

New Jersey Officials Delighted With Big Drop In State’s Jobless Rate

“We’ve gone from 9.3 (percent) two months ago to 8.7,” said state labor commissioner Harold Wirths. “That’s the steepest drop since 1977.”

2013/05/16

(The clubhouse of Woodcrest Country Club, in file photo.)

Camden County Freeholders To Bid On Bankrupt Woodcrest Country Club

Woodcrest Country Club once admitted members only, but it could become public land. Camden County plans to bid on the property in a bankruptcy auction on May 20th.

2013/05/16

Crews Battle Brush Fire In West Deptford

Officials say the fire broke out at about 7:15 p.m. in West Deptford Township.

2013/05/15

Life After Sandy: Some Face Prospect Of Being Homeless Again

For towns still recovering from Sandy, the surge in summer business isn’t all good news.

2013/05/15

Deadly Accident In East Windsor Township

The incident happened at about 2:45 p.m. at U.S. 130 and Route 33 in East Windsor Township.

2013/05/15

Train-to-Car-to-Beach Link Inaugurated For Atlantic City Daytrippers

Zipcar Philadelphia general manager Peter Bruvick says they’re selling convenience and accessibility.

2013/05/15

Paulsboro train derailment scene (Credit: American Red Cross)

Lawsuit Says Conrail Endangered People Near 2012 Paulsboro, NJ Derailment-Spill

While this suit for damages (due to illness and for continued medical monitoring) includes some civilians, it also represents the grievances of some of the first responders who went toward the danger.

2013/05/15

Drunk Driving Charges Against Assemblyman Moriarty Dropped

The cop who wrote those tickets now faces criminal charges of his own.

2013/05/15

Family Who Lost Home At Jersey Shore Meets Prince Harry In Mantoloking

The family met the Prince while he toured Mantoloking on Tuesday, snapping pictures along the way that made national news with their similar red hair.

2013/05/14

Exclusive: Hostage Negotiators Speak Out About Trenton Standoff

The New Jersey State Troopers who led the hostage negotiations spoke exclusively with Eyewitness News.

2013/05/14

Authorities Say Child Killed Before Trenton Standoff Was Stabbed

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office says Quavon Foster was killed a little less than two weeks before what would have been his 13th birthday.

2013/05/14

New Jersey Missing Person Case Solved After Serial Killer Search

An effort to identify the remains of eight young men who were murdered in the 1970s by serial killer John Wayne Gacy has solved an unrelated case of a teenager who vanished in New Jersey.

2013/05/14