Fires Rage in Storm-Ravaged New Jersey Shore Town
ABC News(MANTOLOKING, N.J.) — A New Jersey shore town that suffered severe damage during superstorm Sandy is fighting a huge fire Wednesday morning after an apparent gas-main explosion.The cut-off barrier island of Mantoloking, N.J., was beset by a la…
Fires Rage in Storm-Ravaged New Jersey Shore Town
ABC News(MANTOLOKING, N.J.) — A New Jersey shore town that suffered severe damage during superstorm Sandy is fighting a huge fire Wednesday morning after an apparent gas-main explosion.The cut-off barrier island of Mantoloking, N.J., was beset by a la…
Fires Rage in Storm-Ravaged New Jersey Shore Town
ABC News(MANTOLOKING, N.J.) — A New Jersey shore town that suffered severe damage during superstorm Sandy is fighting a huge fire Wednesday morning after an apparent gas-main explosion.The cut-off barrier island of Mantoloking, N.J., was beset by a la…
Fires Rage in Storm-Ravaged New Jersey Shore Town
ABC News(MANTOLOKING, N.J.) — A New Jersey shore town that suffered severe damage during superstorm Sandy is fighting a huge fire Wednesday morning after an apparent gas-main explosion.The cut-off barrier island of Mantoloking, N.J., was beset by a la…
Sandy Aftermath: Ruptured Gas Lines Worry Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Mario Tama/Getty Images(SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J.) — Aside from widespread power outages and flooding that is reaching doorsteps, residents stranded in Seaside Heights, N.J., are worried about another danger: ruptured gas lines.Locals told Nightline ancho…
NJ Gov. Chris Christie Lauded for Storm Efforts
Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has earned high marks for his handling of the unprecedented disaster his state has witnessed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, assuring his constituents with his tra…
Sandy Crashes Ashore in New Jersey
NASA GOES Project(NEW YORK) — A ferocious superstorm named Sandy barrelled ashore Monday evening, crashing into New Jersey with high winds and a powerful surge of flood waters. It made landfall just south of Atlantic City.The National Oceanic and Atmo…
Hurricane Sandy: New Jersey Warned of 7- to 10- Day Power Outages
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As Hurricane Sandy loomed off the East Coast, some residents of New Jersey were warned to prepare for 7- to 10-day power outages, and portable generators are selling out all up and down the Atlantic Seaboard as people …
Body of Missing New Jersey Girl Believed Found
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(CLAYTON, N.J.) — The body that investigators found inside a recycling container in Clayton, N.J., has preliminarily been identified as that of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl who went missing this weekend.The body was found at a…
Hundreds of Fake Heinz Ketchup Bottles Discovered in New Jersey
Dover Code Enforcement Department(DOVER, N.J.) — Hundreds of crates purported to be Heinz ketchup was discovered in a Dover, N.J. warehouse, which officials said may have been repackaged to sell for a profit.Other tenants who rent the space in a …
Bus with 60 Passengers Overturns in New Jersey
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Three people were sent to the hospital Saturday morning after a Canadian tour bus carrying about 60 people overturned on New Jersey highway exit ramp. The bus overturned on the Exit 53 ramp off Route 80 East at 7:43 a.m.,…
New Jersey Legislature Considers ‘Snookiville Law’
MTV Networks(NEW YORK) — Filming drunken stars on the streets has become a staple of reality TV. Now a law proposed in New Jersey could give towns more authority when it comes to regulating the messier effects of those scenes.The Snookiville Law, bill…
NJ Lawmakers Consider Pet Seat Belt Bill
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TRENTON, N.J.) — It may be “Click it or Ticket” for pet owners in New Jersey, as state lawmakers consider a bill that would require drivers to secure pets in seat belts or pay a fine. Penalties could run up to as muc…
NJ Lawmakers Consider Pet Seat Belt Bill
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TRENTON, N.J.) — It may be “Click it or Ticket” for pet owners in New Jersey, as state lawmakers consider a bill that would require drivers to secure pets in seat belts or pay a fine. Penalties could run up to as muc…
911 Tapes of New Jersey Pathmark Supermarket Shooting Released
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Police have released 911 tapes of a New Jersey supermarket shooting that left two Pathmark employees dead on Aug. 31. “Old Bridge Pathmark…guy with a shotgun. He’s blowing the place apart… Send as many people as possible,…
NJ Boy Quits Football Team over Pink Gloves
Thomas Northcut/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — People across the country are rallying around a 12-year-old New Jersey boy who quit his football team after the coach refused to let him wear pink football gloves to support his mother, who is battling breast can…
Mayor of NJ’s Capital City Arrested for Alleged Kickback Scheme
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(TRENTON, N.J.) — Over the years, New Jersey politicians have gotten into some scrapes with the law and the latest to face possible jail time is Tony Mack, the mayor of Trenton, the state’s capital.At a news conferen…
Mayor of NJ’s Capital City Arrested for Alleged Kickback Scheme
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(TRENTON, N.J.) — Over the years, New Jersey politicians have gotten into some scrapes with the law and the latest to face possible jail time is Tony Mack, the mayor of Trenton, the state’s capital.At a news conferen…
Two Grisly Child Murders Prompt PCP Crackdown in New Jersey
Comstock/Thinkstock(CAMDEN, N.J.) — Authorities in New Jersey are cracking down on PCP, a hallucinogenic drug that has been involved in two grisly murders of children in less than two weeks in the crime-ridden city of Camden, N.J.The Camden County Pro…
New Jersey Man on PCP Charged in Throat Slitting Attacks on Children
ABC News(CAMDEN, N.J.) — A New Jersey man who smoked a combination of pot and PCP has been arrested and charged with slitting the throats of a 6-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister who is in critical condition, according to authorities. The wounde…