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3 years later, Sandy pets are homeless, too | Di Ionno
Jackson facility cares for animals while owners remain out of homes Laura Pople tells the story of one of her clients who stayed in her Lavallette home as the wind-whipped waves of Hurricane Sandy...
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Meet RU football writers today at Rutgers tailgate
Look for The Munchmobile in the Blue Lot near the traffic circle. Meet Todderick Hunt, left, and Dan Duggan today. Rutgers meets No. 1 Ohio State later today, and NJ.com will be there. Come hang with...
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Fire rips through historic New Brunswick synagogue
Flames seen through the roof at Poile Zedek Watch video NEW BRUNSWICK -- Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at the Congregation Poile Zedek synagogue on Neilson Street Friday that left the...
View ArticleFans meet Rutgers football reporters before kickoff (PHOTOS)
NJ Advance Media took the Munchmobile to the tailgate prior to Rutgers vs. Ohio State. The Munchmobile made its first appearance of the season at High Point Solutions Stadium prior to the Rutgers -...
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Middlesex County students play it forward for safety
NEW BRUNSWICK — More than 220 Middlesex County high school juniors and seniors converged upon Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick on Oct. 13 to take part in the hospital's Safety...
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Man hospitalized with smoke inhalation following fire at Edison home
The fire at a Lincoln Avenue residence in Edison was "non-suspicious," police said. Edison firefighters responded to a house fire at approximately 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon. EDISON -- A man was taken...
View ArticleFire that gutted historic NJ synagogue 'appears accidental,' officials say
The three-alarm fire that destroyed the historic Poile Zedek synagogue Friday afternoon "appears accidental," said authorities in a released statement. Watch video NEW BRUNSWICK -- The three-alarm...
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6 Edison cops, including top in class, graduate from police academy
The seven cops will begin a 20-week in-house training period. EDISON -- Six township cops graduated from the Essex County Public Safety Academy Wednesday, including the top academic achiever in the...
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Fire damages home near Rutgers University
The two-alarm blaze was reported at 4:21 a.m. inside 80 Delafield Street in an area that is home to many university renters, said New Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief Kevin McCann. NJ Advance Media File...
View ArticleNew Jerseyans show off Halloween decorations (PHOTOS)
Post photos of the best Halloween displays you've seen. Last week, we asked NJ.commers to share photos of the best Halloween decorations they've seen so far this season. We got lots of photos of local...
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New Brunswick congregation begins picking up the pieces
Three days after a devastating fire destroyed historic Congregation Poile Zedek, the city's last surviving Orthodox Jewish congregation, its members are struggling to determine their future. NEW...
View ArticleEx-Rutgers football player arrested again, charged with assault
Ruhann Peele was charged in an alleged incident on Oct. 9. NEW BRUNSWICK -- Ruhann Peele, who was kicked off the Rutgers University football team after an arrest in early September on an assault...
View ArticleN.J. companies under fire for sexist girls' Halloween costumes
Toddler cop costumes with skirts and fingerless gloves are only the beginning -- many Halloween looks for girls and boys are unquestionably different. The costume industry says it's just giving...
View ArticleN.J. town dedicates street sign for fallen state Trooper Anthony Raspa (PHOTOS)
Elected officials, police, an honor guard and hundreds of others gathered about 1:30 p.m. on North 9th Avenue in Highland Park to dedicate a street sign in memory of Raspa, who lived in the borough....
View ArticleOld Bridge man gets 18 years in beating death of his mother
Jamaar Best-Figueroa, 27, pleaded guilty last week to a count of aggravated manslaughter in the August 2013 of Shauna Figueroa, 52. He has agreed to serve up to 18 years in prison, officials said. OLD...
View ArticleMan killed in shooting at Irvington gas station was employee, authorities say
Edison man, 57, killed in shooting at Irvington gas station, authorities say. IRVINGTON --Authorities have identified the man shot to death Monday night at a township gas station as Ashiwin Patel of...
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Muslim student says BOE won't take action on 'bully' who called her 'Isis'
The Woodbridge School Board, however, says the incident was investigated and a perpetrator could not be found. Saira Ali posted this photo to Facebook, saying a bully took it of her at lunch in...
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Edison football star's 2009 death spurs legislation on sudden cardiac arrest
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone said CDC statistics show one student athlete falls victim to SCA every three to four days. Edison High School football star Kittim Sherrod died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...
View ArticleTimmy Wiltsey's mom dared cops to charge her in the 5-year-old's killing
Less than two weeks after Michelle Lodzinski reported her 5-year-old son, Timothy Wiltsey, missing at a carnival in Sayreville in May 1991, sparking a massive search that drew national attention,...
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Turnpike service area destroyed by Sandy to reopen
The restaurant at the Grover Cleveland service area on the New Jersey Turnpike north will reopen next month in a new building after the old one was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. A New Jersey Turnpike...
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