Sergio Bichao

3 days ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

NEWARK — Sharpe James, the longest serving mayor of New Jersey's largest city, died on Monday. He was 89. James, who served for 20 years as mayor while also serving nearly a decade as a state senator, was an ostentatious and tireless cheerleader for the Brick City, which had suffered a loss in population and commerce in the decades before his first term as the city's second black mayor.

6 days ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

JACKSON — A major strip mall was evacuated on the Friday afternoon before Mother's Day after a bomb scare. Township police said they received a report of an explosive device at Jackson Premium Outlets and cleared out all customers and employees from all stores. "No one has been injured, and this is merely a precaution at this time until the investigation is complete," police said in a message posted online. "As of now, no one will be allowed admittance to the location.

1 week ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

Three leading Republican candidates for governor sparred with each other and their hosts on Wednesday night during an NJ PBS debate billed as a “conversation.”Former assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who lost to Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago, radio and TV personality Bill Spadea and state Sen. Jon Bramnick, R-Union, answered more than a dozen questions from topics ranging from immigration to DEI.

1 week ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

New Jersey is fighting back after the Trump administration turned off wind energy projects. The state on Monday joined 17 others in a lawsuit against federal authorities. It is the latest lawsuit by state Attorney General Matt Platkin targeting actions by the Trump administration during his second term. This one targets the Jan. 20 presidential memorandum that halted all federal approvals for offshore and onshore wind energy projects, including one in New York that was already under construction.

2 weeks ago | nj1015.com | Sergio Bichao

Did the suspect in the Ocean County wildfire intend to ignite a blaze that would consume more than 15,000 acres and endanger thousands of lives? It may not matter. Prosecutors say Joseph Kling, 19, of the Waretown section of Ocean Township, definitely started a bonfire. And that bonfire sparked an out-of-control wildfire Tuesday morning in the Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area.